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Top names in District of Columbia

The names most likely to appear on 1938 District of Columbia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 10,281 District of Columbia births in 1938 across 345 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.

#76Clifton#197 nationally
#95Margueriteoutside the national top 200
#97Reginaldoutside the national top 200
#98Rudolph#192 nationally
#86Timothy#167 nationally
#82Harriet#158 nationally
#68Maurice#143 nationally
#29Yvonne#101 nationally
#92Nicholas#161 nationally
#57Roland#124 nationally
#48Bernice#112 nationally
#57Constance#117 nationally

Girls

#1Mary347US #1
#2Barbara340US #2
#3Patricia197US #3
#4Margaret155US #9
#5Joan138US #10
#6Shirley115US #5
#7Nancy110US #7
#8Jean98US #27
#9Dorothy96US #8
#10Carol95US #6
#11Betty94US #4
#12Elizabeth93US #17
#13Joyce86US #11
#14Helen71US #13
#15Sandra56US #14
#16Janet55US #16
#17Doris54US #25
#18Delores52US #75
#19Frances51US #23
#20Judith50US #12
#21Ann48US #32
#22Beverly48US #18
#23Gloria46US #36
#24Carolyn45US #15
#25Catherine44US #48
#26Anne43US #84
#27Marie43US #37
#28Ruth41US #21
#29Yvonne40US #101
#30Phyllis38US #28
#31Sylvia38US #56
#32Alice36US #29
#33Susan35US #71
#34Virginia35US #22
#35Carole34US #46
#36Joanne34US #57
#37Geraldine33US #45
#38Jane33US #44
#39Janice33US #24
#40Jacqueline32US #69
#41Martha31US #26
#42Charlotte30US #70
#43Mildred30US #52
#44Linda28US #31
#45Eleanor26US #60
#46Evelyn26US #38
#47Sarah26US #67
#48Bernice25US #112
#49June25US #79
#50Roberta25US #73
#51Peggy24US #35
#52Rita24US #74
#53Diane23US #64
#54Dolores23US #43
#55Donna23US #20
#56Marjorie23US #53
#57Constance22US #117
#58Kathleen22US #58
#59Marlene22US #51
#60Rose22US #39
#61Elaine21US #42
#62Ellen21US #89
#63Jeanette21US #91
#64Pauline21US #97
#65Florence20US #90
#66Irene20US #72
#67Katherine20US #105
#68Gail19US #77
#69Juanita19US #80
#70Judy19US #41
#71Norma19US #34
#72Sally19US #54
#73Anita18US #99
#74Arlene18US #63
#75Audrey18US #87
#76Christine18US #129
#77Louise18US #59
#78Vivian18US #135
#79Elsie17US #137
#80Gladys17US #103
#81Grace17US #100
#82Harriet17US #158
#83Julia17US #107
#84Kathryn17US #114
#85Marcia17US #116
#86Marian17US #128
#87Marion17US #118
#88Suzanne17US #133
#89Josephine16US #83
#90Lillian16US #88
#91Rosalie16US #66
#92Theresa16US #92
#93Esther14US #120
#94Laura14US #108
#95Marguerite14
#96Marilyn14US #19
#97Maxine14US #130
#98Thelma14US #86
#99Eileen13US #113
#100Ethel13US #94

Boys

#1Robert406US #1
#2John380US #3
#3William337US #4
#4James332US #2
#5Charles234US #6
#6Richard191US #5
#7Thomas166US #9
#8David155US #8
#9Joseph145US #12
#10Donald131US #7
#11George131US #11
#12Edward115US #13
#13Michael89US #21
#14Ronald84US #10
#15Raymond73US #20
#16Kenneth64US #14
#17Lawrence60US #36
#18Paul58US #15
#19Frank51US #18
#20Francis43US #51
#21Melvin41US #54
#22Bernard40US #75
#23Walter39US #26
#24Daniel37US #39
#25Ralph37US #35
#26Eugene36US #33
#27Harry36US #44
#28Henry36US #30
#29Arthur35US #32
#30Albert32US #37
#31Norman31US #43
#32Peter31US #48
#33Anthony30US #46
#34Gerald30US #19
#35Carl28US #29
#36Frederick28US #71
#37Howard27US #42
#38Theodore27US #84
#39Alfred26US #69
#40Ernest26US #55
#41Harold25US #23
#42Jack25US #25
#43Larry25US #16
#44Samuel25US #62
#45Clarence24US #58
#46Earl24US #50
#47Dennis22US #49
#48Stanley22US #59
#49Alan21US #91
#50Douglas21US #60
#51Lewis21US #109
#52Philip21US #64
#53Stephen21US #74
#54Gary20US #22
#55Herbert20US #68
#56Jerry20US #17
#57Roland20US #124
#58Fred19US #38
#59Leonard19US #57
#60Wayne19US #40
#61Patrick18US #88
#62Roger18US #31
#63Bill17US #67
#64Leon17US #85
#65Roy17US #41
#66Leroy16US #61
#67Martin16US #87
#68Maurice16US #143
#69Benjamin15US #125
#70Bruce15US #66
#71Edwin15US #90
#72Franklin15US #100
#73Louis15US #47
#74Alvin14US #98
#75Bobby14US #27
#76Clifton14US #197
#77Milton14US #127
#78Vernon14US #103
#79Andrew13US #82
#80Jon13US #126
#81Leo13US #104
#82Wallace13US #139
#83Warren13US #102
#84Don12US #52
#85Marvin12US #53
#86Timothy12US #167
#87Gene11US #65
#88Gordon11US #78
#89Harvey11US #99
#90Jerome11US #93
#91Jesse11US #107
#92Nicholas11US #161
#93Allen10US #73
#94Elmer10US #130
#95Hugh10US #146
#96Phillip10US #95
#97Reginald10
#98Rudolph10US #192
#99Russell10US #70
#100Vincent10US #110

On the move since 1937

Rising

↑58Susan#33
↑41Sarah#47
↑31Janice#39
↑27Dennis#47
↑24Geraldine#37
↑24Marlene#59
↑24Herbert#55
↑23Carole#35

Falling

↓41Thelma#98
↓41Vincent#100
↓32Warren#83
↓32Gordon#88
↓31Ethel#100
↓30Grace#81
↓30Jerome#90
↓28Juanita#69

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1937 rankings.