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Top names in District of Columbia

The names most likely to appear on 1947 District of Columbia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 24,216 District of Columbia births in 1947 across 552 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.

#51Reginaldoutside the national top 200
#61Tyroneoutside the national top 200
#95Laverneoutside the national top 200
#96Veronica#198 nationally
#96Maurice#181 nationally
#99Stuart#178 nationally
#55Eric#122 nationally
#64Gwendolyn#130 nationally
#66Christopher#127 nationally
#97Milton#158 nationally
#54Jerome#110 nationally
#43Anne#95 nationally

Girls

#1Linda564US #1
#2Patricia537US #3
#3Mary533US #2
#4Barbara435US #4
#5Susan269US #8
#6Sandra239US #5
#7Carol231US #6
#8Nancy226US #7
#9Margaret213US #16
#10Kathleen190US #11
#11Sharon187US #9
#12Diane185US #18
#13Carolyn177US #15
#14Judith166US #12
#15Karen163US #13
#16Donna160US #10
#17Elizabeth146US #25
#18Joyce144US #20
#19Brenda138US #21
#20Shirley117US #19
#21Pamela115US #28
#22Joan112US #30
#23Betty109US #17
#24Gloria100US #27
#25Janice99US #22
#26Ann98US #41
#27Beverly98US #31
#28Cynthia96US #33
#29Jean96US #40
#30Frances91US #39
#31Deborah89US #62
#32Jacqueline88US #59
#33Cheryl86US #24
#34Janet86US #23
#35Helen81US #38
#36Christine79US #45
#37Catherine75US #46
#38Jane75US #36
#39Dorothy73US #26
#40Phyllis72US #37
#41Martha71US #32
#42Ellen69US #61
#43Anne67US #95
#44Alice66US #47
#45Diana66US #48
#46Gail65US #49
#47Virginia62US #34
#48Judy61US #14
#49Bonnie58US #35
#50Ruth55US #44
#51Marilyn54US #29
#52Elaine52US #50
#53Katherine52US #76
#54Kathryn52US #55
#55Marie52US #57
#56Suzanne52US #53
#57Doris50US #58
#58Dianne49US #83
#59Geraldine48US #78
#60Jo47US #51
#61Sheila47US #73
#62Paula46US #54
#63Constance45US #100
#64Gwendolyn45US #130
#65Rita45US #60
#66Evelyn43US #72
#67Maureen43US #98
#68Delores42US #115
#69Marcia42US #81
#70Yvonne42US #117
#71Lynn40US #75
#72Joanne39US #56
#73Lorraine39US #84
#74Peggy39US #42
#75Sylvia39US #97
#76Anita38US #94
#77Carole38US #102
#78Lynda37US #77
#79Marsha37US #88
#80Laura36US #74
#81Theresa36US #85
#82Leslie34US #132
#83Juanita33US #110
#84Rosemary33US #80
#85Eileen32US #91
#86Maria32US #79
#87Charlotte31US #68
#88Louise31US #99
#89Roberta31US #90
#90Sherry30US #67
#91Marjorie29US #106
#92Paulette29US #134
#93Andrea28US #126
#94Jeanne28US #86
#95Laverne28
#96Veronica28US #198
#97Anna27US #92
#98Charlene27US #105
#99Joann27US #89
#100Rose27US #65

Boys

#1John883US #3
#2James777US #1
#3Robert720US #2
#4William637US #4
#5Michael526US #7
#6Richard400US #5
#7David394US #6
#8Thomas358US #8
#9Charles357US #9
#10Ronald299US #11
#11Joseph255US #14
#12George250US #16
#13Donald180US #13
#14Edward178US #19
#15Kenneth160US #15
#16Paul158US #18
#17Stephen157US #21
#18Larry136US #10
#19Gary133US #12
#20Gregory121US #33
#21Steven109US #24
#22Raymond107US #27
#23Dennis106US #17
#24Lawrence97US #32
#25Mark96US #47
#26Peter93US #36
#27Frank91US #23
#28Daniel87US #22
#29Douglas87US #31
#30Walter84US #34
#31Bruce77US #29
#32Arthur74US #38
#33Alan72US #45
#34Ralph70US #50
#35Philip66US #57
#36Patrick63US #53
#37Gerald62US #28
#38Harold62US #35
#39Henry62US #46
#40Albert61US #55
#41Harry60US #54
#42Frederick59US #78
#43Wayne59US #30
#44Carl58US #40
#45Anthony56US #41
#46Leonard56US #71
#47Samuel54US #72
#48Timothy54US #52
#49Bernard53US #100
#50Jerry53US #20
#51Reginald51
#52Jeffrey50US #66
#53Roger50US #25
#54Jerome48US #110
#55Eric46US #122
#56Barry45US #68
#57Melvin45US #85
#58Brian42US #95
#59Earl42US #83
#60Francis42US #84
#61Tyrone42
#62Andrew41US #82
#63Ernest41US #75
#64Louis41US #64
#65Phillip41US #74
#66Christopher40US #127
#67Fred40US #56
#68Clarence39US #88
#69Alfred38US #96
#70Stanley38US #67
#71Glenn37US #70
#72Howard37US #62
#73Norman37US #81
#74Roy37US #48
#75Leroy36US #98
#76Craig33US #93
#77Jack33US #37
#78Leon33US #117
#79Herbert32US #104
#80Martin32US #90
#81Terry32US #26
#82Allen31US #73
#83Russell31US #69
#84Steve31US #58
#85Vincent31US #105
#86Willie31US #42
#87Calvin30US #120
#88Vernon30US #134
#89Eugene29US #59
#90Joel28US #133
#91Theodore28US #102
#92Alvin27US #129
#93Warren27US #108
#94Benjamin26US #144
#95Lee24US #92
#96Maurice23US #181
#97Milton23US #158
#98Ronnie23US #61
#99Stuart22US #178
#100Lewis21US #118

On the move since 1946

Rising

↑42Deborah#31
↑33Reginald#51
↑30Doris#57
↑25Brian#58
↑24Mark#25
↑23Leonard#46
↑23Barry#56
↑22Dianne#58

Falling

↓41Eugene#89
↓35Joanne#72
↓33Jeanne#94
↓31Russell#83
↓23Warren#93
↓22Howard#72
↓21Carole#77
↓21Eileen#85

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1946 rankings.