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Top names in District of Columbia

The names most likely to appear on 1943 District of Columbia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 19,355 District of Columbia births in 1943 across 484 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.

#86Reginaldoutside the national top 200
#73Christopher#184 nationally
#82Stuart#179 nationally
#85Veronica#182 nationally
#74Maurice#165 nationally
#100Leslie#191 nationally
#100Nathaniel#191 nationally
#61Yvonne#141 nationally
#81Gwendolyn#161 nationally
#98Marshall#172 nationally
#95Eric#161 nationally
#93Marian#149 nationally

Girls

#1Mary546US #1
#2Barbara475US #2
#3Patricia431US #3
#4Linda248US #4
#5Carol228US #5
#6Nancy199US #9
#7Judith195US #7
#8Sandra191US #6
#9Margaret186US #14
#10Susan184US #18
#11Carolyn174US #11
#12Elizabeth171US #23
#13Joan160US #21
#14Betty137US #10
#15Joyce134US #16
#16Sharon123US #8
#17Dorothy107US #19
#18Shirley106US #12
#19Diane104US #24
#20Donna103US #17
#21Kathleen101US #22
#22Janet98US #20
#23Karen97US #15
#24Ann94US #37
#25Virginia94US #25
#26Helen92US #28
#27Frances89US #31
#28Gloria89US #30
#29Jean85US #36
#30Ruth85US #33
#31Martha77US #29
#32Beverly69US #32
#33Carole69US #42
#34Anne64US #80
#35Catherine64US #48
#36Katherine63US #78
#37Judy61US #13
#38Jacqueline60US #65
#39Jane60US #44
#40Brenda59US #35
#41Pamela59US #54
#42Alice55US #38
#43Bonnie53US #34
#44Gail52US #55
#45Janice49US #26
#46Ellen48US #67
#47Phyllis48US #39
#48Elaine47US #46
#49Diana45US #62
#50Charlotte44US #47
#51Evelyn44US #53
#52Louise44US #70
#53Marie44US #45
#54Rita44US #52
#55Delores43US #99
#56Doris43US #40
#57Sylvia43US #77
#58Marilyn42US #27
#59Peggy42US #41
#60Joanne41US #49
#61Yvonne41US #141
#62Eileen40US #68
#63Sheila39US #92
#64Lillian36US #116
#65Marjorie36US #79
#66Sarah36US #71
#67Suzanne36US #86
#68Christine35US #84
#69Sally34US #57
#70Rose33US #50
#71Lois32US #43
#72Marcia32US #96
#73Constance31US #109
#74Cynthia31US #101
#75Geraldine31US #51
#76Julia31US #95
#77Kathryn31US #75
#78Roberta30US #66
#79Theresa30US #100
#80Joann29US #60
#81Gwendolyn27US #161
#82Loretta27US #89
#83Jo26US #63
#84Norma26US #58
#85Veronica26US #182
#86Dianne25US #88
#87Lynn25US #134
#88Jeanne24US #113
#89Maureen24US #105
#90Paula24US #93
#91Anita23US #98
#92Anna23US #64
#93Marian23US #149
#94Audrey22US #140
#95Dolores22US #74
#96Grace22US #130
#97Juanita22US #91
#98Rebecca22US #87
#99Eleanor21US #107
#100Leslie21US #191

Boys

#1John724US #3
#2Robert676US #2
#3James660US #1
#4William581US #4
#5Richard401US #5
#6Charles364US #7
#7Thomas310US #8
#8Michael278US #10
#9David258US #6
#10George217US #14
#11Joseph217US #13
#12Ronald184US #9
#13Edward160US #18
#14Donald152US #11
#15Paul148US #19
#16Kenneth106US #15
#17Stephen103US #29
#18Frank101US #21
#19Gary81US #16
#20Raymond80US #22
#21Peter75US #39
#22Walter75US #26
#23Daniel74US #25
#24Larry74US #12
#25Henry73US #31
#26Arthur72US #30
#27Dennis70US #20
#28Lawrence68US #32
#29Ralph66US #40
#30Carl61US #33
#31Gerald55US #23
#32Harry55US #50
#33Douglas53US #28
#34Melvin51US #63
#35Albert50US #43
#36Bruce49US #51
#37Howard49US #48
#38Samuel49US #62
#39Roger48US #24
#40Francis46US #64
#41Louis45US #53
#42Patrick45US #69
#43Frederick44US #70
#44Jack44US #34
#45Eugene41US #47
#46Fred41US #45
#47Philip41US #57
#48Stanley41US #54
#49Harold40US #27
#50Wayne39US #41
#51Steven38US #58
#52Clarence37US #68
#53Norman36US #56
#54Ernest35US #61
#55Timothy35US #99
#56Anthony34US #44
#57Barry34US #82
#58Bernard33US #92
#59Leonard33US #55
#60Andrew32US #79
#61Alfred31US #78
#62Jerome31US #109
#63Russell31US #73
#64Theodore31US #96
#65Jerry30US #17
#66Mark30US #101
#67Earl29US #60
#68Herbert28US #86
#69Leroy28US #74
#70Martin28US #83
#71Vincent27US #106
#72Willie27US #36
#73Christopher26US #184
#74Maurice26US #165
#75Benjamin25US #130
#76Lewis25US #115
#77Ray25US #84
#78Roy24US #38
#79Glenn23US #85
#80Warren23US #102
#81Alan22US #67
#82Stuart22US #179
#83Allen21US #76
#84Edwin21US #107
#85Brian20US #120
#86Reginald20
#87Calvin19US #126
#88Gordon19US #98
#89Harvey19US #111
#90Jeffrey19US #116
#91Phillip19US #81
#92Steve19US #93
#93Clifford18US #94
#94Don18US #72
#95Eric18US #161
#96Jon18US #127
#97Lee17US #91
#98Marshall17US #172
#99Franklin16US #119
#100Nathaniel16US #191

On the move since 1942

Rising

↑36Patrick#42
↑34Pamela#41
↑31Jerome#62
↑28Suzanne#67
↑27Andrew#60
↑25Lillian#64
↑22Rita#54
↑21Sarah#66

Falling

↓29Dolores#95
↓29Grace#96
↓28Warren#80
↓27Delores#55
↓27Jerry#65
↓25Bernard#58
↓23Jeffrey#90
↓23Phillip#91

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1942 rankings.