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Top names in District of Columbia

The names most likely to appear on 1952 District of Columbia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 27,481 District of Columbia births in 1952 across 621 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.

#57Tyroneoutside the national top 200
#45Reginald#176 nationally
#85Maurice#191 nationally
#85Veronica#188 nationally
#100Ricardooutside the national top 200
#89Nathaniel#189 nationally
#96Roland#187 nationally
#80Renee#154 nationally
#61Angela#134 nationally
#69Jonathan#139 nationally
#65Alvin#128 nationally
#79Matthew#142 nationally

Girls

#1Mary516US #2
#2Linda490US #1
#3Patricia482US #3
#4Deborah456US #4
#5Barbara350US #6
#6Susan288US #5
#7Karen244US #8
#8Sharon232US #14
#9Brenda228US #15
#10Nancy202US #7
#11Kathleen195US #11
#12Donna187US #13
#13Diane183US #16
#14Margaret175US #21
#15Elizabeth172US #22
#16Sandra165US #10
#17Denise160US #33
#18Carol150US #12
#19Joyce147US #27
#20Christine143US #20
#21Pamela140US #17
#22Cynthia138US #18
#23Debra131US #9
#24Carolyn128US #24
#25Janet116US #19
#26Sheila116US #64
#27Catherine114US #34
#28Gail112US #39
#29Joan111US #37
#30Jacqueline110US #58
#31Judith96US #25
#32Ann94US #45
#33Janice93US #23
#34Beverly92US #35
#35Gloria85US #36
#36Shirley84US #28
#37Anne80US #79
#38Martha76US #40
#39Paula76US #47
#40Katherine73US #59
#41Teresa73US #52
#42Cheryl71US #31
#43Robin71US #102
#44Kathryn69US #48
#45Lynn69US #71
#46Joanne65US #78
#47Suzanne65US #84
#48Theresa64US #60
#49Laura63US #53
#50Ruth63US #57
#51Rebecca62US #30
#52Betty59US #32
#53Jane59US #42
#54Victoria57US #74
#55Rita56US #66
#56Leslie55US #104
#57Elaine54US #73
#58Ellen54US #70
#59Gwendolyn54US #114
#60Kathy54US #29
#61Angela53US #134
#62Maureen53US #94
#63Virginia53US #49
#64Wanda53US #54
#65Darlene52US #77
#66Jean52US #50
#67Dorothy51US #46
#68Valerie51US #87
#69Bonnie50US #41
#70Frances50US #67
#71Judy50US #26
#72Marie50US #82
#73Alice49US #69
#74Phyllis48US #65
#75Helen47US #63
#76Jo47US #55
#77Marilyn47US #38
#78Yvonne46US #103
#79Constance44US #92
#80Renee43US #154
#81Eileen42US #100
#82Jennifer40US #107
#83Anita39US #91
#84Lisa39US #126
#85Veronica39US #188
#86Marcia38US #80
#87Rose38US #62
#88Vicki38US #61
#89Diana37US #51
#90Sarah37US #93
#91Lynda35US #129
#92Andrea34US #132
#93Evelyn34US #90
#94Doris33US #83
#95Roberta33US #88
#96Michele32US #110
#97Charlene31US #106
#98Claudia31US #111
#99Jeanne31US #98
#100Regina30US #139

Boys

#1John843US #3
#2James755US #1
#3Michael748US #4
#4Robert699US #2
#5William616US #6
#6David513US #5
#7Richard421US #7
#8Thomas403US #8
#9Charles384US #9
#10Joseph261US #12
#11Stephen255US #21
#12Ronald247US #15
#13Gary224US #10
#14Steven217US #11
#15Paul208US #19
#16Gregory199US #24
#17Donald194US #13
#18George189US #22
#19Larry179US #14
#20Mark172US #17
#21Edward161US #23
#22Kenneth159US #16
#23Daniel141US #20
#24Anthony136US #34
#25Lawrence115US #35
#26Jeffrey112US #31
#27Dennis109US #18
#28Bruce102US #25
#29Patrick95US #37
#30Kevin94US #43
#31Christopher93US #57
#32Timothy92US #27
#33Douglas88US #28
#34Eric86US #88
#35Wayne83US #38
#36Peter82US #36
#37Frank79US #32
#38Raymond78US #33
#39Alan74US #42
#40Arthur70US #47
#41Gerald70US #39
#42Frederick69US #76
#43Roger65US #30
#44Jerome62US #105
#45Reginald62US #176
#46Walter62US #44
#47Carl61US #45
#48Andrew60US #68
#49Stanley59US #58
#50Howard56US #73
#51Glenn54US #61
#52Bernard52US #111
#53Francis52US #89
#54Melvin52US #91
#55Philip52US #60
#56Ralph52US #56
#57Tyrone52
#58Henry51US #50
#59Samuel48US #67
#60Vincent48US #101
#61Albert47US #66
#62Brian47US #64
#63Harry47US #75
#64Scott47US #54
#65Alvin45US #128
#66Eugene44US #71
#67Harold43US #51
#68Craig42US #59
#69Jonathan42US #139
#70Martin42US #80
#71Norman42US #96
#72Clarence41US #102
#73Phillip41US #74
#74Barry39US #69
#75Russell39US #70
#76Earl38US #98
#77Willie38US #48
#78Ernest37US #87
#79Matthew37US #142
#80Louis36US #79
#81Theodore36US #100
#82Warren36US #117
#83Keith34US #49
#84Leonard34US #83
#85Maurice34US #191
#86Alfred33US #104
#87Calvin33US #108
#88Leroy33US #116
#89Nathaniel33US #189
#90Herbert32US #115
#91Victor32US #107
#92Jerry30US #26
#93Benjamin29US #122
#94Leon29US #124
#95Terry29US #29
#96Roland28US #187
#97Jay27US #106
#98Jesse27US #112
#99Nicholas27US #127
#100Ricardo27

On the move since 1951

Rising

↑34Melvin#54
↑31Rebecca#51
↑31Leslie#56
↑31Maureen#62
↑29Angela#61
↑25Robin#43
↑24Suzanne#47
↑23Glenn#51

Falling

↓34Yvonne#78
↓32Doris#94
↓30Jean#66
↓30Helen#75
↓29Bonnie#69
↓25Phyllis#74
↓25Diana#89
↓22Regina#100

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1951 rankings.