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Top names in District of Columbia

The names most likely to appear on 1953 District of Columbia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 27,351 District of Columbia births in 1953 across 625 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.

#40Tyroneoutside the national top 200
#53Ricardooutside the national top 200
#73Maurice#198 nationally
#44Reginald#165 nationally
#91Andreoutside the national top 200
#94Nathaniel#193 nationally
#79Randolph#161 nationally
#87Vanessa#164 nationally
#83Delores#156 nationally
#50Bernard#119 nationally
#47Gwendolyn#112 nationally
#66Stephanie#123 nationally

Girls

#1Mary512US #1
#2Patricia489US #4
#3Deborah466US #3
#4Linda461US #2
#5Susan346US #5
#6Barbara321US #6
#7Karen256US #9
#8Sharon230US #15
#9Diane194US #17
#10Donna193US #13
#11Cynthia186US #12
#12Pamela181US #10
#13Debra180US #7
#14Brenda173US #18
#15Kathleen172US #14
#16Nancy168US #8
#17Sandra160US #11
#18Denise159US #31
#19Carol155US #16
#20Elizabeth151US #21
#21Margaret144US #20
#22Carolyn136US #25
#23Janet127US #19
#24Joyce123US #26
#25Jacqueline118US #58
#26Cheryl100US #28
#27Gail97US #39
#28Sheila97US #60
#29Catherine95US #35
#30Janice95US #22
#31Joan88US #37
#32Christine86US #32
#33Robin85US #66
#34Ann84US #46
#35Judith81US #30
#36Wanda81US #57
#37Paula79US #40
#38Theresa79US #50
#39Beverly76US #34
#40Katherine76US #63
#41Shirley75US #29
#42Anne73US #80
#43Gloria71US #38
#44Martha69US #41
#45Laura68US #51
#46Valerie68US #88
#47Gwendolyn67US #112
#48Kathryn67US #48
#49Ellen66US #76
#50Teresa62US #42
#51Leslie59US #96
#52Judy58US #27
#53Lynn58US #67
#54Phyllis58US #69
#55Bonnie56US #45
#56Michelle55US #107
#57Victoria55US #82
#58Darlene54US #75
#59Jane54US #43
#60Rebecca54US #24
#61Lisa51US #111
#62Marilyn51US #36
#63Ruth51US #62
#64Suzanne51US #78
#65Jean49US #52
#66Stephanie49US #123
#67Elaine47US #77
#68Jo47US #54
#69Marie47US #86
#70Betty46US #33
#71Helen46US #65
#72Kathy46US #23
#73Rita46US #64
#74Virginia46US #53
#75Joanne45US #71
#76Frances43US #72
#77Maria42US #68
#78Regina42US #132
#79Vicki42US #61
#80Marsha41US #83
#81Maureen41US #92
#82Angela40US #120
#83Delores40US #156
#84Evelyn40US #94
#85Jennifer40US #116
#86Anita39US #89
#87Vanessa39US #164
#88Dorothy37US #49
#89Rose36US #59
#90Sarah36US #93
#91Wendy36US #110
#92Alice35US #73
#93Constance35US #95
#94Doris35US #87
#95Marcia35US #84
#96Renee34US #134
#97Sylvia34US #101
#98Yvonne34US #104
#99Eileen33US #108
#100Cathy32US #56

Boys

#1Michael797US #3
#2John735US #4
#3James732US #2
#4Robert716US #1
#5William591US #6
#6David514US #5
#7Thomas394US #8
#8Richard382US #7
#9Charles356US #9
#10Gary273US #10
#11Steven261US #11
#12Joseph258US #13
#13Stephen243US #21
#14Ronald226US #15
#15Donald215US #14
#16Mark215US #12
#17Gregory206US #24
#18George194US #22
#19Paul189US #16
#20Edward168US #23
#21Anthony155US #32
#22Kenneth154US #17
#23Larry142US #18
#24Daniel123US #20
#25Jeffrey119US #25
#26Lawrence119US #37
#27Kevin113US #36
#28Timothy107US #26
#29Dennis105US #19
#30Patrick92US #39
#31Peter92US #38
#32Raymond92US #34
#33Douglas89US #27
#34Wayne89US #40
#35Bruce88US #28
#36Christopher87US #63
#37Andrew78US #68
#38Stanley77US #62
#39Eric76US #89
#40Tyrone75
#41Alan72US #43
#42Brian68US #53
#43Frank66US #33
#44Reginald66US #165
#45Carl63US #44
#46Walter63US #45
#47Arthur62US #50
#48Ralph61US #59
#49Scott61US #46
#50Bernard57US #119
#51Keith56US #47
#52Eugene55US #75
#53Ricardo55
#54Craig53US #60
#55Roger53US #31
#56Frederick52US #80
#57Philip52US #61
#58Samuel52US #70
#59Gerald51US #42
#60Henry49US #54
#61Glenn48US #67
#62Vincent46US #100
#63Francis44US #90
#64Jerome44US #107
#65Jerry44US #29
#66Leonard44US #85
#67Melvin44US #91
#68Harry43US #83
#69Barry42US #73
#70Earl42US #96
#71Harold41US #56
#72Russell41US #71
#73Maurice39US #198
#74Allen38US #81
#75Matthew38US #130
#76Phillip38US #76
#77Albert37US #69
#78Howard37US #77
#79Randolph36US #161
#80Louis35US #78
#81Warren35US #124
#82Benjamin34US #128
#83Jonathan34US #133
#84Martin34US #82
#85Rodney34US #58
#86Theodore34US #112
#87Victor33US #106
#88Alvin32US #140
#89Willie32US #49
#90Calvin31US #111
#91Andre30
#92Clarence30US #108
#93Herbert30US #125
#94Nathaniel30US #193
#95Terry30US #30
#96Dwight27US #122
#97Ernest26US #87
#98Randy26US #35
#99Darrell25US #103
#100Jon25US #120

On the move since 1952

Rising

↑47Ricardo#53
↑32Keith#51
↑28Wanda#36
↑27Jerry#65
↑23Lisa#61
↑22Valerie#46
↑22Regina#78
↑20Phyllis#54

Falling

↓29Joanne#75
↓28Howard#78
↓23Alvin#88
↓21Angela#82
↓21Dorothy#88
↓20Yvonne#98
↓20Jerome#64
↓20Clarence#92

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1952 rankings.