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Top names in District of Columbia

The names most likely to appear on 1939 District of Columbia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 11,331 District of Columbia births in 1939 across 366 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.

#87Carltonoutside the national top 200
#96Tyroneoutside the national top 200
#99Lynnoutside the national top 200
#99Gregoryoutside the national top 200
#75Brian#176 nationally
#98Alexander#186 nationally
#65Jeanne#147 nationally
#76Harriet#156 nationally
#45Constance#123 nationally
#57Roland#131 nationally
#80Cynthia#152 nationally
#90Hugh#160 nationally

Girls

#1Mary366US #1
#2Barbara354US #2
#3Patricia259US #3
#4Shirley143US #5
#5Joan131US #11
#6Margaret129US #10
#7Nancy121US #7
#8Carol116US #6
#9Dorothy103US #9
#10Elizabeth101US #18
#11Joyce90US #12
#12Betty89US #4
#13Judith80US #8
#14Helen79US #16
#15Frances78US #26
#16Ann70US #33
#17Jean70US #32
#18Sandra69US #13
#19Gloria59US #36
#20Ruth59US #22
#21Doris57US #29
#22Delores54US #79
#23Catherine53US #49
#24Carolyn52US #14
#25Janet52US #17
#26Linda49US #15
#27Virginia48US #21
#28Alice46US #31
#29Carole46US #47
#30Anne45US #85
#31Geraldine45US #41
#32Phyllis45US #30
#33Susan45US #44
#34Diane41US #51
#35Jane40US #46
#36Elaine39US #45
#37Marie39US #37
#38Beverly36US #25
#39Joanne36US #53
#40Kathleen36US #48
#41Martha36US #27
#42Yvonne36US #90
#43Jacqueline35US #72
#44Norma35US #38
#45Constance34US #123
#46Mildred34US #55
#47Brenda33US #86
#48Evelyn33US #40
#49Sylvia31US #62
#50Donna30US #20
#51Anna29US #43
#52Ellen29US #80
#53Peggy29US #34
#54Janice28US #24
#55Katherine28US #101
#56Eleanor27US #63
#57Lois27US #35
#58Marilyn27US #19
#59Gail26US #73
#60Juanita26US #77
#61Marjorie26US #60
#62Rose26US #42
#63Judy25US #28
#64Charlotte24US #66
#65Jeanne24US #147
#66Anita23US #97
#67Edith22US #102
#68Louise21US #59
#69Audrey20US #98
#70Lillian20US #99
#71Sally20US #52
#72Dolores19US #58
#73Elsie19US #140
#74Marian19US #130
#75Sarah19US #68
#76Harriet18US #156
#77June18US #83
#78Bernice17US #116
#79Christine17US #124
#80Cynthia17US #152
#81Loretta17US #65
#82Marion17US #120
#83Roberta17US #71
#84Sharon17US #23
#85Suzanne17US #122
#86Theresa17US #94
#87Annette16US #121
#88Beatrice16US #136
#89Jeanette16US #82
#90Julia16US #91
#91Kathryn16US #106
#92Florence15US #96
#93Sheila15US #125
#94Lorraine14US #95
#95Ruby14US #67
#96Thelma14US #88
#97Arlene13US #69
#98Irene13US #74
#99Lynn13
#100Marcia13US #109

Boys

#1John421US #3
#2James416US #2
#3Robert387US #1
#4William376US #4
#5Charles226US #6
#6Richard216US #5
#7Thomas185US #9
#8George170US #11
#9David147US #7
#10Joseph144US #12
#11Donald125US #8
#12Edward115US #15
#13Ronald104US #10
#14Michael103US #18
#15Paul81US #17
#16Kenneth72US #13
#17Raymond70US #22
#18Lawrence50US #36
#19Walter48US #25
#20Eugene46US #37
#21Harry45US #45
#22Frank41US #20
#23Daniel39US #38
#24Francis39US #53
#25Frederick38US #71
#26Ralph38US #35
#27Peter37US #46
#28Bernard36US #76
#29Stanley36US #57
#30Stephen36US #65
#31Wayne36US #39
#32Arthur35US #32
#33Earl35US #50
#34Howard35US #47
#35Melvin35US #51
#36Samuel35US #63
#37Albert34US #41
#38Carl34US #30
#39Henry34US #31
#40Louis34US #49
#41Larry33US #14
#42Jack31US #26
#43Gerald30US #19
#44Norman29US #44
#45Ernest28US #55
#46Leonard28US #54
#47Douglas27US #58
#48Roger27US #28
#49Harold25US #23
#50Theodore24US #90
#51Warren24US #104
#52Alfred23US #70
#53Fred23US #40
#54Gary23US #21
#55Anthony22US #48
#56Leroy22US #61
#57Roland22US #131
#58Andrew21US #84
#59Herbert20US #68
#60Benjamin19US #124
#61Patrick19US #79
#62Philip19US #66
#63Bruce18US #64
#64Clarence18US #60
#65Jerry18US #16
#66Leon18US #86
#67Dennis17US #34
#68Edwin17US #96
#69Allen16US #72
#70Roy16US #42
#71Russell16US #73
#72Marvin15US #52
#73Vernon15US #100
#74Willie15US #33
#75Brian14US #176
#76Calvin14US #126
#77Eddie14US #81
#78Martin14US #91
#79Milton14US #128
#80Phillip14US #92
#81Alan13US #85
#82Barry13US #127
#83Alvin12US #103
#84Clyde12US #101
#85Jerome12US #93
#86Bob11US #89
#87Carlton11
#88Floyd11US #94
#89Franklin11US #106
#90Hugh11US #160
#91Jay11US #142
#92Jon11US #121
#93Lee11US #78
#94Maurice11US #157
#95Timothy11US #153
#96Tyrone11
#97Vincent11US #110
#98Alexander10US #186
#99Gregory10
#100Harvey10US #102

On the move since 1938

Rising

↑38Marilyn#58
↑33Louis#40
↑32Warren#51
↑29Wayne#31
↑28Russell#71
↑27Norma#44
↑25Elaine#36
↑24Allen#69

Falling

↓33Roberta#83
↓32Irene#98
↓32Alan#81
↓30Bernice#78
↓28Sarah#75
↓28June#77
↓27Florence#92
↓26Jeanette#89

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1938 rankings.