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Top names in District of Columbia

The names most likely to appear on 1957 District of Columbia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 28,563 District of Columbia births in 1957 across 658 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.

#41Tyrone#195 nationally
#62Andreoutside the national top 200
#60Maurice#196 nationally
#38Reginald#142 nationally
#84Darryl#172 nationally
#65Gwendolyn#132 nationally
#87Constance#154 nationally
#47Melvin#113 nationally
#46Renee#111 nationally
#72Bernard#137 nationally
#76Benjamin#138 nationally
#85Warren#147 nationally

Girls

#1Mary468US #1
#2Deborah418US #6
#3Patricia367US #8
#4Karen335US #5
#5Susan313US #2
#6Linda302US #3
#7Sharon301US #14
#8Donna239US #10
#9Cynthia226US #7
#10Barbara204US #9
#11Debra204US #4
#12Elizabeth178US #22
#13Pamela175US #12
#14Brenda173US #13
#15Denise172US #25
#16Nancy170US #11
#17Diane160US #17
#18Kathleen160US #21
#19Cheryl152US #16
#20Robin139US #30
#21Carol138US #18
#22Carolyn131US #33
#23Margaret128US #29
#24Sandra128US #15
#25Sheila127US #58
#26Teresa117US #24
#27Lisa114US #26
#28Catherine113US #37
#29Janet107US #23
#30Theresa105US #36
#31Joyce103US #40
#32Michelle100US #79
#33Ann97US #44
#34Darlene90US #57
#35Janice90US #32
#36Laura90US #31
#37Kathy89US #20
#38Wanda89US #59
#39Jacqueline88US #91
#40Angela82US #89
#41Kim78US #35
#42Joan76US #60
#43Christine75US #41
#44Debbie70US #27
#45Leslie70US #77
#46Renee70US #111
#47Anne68US #86
#48Shirley68US #46
#49Gail67US #54
#50Valerie67US #76
#51Jean65US #67
#52Julie64US #28
#53Victoria63US #88
#54Beverly58US #48
#55Ellen58US #85
#56Jane58US #56
#57Paula58US #49
#58Judith55US #53
#59Cindy54US #19
#60Kathryn54US #65
#61Maria54US #71
#62Gloria53US #66
#63Katherine53US #72
#64Betty52US #50
#65Gwendolyn52US #132
#66Joanne51US #94
#67Stephanie51US #110
#68Elaine50US #96
#69Helen49US #95
#70Phyllis49US #90
#71Diana48US #43
#72Andrea46US #130
#73Suzanne46US #102
#74Bonnie45US #64
#75Lynn45US #61
#76Regina45US #123
#77Anita44US #81
#78Michele44US #99
#79Tina44US #80
#80Yvonne44US #124
#81Alice43US #106
#82Judy43US #38
#83Julia43US #122
#84Rebecca43US #34
#85Sherry43US #55
#86Terri43US #68
#87Constance42US #154
#88Jennifer42US #87
#89Marie42US #98
#90Maureen42US #103
#91Sarah42US #116
#92Terry42US #92
#93Charlene41US #136
#94Dorothy41US #74
#95Jo41US #83
#96Annette39US #97
#97Jeanne39US #117
#98Martha39US #63
#99Virginia39US #75
#100Vicki38US #51

Boys

#1Michael824US #1
#2James734US #2
#3John669US #5
#4Robert644US #4
#5David539US #3
#6William521US #6
#7Thomas377US #9
#8Richard358US #8
#9Mark319US #7
#10Charles306US #11
#11Joseph297US #12
#12Anthony252US #27
#13Kevin239US #20
#14Paul236US #18
#15Gregory230US #23
#16Donald216US #15
#17Steven216US #10
#18Stephen215US #24
#19Kenneth212US #14
#20Ronald209US #17
#21Gary180US #13
#22Timothy179US #19
#23George166US #29
#24Jeffrey157US #21
#25Daniel152US #16
#26Edward146US #25
#27Larry131US #22
#28Christopher130US #43
#29Brian129US #26
#30Keith121US #36
#31Lawrence100US #46
#32Douglas97US #30
#33Peter93US #37
#34Bruce92US #34
#35Wayne88US #47
#36Eric87US #60
#37Raymond81US #39
#38Reginald81US #142
#39Patrick79US #41
#40Dennis78US #28
#41Tyrone78US #195
#42Andrew71US #56
#43Frank71US #38
#44Walter64US #58
#45Carl63US #49
#46Scott63US #32
#47Melvin59US #113
#48Harry57US #100
#49Stanley56US #81
#50Gerald54US #51
#51Ralph54US #76
#52Phillip52US #79
#53Vincent52US #97
#54Philip51US #68
#55Martin49US #69
#56Russell49US #54
#57Henry48US #75
#58Terry48US #33
#59Curtis47US #80
#60Maurice47US #196
#61Samuel47US #82
#62Andre46
#63Arthur46US #66
#64Frederick46US #99
#65Glenn46US #62
#66Jerome46US #126
#67Jerry46US #35
#68Jonathan46US #124
#69Jeffery45US #52
#70Matthew44US #83
#71Alan43US #48
#72Bernard42US #137
#73Eugene42US #92
#74Ricky42US #40
#75Rodney42US #70
#76Benjamin41US #138
#77Francis41US #128
#78Harold41US #74
#79Leonard41US #94
#80Roger41US #42
#81Albert40US #84
#82Craig39US #55
#83Steve39US #44
#84Darryl38US #172
#85Warren38US #147
#86Darrell37US #90
#87Ronnie37US #73
#88Calvin36US #114
#89Barry35US #72
#90Willie35US #63
#91Tony34US #71
#92Howard33US #89
#93Theodore33US #132
#94Ernest31US #101
#95Leroy31US #148
#96Victor31US #98
#97Clarence30US #135
#98Dale30US #50
#99Randy30US #31
#100Earl28US #122

On the move since 1956

Rising

↑48Debbie#44
↑46Julie#52
↑45Harry#48
↑43Henry#57
↑35Maurice#60
↑33Terry#58
↑27Jeffery#69
↑24Martin#55

Falling

↓43Ernest#94
↓37Jo#95
↓35Rebecca#84
↓32Craig#82
↓32Earl#100
↓29Dorothy#94
↓29Barry#89
↓25Willie#90

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1956 rankings.