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Top names in District of Columbia

The names most likely to appear on 1958 District of Columbia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 28,431 District of Columbia births in 1958 across 666 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.

#47Andreoutside the national top 200
#41Tyrone#186 nationally
#81Mauriceoutside the national top 200
#96Derrickoutside the national top 200
#48Reginald#142 nationally
#85Veronica#173 nationally
#58Bernard#143 nationally
#66Gwendolyn#151 nationally
#73Warren#149 nationally
#53Melvin#122 nationally
#47Stephanie#113 nationally
#59Jonathan#124 nationally

Girls

#1Mary435US #1
#2Deborah373US #7
#3Patricia340US #5
#4Karen335US #4
#5Linda318US #3
#6Susan268US #2
#7Sharon265US #17
#8Cynthia245US #8
#9Barbara202US #9
#10Donna200US #10
#11Pamela190US #11
#12Cheryl187US #13
#13Elizabeth177US #22
#14Debra173US #6
#15Nancy166US #12
#16Denise165US #27
#17Lisa161US #19
#18Diane159US #18
#19Kathleen159US #21
#20Carol144US #20
#21Robin141US #32
#22Brenda137US #16
#23Margaret134US #31
#24Sandra127US #15
#25Catherine120US #38
#26Darlene119US #49
#27Carolyn118US #37
#28Teresa111US #26
#29Michelle107US #56
#30Janet106US #28
#31Kathy105US #14
#32Laura105US #29
#33Joyce101US #46
#34Sheila100US #59
#35Theresa98US #33
#36Ann96US #47
#37Jacqueline91US #99
#38Katherine88US #74
#39Angela84US #83
#40Debbie84US #24
#41Valerie81US #64
#42Wanda80US #66
#43Christine79US #43
#44Julie77US #23
#45Janice76US #35
#46Renee73US #105
#47Stephanie71US #113
#48Anne70US #87
#49Joan68US #68
#50Lynn68US #60
#51Jennifer66US #81
#52Kathryn66US #58
#53Gail64US #72
#54Leslie63US #79
#55Jean60US #73
#56Kim59US #40
#57Michele59US #92
#58Beverly58US #55
#59Gloria57US #77
#60Shirley57US #52
#61Helen56US #100
#62Joanne56US #80
#63Maria56US #65
#64Terri56US #51
#65Lori55US #30
#66Gwendolyn54US #151
#67Elaine53US #101
#68Cathy52US #34
#69Paula52US #53
#70Terry50US #89
#71Cindy48US #25
#72Diana48US #45
#73Dorothy48US #86
#74Judith48US #62
#75Judy47US #36
#76Jane46US #61
#77Martha46US #69
#78Rita46US #88
#79Julia45US #119
#80Regina45US #120
#81Rhonda45US #48
#82Victoria45US #109
#83Maureen44US #110
#84Phyllis44US #94
#85Veronica43US #173
#86Amy42US #97
#87Bonnie42US #63
#88Jeanne42US #123
#89Vicki42US #57
#90Anita41US #82
#91Rebecca41US #41
#92Suzanne41US #104
#93Annette40US #76
#94Andrea39US #135
#95Charlene39US #138
#96Kimberly39US #39
#97Marie39US #106
#98Eileen38US #125
#99Ellen38US #93
#100Frances38US #118

Boys

#1Michael846US #1
#2John660US #5
#3James651US #3
#4David557US #2
#5Robert552US #4
#6William504US #6
#7Richard362US #8
#8Mark335US #7
#9Thomas330US #9
#10Charles295US #11
#11Joseph281US #12
#12Anthony238US #27
#13Kevin236US #20
#14Gregory215US #23
#15Paul212US #15
#16Ronald210US #19
#17Kenneth205US #14
#18Steven199US #10
#19Timothy194US #13
#20Stephen192US #26
#21Donald172US #18
#22Daniel171US #16
#23Jeffrey164US #21
#24Christopher149US #39
#25Gary147US #17
#26George144US #31
#27Larry132US #22
#28Edward128US #28
#29Brian124US #24
#30Peter118US #41
#31Eric113US #50
#32Keith108US #37
#33Patrick106US #42
#34Wayne106US #48
#35Dennis105US #29
#36Douglas103US #30
#37Lawrence89US #52
#38Bruce88US #36
#39Raymond82US #43
#40Andrew79US #55
#41Tyrone77US #186
#42Scott76US #25
#43Gerald67US #58
#44Matthew66US #60
#45Frank63US #38
#46Philip63US #67
#47Andre60
#48Reginald60US #142
#49Walter60US #63
#50Rodney57US #65
#51Carl56US #51
#52Russell55US #54
#53Melvin53US #122
#54Ricky53US #34
#55Steve52US #44
#56Terry51US #33
#57Stanley50US #88
#58Bernard48US #143
#59Jonathan47US #124
#60Arthur46US #72
#61Eugene46US #103
#62Alan45US #49
#63Harold45US #84
#64Jerry45US #35
#65Harry44US #111
#66Mike44US #40
#67Jeffery43US #59
#68Phillip43US #81
#69Barry42US #79
#70Craig42US #53
#71Samuel42US #85
#72Vincent42US #98
#73Warren42US #149
#74Howard41US #95
#75Martin41US #71
#76Willie41US #70
#77Jay40US #86
#78Jerome39US #129
#79Henry38US #83
#80Curtis37US #82
#81Maurice37
#82Micheal37US #91
#83Ralph37US #78
#84Dale36US #46
#85Francis36US #135
#86Leonard36US #102
#87Louis36US #94
#88Roger36US #47
#89Ronnie36US #66
#90Darrell35US #90
#91Frederick35US #110
#92Tony35US #57
#93Allen34US #92
#94Roy34US #75
#95Chris33US #93
#96Derrick32
#97Clarence31US #138
#98Danny31US #45
#99Glenn31US #76
#100Theodore31US #140

On the move since 1957

Rising

↑37Jennifer#51
↑28Steve#55
↑26Matthew#44
↑25Katherine#38
↑25Lynn#50
↑25Rodney#50
↑22Terri#64
↑22Terry#70

Falling

↓44Ellen#99
↓34Glenn#99
↓32Ralph#83
↓29Victoria#82
↓27Frederick#91
↓22Andrea#94
↓22Henry#79
↓21Curtis#80

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1957 rankings.