State roster

Top names in District of Columbia

The names most likely to appear on 1960 District of Columbia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 28,095 District of Columbia births in 1960 across 727 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
#46Tyrone#191 nationally
#96Derrickoutside the national top 200
#100Mauriceoutside the national top 200
#51Reginald#144 nationally
#78Veronica#168 nationally
#66Theodore#149 nationally
#69Francis#145 nationally
#81Bernard#152 nationally
#99Gwendolyn#163 nationally
#33Darryl#96 nationally
#76Yvonne#133 nationally

Girls

#1Mary368US #1
#2Karen322US #4
#3Patricia271US #7
#4Susan254US #2
#5Lisa250US #6
#6Donna248US #5
#7Sharon233US #16
#8Linda229US #3
#9Deborah226US #10
#10Cynthia201US #9
#11Barbara184US #12
#12Pamela180US #14
#13Sandra170US #11
#14Brenda161US #13
#15Cheryl155US #17
#16Elizabeth151US #18
#17Denise149US #29
#18Robin145US #33
#19Laura140US #25
#20Carol132US #23
#21Debra128US #8
#22Angela125US #50
#23Catherine125US #42
#24Nancy124US #15
#25Kathleen120US #27
#26Diane119US #22
#27Michelle117US #39
#28Theresa117US #35
#29Margaret113US #36
#30Teresa109US #19
#31Kimberly108US #26
#32Carolyn107US #43
#33Jacqueline103US #85
#34Kathy97US #21
#35Kim97US #34
#36Janet96US #32
#37Janice95US #41
#38Sheila90US #56
#39Debbie81US #24
#40Valerie81US #65
#41Stephanie77US #91
#42Darlene75US #75
#43Anne74US #88
#44Maria71US #59
#45Renee71US #93
#46Wanda69US #66
#47Ann68US #51
#48Terri68US #49
#49Jennifer67US #61
#50Joan67US #80
#51Katherine67US #81
#52Joyce66US #58
#53Christine63US #40
#54Regina63US #105
#55Judith56US #74
#56Julie56US #28
#57Lori56US #20
#58Annette55US #62
#59Jean55US #86
#60Paula55US #55
#61Phyllis55US #108
#62Cathy54US #46
#63Suzanne54US #78
#64Beverly53US #60
#65Andrea52US #115
#66Maureen51US #106
#67Rebecca51US #38
#68Tina51US #45
#69Michele50US #89
#70Cindy49US #30
#71Sarah49US #116
#72Leslie48US #92
#73Judy47US #48
#74Dorothy46US #95
#75Ellen46US #94
#76Yvonne46US #133
#77Terry45US #101
#78Veronica45US #168
#79Helen44US #117
#80Kathryn44US #82
#81Gail43US #90
#82Lynn43US #64
#83Martha43US #83
#84Rhonda43US #44
#85Tammy43US #31
#86Amy42US #77
#87Laurie42US #37
#88Monica42US #140
#89Jane41US #67
#90Marie41US #103
#91Anita40US #87
#92Gloria40US #79
#93Kelly40US #52
#94Ruth40US #97
#95Colleen39US #107
#96Victoria39US #114
#97Bonnie38US #71
#98Alice37US #119
#99Gwendolyn37US #163
#100Wendy36US #63

Boys

#1Michael755US #2
#2John632US #4
#3David612US #1
#4James611US #3
#5Robert580US #5
#6William466US #7
#7Thomas346US #9
#8Mark345US #6
#9Richard319US #8
#10Kevin297US #15
#11Anthony290US #25
#12Charles262US #13
#13Joseph242US #12
#14Kenneth221US #16
#15Timothy212US #11
#16Paul210US #18
#17Steven206US #10
#18Christopher199US #29
#19Gregory184US #24
#20Jeffrey177US #14
#21Stephen173US #27
#22Ronald172US #21
#23Donald146US #19
#24Brian141US #20
#25George141US #33
#26Daniel140US #17
#27Edward134US #26
#28Gary134US #22
#29Eric133US #44
#30Andrew124US #51
#31Keith123US #35
#32Peter115US #42
#33Darryl92US #96
#34Patrick90US #45
#35Douglas89US #30
#36Larry89US #28
#37Bruce85US #39
#38Scott82US #23
#39Raymond81US #46
#40Wayne79US #58
#41Dennis75US #31
#42Frank75US #40
#43Craig73US #41
#44Lawrence66US #64
#45Matthew66US #61
#46Tyrone62US #191
#47Alan60US #50
#48Carl60US #53
#49Walter58US #70
#50Andre57
#51Reginald57US #144
#52Roger56US #47
#53Vincent56US #98
#54Samuel53US #91
#55Mike52US #36
#56Terry52US #34
#57Russell51US #56
#58Rodney50US #68
#59Albert48US #93
#60Arthur48US #82
#61Gerald47US #62
#62Henry47US #84
#63Willie47US #81
#64Jonathan45US #118
#65Ricky45US #38
#66Theodore45US #149
#67Philip44US #76
#68Steve44US #43
#69Francis43US #145
#70Tony42US #52
#71Curtis41US #79
#72Victor41US #103
#73Harry39US #124
#74Martin39US #77
#75Dwayne38US #123
#76Glenn38US #74
#77Jerry38US #37
#78Phillip38US #66
#79Chris37US #63
#80Ronnie37US #87
#81Bernard36US #152
#82Johnny36US #65
#83Ralph36US #89
#84Allen35US #99
#85Eugene34US #109
#86Howard34US #108
#87Jeffery34US #55
#88Norman34US #132
#89Ernest33US #120
#90Harold33US #92
#91Jerome33US #133
#92Jon33US #97
#93Calvin32US #129
#94Jay32US #78
#95Barry31US #72
#96Derrick31
#97Frederick31US #114
#98Greg31US #83
#99Louis31US #106
#100Maurice30

On the move since 1959

Rising

↑55Kimberly#31
↑31Suzanne#63
↑27Henry#62
↑24Stephanie#41
↑24Judy#73
↑23Katherine#51
↑22Darryl#33
↑20Laura#19

Falling

↓46Maurice#100
↓37Anita#91
↓37Barry#95
↓32Gwendolyn#99
↓30Victoria#96
↓29Gail#81
↓24Leslie#72
↓24Harold#90

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1959 rankings.