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Top names in District of Columbia

The names most likely to appear on 1945 District of Columbia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 19,449 District of Columbia births in 1945 across 491 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
#84Jonathan#179 nationally
#87Nathaniel#181 nationally
#72Christopher#160 nationally
#92Maurice#177 nationally
#58Leslie#142 nationally
#51Yvonne#133 nationally
#73Eric#153 nationally
#74Gwendolyn#151 nationally
#95Deborah#161 nationally
#54Delores#112 nationally
#79Allan#137 nationally

Girls

#1Mary494US #1
#2Patricia423US #4
#3Barbara391US #3
#4Carol258US #5
#5Linda249US #2
#6Susan222US #10
#7Margaret207US #15
#8Sandra191US #6
#9Nancy174US #7
#10Carolyn172US #12
#11Judith163US #9
#12Sharon147US #8
#13Joyce138US #18
#14Diane136US #22
#15Donna125US #17
#16Shirley118US #14
#17Joan117US #25
#18Karen114US #16
#19Kathleen114US #19
#20Betty113US #11
#21Elizabeth112US #26
#22Gloria107US #23
#23Janet106US #20
#24Jean95US #38
#25Dorothy83US #21
#26Ann81US #39
#27Martha75US #30
#28Helen72US #31
#29Jacqueline72US #63
#30Judy72US #13
#31Brenda71US #29
#32Janice70US #24
#33Marilyn66US #27
#34Jane63US #36
#35Cheryl62US #32
#36Frances62US #34
#37Diana61US #43
#38Pamela61US #42
#39Ruth60US #33
#40Doris58US #46
#41Virginia58US #28
#42Catherine56US #50
#43Anne55US #81
#44Gail55US #52
#45Beverly52US #37
#46Bonnie50US #35
#47Ellen48US #61
#48Alice47US #41
#49Marie46US #49
#50Sarah46US #76
#51Yvonne45US #133
#52Elaine44US #44
#53Suzanne44US #68
#54Delores43US #112
#55Peggy43US #45
#56Sylvia43US #83
#57Katherine39US #82
#58Leslie39US #142
#59Louise39US #78
#60Phyllis39US #40
#61Christine38US #62
#62Joanne38US #53
#63Laura38US #77
#64Marjorie38US #94
#65Rita38US #59
#66Constance37US #109
#67Evelyn37US #57
#68Marcia37US #88
#69Carole36US #51
#70Jo36US #60
#71Eileen35US #70
#72Jeanne34US #98
#73Roberta34US #75
#74Gwendolyn33US #151
#75Maureen33US #105
#76Paula33US #67
#77Kathryn32US #65
#78Sheila32US #89
#79Lynn31US #102
#80Theresa31US #96
#81Cynthia30US #90
#82Sally30US #64
#83Dianne29US #72
#84Rosemary28US #79
#85Charlotte27US #55
#86Geraldine27US #56
#87Juanita27US #108
#88Rebecca27US #85
#89Sue26US #66
#90Vivian26US #118
#91Anita25US #100
#92Rose25US #54
#93Lois24US #48
#94Sara24US #135
#95Deborah22US #161
#96Joann22US #80
#97Julia22US #115
#98Lorraine22US #87
#99Marion22US #145
#100Mildred22US #93

Boys

#1John707US #3
#2James667US #1
#3Robert625US #2
#4William577US #4
#5Richard416US #5
#6Michael348US #9
#7Charles331US #7
#8Thomas296US #8
#9David286US #6
#10Joseph246US #14
#11Ronald202US #10
#12George193US #15
#13Donald180US #12
#14Edward151US #18
#15Paul139US #17
#16Stephen137US #26
#17Kenneth123US #16
#18Gary94US #13
#19Lawrence94US #30
#20Frank91US #21
#21Peter78US #38
#22Dennis77US #19
#23Raymond77US #23
#24Daniel76US #24
#25Larry76US #11
#26Walter70US #27
#27Arthur68US #34
#28Douglas65US #29
#29Steven62US #43
#30Gerald55US #25
#31Harold53US #28
#32Harry53US #47
#33Bruce52US #48
#34Mark52US #72
#35Henry51US #37
#36Carl47US #39
#37Albert46US #49
#38Wayne46US #35
#39Eugene44US #50
#40Philip44US #58
#41Ralph44US #44
#42Alan43US #52
#43Leonard42US #57
#44Roger42US #22
#45Anthony41US #46
#46Andrew39US #86
#47Earl39US #71
#48Frederick39US #77
#49Patrick39US #63
#50Samuel39US #62
#51Francis38US #76
#52Jack38US #32
#53Bernard37US #98
#54Fred37US #51
#55Jeffrey37US #91
#56Norman37US #65
#57Gregory36US #96
#58Melvin36US #78
#59Stanley35US #59
#60Timothy35US #70
#61Willie35US #31
#62Ernest34US #60
#63Allen33US #74
#64Jerry33US #20
#65Louis33US #55
#66Russell33US #64
#67Brian32US #113
#68Howard31US #54
#69Warren31US #106
#70Roy30US #40
#71Calvin27US #124
#72Christopher26US #160
#73Eric26US #153
#74Leon26US #111
#75Alfred25US #88
#76Barry24US #84
#77Jerome24US #122
#78Leroy24US #83
#79Allan23US #137
#80Keith23US #108
#81Vincent23US #110
#82Clarence22US #82
#83Franklin22US #119
#84Jonathan22US #179
#85Lewis22US #123
#86Martin22US #90
#87Nathaniel22US #181
#88Reginald22
#89Victor22US #95
#90Bill21US #66
#91Gene21US #100
#92Maurice21US #177
#93Harvey20US #116
#94Herbert20US #94
#95Phillip20US #85
#96Steve20US #79
#97Theodore20US #101
#98Gordon19US #109
#99Jon19US #112
#100Lee19US #87

On the move since 1944

Rising

↑61Mark#34
↑36Louise#59
↑28Sarah#50
↑26Allen#63
↑23Marilyn#33
↑22Leonard#43
↑21Maureen#75
↑20Diana#37

Falling

↓32Carole#69
↓31Cynthia#81
↓29Howard#68
↓28Clarence#82
↓27Theodore#97
↓25Maurice#92
↓24Geraldine#86
↓24Louis#65

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1944 rankings.