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Top names in District of Columbia

The names most likely to appear on 1955 District of Columbia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 28,231 District of Columbia births in 1955 across 652 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.

#48Tyroneoutside the national top 200
#91Mauriceoutside the national top 200
#37Reginald#144 nationally
#95Andreoutside the national top 200
#93Nathaniel#195 nationally
#100Carltonoutside the national top 200
#63Vanessa#140 nationally
#57Gwendolyn#122 nationally
#54Renee#117 nationally
#56Jonathan#116 nationally
#51Angela#109 nationally
#71Regina#127 nationally

Girls

#1Mary526US #1
#2Deborah492US #2
#3Linda377US #3
#4Patricia368US #6
#5Susan324US #5
#6Karen283US #8
#7Barbara263US #7
#8Debra228US #4
#9Donna228US #10
#10Diane211US #14
#11Cynthia199US #11
#12Pamela193US #12
#13Sharon191US #16
#14Denise172US #23
#15Brenda169US #18
#16Kathleen168US #17
#17Carol163US #15
#18Elizabeth162US #21
#19Nancy160US #9
#20Margaret143US #24
#21Sandra142US #13
#22Joyce134US #29
#23Janet131US #20
#24Jacqueline124US #73
#25Robin117US #33
#26Cheryl113US #19
#27Catherine110US #28
#28Janice110US #25
#29Sheila108US #57
#30Theresa97US #38
#31Carolyn94US #30
#32Gail93US #42
#33Ann90US #43
#34Lisa89US #48
#35Teresa85US #26
#36Wanda83US #61
#37Gloria79US #47
#38Katherine77US #65
#39Judith76US #31
#40Beverly71US #34
#41Joan71US #46
#42Shirley71US #37
#43Paula70US #39
#44Valerie69US #80
#45Anne68US #84
#46Michelle68US #97
#47Darlene66US #76
#48Jean65US #60
#49Kathryn64US #59
#50Laura64US #41
#51Angela62US #109
#52Christine62US #40
#53Michele62US #93
#54Renee62US #117
#55Bonnie60US #45
#56Martha60US #53
#57Gwendolyn58US #122
#58Jane57US #50
#59Lynn56US #62
#60Stephanie55US #114
#61Dorothy53US #64
#62Rebecca52US #27
#63Vanessa52US #140
#64Jo51US #58
#65Leslie50US #99
#66Victoria48US #82
#67Virginia48US #66
#68Betty47US #36
#69Phyllis47US #74
#70Terry47US #83
#71Regina46US #127
#72Rose46US #54
#73Ellen45US #81
#74Ruth45US #70
#75Kim44US #75
#76Suzanne44US #86
#77Jennifer42US #104
#78Alice41US #87
#79Elaine41US #77
#80Eileen40US #120
#81Frances40US #96
#82Judy40US #32
#83Marilyn40US #49
#84Sylvia40US #107
#85Yvonne40US #119
#86Helen39US #78
#87Kathy39US #22
#88Marie39US #92
#89Constance38US #118
#90Diana38US #55
#91Maria38US #69
#92Maureen38US #100
#93Peggy38US #51
#94Wendy38US #90
#95Rita37US #72
#96Anita36US #94
#97Sarah36US #108
#98Colleen35US #110
#99Claudia34US #151
#100Terri34US #85

Boys

#1Michael800US #1
#2John714US #5
#3James692US #3
#4Robert668US #4
#5William555US #6
#6David526US #2
#7Richard356US #7
#8Thomas353US #8
#9Charles336US #11
#10Joseph266US #13
#11Mark252US #9
#12Ronald241US #18
#13Stephen226US #21
#14Gregory220US #24
#15Paul220US #16
#16Steven220US #10
#17Donald214US #14
#18Gary200US #12
#19Kevin191US #27
#20Anthony185US #31
#21Daniel169US #17
#22Kenneth168US #15
#23Edward159US #25
#24Jeffrey159US #20
#25Timothy156US #22
#26George151US #26
#27Larry139US #19
#28Lawrence125US #42
#29Brian117US #40
#30Douglas117US #29
#31Peter110US #35
#32Christopher106US #49
#33Eric106US #85
#34Raymond104US #36
#35Bruce100US #32
#36Wayne100US #44
#37Reginald92US #144
#38Keith85US #39
#39Dennis83US #23
#40Alan81US #43
#41Andrew75US #66
#42Frank72US #34
#43Patrick70US #41
#44Stanley67US #64
#45Carl61US #47
#46Howard61US #83
#47Philip61US #62
#48Tyrone61
#49Gerald60US #48
#50Scott59US #38
#51Harold56US #63
#52Walter56US #51
#53Eugene55US #81
#54Arthur53US #56
#55Roger53US #37
#56Jonathan51US #116
#57Martin51US #77
#58Ralph51US #67
#59Jerry50US #33
#60Rodney50US #65
#61Craig49US #50
#62Terry49US #28
#63Henry48US #61
#64Allen47US #84
#65Frederick47US #86
#66Harry46US #89
#67Melvin46US #95
#68Samuel46US #71
#69Albert45US #76
#70Jerome45US #112
#71Matthew45US #105
#72Phillip45US #74
#73Bernard44US #127
#74Calvin44US #110
#75Russell43US #57
#76Vincent42US #99
#77Francis41US #100
#78Curtis40US #79
#79Roy39US #58
#80Clarence38US #117
#81Alfred37US #119
#82Barry37US #70
#83Louis37US #82
#84Warren37US #130
#85Willie37US #54
#86Earl36US #106
#87Glenn36US #59
#88Jeffery36US #73
#89Ernest35US #90
#90Leroy35US #133
#91Maurice35
#92Ricky35US #46
#93Nathaniel34US #195
#94Victor34US #101
#95Andre31
#96Norman31US #102
#97Ronnie31US #80
#98Theodore31US #120
#99Alvin30US #134
#100Carlton30

On the move since 1954

Rising

↑36Howard#46
↑36Jonathan#56
↑29Lisa#34
↑26Renee#54
↑20Allen#64
↑18Terry#62
↑17Regina#71
↑17Roy#79

Falling

↓38Rita#95
↓34Marilyn#83
↓27Glenn#87
↓24Marie#88
↓23Maureen#92
↓22Ernest#89
↓21Samuel#68
↓17Barry#82

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1954 rankings.