State roster

Top names in District of Columbia

The names most likely to appear on 1959 District of Columbia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 28,013 District of Columbia births in 1959 across 697 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.

#50Andreoutside the national top 200
#54Mauriceoutside the national top 200
#39Tyrone#171 nationally
#36Reginald#144 nationally
#100Ricardooutside the national top 200
#67Gwendolyn#159 nationally
#63Bernard#152 nationally
#79Veronica#167 nationally
#55Darryl#130 nationally
#38Jacqueline#111 nationally
#68Jerome#133 nationally
#95Warren#157 nationally

Girls

#1Mary409US #1
#2Deborah329US #9
#3Patricia305US #6
#4Susan297US #2
#5Karen286US #4
#6Donna274US #5
#7Linda272US #3
#8Sharon244US #17
#9Cynthia217US #8
#10Pamela210US #12
#11Cheryl186US #18
#12Elizabeth180US #21
#13Barbara174US #11
#14Denise172US #29
#15Lisa157US #10
#16Diane148US #19
#17Debra147US #7
#18Carol140US #22
#19Nancy140US #14
#20Brenda131US #16
#21Kathleen131US #23
#22Robin129US #32
#23Margaret127US #36
#24Sandra125US #13
#25Catherine119US #40
#26Michelle118US #47
#27Sheila117US #52
#28Carolyn110US #42
#29Theresa106US #34
#30Janet103US #28
#31Teresa103US #24
#32Wanda99US #65
#33Kathy98US #15
#34Debbie93US #20
#35Joyce91US #50
#36Anne89US #82
#37Angela86US #68
#38Jacqueline84US #111
#39Laura84US #30
#40Darlene82US #66
#41Kim80US #35
#42Janice78US #37
#43Cathy75US #39
#44Ann72US #44
#45Renee70US #100
#46Tina68US #53
#47Julie66US #26
#48Leslie66US #84
#49Valerie66US #60
#50Christine65US #43
#51Cindy63US #25
#52Gail62US #75
#53Paula62US #51
#54Anita61US #87
#55Beverly61US #55
#56Maria61US #62
#57Annette58US #64
#58Joan58US #76
#59Jennifer57US #78
#60Kathryn56US #69
#61Terri56US #46
#62Lori54US #27
#63Regina53US #117
#64Rhonda52US #45
#65Stephanie52US #101
#66Victoria52US #113
#67Gwendolyn51US #159
#68Andrea50US #123
#69Rebecca50US #38
#70Shirley50US #61
#71Gloria49US #81
#72Judith49US #70
#73Phyllis49US #103
#74Katherine48US #79
#75Terry48US #95
#76Amy47US #85
#77Betty47US #59
#78Jean47US #77
#79Veronica47US #167
#80Diana46US #49
#81Ellen46US #91
#82Joanne45US #92
#83Maureen45US #106
#84Michele45US #89
#85Rose45US #88
#86Kimberly44US #33
#87Lynn44US #63
#88Helen43US #108
#89Jane43US #67
#90Bonnie41US #71
#91Wendy41US #83
#92Dorothy40US #94
#93Marie40US #104
#94Suzanne40US #96
#95Virginia39US #93
#96Yvonne39US #132
#97Judy36US #41
#98Tammy36US #31
#99Carla34US #118
#100Connie34US #48

Boys

#1Michael767US #1
#2John651US #4
#3James629US #3
#4David582US #2
#5Robert564US #5
#6William464US #7
#7Mark375US #6
#8Thomas323US #9
#9Richard315US #8
#10Charles300US #11
#11Joseph272US #13
#12Anthony268US #26
#13Kevin250US #14
#14Kenneth232US #15
#15Steven231US #10
#16Paul225US #17
#17Timothy190US #12
#18Gregory185US #23
#19Ronald183US #21
#20Donald172US #19
#21Stephen167US #28
#22Christopher165US #35
#23Jeffrey161US #16
#24George160US #32
#25Edward157US #27
#26Gary143US #20
#27Brian142US #22
#28Daniel136US #18
#29Eric119US #46
#30Larry117US #25
#31Keith102US #39
#32Patrick93US #43
#33Bruce90US #38
#34Lawrence89US #62
#35Peter85US #40
#36Reginald83US #144
#37Douglas81US #30
#38Raymond78US #45
#39Tyrone78US #171
#40Dennis77US #29
#41Scott76US #24
#42Andrew71US #58
#43Frank71US #42
#44Craig70US #44
#45Philip70US #68
#46Matthew67US #63
#47Wayne66US #51
#48Alan65US #50
#49Walter58US #66
#50Andre57
#51Carl57US #54
#52Rodney54US #67
#53Steve53US #41
#54Maurice52
#55Darryl50US #130
#56Mike50US #37
#57Terry50US #33
#58Barry49US #73
#59Glenn49US #80
#60Ricky49US #34
#61Russell49US #56
#62Vincent48US #102
#63Bernard47US #152
#64Darrell47US #90
#65Eugene47US #106
#66Harold47US #87
#67Willie47US #78
#68Jerome46US #133
#69Samuel46US #86
#70Curtis45US #75
#71Martin45US #79
#72Gerald43US #61
#73Phillip42US #74
#74Albert41US #92
#75Louis41US #100
#76Allen40US #97
#77Arthur40US #76
#78Calvin40US #125
#79Melvin40US #122
#80Ralph40US #84
#81Stanley39US #98
#82Dale38US #49
#83Frederick38US #114
#84Jonathan38US #124
#85Howard37US #104
#86Victor37US #107
#87Jerry36US #36
#88Ernest35US #118
#89Henry35US #83
#90Jeffery34US #55
#91Harry33US #120
#92Jay33US #88
#93Benjamin32US #150
#94Leonard32US #109
#95Warren32US #157
#96Chris31US #72
#97Ronnie31US #77
#98Alfred30US #138
#99Earl30US #135
#100Ricardo30

On the move since 1958

Rising

↑40Glenn#59
↑36Anita#54
↑36Annette#57
↑27Maurice#54
↑26Andrea#68
↑26Craig#44
↑26Darrell#64
↑25Cathy#43

Falling

↓37Lynn#87
↓36Katherine#74
↓29Gerald#72
↓27Michele#84
↓27Helen#88
↓26Melvin#79
↓26Harry#91
↓25Jonathan#84

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1958 rankings.