State roster

Top names in District of Columbia

The names most likely to appear on 1971 District of Columbia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 19,581 District of Columbia births in 1971 across 693 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.

#35Lashawnoutside the national top 200
#64Dionneoutside the national top 200
#69Bernardoutside the national top 200
#78Nathaniel#200 nationally
#86Adrienneoutside the national top 200
#88Latonyaoutside the national top 200
#51Maurice#162 nationally
#88Terrence#198 nationally
#91Lamontoutside the national top 200
#100Darryloutside the national top 200
#41Reginald#141 nationally
#61Jerome#160 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer323US #1
#2Michelle225US #2
#3Lisa198US #3
#4Angela196US #6
#5Kimberly185US #4
#6Nicole129US #27
#7Karen123US #15
#8Stephanie123US #11
#9Amy116US #5
#10Elizabeth106US #19
#11Mary103US #9
#12Christine82US #18
#13Heather82US #12
#14Melissa82US #7
#15Tracy82US #13
#16Laura81US #16
#17Monica81US #48
#18Christina79US #30
#19Susan79US #17
#20Cynthia77US #24
#21Crystal72US #79
#22Denise70US #36
#23Dawn69US #14
#24Pamela69US #28
#25Sarah68US #58
#26Sharon67US #40
#27Andrea66US #35
#28Patricia64US #26
#29Robin61US #51
#30Tonya61US #45
#31Julie59US #10
#32Deborah55US #33
#33Dana53US #44
#34Kelly53US #22
#35Lashawn52
#36Catherine51US #65
#37Theresa51US #61
#38Yolanda51US #98
#39Erica50US #108
#40Rebecca50US #23
#41Tina49US #20
#42Donna48US #38
#43Renee48US #73
#44Stacey48US #41
#45Wendy48US #29
#46Maria47US #37
#47Tara47US #49
#48Jacqueline46US #75
#49Kathleen46US #53
#50Tammy46US #8
#51Tiffany46US #62
#52Kathryn43US #111
#53Regina43US #90
#54Sabrina43US #133
#55Anne42US #122
#56Barbara42US #47
#57Katherine41US #67
#58Stacy41US #32
#59Tanya41US #72
#60Teresa41US #34
#61Shannon40US #21
#62Cheryl39US #50
#63Rhonda39US #46
#64Dionne38
#65Felicia38US #124
#66Leslie38US #68
#67Linda38US #42
#68April37US #56
#69Erin36US #93
#70Jessica36US #64
#71Nancy36US #52
#72Allison34US #119
#73Erika34US #146
#74Katrina34US #139
#75Margaret34US #86
#76Monique34US #161
#77Rachel34US #54
#78Sandra34US #31
#79Michele33US #39
#80Tracey32US #74
#81Diane31US #83
#82Kristin31US #71
#83Victoria31US #97
#84Danielle30US #99
#85Veronica30US #110
#86Adrienne29
#87Carolyn29US #104
#88Latonya29
#89Lori29US #25
#90Terri29US #115
#91Charlene28US #178
#92Yvette28US #174
#93Ann27US #78
#94Anna27US #106
#95Brenda27US #43
#96Carla27US #107
#97Cassandra26US #136
#98Debra26US #57
#99Jill26US #59
#100Melanie26US #66

Boys

#1Michael537US #1
#2James363US #2
#3John347US #4
#4David324US #3
#5Christopher310US #6
#6Robert298US #5
#7William263US #7
#8Kevin219US #14
#9Anthony213US #23
#10Eric192US #18
#11Joseph179US #15
#12Brian173US #9
#13Charles171US #22
#14Mark160US #13
#15Richard159US #11
#16Matthew152US #19
#17Thomas149US #17
#18Sean137US #36
#19Gregory136US #26
#20Jeffrey135US #12
#21Andrew132US #33
#22Kenneth119US #25
#23Steven118US #16
#24Timothy117US #21
#25Jason115US #8
#26Scott115US #10
#27Daniel107US #20
#28Paul102US #24
#29Keith98US #37
#30Patrick88US #35
#31Stephen86US #27
#32Ronald85US #31
#33George80US #42
#34Edward77US #32
#35Jonathan75US #40
#36Andre73US #129
#37Donald71US #34
#38Antonio67US #110
#39Aaron66US #41
#40Marcus65US #65
#41Reginald64US #141
#42Adam56US #57
#43Peter55US #47
#44Shawn54US #28
#45Derrick53US #84
#46Larry51US #44
#47Lawrence51US #85
#48Marc51US #70
#49Douglas50US #39
#50Gary48US #38
#51Maurice47US #162
#52Raymond45US #52
#53Troy45US #46
#54Vincent44US #87
#55Benjamin43US #69
#56Derek42US #63
#57Craig41US #43
#58Dennis41US #49
#59Erik39US #97
#60Tyrone38US #142
#61Jerome37US #160
#62Todd37US #30
#63Joshua36US #80
#64Darrell35US #118
#65Tony35US #62
#66Frank34US #54
#67Rodney34US #59
#68Dwayne33US #157
#69Bernard32
#70Frederick32US #109
#71Bryan31US #48
#72Jerry31US #50
#73Carlos30US #88
#74Curtis30US #89
#75Jeremy30US #45
#76Carl29US #72
#77Louis29US #126
#78Nathaniel29US #200
#79Arthur28US #117
#80Juan28US #81
#81Russell28US #64
#82Ryan28US #51
#83Calvin27US #169
#84Alexander26US #134
#85Christian26US #122
#86Gerald26US #83
#87Harold26US #130
#88Terrence26US #198
#89Clarence25US #187
#90Corey25US #77
#91Lamont25
#92Philip25US #94
#93Phillip25US #76
#94Eugene24US #145
#95Melvin24US #172
#96Nicholas24US #123
#97Wayne24US #92
#98Willie24US #115
#99Theodore23US #166
#100Darryl22

On the move since 1970

Rising

↑38Tiffany#51
↑36Kathryn#52
↑32Anne#55
↑27April#68
↑26Bernard#69
↑26Frederick#70
↑23Sarah#25
↑23Theresa#37

Falling

↓50Michele#79
↓37Wayne#97
↓34Tracey#80
↓33Eugene#94
↓30Shannon#61
↓27Sandra#78
↓25Carla#96
↓25Alexander#84

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1970 rankings.