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Top names in District of Columbia

The names most likely to appear on 1944 District of Columbia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 19,137 District of Columbia births in 1944 across 474 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.

#88Reginaldoutside the national top 200
#67Maurice#168 nationally
#89Veronica#188 nationally
#62Eric#158 nationally
#78Christopher#170 nationally
#82Deborah#168 nationally
#100Alexander#183 nationally
#68Yvonne#141 nationally
#93Hugh#165 nationally
#87Claude#154 nationally
#39Delores#97 nationally
#50Cynthia#105 nationally

Girls

#1Mary520US #1
#2Barbara431US #2
#3Patricia424US #4
#4Carol234US #5
#5Linda215US #3
#6Nancy209US #7
#7Margaret202US #14
#8Sandra202US #6
#9Susan192US #13
#10Carolyn187US #11
#11Judith175US #9
#12Sharon165US #8
#13Joan160US #22
#14Joyce149US #18
#15Elizabeth134US #23
#16Diane129US #24
#17Shirley126US #15
#18Dorothy115US #19
#19Donna110US #17
#20Betty107US #10
#21Janet101US #21
#22Gloria96US #25
#23Karen93US #16
#24Jean91US #37
#25Kathleen85US #20
#26Ann83US #39
#27Martha82US #29
#28Beverly74US #35
#29Helen74US #31
#30Frances70US #33
#31Pamela70US #44
#32Judy67US #12
#33Virginia65US #26
#34Janice64US #28
#35Catherine63US #49
#36Anne61US #86
#37Carole61US #43
#38Brenda59US #30
#39Delores59US #97
#40Ruth59US #32
#41Alice54US #38
#42Cheryl54US #36
#43Ellen52US #63
#44Bonnie51US #34
#45Jacqueline50US #64
#46Doris48US #42
#47Jane48US #41
#48Gail44US #56
#49Joanne44US #55
#50Cynthia43US #105
#51Elaine42US #46
#52Katherine41US #77
#53Phyllis40US #40
#54Kathryn39US #68
#55Marie39US #48
#56Marilyn39US #27
#57Diana38US #60
#58Evelyn38US #57
#59Peggy36US #45
#60Sally35US #59
#61Constance34US #104
#62Geraldine34US #53
#63Charlotte33US #50
#64Eileen33US #73
#65Sheila33US #103
#66Paula32US #82
#67Rita32US #54
#68Yvonne32US #141
#69Christine31US #75
#70Marcia31US #89
#71Marjorie31US #85
#72Rose31US #52
#73Suzanne29US #78
#74Sylvia29US #83
#75Theresa29US #96
#76Vivian29US #129
#77Jeanne28US #108
#78Sarah28US #67
#79Jo27US #61
#80Julia27US #102
#81Roberta27US #70
#82Deborah26US #168
#83Dolores25US #92
#84Juanita25US #94
#85Lynn25US #116
#86Lois24US #47
#87Lorraine24US #93
#88Marsha24US #111
#89Veronica24US #188
#90Claudia23US #120
#91Florence23US #133
#92Rebecca23US #84
#93Sue23US #62
#94Lillian22US #126
#95Louise22US #69
#96Maureen22US #107
#97Norma22US #66
#98Josephine21US #115
#99Andrea20US #128
#100Arlene20US #101

Boys

#1John786US #3
#2Robert668US #2
#3James631US #1
#4William599US #4
#5Richard391US #5
#6Charles361US #7
#7Michael321US #9
#8Thomas297US #8
#9David275US #6
#10Joseph235US #13
#11George225US #14
#12Edward172US #18
#13Ronald170US #10
#14Donald150US #11
#15Paul144US #17
#16Kenneth128US #16
#17Frank99US #21
#18Raymond94US #22
#19Gary93US #15
#20Stephen92US #28
#21Lawrence80US #32
#22Larry78US #12
#23Daniel72US #25
#24Peter72US #40
#25Walter72US #26
#26Arthur69US #29
#27Dennis67US #20
#28Gerald65US #24
#29Harry62US #49
#30Carl60US #36
#31Harold57US #27
#32Bruce54US #51
#33Frederick53US #73
#34Henry53US #35
#35Douglas51US #34
#36Eugene51US #48
#37Ralph50US #42
#38Wayne49US #37
#39Howard48US #53
#40Philip47US #60
#41Louis46US #54
#42Francis44US #71
#43Roger44US #23
#44Steven44US #52
#45Alan42US #55
#46Albert42US #44
#47Anthony41US #46
#48Jerry41US #19
#49Norman41US #58
#50Bernard40US #94
#51Ernest40US #59
#52Andrew39US #81
#53Fred37US #47
#54Clarence36US #74
#55Jeffrey36US #101
#56Patrick34US #64
#57Melvin33US #67
#58Russell33US #63
#59Samuel33US #62
#60Timothy33US #92
#61Earl32US #65
#62Eric32US #158
#63Jack32US #30
#64Stanley32US #57
#65Leonard31US #56
#66Roy31US #39
#67Maurice30US #168
#68Jerome28US #117
#69Leroy28US #78
#70Theodore28US #96
#71Willie28US #31
#72Barry27US #84
#73Calvin27US #124
#74Warren27US #100
#75Brian26US #116
#76Leon25US #108
#77Alfred24US #82
#78Christopher24US #170
#79Steve24US #89
#80Phillip23US #83
#81Herbert21US #90
#82Jon21US #122
#83Martin21US #91
#84Lloyd20US #102
#85Vincent20US #113
#86Benjamin19US #130
#87Claude19US #154
#88Reginald19
#89Allen18US #77
#90Joe18US #33
#91Lewis18US #112
#92Dwight17US #140
#93Hugh17US #165
#94Joel17US #125
#95Mark17US #93
#96Marvin17US #75
#97Nicholas17US #150
#98Ray16US #86
#99Terry16US #43
#100Alexander15US #183

On the move since 1943

Rising

↑36Alan#45
↑35Jeffrey#55
↑33Eric#62
↑24Cynthia#50
↑24Paula#66
↑23Kathryn#54
↑18Harold#31
↑17Jerry#48

Falling

↓43Louise#95
↓30Lillian#94
↓29Mark#95
↓23Melvin#57
↓21Samuel#59
↓21Ray#98
↓19Jack#63
↓17Sylvia#74

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1943 rankings.