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Top names in District of Columbia

The names most likely to appear on 1961 District of Columbia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 28,058 District of Columbia births in 1961 across 725 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.

#41Andre#197 nationally
#42Tyrone#189 nationally
#58Derrick#198 nationally
#61Mauriceoutside the national top 200
#60Yvette#196 nationally
#76Tonya#199 nationally
#94Antonio#192 nationally
#51Reginald#144 nationally
#64Vanessa#153 nationally
#83Gwendolyn#165 nationally
#55Monica#136 nationally
#67Francis#148 nationally

Girls

#1Mary373US #1
#2Karen299US #5
#3Lisa267US #2
#4Patricia252US #6
#5Sharon252US #17
#6Susan250US #3
#7Linda233US #4
#8Deborah225US #10
#9Donna205US #7
#10Pamela187US #15
#11Cynthia182US #8
#12Robin172US #27
#13Jacqueline161US #37
#14Barbara153US #12
#15Denise152US #30
#16Sandra152US #9
#17Carolyn147US #42
#18Elizabeth144US #19
#19Cheryl140US #20
#20Michelle140US #34
#21Laura139US #21
#22Angela138US #38
#23Brenda137US #11
#24Carol136US #24
#25Diane117US #26
#26Catherine116US #48
#27Theresa114US #35
#28Kathleen108US #29
#29Teresa108US #18
#30Margaret105US #40
#31Nancy104US #16
#32Debra103US #13
#33Kathy97US #25
#34Wanda97US #70
#35Anne91US #90
#36Renee87US #79
#37Kim86US #36
#38Lori86US #14
#39Sheila86US #59
#40Janet82US #32
#41Kimberly82US #22
#42Janice81US #52
#43Jennifer81US #47
#44Suzanne76US #68
#45Julie75US #23
#46Terri72US #51
#47Tina68US #41
#48Valerie67US #67
#49Ann66US #54
#50Christine65US #39
#51Maria62US #57
#52Tammy62US #28
#53Darlene61US #80
#54Debbie61US #31
#55Monica60US #136
#56Michele59US #63
#57Stephanie57US #78
#58Beverly56US #66
#59Kelly55US #45
#60Yvette55US #196
#61Leslie54US #84
#62Victoria54US #114
#63Rebecca53US #44
#64Vanessa53US #153
#65Regina52US #98
#66Rhonda52US #46
#67Paula51US #60
#68Kathryn49US #93
#69Amy48US #69
#70Annette48US #73
#71Gail48US #94
#72Joyce48US #62
#73Ellen46US #97
#74Katherine46US #86
#75Laurie46US #43
#76Tonya46US #199
#77Tracy46US #64
#78Wendy46US #61
#79Helen45US #119
#80Beth44US #65
#81Andrea43US #110
#82Dawn43US #49
#83Gwendolyn43US #165
#84Cindy42US #33
#85Diana42US #56
#86Jean42US #92
#87Joan42US #89
#88Christina41US #132
#89Lynn41US #71
#90Ruth41US #96
#91Bonnie40US #75
#92Cathy40US #55
#93Gloria40US #82
#94Shirley40US #85
#95Judith39US #83
#96Judy39US #58
#97Jackie38US #112
#98Maureen38US #104
#99Anita37US #91
#100Carla37US #77

Boys

#1Michael772US #1
#2John725US #3
#3James645US #4
#4David597US #2
#5Robert546US #5
#6William452US #7
#7Mark333US #6
#8Kevin313US #14
#9Charles299US #13
#10Anthony296US #25
#11Thomas290US #9
#12Joseph269US #12
#13Richard262US #8
#14Christopher224US #26
#15Kenneth216US #16
#16Steven205US #10
#17Paul203US #18
#18Jeffrey199US #11
#19Gregory194US #23
#20Stephen176US #27
#21Timothy171US #15
#22Ronald165US #24
#23Daniel146US #17
#24Edward143US #29
#25Brian140US #20
#26Donald140US #22
#27Gary130US #21
#28George125US #31
#29Keith124US #35
#30Douglas110US #28
#31Eric109US #38
#32Andrew106US #52
#33Darryl99US #80
#34Patrick96US #39
#35Scott93US #19
#36Larry88US #30
#37Peter86US #42
#38Raymond83US #48
#39Wayne73US #61
#40Bruce72US #40
#41Andre69US #197
#42Tyrone68US #189
#43Carl64US #56
#44Lawrence64US #67
#45Matthew64US #59
#46Frank63US #41
#47Vincent61US #98
#48Philip60US #79
#49Dennis59US #34
#50Alan58US #51
#51Reginald57US #144
#52Jonathan56US #112
#53Dwayne55US #111
#54Walter55US #74
#55Melvin50US #128
#56Steve50US #45
#57Jerome49US #136
#58Derrick48US #198
#59Curtis47US #75
#60Craig46US #43
#61Maurice45
#62Phillip45US #69
#63Roger45US #47
#64Calvin44US #127
#65Mike44US #36
#66Terry43US #32
#67Francis41US #148
#68Jeffery41US #50
#69Samuel41US #89
#70Chris40US #57
#71Glenn40US #64
#72Rodney40US #72
#73Victor40US #99
#74Darrell39US #101
#75Frederick38US #117
#76Ralph38US #95
#77Russell38US #55
#78Tony38US #53
#79Bernard37US #156
#80Dale37US #58
#81Jerry37US #37
#82Martin37US #73
#83Eugene36US #113
#84Gerald35US #62
#85Jay35US #81
#86Albert34US #97
#87Marvin34US #120
#88Allen33US #96
#89Barry33US #66
#90Ricky33US #44
#91Willie33US #86
#92Clarence32US #155
#93Henry32US #92
#94Antonio31US #192
#95Arthur31US #85
#96Danny31US #54
#97Theodore31US #151
#98Troy31US #100
#99Louis30US #105
#100Earl28US #139

On the move since 1960

Rising

↑39Maurice#61
↑38Derrick#58
↑34Kelly#59
↑34Victoria#62
↑34Jerome#57
↑33Tammy#52
↑33Monica#55
↑29Calvin#64

Falling

↓40Judith#95
↓37Joan#87
↓35Arthur#95
↓32Maureen#98
↓31Henry#93
↓31Theodore#97
↓30Cathy#92
↓28Willie#91

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1960 rankings.