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Top names in District of Columbia

The names most likely to appear on 1956 District of Columbia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 28,488 District of Columbia births in 1956 across 675 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.

#38Tyrone#197 nationally
#68Veronica#190 nationally
#86Andreoutside the national top 200
#88Nathanieloutside the national top 200
#89Ricardooutside the national top 200
#95Mauriceoutside the national top 200
#44Reginald#144 nationally
#54Bernard#129 nationally
#100Monica#169 nationally
#42Renee#106 nationally
#80Warren#141 nationally
#45Leslie#104 nationally

Girls

#1Deborah481US #4
#2Mary433US #1
#3Patricia366US #6
#4Karen357US #7
#5Susan318US #5
#6Linda302US #3
#7Sharon289US #13
#8Barbara267US #9
#9Donna236US #10
#10Debra225US #2
#11Cynthia201US #8
#12Diane199US #15
#13Denise192US #23
#14Pamela190US #12
#15Nancy176US #11
#16Kathleen165US #17
#17Elizabeth150US #22
#18Sandra146US #14
#19Carol144US #16
#20Robin143US #29
#21Margaret138US #25
#22Cheryl130US #18
#23Brenda128US #19
#24Sheila128US #55
#25Catherine117US #28
#26Carolyn115US #33
#27Janet115US #21
#28Joyce112US #30
#29Theresa107US #32
#30Janice104US #26
#31Wanda100US #61
#32Lisa99US #31
#33Ann94US #46
#34Laura90US #34
#35Teresa90US #24
#36Angela89US #93
#37Gail89US #49
#38Joan89US #52
#39Jacqueline88US #78
#40Judith87US #45
#41Anne75US #86
#42Renee75US #106
#43Shirley73US #41
#44Darlene72US #71
#45Leslie72US #104
#46Valerie72US #80
#47Beverly70US #40
#48Michelle65US #88
#49Rebecca65US #27
#50Katherine63US #67
#51Victoria63US #85
#52Christine62US #42
#53Paula60US #47
#54Kathryn59US #60
#55Kathy59US #20
#56Jean57US #65
#57Ellen56US #84
#58Jo55US #69
#59Gloria54US #53
#60Helen54US #90
#61Kim54US #38
#62Lynn54US #58
#63Betty53US #44
#64Phyllis53US #82
#65Dorothy51US #72
#66Regina51US #125
#67Jane50US #50
#68Veronica49US #190
#69Wendy49US #95
#70Bonnie48US #51
#71Gwendolyn47US #128
#72Judy47US #35
#73Ruth47US #77
#74Frances46US #107
#75Stephanie46US #111
#76Maria45US #73
#77Martha45US #59
#78Michele45US #100
#79Yvonne44US #121
#80Anita43US #83
#81Diana43US #56
#82Elaine43US #89
#83Alice41US #98
#84Charlene41US #132
#85Joanne41US #99
#86Sarah41US #115
#87Vicki41US #57
#88Maureen40US #102
#89Rose40US #64
#90Suzanne40US #94
#91Andrea39US #127
#92Debbie39US #39
#93Sherry39US #54
#94Terry39US #91
#95Annette38US #119
#96Jennifer38US #97
#97Cathy37US #36
#98Julie37US #48
#99Laurie35US #76
#100Monica35US #169

Boys

#1Michael789US #1
#2John729US #5
#3James689US #2
#4Robert674US #3
#5William601US #6
#6David549US #4
#7Richard360US #7
#8Thomas357US #9
#9Charles347US #11
#10Joseph304US #12
#11Mark290US #8
#12Gregory256US #24
#13Paul235US #17
#14Ronald228US #15
#15Stephen227US #23
#16Kevin225US #22
#17Steven224US #10
#18Anthony201US #30
#19George197US #27
#20Kenneth197US #16
#21Donald196US #14
#22Gary184US #13
#23Daniel162US #18
#24Brian160US #32
#25Edward155US #25
#26Timothy149US #19
#27Larry143US #21
#28Jeffrey142US #20
#29Keith123US #36
#30Christopher122US #47
#31Lawrence110US #42
#32Wayne104US #45
#33Bruce98US #33
#34Douglas92US #29
#35Patrick91US #40
#36Eric88US #79
#37Peter83US #37
#38Tyrone81US #197
#39Raymond80US #39
#40Dennis76US #26
#41Andrew73US #56
#42Frank67US #38
#43Stanley67US #70
#44Reginald66US #144
#45Glenn59US #61
#46Walter56US #53
#47Alan55US #44
#48Carl54US #48
#49Melvin54US #101
#50Craig52US #51
#51Ernest52US #94
#52Russell52US #52
#53Arthur51US #60
#54Bernard51US #129
#55Rodney50US #65
#56Gerald49US #49
#57Roger49US #41
#58Scott48US #34
#59Philip47US #64
#60Barry46US #69
#61Jonathan46US #114
#62Ralph46US #67
#63Samuel46US #74
#64Curtis45US #80
#65Willie45US #58
#66Frederick44US #91
#67Matthew44US #90
#68Earl43US #110
#69Jerome43US #117
#70Vincent43US #98
#71Darrell42US #88
#72Phillip41US #76
#73Albert40US #81
#74Harold40US #72
#75Jerry40US #35
#76Leonard40US #89
#77Francis39US #111
#78Clarence37US #120
#79Martin37US #73
#80Warren37US #141
#81Eugene36US #86
#82Howard36US #84
#83Ronnie36US #75
#84Theodore36US #119
#85Tony36US #85
#86Andre35
#87Calvin34US #109
#88Nathaniel34
#89Ricardo34
#90Steve34US #59
#91Terry34US #31
#92Alvin33US #134
#93Harry33US #95
#94Marc33US #135
#95Maurice33
#96Jeffery32US #57
#97Roy32US #62
#98Victor32US #96
#99Jay30US #92
#100Henry29US #71

On the move since 1955

Rising

↑42Glenn#45
↑38Ernest#51
↑32Kathy#55
↑26Helen#60
↑25Wendy#69
↑23Russell#52
↑22Barry#60
↑20Leslie#45

Falling

↓37Henry#100
↓36Howard#82
↓29Terry#91
↓28Eugene#81
↓27Harry#93
↓25Michele#78
↓24Terry#94
↓23Harold#74

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1955 rankings.