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Top names in District of Columbia

The names most likely to appear on 1942 District of Columbia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 17,775 District of Columbia births in 1942 across 453 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.

#70Reginaldoutside the national top 200
#88Christopher#195 nationally
#94Leslieoutside the national top 200
#89Eric#182 nationally
#72Hugh#154 nationally
#52Yvonne#131 nationally
#92Stuart#171 nationally
#98Gwendolyn#169 nationally
#67Grace#129 nationally
#80Milton#141 nationally
#28Delores#86 nationally
#83Marian#141 nationally

Girls

#1Mary515US #1
#2Barbara426US #2
#3Patricia377US #3
#4Margaret197US #14
#5Carol194US #5
#6Joan184US #18
#7Nancy177US #8
#8Sandra173US #6
#9Linda172US #4
#10Carolyn167US #10
#11Judith154US #7
#12Dorothy152US #17
#13Susan126US #21
#14Elizabeth122US #22
#15Betty119US #9
#16Shirley114US #12
#17Joyce113US #13
#18Jean99US #36
#19Gloria96US #31
#20Frances93US #30
#21Kathleen92US #24
#22Diane91US #28
#23Janet91US #19
#24Helen89US #26
#25Ann79US #38
#26Catherine76US #49
#27Carole74US #35
#28Delores74US #86
#29Donna72US #20
#30Virginia70US #23
#31Sharon69US #11
#32Anne68US #76
#33Karen67US #16
#34Alice65US #39
#35Judy65US #15
#36Ruth64US #33
#37Doris58US #41
#38Martha58US #29
#39Peggy55US #42
#40Katherine53US #81
#41Beverly51US #32
#42Jacqueline50US #69
#43Jane50US #46
#44Bonnie49US #34
#45Brenda49US #40
#46Phyllis49US #37
#47Marie48US #43
#48Ellen45US #64
#49Evelyn43US #53
#50Elaine42US #45
#51Marilyn41US #27
#52Yvonne41US #131
#53Charlotte39US #51
#54Diana39US #68
#55Gail39US #60
#56Janice38US #25
#57Mildred37US #71
#58Marjorie35US #74
#59Sheila35US #94
#60Christine34US #96
#61Florence34US #110
#62Geraldine34US #47
#63Joanne34US #48
#64Louise33US #61
#65Constance32US #116
#66Dolores32US #63
#67Grace32US #129
#68Lois32US #44
#69Theresa32US #98
#70Kathryn31US #82
#71Rose31US #50
#72Sally30US #56
#73Vivian30US #125
#74Loretta29US #79
#75Pamela29US #106
#76Rita29US #55
#77Sylvia29US #72
#78Eileen28US #88
#79Joann28US #58
#80Julia28US #95
#81Juanita27US #90
#82June27US #107
#83Marian27US #141
#84Norma27US #52
#85Roberta27US #66
#86Marcia26US #105
#87Sarah26US #67
#88Kay25US #75
#89Lillian25US #111
#90Jo24US #65
#91Lynn24US #149
#92Cynthia23US #101
#93Eleanor23US #87
#94Leslie23
#95Suzanne23US #103
#96Audrey22US #120
#97Anita21US #93
#98Gwendolyn21US #169
#99Jeanne21US #119
#100Anna20US #59

Boys

#1John675US #3
#2Robert624US #2
#3William600US #4
#4James586US #1
#5Charles340US #7
#6Richard333US #5
#7Michael281US #13
#8David264US #6
#9Thomas262US #8
#10George216US #14
#11Joseph195US #11
#12Ronald170US #9
#13Paul146US #19
#14Edward142US #17
#15Donald137US #10
#16Kenneth127US #15
#17Stephen89US #32
#18Frank86US #21
#19Lawrence78US #30
#20Raymond74US #24
#21Douglas73US #23
#22Walter70US #26
#23Arthur67US #29
#24Albert65US #40
#25Daniel62US #28
#26Larry62US #12
#27Harry58US #48
#28Ralph57US #38
#29Gerald56US #22
#30Henry56US #31
#31Carl52US #36
#32Dennis52US #20
#33Bernard51US #90
#34Peter51US #39
#35Gary50US #18
#36Norman49US #53
#37Anthony47US #44
#38Jerry47US #16
#39Samuel46US #59
#40Ernest45US #61
#41Harold45US #27
#42Melvin45US #60
#43Eugene44US #45
#44Roger44US #25
#45Wayne44US #41
#46Bruce41US #50
#47Howard41US #49
#48Stanley39US #56
#49Francis38US #58
#50Martin38US #85
#51Philip38US #54
#52Warren37US #97
#53Clarence35US #67
#54Leonard35US #57
#55Louis35US #51
#56Steven35US #75
#57Fred33US #46
#58Jack32US #34
#59Theodore32US #91
#60Timothy32US #108
#61Earl31US #62
#62Leroy31US #69
#63Barry30US #79
#64Frederick29US #68
#65Alan28US #81
#66Alfred28US #76
#67Jeffrey27US #116
#68Phillip27US #77
#69Vincent27US #101
#70Reginald26
#71Russell26US #70
#72Hugh25US #154
#73Herbert24US #83
#74Marvin24US #66
#75Roy24US #42
#76Allen23US #71
#77Allan22US #124
#78Patrick22US #64
#79Franklin21US #103
#80Milton21US #141
#81Benjamin20US #129
#82Lewis20US #112
#83Willie20US #37
#84Edwin19US #105
#85Jay19US #133
#86Mark19US #117
#87Andrew18US #80
#88Christopher18US #195
#89Eric18US #182
#90Gordon18US #92
#91Harvey18US #107
#92Stuart18US #171
#93Jerome17US #104
#94Lloyd17US #96
#95Steve17US #102
#96Alvin16US #115
#97Calvin16US #136
#98Jesse16US #100
#99Joe16US #33
#100Lee16US #87

On the move since 1941

Rising

↑34Martin#50
↑30Kathryn#70
↑30Steven#56
↑29Douglas#21
↑29Timothy#60
↑27Ralph#28
↑27Hugh#72
↑25Marjorie#58

Falling

↓40Eleanor#93
↓40Alvin#96
↓29Joanne#63
↓29Norma#84
↓27Roberta#85
↓27Herbert#73
↓26Frederick#64
↓24Sarah#87

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1941 rankings.