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Top names in District of Columbia

The names most likely to appear on 1937 District of Columbia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 9,711 District of Columbia births in 1937 across 336 distinct names.

Distinctively District of Columbia

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say District of Columbia more than they say America.

#69Reginaldoutside the national top 200
#99Clinton#195 nationally
#94Marshall#177 nationally
#62Maurice#144 nationally
#90Paula#165 nationally
#85Everett#156 nationally
#48Constance#118 nationally
#82Jeanne#149 nationally
#55Benjamin#119 nationally
#97Emily#161 nationally
#66Roland#126 nationally
#84Sheila#142 nationally

Girls

#1Mary330US #1
#2Barbara329US #2
#3Patricia194US #3
#4Shirley153US #4
#5Joan138US #9
#6Nancy115US #7
#7Jean114US #23
#8Margaret114US #10
#9Betty99US #5
#10Elizabeth86US #17
#11Helen85US #12
#12Dorothy84US #8
#13Carol69US #6
#14Doris69US #22
#15Joyce67US #11
#16Ann60US #30
#17Frances60US #19
#18Virginia56US #16
#19Delores52US #68
#20Gloria52US #32
#21Marie45US #35
#22Ruth45US #15
#23Yvonne42US #77
#24Sandra41US #26
#25Janet39US #18
#26Jacqueline38US #70
#27Judith38US #34
#28Carolyn37US #20
#29Evelyn37US #36
#30Mildred36US #43
#31Sylvia36US #50
#32Eleanor35US #53
#33June35US #71
#34Martha35US #24
#35Peggy35US #31
#36Anne33US #92
#37Catherine33US #47
#38Beverly32US #14
#39Jane31US #42
#40Florence30US #81
#41Juanita30US #75
#42Elaine29US #45
#43Alice28US #28
#44Lois28US #29
#45Anna27US #39
#46Dolores27US #37
#47Marjorie27US #57
#48Constance26US #118
#49Louise26US #48
#50Phyllis26US #27
#51Grace25US #94
#52Diane24US #76
#53Joanne24US #51
#54Linda24US #49
#55Rose24US #38
#56Edith22US #96
#57Thelma22US #78
#58Carole21US #56
#59Charlotte21US #67
#60Ellen21US #102
#61Geraldine21US #44
#62Gladys21US #86
#63Katherine21US #103
#64Roberta21US #66
#65Audrey20US #85
#66Theresa20US #95
#67Anita19US #93
#68Donna19US #21
#69Ethel19US #88
#70Janice19US #25
#71Marion19US #109
#72Norma19US #33
#73Kay18US #79
#74Lorraine18US #83
#75Marilyn18US #13
#76Sally18US #59
#77Vivian18US #127
#78Gail17US #99
#79Kathleen17US #61
#80Irene16US #62
#81Jeanette16US #90
#82Jeanne16US #149
#83Marlene15US #40
#84Sheila15US #142
#85Arlene14US #60
#86Joann14US #58
#87Marcia14US #124
#88Sarah14US #65
#89Margie13US #111
#90Paula13US #165
#91Susan13US #97
#92Annie12US #46
#93Christine12US #135
#94Eileen12US #107
#95Agnes11US #153
#96Elsie11US #125
#97Emily11US #161
#98Hazel11US #106
#99Lillian11US #84
#100Loretta11US #63

Boys

#1Robert395US #1
#2James342US #2
#3John342US #3
#4William328US #4
#5Charles211US #6
#6Richard174US #5
#7Thomas154US #9
#8George153US #10
#9Joseph143US #12
#10David137US #8
#11Donald136US #7
#12Paul88US #15
#13Edward82US #13
#14Ronald73US #11
#15Raymond66US #19
#16Michael62US #27
#17Walter53US #26
#18Arthur45US #31
#19Frank45US #18
#20Kenneth44US #14
#21Harry39US #41
#22Lawrence37US #38
#23Earl36US #48
#24Eugene35US #33
#25Albert34US #37
#26Bernard33US #73
#27Melvin33US #50
#28Frederick31US #68
#29Clarence30US #54
#30Gerald30US #20
#31Carl29US #28
#32Henry29US #30
#33Howard29US #42
#34Daniel28US #39
#35Francis27US #55
#36Ralph27US #34
#37Alfred26US #60
#38Harold26US #21
#39Ernest25US #53
#40Leroy25US #56
#41Philip24US #62
#42Joe23US #25
#43Leonard23US #58
#44Norman23US #43
#45Stanley23US #57
#46Louis22US #46
#47Jack21US #23
#48Jerry21US #17
#49Fred20US #35
#50Peter20US #52
#51Warren20US #106
#52Samuel19US #66
#53Theodore19US #86
#54Anthony18US #47
#55Benjamin18US #119
#56Gordon18US #75
#57Larry18US #16
#58Douglas17US #74
#59Vincent17US #105
#60Jerome16US #100
#61Martin16US #87
#62Maurice16US #144
#63Roy16US #40
#64Don15US #51
#65Leon15US #85
#66Roland15US #126
#67Wayne15US #44
#68Lee14US #78
#69Reginald14
#70Roger14US #36
#71Stephen14US #92
#72Alan13US #103
#73Allen13US #76
#74Dennis13US #63
#75Bill12US #64
#76Edwin12US #89
#77Gary12US #29
#78Gilbert12US #112
#79Herbert12US #65
#80Phillip12US #98
#81Russell12US #67
#82Vernon12US #96
#83Wallace12US #133
#84Andrew11US #79
#85Everett11US #156
#86Leo11US #97
#87Lloyd11US #91
#88Marvin11US #49
#89Willie11US #32
#90Alvin10US #99
#91Claude10US #137
#92Floyd10US #80
#93Lester10US #116
#94Marshall10US #177
#95Milton10US #121
#96Tommy10US #84
#97Bobby9US #24
#98Calvin9US #125
#99Clinton9US #195
#100Clyde9US #93

On the move since 1936

Rising

↑35Gordon#56
↑33Grace#51
↑32Donna#68
↑32Don#64
↑31Douglas#58
↑29Judith#27
↑27Clarence#29
↑23Joe#42

Falling

↓42Lillian#99
↓39Norma#72
↓28Marvin#88
↓27Alvin#90
↓25Allen#73
↓25Milton#95
↓24Fred#49
↓22Herbert#79

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1936 rankings.