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Top names in District of Columbia

The names most likely to appear on 1948 District of Columbia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 23,452 District of Columbia births in 1948 across 533 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.

#51Tyroneoutside the national top 200
#53Reginaldoutside the national top 200
#97Maurice#198 nationally
#95Jonathan#173 nationally
#89Milton#160 nationally
#48Delores#116 nationally
#47Eric#114 nationally
#38Christopher#102 nationally
#66Gwendolyn#124 nationally
#57Yvonne#112 nationally
#56Bernard#107 nationally
#68Calvin#117 nationally

Girls

#1Linda562US #1
#2Mary518US #2
#3Patricia465US #4
#4Barbara398US #3
#5Susan271US #5
#6Margaret212US #13
#7Sharon211US #9
#8Nancy204US #7
#9Sandra200US #6
#10Carol195US #8
#11Diane180US #19
#12Kathleen174US #10
#13Carolyn168US #14
#14Brenda163US #17
#15Karen153US #12
#16Donna149US #11
#17Elizabeth135US #26
#18Judith122US #15
#19Deborah121US #30
#20Joyce119US #21
#21Pamela114US #22
#22Cynthia113US #27
#23Shirley102US #20
#24Janice97US #23
#25Ann94US #44
#26Jacqueline94US #58
#27Catherine91US #41
#28Joan91US #37
#29Betty90US #18
#30Frances87US #42
#31Janet82US #24
#32Beverly80US #31
#33Jean78US #47
#34Cheryl77US #25
#35Christine76US #35
#36Dorothy73US #29
#37Gloria73US #28
#38Katherine73US #68
#39Anne70US #87
#40Theresa70US #63
#41Jane69US #39
#42Sheila69US #71
#43Ruth68US #45
#44Helen65US #40
#45Ellen59US #67
#46Alice58US #49
#47Bonnie58US #34
#48Delores57US #116
#49Diana57US #48
#50Judy57US #16
#51Gail56US #51
#52Joanne55US #65
#53Elaine54US #53
#54Paula54US #52
#55Phyllis54US #46
#56Kathryn53US #54
#57Yvonne52US #112
#58Martha48US #32
#59Virginia48US #36
#60Geraldine47US #83
#61Lynn47US #80
#62Marie46US #60
#63Jo44US #56
#64Peggy44US #38
#65Marsha43US #76
#66Gwendolyn42US #124
#67Marilyn42US #33
#68Maureen41US #88
#69Suzanne41US #66
#70Sylvia41US #100
#71Rita39US #59
#72Doris38US #64
#73Dianne37US #86
#74Evelyn37US #74
#75Laura37US #73
#76Charlene35US #105
#77Charlotte35US #69
#78Paulette35US #123
#79Sarah34US #85
#80Teresa34US #82
#81Constance33US #93
#82Maria33US #75
#83Jeanne32US #95
#84Marcia31US #79
#85Regina31US #132
#86Victoria31US #108
#87Anita30US #102
#88Claudia30US #122
#89Stephanie30US #137
#90Eileen29US #91
#91Juanita29US #107
#92Lorraine29US #96
#93Lynda29US #84
#94Sherry29US #61
#95Kathy27US #55
#96Louise27US #99
#97Roberta27US #101
#98Rosemary27US #90
#99Vivian27US #126
#100Carole26US #106

Boys

#1John821US #3
#2James732US #1
#3Robert730US #2
#4William614US #4
#5Michael542US #6
#6Richard379US #7
#7Thomas372US #8
#8Charles369US #9
#9David353US #5
#10Joseph282US #13
#11Ronald279US #10
#12George222US #16
#13Paul197US #18
#14Stephen184US #20
#15Donald179US #14
#16Edward175US #19
#17Kenneth161US #15
#18Larry137US #11
#19Gary136US #12
#20Daniel117US #22
#21Lawrence117US #31
#22Steven108US #23
#23Raymond106US #27
#24Frank103US #25
#25Gregory103US #32
#26Dennis96US #17
#27Mark89US #29
#28Alan86US #46
#29Bruce82US #28
#30Walter75US #35
#31Anthony73US #41
#32Gerald72US #30
#33Harold72US #36
#34Arthur68US #44
#35Patrick64US #48
#36Timothy64US #38
#37Carl63US #42
#38Christopher63US #102
#39Douglas61US #33
#40Wayne61US #34
#41Jerry60US #21
#42Peter60US #37
#43Eugene58US #61
#44Ralph58US #51
#45Andrew57US #77
#46Roger57US #24
#47Eric55US #114
#48Philip55US #54
#49Samuel53US #70
#50Jeffrey52US #58
#51Tyrone52
#52Harry51US #57
#53Reginald51
#54Stanley51US #65
#55Ernest50US #76
#56Bernard49US #107
#57Clarence49US #87
#58Albert46US #55
#59Frederick46US #75
#60Henry45US #45
#61Howard44US #63
#62Norman43US #85
#63Leroy42US #97
#64Francis41US #80
#65Jerome40US #110
#66Vincent40US #106
#67Phillip39US #69
#68Calvin38US #117
#69Fred37US #66
#70Melvin37US #81
#71Roy37US #49
#72Allen36US #72
#73Theodore36US #104
#74Glenn35US #73
#75Russell35US #67
#76Terry35US #26
#77Barry34US #74
#78Alfred33US #96
#79Earl33US #83
#80Steve33US #60
#81Brian32US #95
#82Warren32US #109
#83Leon31US #119
#84Louis31US #64
#85Alvin30US #124
#86Craig30US #82
#87Jack30US #43
#88Leonard30US #71
#89Milton30US #160
#90Lewis28US #130
#91Martin28US #88
#92Willie26US #40
#93Benjamin24US #139
#94Herbert24US #103
#95Jonathan24US #173
#96Edwin23US #116
#97Maurice23US #198
#98Ronnie23US #59
#99Dale22US #56
#100Don22US #91

On the move since 1947

Rising

↑46Eugene#43
↑41Theresa#40
↑28Christopher#38
↑22Charlene#76
↑20Delores#48
↑20Joanne#52
↑19Sheila#42
↑19Vincent#66

Falling

↓42Leonard#88
↓23Carole#100
↓23Brian#81
↓21Henry#60
↓21Barry#77
↓20Earl#79
↓20Louis#84
↓19Lorraine#92

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1947 rankings.