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Top names in District of Columbia

The names most likely to appear on 1963 District of Columbia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 27,509 District of Columbia births in 1963 across 750 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.

#52Maurice#199 nationally
#44Tyrone#184 nationally
#39Andre#173 nationally
#85Nathanieloutside the national top 200
#51Derrick#164 nationally
#89Cassandraoutside the national top 200
#93Carltonoutside the national top 200
#71Antonio#172 nationally
#71Yvette#170 nationally
#40Reginald#132 nationally
#78Tonya#167 nationally
#97Gwendolyn#171 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa400US #1
#2Mary307US #2
#3Karen289US #4
#4Susan212US #3
#5Patricia207US #7
#6Deborah206US #13
#7Linda204US #5
#8Donna197US #6
#9Elizabeth193US #20
#10Robin188US #25
#11Pamela182US #14
#12Sharon181US #19
#13Angela166US #30
#14Cynthia165US #10
#15Michelle144US #26
#16Cheryl143US #24
#17Kimberly127US #11
#18Denise124US #27
#19Jacqueline123US #51
#20Theresa121US #38
#21Barbara120US #17
#22Sandra116US #9
#23Teresa115US #18
#24Jennifer114US #36
#25Laura108US #16
#26Stephanie105US #64
#27Maria104US #43
#28Brenda93US #15
#29Margaret91US #46
#30Tammy91US #12
#31Catherine90US #53
#32Kathleen90US #28
#33Carol87US #33
#34Christine84US #29
#35Nancy84US #23
#36Wanda82US #76
#37Tina81US #35
#38Lori80US #8
#39Diane77US #31
#40Kim77US #39
#41Tracy76US #48
#42Paula75US #42
#43Carolyn74US #56
#44Leslie73US #72
#45Darlene72US #85
#46Julie70US #22
#47Sheila69US #50
#48Renee67US #74
#49Valerie66US #69
#50Anne65US #80
#51Kelly65US #32
#52Andrea64US #89
#53Amy63US #54
#54Debra63US #21
#55Janet63US #40
#56Kathy62US #34
#57Dana60US #88
#58Michele58US #59
#59Monica57US #110
#60Anita54US #77
#61Beverly53US #81
#62Rhonda53US #45
#63Debbie52US #41
#64Rebecca52US #44
#65Terri52US #58
#66Annette51US #71
#67Katherine50US #87
#68Ann49US #57
#69Joyce49US #84
#70Sarah48US #94
#71Yvette48US #170
#72Regina47US #92
#73Suzanne47US #65
#74Christina46US #107
#75Cindy46US #37
#76Veronica46US #139
#77Charlene45US #149
#78Tonya45US #167
#79Wendy44US #60
#80Gail43US #105
#81Joan43US #95
#82Tracey43US #119
#83Janice42US #63
#84Sherry42US #49
#85Victoria41US #130
#86Joanne40US #114
#87Cathy39US #67
#88Carla38US #82
#89Cassandra38
#90Dawn38US #52
#91Gloria38US #96
#92Judith38US #91
#93Terry38US #123
#94Anna37US #102
#95Diana37US #62
#96Ellen37US #112
#97Gwendolyn37US #171
#98Marie37US #109
#99Gina36US #79
#100Dorothy35US #116

Boys

#1John709US #2
#2Michael695US #1
#3James600US #4
#4David585US #3
#5Robert521US #5
#6William386US #7
#7Mark342US #6
#8Kevin316US #11
#9Charles294US #16
#10Richard273US #8
#11Anthony271US #22
#12Joseph246US #13
#13Thomas237US #9
#14Christopher234US #26
#15Paul217US #17
#16Timothy207US #15
#17Kenneth206US #18
#18Gregory202US #21
#19Steven194US #14
#20Eric179US #31
#21Daniel174US #19
#22Jeffrey174US #10
#23Ronald172US #23
#24Brian164US #20
#25Stephen158US #29
#26Keith145US #33
#27Edward133US #27
#28George133US #34
#29Gary129US #24
#30Patrick127US #35
#31Scott119US #12
#32Donald118US #25
#33Andrew101US #42
#34Peter97US #40
#35Darryl92US #80
#36Douglas83US #28
#37Lawrence75US #68
#38Frank71US #41
#39Andre69US #173
#40Reginald68US #132
#41Wayne68US #63
#42Raymond67US #45
#43Jonathan66US #88
#44Tyrone65US #184
#45Bruce64US #43
#46Matthew63US #50
#47Vincent62US #61
#48Curtis57US #72
#49Carl56US #54
#50Larry53US #36
#51Derrick52US #164
#52Maurice51US #199
#53Craig49US #51
#54Darrell49US #95
#55Dennis49US #39
#56Dwayne48US #115
#57Jeffery47US #46
#58Samuel47US #87
#59Walter46US #77
#60Rodney45US #76
#61Russell45US #57
#62Barry43US #67
#63Frederick43US #117
#64Martin43US #62
#65Troy43US #66
#66Tony42US #52
#67Eugene41US #112
#68Glenn41US #64
#69Philip41US #83
#70Stanley41US #105
#71Antonio40US #172
#72Jerry40US #38
#73Alan39US #56
#74Bryan39US #73
#75Henry38US #94
#76Phillip38US #70
#77Todd38US #30
#78Allen37US #90
#79Leonard37US #118
#80Steve37US #49
#81Terry37US #32
#82Albert36US #100
#83Jerome36US #128
#84Melvin34US #133
#85Nathaniel34
#86Sean34US #151
#87Arthur33US #91
#88Gerald33US #60
#89Howard33US #114
#90Marvin33US #120
#91Clarence32US #163
#92Ricky32US #47
#93Carlton31
#94Francis31US #153
#95Marc31US #123
#96Victor31US #97
#97Ernest30US #122
#98Louis30US #104
#99Micheal30US #106
#100Harry29US #137

On the move since 1962

Rising

↑52Paula#42
↑41Curtis#48
↑40Tammy#30
↑28Yvette#71
↑26Amy#53
↑25Sarah#70
↑24Samuel#58
↑23Frederick#63

Falling

↓31Gerald#88
↓27Ann#68
↓27Marc#95
↓25Tracey#82
↓25Janice#83
↓24Cathy#87
↓24Jerome#83
↓23Judith#92

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1962 rankings.