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Top names in District of Columbia

The names most likely to appear on 1951 District of Columbia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 26,567 District of Columbia births in 1951 across 611 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.

#52Tyroneoutside the national top 200
#41Reginald#174 nationally
#79Veronica#195 nationally
#99Ricardooutside the national top 200
#77Lisa#177 nationally
#96Maurice#195 nationally
#95Nathaniel#187 nationally
#100Alexander#190 nationally
#89Renee#164 nationally
#79Jonathan#147 nationally
#90Angela#150 nationally
#78Regina#137 nationally

Girls

#1Linda538US #1
#2Mary535US #2
#3Patricia490US #3
#4Deborah401US #4
#5Barbara353US #5
#6Susan302US #6
#7Sharon262US #13
#8Karen251US #8
#9Kathleen229US #10
#10Nancy204US #7
#11Diane197US #15
#12Sandra197US #9
#13Brenda180US #14
#14Margaret175US #17
#15Donna168US #12
#16Carolyn159US #22
#17Carol155US #11
#18Joyce147US #28
#19Elizabeth140US #23
#20Cynthia128US #20
#21Denise128US #48
#22Judith121US #25
#23Pamela119US #16
#24Janet117US #19
#25Janice112US #21
#26Catherine108US #34
#27Gail105US #36
#28Christine104US #24
#29Jacqueline101US #56
#30Joan101US #39
#31Gloria99US #31
#32Shirley91US #27
#33Cheryl88US #30
#34Debra84US #18
#35Sheila79US #69
#36Jean76US #49
#37Ann75US #46
#38Anne73US #82
#39Beverly72US #33
#40Bonnie68US #37
#41Jane68US #43
#42Ellen66US #68
#43Paula66US #51
#44Yvonne65US #101
#45Helen64US #54
#46Martha64US #38
#47Dorothy61US #42
#48Katherine61US #55
#49Phyllis61US #57
#50Betty57US #29
#51Lynn57US #72
#52Ruth57US #53
#53Theresa57US #64
#54Valerie57US #100
#55Gwendolyn56US #112
#56Frances52US #59
#57Joanne52US #73
#58Marilyn50US #41
#59Teresa50US #63
#60Kathryn49US #45
#61Marie49US #78
#62Doris48US #80
#63Victoria48US #81
#64Diana47US #50
#65Judy43US #26
#66Laura43US #60
#67Elaine42US #66
#68Robin42US #122
#69Wanda42US #52
#70Sarah40US #91
#71Suzanne40US #83
#72Virginia40US #47
#73Alice39US #62
#74Peggy39US #40
#75Rita39US #61
#76Stephanie39US #129
#77Lisa38US #177
#78Regina38US #137
#79Veronica38US #195
#80Jeanne37US #98
#81Marcia37US #74
#82Rebecca37US #32
#83Sherry37US #70
#84Vicki37US #58
#85Constance35US #86
#86Eileen35US #95
#87Leslie35US #133
#88Marsha35US #76
#89Renee35US #164
#90Angela34US #150
#91Dianne34US #90
#92Jo34US #67
#93Maureen34US #93
#94Maria33US #75
#95Anna32US #94
#96Charlene32US #103
#97Juanita32US #126
#98Sylvia32US #97
#99Wendy32US #110
#100Delores31US #141

Boys

#1Robert740US #2
#2John735US #3
#3James711US #1
#4Michael688US #4
#5William636US #6
#6David414US #5
#7Thomas398US #8
#8Richard391US #7
#9Charles367US #9
#10Joseph292US #14
#11Stephen277US #19
#12Ronald258US #12
#13Gary224US #10
#14Donald220US #15
#15Paul218US #18
#16George201US #22
#17Gregory190US #25
#18Kenneth176US #16
#19Edward171US #23
#20Steven170US #13
#21Larry166US #11
#22Mark166US #20
#23Daniel139US #21
#24Anthony125US #34
#25Dennis125US #17
#26Lawrence124US #33
#27Bruce118US #26
#28Christopher89US #61
#29Timothy86US #28
#30Wayne86US #37
#31Alan85US #40
#32Peter84US #38
#33Jeffrey83US #35
#34Patrick81US #39
#35Raymond80US #32
#36Douglas78US #27
#37Roger76US #29
#38Andrew73US #69
#39Walter73US #42
#40Carl70US #43
#41Reginald70US #174
#42Kevin68US #53
#43Frank66US #31
#44Gerald66US #36
#45Brian63US #75
#46Arthur62US #44
#47Eugene59US #65
#48Stanley58US #54
#49Frederick57US #78
#50Eric56US #93
#51Henry56US #47
#52Tyrone56
#53Philip55US #55
#54Ralph54US #51
#55Barry53US #71
#56Howard51US #74
#57Bernard50US #107
#58Ernest49US #83
#59Francis49US #85
#60Harold48US #46
#61Samuel48US #67
#62Harry47US #70
#63Jerome47US #103
#64Albert43US #60
#65Warren43US #118
#66Leonard42US #80
#67Louis40US #76
#68Phillip40US #79
#69Dale38US #49
#70Jerry38US #24
#71Scott38US #68
#72Vincent38US #104
#73Earl37US #95
#74Glenn37US #58
#75Theodore36US #99
#76Craig35US #63
#77Willie35US #45
#78Alvin33US #121
#79Jonathan33US #147
#80Martin33US #81
#81Rodney33US #84
#82Alfred32US #100
#83Allen32US #72
#84Calvin32US #106
#85Clarence32US #98
#86Herbert32US #112
#87Keith32US #59
#88Melvin32US #88
#89Roy32US #52
#90Russell31US #73
#91Norman30US #90
#92Jack29US #48
#93Lee29US #92
#94Leon29US #122
#95Nathaniel29US #187
#96Maurice28US #195
#97Vernon28US #131
#98Dwight27US #134
#99Ricardo27
#100Alexander26US #190

On the move since 1950

Rising

↑34Valerie#54
↑34Teresa#59
↑32Phillip#68
↑23Denise#21
↑23Ernest#58
↑21Veronica#79
↑18Willie#77
↑17Frederick#49

Falling

↓39Sylvia#98
↓30Wanda#69
↓26Russell#90
↓25Virginia#72
↓20Jerome#63
↓20Melvin#88
↓20Leon#94
↓20Maurice#96

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1950 rankings.