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Top names in District of Columbia

The names most likely to appear on 1940 District of Columbia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 12,465 District of Columbia births in 1940 across 400 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.

#84Randolphoutside the national top 200
#85Reginaldoutside the national top 200
#88Malcolmoutside the national top 200
#77Nathaniel#176 nationally
#91Alexander#188 nationally
#83Maurice#161 nationally
#35Yvonne#110 nationally
#94Edgar#164 nationally
#70Cynthia#133 nationally
#78Roland#141 nationally
#52Warren#110 nationally
#81Jay#139 nationally

Girls

#1Mary366US #1
#2Barbara341US #2
#3Patricia270US #3
#4Joan161US #14
#5Margaret141US #11
#6Nancy134US #7
#7Joyce127US #13
#8Judith125US #4
#9Carol113US #6
#10Betty106US #5
#11Sandra106US #10
#12Shirley105US #9
#13Elizabeth99US #20
#14Linda97US #8
#15Dorothy89US #12
#16Jean89US #29
#17Gloria87US #30
#18Ann73US #35
#19Helen73US #18
#20Doris65US #31
#21Carolyn64US #15
#22Frances64US #28
#23Janet58US #19
#24Susan56US #36
#25Ruth55US #24
#26Virginia55US #21
#27Alice54US #32
#28Martha54US #26
#29Beverly47US #27
#30Bonnie47US #39
#31Brenda46US #42
#32Delores44US #83
#33Donna44US #23
#34Phyllis44US #33
#35Yvonne44US #110
#36Ellen42US #74
#37Jane41US #47
#38Carole40US #49
#39Catherine40US #53
#40Janice39US #22
#41Elaine38US #50
#42Marie38US #41
#43Anne35US #84
#44Diane35US #45
#45Joanne35US #54
#46Kathleen35US #40
#47Geraldine34US #46
#48Julia34US #91
#49Evelyn33US #48
#50Mildred33US #58
#51Charlotte32US #55
#52Judy32US #16
#53Jacqueline31US #76
#54Sharon31US #17
#55Louise30US #59
#56Rose30US #44
#57Eleanor29US #68
#58Gail29US #65
#59Sylvia28US #62
#60June27US #82
#61Marilyn27US #25
#62Marjorie27US #64
#63Karen26US #34
#64Katherine26US #92
#65Suzanne26US #109
#66Marion25US #120
#67Audrey24US #99
#68Florence23US #100
#69Sara23US #122
#70Cynthia22US #133
#71Lois22US #38
#72Roberta22US #71
#73Christine21US #118
#74Constance21US #124
#75Ethel21US #106
#76Kathryn21US #103
#77Peggy21US #37
#78Juanita20US #78
#79Norma20US #43
#80Theresa20US #102
#81Vivian20US #115
#82Diana19US #117
#83Irene19US #73
#84Kay19US #77
#85Dolores18US #67
#86Grace18US #105
#87Jeanette18US #90
#88Rita18US #70
#89Sally18US #61
#90Sarah18US #60
#91Arlene17US #75
#92Bernice17US #121
#93Jeanne17US #129
#94Josephine17US #89
#95Marcia17US #112
#96Marian17US #142
#97Marlene17US #80
#98Rosemary17US #85
#99Anna16US #51
#100Edith16US #98

Boys

#1John472US #3
#2Robert465US #2
#3James437US #1
#4William419US #4
#5Charles262US #6
#6Richard231US #5
#7George172US #11
#8Thomas168US #8
#9David155US #7
#10Joseph154US #12
#11Edward129US #16
#12Michael123US #18
#13Ronald121US #10
#14Donald120US #9
#15Paul100US #17
#16Kenneth79US #15
#17Frank76US #20
#18Raymond64US #22
#19Walter58US #25
#20Lawrence57US #36
#21Gerald53US #21
#22Stephen52US #49
#23Daniel45US #34
#24Arthur43US #33
#25Peter42US #43
#26Francis40US #61
#27Louis40US #50
#28Harry39US #47
#29Ralph37US #37
#30Ernest36US #58
#31Carl35US #32
#32Harold35US #23
#33Henry35US #31
#34Larry34US #13
#35Eugene33US #38
#36Philip33US #60
#37Anthony32US #46
#38Dennis32US #24
#39Stanley32US #59
#40Albert31US #41
#41Roger31US #26
#42Samuel31US #65
#43Douglas29US #56
#44Earl29US #52
#45Melvin28US #53
#46Leroy27US #66
#47Bernard25US #82
#48Frederick25US #68
#49Fred24US #40
#50Jerry24US #14
#51Theodore24US #90
#52Warren24US #110
#53Andrew23US #84
#54Franklin23US #87
#55Gary23US #19
#56Leonard23US #54
#57Norman22US #48
#58Wayne22US #39
#59Howard21US #45
#60Phillip21US #79
#61Roy21US #42
#62Clarence20US #64
#63Jack20US #29
#64Alfred19US #69
#65Martin19US #85
#66Alvin18US #106
#67Jerome18US #95
#68Allen17US #71
#69Bruce17US #55
#70Edwin17US #96
#71Herbert17US #75
#72Leon17US #89
#73Barry16US #109
#74Benjamin16US #128
#75Don16US #62
#76Patrick16US #74
#77Nathaniel15US #176
#78Roland15US #141
#79Glenn14US #83
#80Gordon14US #91
#81Jay14US #139
#82Marvin14US #63
#83Maurice14US #161
#84Randolph14
#85Reginald14
#86Timothy14US #135
#87Harvey13US #98
#88Malcolm13
#89Milton13US #132
#90Russell13US #72
#91Alexander12US #188
#92Arnold12US #118
#93Clyde12US #102
#94Edgar12US #164
#95Gilbert12US #124
#96Jesse12US #93
#97Joe12US #28
#98Lee12US #80
#99Mike12US #122
#100Vincent12US #104

On the move since 1939

Rising

↑42Julia#48
↑35Franklin#54
↑30Sharon#54
↑29Dennis#38
↑26Philip#36
↑24Florence#68
↑22Gerald#21
↑20Suzanne#65

Falling

↓48Anna#99
↓35Norma#79
↓33Edith#100
↓29Constance#74
↓28Jeanne#93
↓27Wayne#58
↓25Howard#59
↓24Peggy#77

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State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1939 rankings.