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Top names in District of Columbia

The names most likely to appear on 1949 District of Columbia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 23,673 District of Columbia births in 1949 across 555 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.

#43Reginald#189 nationally
#68Tyroneoutside the national top 200
#84Veronica#192 nationally
#88Maurice#183 nationally
#92Jonathan#164 nationally
#75Regina#139 nationally
#99Milton#160 nationally
#51Bernard#111 nationally
#56Gwendolyn#114 nationally
#92Angela#150 nationally
#72Delores#126 nationally
#52Eric#105 nationally

Girls

#1Linda615US #1
#2Mary491US #2
#3Patricia422US #3
#4Barbara323US #4
#5Susan294US #5
#6Sharon220US #10
#7Margaret200US #14
#8Deborah199US #15
#9Kathleen199US #9
#10Brenda198US #13
#11Nancy191US #7
#12Sandra184US #6
#13Carolyn174US #17
#14Karen171US #11
#15Carol169US #8
#16Diane163US #19
#17Donna160US #12
#18Elizabeth143US #25
#19Judith133US #16
#20Joyce118US #26
#21Shirley118US #18
#22Cynthia111US #27
#23Pamela111US #21
#24Cheryl108US #28
#25Janet103US #23
#26Jacqueline100US #58
#27Joan97US #36
#28Gloria96US #29
#29Janice95US #24
#30Betty93US #22
#31Ann84US #44
#32Christine82US #30
#33Catherine77US #37
#34Jean68US #45
#35Paula68US #55
#36Martha67US #34
#37Anne66US #86
#38Bonnie66US #35
#39Dorothy66US #32
#40Beverly65US #31
#41Ellen64US #64
#42Jane64US #41
#43Frances62US #49
#44Ruth62US #47
#45Theresa61US #63
#46Joanne57US #61
#47Virginia57US #39
#48Helen56US #46
#49Phyllis56US #50
#50Alice55US #53
#51Katherine55US #59
#52Marilyn55US #33
#53Diana54US #48
#54Gail53US #51
#55Suzanne53US #62
#56Gwendolyn52US #114
#57Sheila52US #76
#58Elaine51US #57
#59Jo50US #60
#60Kathryn50US #52
#61Yvonne49US #109
#62Rebecca48US #40
#63Rita47US #54
#64Judy44US #20
#65Valerie44US #108
#66Anita42US #99
#67Laura41US #65
#68Marsha41US #79
#69Lynn40US #74
#70Sylvia40US #94
#71Constance39US #83
#72Delores39US #126
#73Jeanne38US #92
#74Marie38US #67
#75Regina38US #139
#76Teresa38US #82
#77Dianne37US #85
#78Peggy37US #38
#79Doris35US #69
#80Eileen35US #95
#81Marcia35US #78
#82Evelyn34US #80
#83Maria34US #72
#84Veronica34US #192
#85Maureen33US #89
#86Charlene32US #100
#87Lorraine32US #102
#88Rosemary32US #98
#89Victoria32US #96
#90Wanda32US #56
#91Charlotte31US #71
#92Angela30US #150
#93Sherry30US #68
#94Geraldine29US #90
#95Leslie29US #132
#96Rose29US #66
#97Jennifer28US #121
#98Lois28US #73
#99Louise28US #104
#100Darlene27US #75

Boys

#1Robert735US #2
#2John720US #3
#3James717US #1
#4William605US #4
#5Michael582US #5
#6Richard391US #7
#7David379US #6
#8Thomas355US #8
#9Charles324US #9
#10Ronald257US #11
#11Joseph242US #14
#12Stephen217US #19
#13George199US #18
#14Paul169US #17
#15Donald157US #13
#16Kenneth153US #15
#17Larry146US #10
#18Edward140US #21
#19Gregory138US #31
#20Steven132US #20
#21Gary118US #12
#22Lawrence109US #32
#23Daniel108US #22
#24Dennis107US #16
#25Mark101US #24
#26Bruce91US #26
#27Alan83US #45
#28Peter83US #38
#29Anthony79US #36
#30Raymond79US #30
#31Timothy79US #34
#32Walter79US #37
#33Frank78US #27
#34Douglas72US #29
#35Christopher70US #81
#36Patrick66US #39
#37Wayne66US #35
#38Harold60US #42
#39Arthur56US #44
#40Howard55US #63
#41Carl54US #43
#42Jeffrey54US #48
#43Reginald54US #189
#44Henry53US #46
#45Ralph53US #50
#46Andrew51US #75
#47Gerald50US #33
#48Roger50US #25
#49Francis49US #78
#50Harry49US #59
#51Bernard48US #111
#52Eric48US #105
#53Albert47US #56
#54Louis47US #64
#55Stanley47US #60
#56Melvin46US #82
#57Brian44US #86
#58Clarence44US #94
#59Philip44US #55
#60Eugene43US #58
#61Samuel43US #62
#62Frederick42US #70
#63Jerome42US #104
#64Martin41US #83
#65Glenn39US #61
#66Fred38US #72
#67Norman38US #90
#68Tyrone38
#69Barry37US #73
#70Jack37US #47
#71Theodore37US #100
#72Ernest35US #76
#73Leonard35US #74
#74Leroy34US #101
#75Phillip34US #66
#76Willie34US #41
#77Earl33US #91
#78Roy33US #51
#79Allen32US #71
#80Alvin32US #128
#81Alfred31US #96
#82Calvin31US #112
#83Benjamin30US #135
#84Kevin30US #95
#85Russell29US #69
#86Craig28US #77
#87Vincent28US #102
#88Maurice27US #183
#89Rodney27US #87
#90Terry27US #28
#91Warren27US #115
#92Jonathan26US #164
#93Lee26US #93
#94Vernon26US #141
#95Jerry25US #23
#96Johnny25US #49
#97Leon25US #121
#98Jay24US #118
#99Milton24US #160
#100Ronnie24US #65

On the move since 1948

Rising

↑30Louis#54
↑27Martin#64
↑24Brian#57
↑22Martha#36
↑21Anita#66
↑21Howard#40
↑19Paula#35
↑17Jack#70

Falling

↓54Jerry#95
↓34Geraldine#94
↓24Delores#72
↓21Vincent#87
↓17Maureen#85
↓17Eugene#60
↓17Tyrone#68
↓17Ernest#72

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1948 rankings.