State roster

Top names in District of Columbia

The names most likely to appear on 1972 District of Columbia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 16,744 District of Columbia births in 1972 across 657 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.

#34Lashawnoutside the national top 200
#71Lamontoutside the national top 200
#78Donnelloutside the national top 200
#43Maurice#160 nationally
#75Nathaniel#192 nationally
#88Catinaoutside the national top 200
#92Patriceoutside the national top 200
#47Monique#153 nationally
#97Carolineoutside the national top 200
#97Antoineoutside the national top 200
#87Ian#189 nationally
#62Duane#158 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer321US #1
#2Michelle160US #2
#3Lisa159US #3
#4Kimberly155US #4
#5Angela150US #6
#6Nicole135US #10
#7Stephanie115US #8
#8Elizabeth94US #15
#9Amy88US #5
#10Melissa83US #7
#11Christine79US #16
#12Karen79US #21
#13Mary72US #13
#14Crystal69US #59
#15Andrea68US #30
#16Rebecca67US #14
#17Sarah64US #49
#18Tanya63US #54
#19Yolanda63US #89
#20Heather61US #9
#21Laura61US #17
#22Kelly60US #23
#23Julie57US #12
#24Sharon56US #50
#25Monica53US #47
#26Cynthia52US #25
#27Dana52US #52
#28Dawn52US #20
#29Katina52US #117
#30Tonya52US #37
#31Susan51US #24
#32Patricia50US #27
#33Katrina48US #116
#34Lashawn48
#35Pamela48US #34
#36Tracy47US #19
#37Tara46US #38
#38Catherine45US #65
#39Jessica45US #46
#40Christina44US #26
#41Erica44US #87
#42Wendy43US #29
#43Cheryl42US #56
#44Katherine42US #69
#45Shannon42US #22
#46Michele39US #36
#47Monique39US #153
#48Theresa39US #68
#49Deborah38US #43
#50Denise38US #35
#51Kathleen38US #57
#52Maria38US #32
#53Rachel36US #40
#54Tammy36US #11
#55April35US #48
#56Teresa35US #39
#57Tina35US #18
#58Robin34US #55
#59Sandra34US #31
#60Leslie33US #75
#61Barbara32US #58
#62Erika32US #138
#63Erin32US #93
#64Felicia32US #128
#65Stacy32US #33
#66Lori31US #28
#67Donna30US #45
#68Kathryn30US #103
#69Tiffany30US #61
#70Kristin29US #67
#71Linda29US #51
#72Rhonda29US #60
#73Stacey29US #41
#74Danielle28US #73
#75Jacqueline28US #79
#76Melanie28US #42
#77Renee28US #77
#78Vanessa27US #133
#79Alicia25US #96
#80Allison25US #115
#81Kristen25US #85
#82Sabrina25US #152
#83Tracey25US #88
#84Tracie25US #163
#85Carrie24US #53
#86Nancy24US #63
#87Tamara24US #84
#88Catina23
#89Diane23US #105
#90Debra22US #66
#91Marie22US #167
#92Patrice22
#93Victoria22US #99
#94Margaret21US #95
#95Paula21US #72
#96Beverly20US #185
#97Caroline20
#98Carolyn20US #110
#99Diana20US #83
#100Natasha20US #170

Boys

#1Michael480US #1
#2James306US #3
#3John303US #5
#4Christopher287US #2
#5David258US #4
#6Robert248US #6
#7Brian221US #8
#8William206US #9
#9Eric184US #16
#10Kevin166US #13
#11Anthony165US #22
#12Matthew162US #10
#13Joseph143US #12
#14Charles139US #23
#15Mark132US #18
#16Daniel131US #15
#17Thomas123US #20
#18Jason120US #7
#19Richard119US #14
#20Gregory111US #26
#21Jeffrey104US #17
#22Sean97US #33
#23Stephen92US #29
#24Steven91US #19
#25Timothy88US #21
#26Keith87US #38
#27Kenneth86US #27
#28Andrew84US #30
#29Jonathan82US #37
#30Paul74US #24
#31George73US #44
#32Scott71US #11
#33Ronald69US #32
#34Andre68US #128
#35Donald65US #36
#36Patrick64US #35
#37Aaron63US #40
#38Antonio59US #93
#39Edward59US #34
#40Marcus56US #71
#41Jermaine53US #135
#42Joshua52US #59
#43Maurice51US #160
#44Peter51US #48
#45Derrick48US #91
#46Reginald48US #141
#47Shawn46US #28
#48Douglas45US #43
#49Benjamin43US #64
#50Justin43US #60
#51Larry43US #47
#52Todd43US #31
#53Raymond42US #54
#54Erik40US #86
#55Tyrone39US #144
#56Lawrence38US #101
#57Gary37US #41
#58Adam36US #51
#59Bryan35US #45
#60Marc35US #83
#61Carlos34US #84
#62Duane34US #158
#63Rodney34US #65
#64Curtis33US #92
#65Carl32US #85
#66Christian32US #96
#67Craig32US #46
#68Dwayne32US #162
#69Alexander31US #129
#70Derek31US #67
#71Lamont31
#72Ryan31US #39
#73Dennis30US #52
#74Damon29US #137
#75Nathaniel29US #192
#76Samuel29US #66
#77Troy29US #49
#78Donnell28
#79Jerome28US #166
#80Vincent28US #105
#81Eugene27US #145
#82Frank27US #56
#83Walter27US #98
#84Harold26US #132
#85Darrell25US #122
#86Marvin24US #163
#87Ian23US #189
#88Nicholas23US #99
#89Calvin22US #172
#90Victor22US #107
#91Wayne22US #103
#92Louis21US #130
#93Martin21US #117
#94Micheal21US #108
#95Roger21US #76
#96Willie21US #109
#97Antoine20
#98Jeremy20US #42
#99Philip20US #104
#100Albert19US #112

On the move since 1971

Rising

↑41Tanya#18
↑41Katrina#33
↑33Michele#46
↑31Jessica#39
↑29Monique#47
↑24Rebecca#16
↑24Rachel#53
↑24Melanie#76

Falling

↓34Renee#77
↓29Robin#58
↓29Stacey#73
↓28Denise#50
↓28Sabrina#82
↓27Jacqueline#75
↓26Vincent#80
↓25Donna#67

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1971 rankings.