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Top names in District of Columbia

The names most likely to appear on 1946 District of Columbia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 22,069 District of Columbia births in 1946 across 518 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.

#78Tyroneoutside the national top 200
#84Reginaldoutside the national top 200
#95Nathaniel#186 nationally
#64Christopher#150 nationally
#87Jonathan#173 nationally
#91Maurice#176 nationally
#90Marian#162 nationally
#66Gwendolyn#132 nationally
#51Jerome#114 nationally
#92Marion#155 nationally
#72Eric#134 nationally
#58Yvonne#118 nationally

Girls

#1Mary559US #1
#2Patricia453US #3
#3Barbara438US #4
#4Linda333US #2
#5Carol247US #5
#6Nancy246US #7
#7Sandra228US #6
#8Sharon228US #9
#9Susan220US #8
#10Margaret211US #17
#11Kathleen182US #16
#12Carolyn176US #12
#13Judith173US #10
#14Joyce143US #20
#15Diane139US #19
#16Joan139US #28
#17Karen132US #15
#18Donna128US #13
#19Shirley118US #18
#20Ann109US #40
#21Elizabeth106US #25
#22Jean98US #37
#23Gloria97US #26
#24Brenda96US #24
#25Catherine93US #48
#26Betty92US #14
#27Jane90US #35
#28Janet87US #21
#29Jacqueline86US #62
#30Janice82US #22
#31Beverly81US #30
#32Dorothy81US #23
#33Pamela79US #34
#34Martha76US #32
#35Frances74US #39
#36Cheryl72US #27
#37Joanne70US #57
#38Suzanne69US #52
#39Helen67US #36
#40Cynthia64US #46
#41Virginia63US #31
#42Ellen62US #58
#43Judy62US #11
#44Phyllis60US #41
#45Alice59US #44
#46Diana59US #42
#47Ruth57US #38
#48Anne56US #81
#49Bonnie56US #33
#50Kathryn56US #63
#51Marilyn56US #29
#52Christine55US #50
#53Elaine53US #47
#54Peggy49US #43
#55Gail48US #49
#56Carole47US #72
#57Sheila47US #70
#58Yvonne44US #118
#59Jo43US #53
#60Marie43US #54
#61Jeanne42US #83
#62Katherine42US #78
#63Constance41US #100
#64Eileen41US #80
#65Rita41US #56
#66Gwendolyn39US #132
#67Theresa39US #96
#68Anita38US #84
#69Delores38US #115
#70Lorraine38US #93
#71Marcia38US #89
#72Paula38US #69
#73Deborah37US #119
#74Lynn37US #94
#75Roberta37US #86
#76Sarah37US #92
#77Sylvia37US #82
#78Geraldine36US #66
#79Charlotte35US #64
#80Dianne35US #76
#81Laura35US #75
#82Marjorie35US #106
#83Evelyn34US #65
#84Rose34US #60
#85Julia33US #114
#86Vivian33US #120
#87Doris31US #51
#88Leslie31US #130
#89Maureen31US #95
#90Marian30US #162
#91Louise29US #91
#92Marion29US #155
#93Sherry28US #73
#94Maria27US #88
#95Jeanette26US #121
#96Lois26US #55
#97Paulette26US #117
#98Darlene25US #71
#99Juanita25US #110
#100Sally25US #67

Boys

#1John804US #3
#2Robert732US #2
#3James698US #1
#4William617US #4
#5Richard472US #5
#6Michael433US #7
#7Charles337US #9
#8Thomas333US #8
#9David315US #6
#10Joseph251US #14
#11Ronald246US #10
#12George221US #16
#13Paul207US #18
#14Donald177US #13
#15Stephen170US #24
#16Edward166US #19
#17Kenneth146US #15
#18Lawrence107US #31
#19Gary105US #12
#20Frank99US #22
#21Daniel90US #21
#22Douglas89US #34
#23Larry87US #11
#24Dennis86US #17
#25Raymond83US #25
#26Carl79US #39
#27Arthur76US #36
#28Wayne73US #29
#29Peter72US #38
#30Alan71US #49
#31Gregory71US #56
#32Bruce69US #32
#33Steven69US #28
#34Walter69US #30
#35Harry63US #50
#36Samuel61US #70
#37Anthony57US #44
#38Henry57US #41
#39Gerald56US #27
#40Jerry56US #20
#41Roger55US #23
#42Frederick54US #75
#43Bernard52US #102
#44Harold52US #33
#45Ralph50US #48
#46Andrew48US #84
#47Patrick48US #59
#48Eugene46US #57
#49Mark45US #58
#50Howard44US #55
#51Jerome44US #114
#52Russell44US #66
#53Philip43US #61
#54Francis42US #80
#55Norman42US #76
#56Timothy42US #60
#57Albert39US #52
#58Louis39US #63
#59Stanley39US #65
#60Jack37US #35
#61Jeffrey37US #78
#62Clarence36US #89
#63Allen35US #74
#64Christopher35US #150
#65Earl35US #82
#66Ernest33US #71
#67Melvin33US #86
#68Alfred32US #94
#69Leonard32US #67
#70Warren32US #105
#71Leroy31US #90
#72Eric30US #134
#73Willie30US #40
#74Fred29US #51
#75Theodore29US #101
#76Roy28US #43
#77Terry28US #26
#78Tyrone28
#79Barry27US #68
#80Glenn27US #81
#81Gordon27US #111
#82Martin27US #92
#83Brian26US #103
#84Reginald26
#85Vernon25US #130
#86Herbert24US #97
#87Jonathan24US #173
#88Lee24US #91
#89Leon24US #113
#90Lewis24US #118
#91Maurice24US #176
#92Jon23US #117
#93Dale22US #62
#94Johnny21US #47
#95Nathaniel21US #186
#96Alvin20US #126
#97Calvin20US #128
#98Franklin20US #140
#99Lloyd20US #106
#100Vincent20US #110

On the move since 1945

Rising

↑41Cynthia#40
↑28Lorraine#70
↑27Kathryn#50
↑26Gregory#31
↑26Jerome#51
↑25Joanne#37
↑24Jerry#40
↑23Anita#68

Falling

↓47Doris#87
↓32Louise#91
↓30Leslie#88
↓26Sarah#76
↓26Leonard#69
↓26Calvin#97
↓21Sylvia#77
↓20Albert#57

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1945 rankings.