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Top names in District of Columbia

The names most likely to appear on 1941 District of Columbia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 14,793 District of Columbia births in 1941 across 425 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.

#77Reginaldoutside the national top 200
#74Maurice#163 nationally
#95Nathaniel#182 nationally
#37Yvonne#120 nationally
#58Milton#140 nationally
#91Edgar#167 nationally
#93Pamela#155 nationally
#99Hugh#160 nationally
#75Allan#135 nationally
#73Marion#130 nationally
#94Paula#151 nationally
#88Roland#144 nationally

Girls

#1Mary400US #1
#2Barbara379US #2
#3Patricia356US #3
#4Margaret171US #12
#5Nancy156US #8
#6Joan154US #17
#7Judith151US #6
#8Sandra147US #9
#9Carol142US #4
#10Carolyn141US #11
#11Joyce131US #13
#12Betty126US #7
#13Linda121US #5
#14Dorothy114US #14
#15Elizabeth113US #21
#16Shirley110US #10
#17Gloria102US #26
#18Virginia91US #23
#19Susan90US #27
#20Jean86US #32
#21Ann78US #37
#22Ruth68US #28
#23Janet67US #18
#24Helen66US #24
#25Martha65US #25
#26Alice62US #34
#27Frances60US #31
#28Delores57US #80
#29Beverly56US #29
#30Diane55US #40
#31Donna54US #20
#32Doris54US #38
#33Carole50US #48
#34Joanne50US #54
#35Kathleen50US #36
#36Jacqueline49US #73
#37Yvonne48US #120
#38Phyllis47US #35
#39Catherine46US #51
#40Judy45US #16
#41Marie44US #42
#42Brenda43US #41
#43Evelyn43US #50
#44Jane42US #46
#45Janice42US #22
#46Sharon42US #15
#47Bonnie41US #33
#48Lois40US #43
#49Anne39US #82
#50Charlotte38US #55
#51Elaine38US #44
#52Karen38US #19
#53Eleanor35US #78
#54Peggy35US #39
#55Norma34US #47
#56Rose34US #49
#57Sylvia34US #65
#58Roberta33US #72
#59Mildred32US #64
#60Ellen31US #67
#61Katherine31US #85
#62Louise31US #62
#63Sarah31US #60
#64Dolores28US #57
#65Gail28US #68
#66Marilyn28US #30
#67Geraldine26US #45
#68June26US #90
#69Lillian26US #104
#70Constance25US #114
#71Diana25US #100
#72Marcia25US #105
#73Marion25US #130
#74Rita25US #63
#75Jeanne24US #126
#76Sally24US #61
#77Anna23US #56
#78Juanita22US #84
#79Lorraine22US #93
#80Vivian22US #113
#81Joann21US #58
#82Julia21US #88
#83Marjorie21US #71
#84Christine20US #101
#85Sue20US #75
#86Theresa20US #95
#87Anita19US #91
#88Arlene19US #77
#89Suzanne19US #97
#90Jeanette18US #98
#91Laura18US #115
#92Maureen18US #129
#93Pamela18US #155
#94Paula18US #151
#95Beatrice17US #143
#96Bernice17US #133
#97Charlene17US #125
#98Edith17US #103
#99Jo17US #66
#100Kathryn17US #87

Boys

#1James585US #1
#2John533US #3
#3Robert518US #2
#4William473US #4
#5Richard293US #5
#6Charles269US #6
#7Thomas236US #8
#8Joseph193US #12
#9Michael191US #16
#10David179US #7
#11George156US #13
#12Donald134US #10
#13Ronald127US #9
#14Paul126US #18
#15Edward116US #17
#16Kenneth95US #15
#17Stephen82US #41
#18Raymond79US #22
#19Frank77US #21
#20Harry68US #48
#21Lawrence66US #34
#22Walter66US #26
#23Henry63US #28
#24Gerald58US #20
#25Arthur56US #33
#26Larry55US #11
#27Carl52US #29
#28Daniel50US #31
#29Peter49US #44
#30Albert48US #40
#31Eugene48US #42
#32Francis45US #60
#33Harold43US #24
#34Dennis39US #23
#35Samuel39US #65
#36Wayne39US #37
#37Bernard38US #87
#38Frederick37US #69
#39Norman37US #49
#40Howard36US #47
#41Theodore36US #95
#42Gary35US #19
#43Anthony33US #46
#44Melvin33US #56
#45Earl32US #58
#46Herbert32US #76
#47Louis32US #50
#48Stanley32US #57
#49Alfred31US #74
#50Douglas31US #53
#51Bruce30US #51
#52Ernest30US #61
#53Jerry30US #14
#54Roger30US #25
#55Ralph29US #38
#56Alvin28US #107
#57Fred27US #43
#58Milton27US #140
#59Patrick27US #70
#60Philip26US #52
#61Warren26US #105
#62Alan25US #84
#63Leonard25US #54
#64Clarence24US #62
#65Allen23US #73
#66Roy23US #39
#67Andrew22US #82
#68Jack22US #32
#69Jerome22US #101
#70Russell22US #75
#71Franklin21US #98
#72Glenn21US #86
#73Edwin20US #97
#74Maurice20US #163
#75Allan19US #135
#76Leon19US #93
#77Reginald18
#78Willie18US #36
#79Barry17US #91
#80Benjamin17US #124
#81Jeffrey17US #134
#82Leroy17US #67
#83Lewis17US #109
#84Martin17US #85
#85Phillip17US #77
#86Steven17US #90
#87Lee16US #81
#88Roland15US #144
#89Timothy15US #121
#90Vincent15US #104
#91Edgar14US #167
#92Gordon14US #92
#93Jon14US #128
#94Marvin14US #63
#95Nathaniel14US #182
#96Terry14US #64
#97Don13US #66
#98Eddie13US #78
#99Hugh13US #160
#100Joe13US #30

On the move since 1940

Rising

↑31Milton#58
↑27Sarah#63
↑25Herbert#46
↑24Norma#55
↑23Lois#48
↑23Peggy#54
↑23Marcia#72
↑22Anna#77

Falling

↓36Leroy#82
↓34Julia#82
↓26Ralph#55
↓25Phillip#85
↓24Ellen#60
↓24Suzanne#89
↓24Kathryn#100
↓24Philip#60

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State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1940 rankings.