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Top names in District of Columbia

The names most likely to appear on 1954 District of Columbia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 27,834 District of Columbia births in 1954 across 630 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.

#38Tyroneoutside the national top 200
#74Mauriceoutside the national top 200
#81Ricardooutside the national top 200
#73Veronica#191 nationally
#46Reginald#158 nationally
#93Andreoutside the national top 200
#94Carltonoutside the national top 200
#85Delores#177 nationally
#100Darryl#192 nationally
#56Vanessa#142 nationally
#54Angela#118 nationally
#61Gwendolyn#122 nationally

Girls

#1Mary517US #1
#2Deborah510US #3
#3Patricia457US #4
#4Linda389US #2
#5Susan319US #5
#6Karen288US #8
#7Barbara262US #7
#8Pamela241US #12
#9Debra231US #6
#10Sharon227US #16
#11Donna207US #11
#12Cynthia201US #10
#13Nancy201US #9
#14Diane196US #17
#15Kathleen184US #14
#16Brenda167US #18
#17Elizabeth165US #20
#18Denise156US #24
#19Janet153US #19
#20Margaret144US #21
#21Carol141US #15
#22Sandra141US #13
#23Joyce140US #28
#24Carolyn127US #27
#25Jacqueline113US #68
#26Robin112US #41
#27Sheila102US #60
#28Gail98US #37
#29Catherine93US #32
#30Anne92US #80
#31Janice89US #25
#32Joan86US #40
#33Ann84US #44
#34Wanda84US #58
#35Shirley83US #33
#36Theresa83US #47
#37Judith78US #30
#38Beverly75US #31
#39Cheryl73US #22
#40Gloria71US #42
#41Valerie71US #87
#42Laura70US #45
#43Teresa70US #34
#44Martha69US #46
#45Jean63US #56
#46Katherine63US #64
#47Michelle63US #94
#48Kathryn60US #51
#49Marilyn60US #35
#50Christine59US #43
#51Rebecca58US #26
#52Paula57US #38
#53Phyllis57US #75
#54Angela56US #118
#55Leslie55US #99
#56Vanessa55US #142
#57Rita54US #67
#58Darlene53US #76
#59Ruth53US #66
#60Ellen52US #77
#61Gwendolyn52US #122
#62Joanne52US #78
#63Lisa50US #73
#64Marie50US #79
#65Bonnie48US #52
#66Lynn48US #63
#67Victoria48US #85
#68Michele47US #89
#69Maureen46US #97
#70Stephanie46US #123
#71Jane45US #49
#72Suzanne45US #82
#73Veronica45US #191
#74Virginia45US #61
#75Dorothy44US #55
#76Jo44US #53
#77Judy44US #29
#78Yvonne44US #117
#79Diana43US #57
#80Renee43US #132
#81Rose43US #54
#82Betty42US #36
#83Elaine42US #74
#84Maria42US #65
#85Delores41US #177
#86Kathy41US #23
#87Anita40US #96
#88Regina40US #137
#89Peggy39US #48
#90Helen38US #72
#91Charlene37US #126
#92Juanita37US #144
#93Lorraine37US #120
#94Marian37US #104
#95Sarah36US #103
#96Constance35US #111
#97Julie35US #70
#98Marcia35US #90
#99Roberta35US #102
#100Julia34US #127

Boys

#1Michael807US #1
#2James726US #3
#3John711US #4
#4Robert686US #2
#5William568US #6
#6David545US #5
#7Richard370US #7
#8Thomas336US #8
#9Charles333US #10
#10Joseph307US #13
#11Stephen254US #20
#12Mark249US #12
#13Gary244US #9
#14Steven237US #11
#15Ronald234US #15
#16Gregory232US #25
#17Paul221US #16
#18Donald196US #14
#19George189US #24
#20Kenneth181US #17
#21Edward159US #22
#22Kevin158US #28
#23Anthony145US #32
#24Jeffrey143US #23
#25Larry142US #19
#26Daniel140US #18
#27Douglas126US #29
#28Lawrence119US #39
#29Timothy111US #26
#30Wayne111US #41
#31Dennis105US #21
#32Bruce94US #30
#33Christopher89US #64
#34Peter86US #37
#35Eric85US #89
#36Raymond85US #35
#37Patrick79US #38
#38Tyrone79
#39Keith78US #45
#40Brian77US #48
#41Frank75US #36
#42Alan69US #43
#43Gerald66US #44
#44Stanley63US #58
#45Walter62US #49
#46Reginald61US #158
#47Samuel61US #71
#48Carl60US #47
#49Philip59US #62
#50Arthur56US #52
#51Roger55US #34
#52Harold54US #60
#53Henry54US #59
#54Andrew53US #70
#55Frederick52US #83
#56Craig51US #51
#57Rodney51US #66
#58Martin50US #79
#59Jerry49US #31
#60Glenn48US #63
#61Ralph48US #61
#62Scott48US #40
#63Calvin47US #117
#64Eugene47US #77
#65Barry46US #68
#66Bernard45US #123
#67Ernest45US #87
#68Melvin45US #92
#69Russell45US #69
#70Clarence43US #108
#71Jerome42US #114
#72Vincent42US #104
#73Willie41US #53
#74Maurice40
#75Albert39US #73
#76Curtis39US #84
#77Francis39US #94
#78Harry39US #86
#79Phillip39US #75
#80Terry39US #27
#81Ricardo38
#82Howard36US #80
#83Norman36US #99
#84Allen35US #82
#85Jack35US #57
#86Leonard35US #85
#87Marc35US #133
#88Ronnie35US #78
#89Leroy34US #125
#90Theodore34US #115
#91Warren34US #126
#92Jonathan33US #121
#93Andre31
#94Carlton31
#95Darrell30US #95
#96Roy30US #56
#97Alvin29US #135
#98Earl29US #98
#99Steve29US #76
#100Darryl28US #192

On the move since 1953

Rising

↑31Vanessa#56
↑30Ernest#67
↑28Angela#54
↑28Rodney#57
↑27Calvin#63
↑26Martin#58
↑22Clarence#70
↑20Jean#45

Falling

↓28Ricardo#81
↓28Earl#98
↓25Judy#77
↓20Leonard#86
↓19Helen#90
↓18Christine#50
↓17Andrew#54
↓16Elaine#83

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1953 rankings.