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Top names in District of Columbia

The names most likely to appear on 1966 District of Columbia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 23,529 District of Columbia births in 1966 across 690 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.

#51Maurice#180 nationally
#80Carltonoutside the national top 200
#53Tyrone#168 nationally
#91Ricardo#199 nationally
#95Kelvinoutside the national top 200
#97Laurenoutside the national top 200
#68Nicole#169 nationally
#43Andre#143 nationally
#66Tanya#160 nationally
#56Antonio#148 nationally
#76Warren#167 nationally
#44Reginald#131 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa389US #1
#2Kimberly228US #2
#3Mary222US #3
#4Michelle221US #4
#5Karen220US #5
#6Angela208US #9
#7Jennifer155US #10
#8Deborah149US #14
#9Susan145US #6
#10Elizabeth144US #16
#11Cynthia142US #11
#12Patricia140US #7
#13Pamela130US #15
#14Laura118US #19
#15Sharon117US #28
#16Kim114US #43
#17Donna110US #12
#18Tracy110US #31
#19Christine103US #20
#20Cheryl101US #34
#21Denise98US #32
#22Jacqueline97US #47
#23Linda95US #18
#24Kathleen92US #37
#25Tonya90US #96
#26Stephanie89US #38
#27Amy88US #30
#28Theresa88US #46
#29Sandra84US #17
#30Barbara80US #27
#31Robin80US #42
#32Julie79US #13
#33Michele79US #36
#34Maria77US #44
#35Teresa75US #29
#36Tracey73US #69
#37Catherine71US #54
#38Kelly71US #26
#39Margaret71US #55
#40Monica71US #75
#41Carolyn70US #60
#42Anne69US #83
#43Dawn69US #24
#44Tina69US #23
#45Andrea68US #52
#46Brenda67US #25
#47Valerie63US #74
#48Renee62US #66
#49Debra61US #35
#50Lori61US #21
#51Sheila61US #51
#52Katherine60US #78
#53Regina59US #82
#54Rhonda59US #39
#55Leslie57US #71
#56Diane56US #45
#57Nancy54US #33
#58Tammy54US #8
#59Ann53US #61
#60Melissa53US #22
#61Dana50US #68
#62Carol48US #48
#63Wendy48US #41
#64Yvette48US #143
#65Christina47US #67
#66Tanya46US #160
#67Rebecca45US #40
#68Nicole44US #169
#69Terri43US #72
#70Wanda43US #84
#71Carla42US #77
#72Gina42US #58
#73Paula41US #50
#74Victoria40US #103
#75Anita39US #88
#76Annette39US #79
#77Stacey39US #76
#78Darlene38US #94
#79Kathryn37US #86
#80Suzanne37US #62
#81Janet36US #57
#82Jill36US #49
#83Joyce36US #100
#84Sarah36US #85
#85Veronica35US #113
#86Felicia34US #161
#87Janice34US #80
#88Anna32US #95
#89Beverly32US #109
#90Stacy32US #91
#91Ellen31US #130
#92Yolanda31US #131
#93Bonnie30US #90
#94Diana30US #64
#95Maureen30US #119
#96April29US #108
#97Lauren29
#98Laurie29US #63
#99Marie29US #114
#100Alicia28US #156

Boys

#1Michael704US #1
#2John530US #4
#3David510US #2
#4James510US #3
#5Robert421US #5
#6William399US #6
#7Anthony292US #22
#8Christopher259US #12
#9Mark250US #7
#10Kevin240US #17
#11Thomas238US #10
#12Charles222US #20
#13Eric211US #25
#14Joseph210US #15
#15Steven201US #13
#16Kenneth192US #21
#17Richard189US #8
#18Brian185US #14
#19Timothy183US #11
#20Paul164US #18
#21Jeffrey160US #9
#22Daniel147US #19
#23Stephen145US #26
#24Gregory132US #23
#25Keith122US #32
#26Ronald118US #24
#27Edward117US #30
#28Andrew107US #36
#29Donald107US #27
#30Scott105US #16
#31Patrick102US #31
#32Sean95US #50
#33Matthew90US #34
#34Gary85US #28
#35George84US #37
#36Rodney82US #35
#37Lawrence80US #66
#38Peter77US #39
#39Jonathan69US #65
#40Vincent69US #58
#41Darryl67US #88
#42Douglas61US #33
#43Andre58US #143
#44Reginald58US #131
#45Raymond54US #47
#46Bruce53US #53
#47Derrick50US #127
#48Darrell48US #95
#49Frank47US #43
#50Carl46US #56
#51Maurice46US #180
#52Craig45US #46
#53Tyrone45US #168
#54Dwayne43US #133
#55Samuel43US #81
#56Antonio41US #148
#57Dennis41US #44
#58Erik39US #145
#59Tony39US #49
#60Wayne39US #59
#61Benjamin38US #130
#62Walter37US #83
#63Larry36US #38
#64Todd36US #29
#65Jerome35US #147
#66Shawn35US #54
#67Troy35US #48
#68Alan34US #57
#69Gerald34US #60
#70Roger34US #51
#71Bryan33US #52
#72Curtis33US #75
#73Marc33US #105
#74Philip31US #86
#75Phillip31US #71
#76Warren31US #167
#77Darrin30US #119
#78Willie30US #93
#79Carlos28US #138
#80Carlton28
#81Darren28US #63
#82Derek28US #141
#83Frederick28US #109
#84Allen27US #97
#85Arthur27US #96
#86Ernest27US #122
#87Harold27US #99
#88Harry27US #144
#89Jeffery27US #42
#90Martin27US #78
#91Ricardo27US #199
#92Terry27US #40
#93Aaron26US #117
#94Eugene26US #116
#95Kelvin26
#96Micheal26US #115
#97Barry25US #87
#98Daryl25US #185
#99Howard25US #120
#100Melvin25US #142

On the move since 1965

Rising

↑37Dwayne#54
↑36Regina#53
↑30Tonya#25
↑24Amy#27
↑22Antonio#56
↑17Sean#32
↑16Carla#71
↑16Kathryn#79

Falling

↓39Melvin#100
↓31Aaron#93
↓28Wendy#63
↓27Wanda#70
↓26Eugene#94
↓17Terry#92
↓16Monica#40
↓16Dawn#43

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1965 rankings.