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Top names in District of Columbia

The names most likely to appear on 1950 District of Columbia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 24,925 District of Columbia births in 1950 across 587 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.

#49Tyroneoutside the national top 200
#53Reginald#175 nationally
#76Maurice#185 nationally
#97Andreoutside the national top 200
#100Veronica#197 nationally
#83Jonathan#163 nationally
#71Robin#149 nationally
#40Yvonne#110 nationally
#93Randolph#162 nationally
#37Eric#98 nationally
#61Stephanie#122 nationally
#43Jerome#103 nationally

Girls

#1Linda530US #1
#2Mary519US #2
#3Patricia434US #3
#4Barbara340US #4
#5Susan278US #5
#6Deborah277US #7
#7Sharon241US #11
#8Kathleen206US #10
#9Nancy196US #6
#10Diane191US #16
#11Karen191US #12
#12Margaret187US #15
#13Sandra180US #8
#14Carol174US #9
#15Brenda169US #14
#16Carolyn157US #20
#17Donna157US #13
#18Elizabeth145US #24
#19Cynthia133US #23
#20Janet125US #18
#21Joyce114US #27
#22Janice107US #22
#23Pamela107US #17
#24Shirley107US #19
#25Judith105US #21
#26Christine104US #28
#27Joan104US #40
#28Catherine89US #34
#29Beverly88US #31
#30Cheryl86US #29
#31Katherine86US #58
#32Jacqueline84US #55
#33Gail83US #42
#34Sheila83US #70
#35Gloria77US #30
#36Ann75US #45
#37Bonnie73US #33
#38Frances72US #51
#39Wanda70US #52
#40Yvonne70US #110
#41Anne68US #84
#42Kathryn68US #46
#43Helen66US #50
#44Denise65US #82
#45Jean65US #48
#46Jane62US #39
#47Virginia60US #43
#48Betty59US #26
#49Dorothy59US #35
#50Ellen58US #66
#51Joanne58US #67
#52Laura56US #63
#53Martha55US #32
#54Phyllis51US #53
#55Theresa51US #65
#56Gwendolyn50US #113
#57Paula50US #54
#58Marilyn49US #37
#59Sylvia48US #97
#60Alice47US #57
#61Stephanie47US #122
#62Ruth46US #49
#63Rebecca45US #36
#64Judy44US #25
#65Lynn44US #76
#66Suzanne44US #71
#67Anita43US #99
#68Marie43US #72
#69Victoria43US #94
#70Elaine40US #60
#71Robin40US #149
#72Constance39US #85
#73Diana39US #47
#74Sarah39US #88
#75Darlene38US #79
#76Dianne38US #90
#77Eileen38US #91
#78Doris37US #74
#79Jeanne35US #95
#80Joann35US #98
#81Maria35US #73
#82Maureen35US #89
#83Peggy35US #41
#84Rita35US #56
#85Wendy35US #114
#86Jo34US #64
#87Sherry34US #62
#88Valerie33US #116
#89Marcia32US #77
#90Marsha32US #68
#91Paulette32US #151
#92Regina32US #143
#93Teresa32US #81
#94Evelyn31US #86
#95Jennifer31US #118
#96Roberta31US #96
#97Delores30US #129
#98Irene30US #92
#99Lorraine30US #105
#100Veronica30US #197

Boys

#1John808US #3
#2James701US #1
#3Robert668US #2
#4Michael649US #4
#5William614US #6
#6David378US #5
#7Richard378US #7
#8Thomas344US #8
#9Charles338US #9
#10Joseph277US #13
#11Ronald252US #12
#12Stephen223US #19
#13Paul212US #18
#14Donald192US #14
#15George190US #20
#16Edward183US #22
#17Gary181US #10
#18Steven175US #16
#19Larry169US #11
#20Kenneth162US #15
#21Gregory148US #25
#22Dennis138US #17
#23Mark123US #23
#24Lawrence122US #33
#25Bruce112US #26
#26Daniel108US #21
#27Anthony94US #36
#28Raymond93US #31
#29Douglas92US #28
#30Peter87US #37
#31Patrick80US #38
#32Gerald76US #34
#33Christopher74US #72
#34Arthur73US #46
#35Alan70US #41
#36Walter70US #40
#37Eric69US #98
#38Frank68US #29
#39Wayne67US #35
#40Timothy65US #32
#41Roger64US #27
#42Harold60US #45
#43Jerome59US #103
#44Philip59US #53
#45Andrew58US #68
#46Carl58US #44
#47Jeffrey57US #43
#48Samuel56US #62
#49Tyrone56
#50Harry55US #61
#51Ralph55US #52
#52Howard54US #63
#53Reginald53US #175
#54Bernard52US #110
#55Leonard50US #77
#56Stanley50US #60
#57Brian49US #79
#58Kevin49US #73
#59Eugene48US #58
#60Glenn48US #59
#61Albert47US #56
#62Alvin47US #121
#63Henry47US #47
#64Russell47US #67
#65Craig45US #69
#66Frederick45US #75
#67Francis44US #86
#68Melvin44US #87
#69Vincent43US #101
#70Alfred42US #96
#71Barry41US #74
#72Clarence41US #95
#73Jerry40US #24
#74Leon38US #119
#75Terry37US #30
#76Maurice36US #185
#77Louis35US #66
#78Allen34US #71
#79Earl34US #92
#80Norman34US #90
#81Ernest33US #81
#82Theodore33US #99
#83Jonathan31US #163
#84Roy30US #51
#85Martin29US #85
#86Keith28US #78
#87Jack27US #48
#88Leroy27US #102
#89Calvin26US #105
#90Clifford26US #100
#91Dwight25US #146
#92Edwin25US #117
#93Randolph25US #162
#94Rodney25US #88
#95Willie25US #42
#96Victor24US #106
#97Andre23
#98Benjamin23US #123
#99Jay23US #115
#100Phillip23US #64

On the move since 1949

Rising

↑51Wanda#39
↑26Kevin#58
↑25Darlene#75
↑23Sheila#34
↑23Leon#74
↑22Jerry#73
↑21Gail#33
↑21Yvonne#40

Falling

↓27Jo#86
↓25Delores#97
↓25Phillip#100
↓23Valerie#88
↓23Louis#77
↓22Paula#57
↓22Marsha#90
↓21Rita#84

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1949 rankings.