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Top names in District of Columbia

The names most likely to appear on 1970 District of Columbia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 22,096 District of Columbia births in 1970 across 702 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.

#42Lashawnoutside the national top 200
#74Dionneoutside the national top 200
#44Maurice#165 nationally
#84Nathanieloutside the national top 200
#91Antoinetteoutside the national top 200
#89Darryl#195 nationally
#95Bernardoutside the national top 200
#30Andre#134 nationally
#97Laurenoutside the national top 200
#42Reginald#142 nationally
#76Earl#173 nationally
#66Monique#160 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer302US #1
#2Kimberly286US #3
#3Michelle240US #4
#4Lisa235US #2
#5Angela194US #6
#6Karen152US #12
#7Elizabeth138US #18
#8Nicole137US #30
#9Stephanie124US #17
#10Amy116US #5
#11Tracy116US #10
#12Mary112US #9
#13Laura107US #13
#14Pamela101US #26
#15Christine94US #14
#16Christina87US #35
#17Melissa87US #7
#18Cynthia85US #25
#19Monica85US #56
#20Crystal84US #101
#21Susan83US #15
#22Heather81US #19
#23Tonya80US #49
#24Dawn79US #16
#25Kelly79US #20
#26Patricia78US #24
#27Deborah75US #33
#28Donna75US #32
#29Michele73US #31
#30Yolanda73US #106
#31Shannon72US #22
#32Sharon72US #37
#33Andrea71US #43
#34Julie71US #11
#35Sabrina71US #107
#36Wendy68US #28
#37Tammy67US #8
#38Catherine65US #59
#39Denise65US #36
#40Stacey64US #48
#41Rebecca63US #29
#42Lashawn62
#43Renee61US #68
#44Katherine60US #67
#45Robin58US #51
#46Tracey57US #55
#47Maria56US #39
#48Sarah54US #65
#49Cheryl51US #44
#50Linda51US #38
#51Sandra51US #27
#52Barbara50US #41
#53Dana50US #54
#54Margaret50US #80
#55Tara50US #69
#56Kathleen49US #45
#57Leslie49US #64
#58Tanya49US #76
#59Teresa48US #34
#60Theresa48US #53
#61Tina48US #21
#62Kim46US #78
#63Erin45US #111
#64Rhonda45US #46
#65Jacqueline43US #66
#66Monique43US #160
#67Danielle39US #114
#68Felicia39US #139
#69Stacy39US #42
#70Victoria39US #85
#71Carla38US #94
#72Lori38US #23
#73Regina38US #86
#74Dionne37
#75Valerie37US #97
#76Wanda37US #132
#77Alicia36US #118
#78Veronica36US #110
#79Katrina35US #151
#80Kristin35US #63
#81Rachel35US #58
#82Anita34US #127
#83Carolyn34US #84
#84Carrie34US #73
#85Amanda33US #108
#86Diana33US #89
#87Anne32US #112
#88Kathryn32US #104
#89Tiffany32US #99
#90Ann31US #62
#91Antoinette31
#92Jessica31US #98
#93Nancy31US #50
#94Sherry31US #60
#95April30US #82
#96Carol30US #71
#97Lauren30
#98Jill29US #52
#99Paula29US #57
#100Suzanne29US #87

Boys

#1Michael601US #1
#2James426US #2
#3David418US #3
#4John387US #4
#5Robert379US #5
#6Christopher338US #6
#7William302US #7
#8Kevin257US #14
#9Anthony235US #22
#10Eric225US #18
#11Charles200US #21
#12Mark200US #9
#13Thomas186US #17
#14Richard176US #10
#15Joseph170US #16
#16Jeffrey168US #11
#17Brian167US #8
#18Paul142US #23
#19Kenneth141US #25
#20Sean140US #37
#21Steven139US #15
#22Daniel138US #19
#23Gregory136US #26
#24Timothy135US #20
#25Matthew123US #24
#26Jason119US #13
#27Stephen112US #27
#28Andrew111US #32
#29Scott102US #12
#30Andre99US #134
#31Ronald96US #29
#32Edward92US #31
#33Keith90US #38
#34Donald87US #30
#35Jonathan82US #42
#36Patrick78US #33
#37Derrick77US #96
#38Douglas72US #36
#39Marcus72US #71
#40George70US #40
#41Peter69US #44
#42Reginald65US #142
#43Todd61US #28
#44Maurice60US #165
#45Shawn58US #34
#46Rodney57US #55
#47Lawrence55US #83
#48Tyrone53US #132
#49Antonio52US #121
#50Craig52US #39
#51Marc50US #60
#52Frank48US #48
#53Gary48US #35
#54Vincent48US #79
#55Aaron47US #52
#56Adam47US #72
#57Darrell47US #102
#58Carlos46US #98
#59Alexander45US #137
#60Wayne43US #80
#61Eugene42US #146
#62Troy42US #41
#63Carl41US #66
#64Raymond41US #49
#65Corey40US #84
#66Benjamin39US #81
#67Samuel39US #62
#68Bryan37US #53
#69Larry37US #43
#70Dennis36US #46
#71Gerald36US #67
#72Curtis35US #88
#73Leonard35US #144
#74Walter35US #89
#75Derek33US #77
#76Earl33US #173
#77Arthur32US #111
#78Henry32US #104
#79Melvin32US #171
#80Darren31US #75
#81Dwayne31US #141
#82Erik31US #101
#83Jerome31US #168
#84Nathaniel31
#85Joshua30US #150
#86Nathan30US #130
#87Tony30US #57
#88Willie30US #103
#89Darryl29US #195
#90Daryl29US #161
#91Bruce28US #94
#92Theodore28US #160
#93Victor28US #106
#94Albert27US #107
#95Bernard27
#96Frederick27US #115
#97Glenn26US #109
#98Jay26US #97
#99Nicholas26US #123
#100Damon25US #174

On the move since 1969

Rising

↑43Lashawn#42
↑39Sabrina#35
↑37Shannon#31
↑36Crystal#20
↑35Erin#63
↑34Adam#56
↑31Stacey#40
↑28Sarah#48

Falling

↓38Theresa#60
↓36Jacqueline#65
↓31Darryl#89
↓30Nancy#93
↓28Teresa#59
↓26Kathleen#56
↓26Bernard#95
↓25Anne#87

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1969 rankings.