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Top names in District of Columbia

The names most likely to appear on 1973 District of Columbia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 14,733 District of Columbia births in 1973 across 629 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.

#26Lashawnoutside the national top 200
#67Keishaoutside the national top 200
#71Lamontoutside the national top 200
#82Antoineoutside the national top 200
#36Monique#154 nationally
#76Terrence#194 nationally
#86Marlonoutside the national top 200
#44Reginald#152 nationally
#58Maurice#165 nationally
#70Duane#176 nationally
#68Melvin#170 nationally
#71Sabrina#173 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer260US #1
#2Kimberly151US #4
#3Michelle129US #3
#4Nicole127US #11
#5Lisa117US #5
#6Amy102US #2
#7Angela87US #7
#8Elizabeth87US #13
#9Stephanie78US #9
#10Heather76US #8
#11Melissa73US #6
#12Karen72US #23
#13Monica67US #40
#14Christine63US #17
#15Rebecca62US #10
#16Sarah60US #35
#17Andrea58US #30
#18Kelly56US #18
#19Laura55US #19
#20Christina52US #16
#21Shannon52US #22
#22Jessica51US #34
#23Mary50US #14
#24Julie49US #12
#25Katherine48US #64
#26Lashawn47
#27Tamara46US #66
#28Tracy46US #20
#29Catherine45US #67
#30Susan45US #25
#31Deborah44US #56
#32Pamela43US #47
#33Patricia42US #27
#34Erica41US #81
#35Katrina41US #118
#36Monique41US #154
#37Tanya39US #50
#38Tiffany39US #52
#39Crystal38US #48
#40Danielle38US #49
#41Denise38US #38
#42Erin38US #79
#43Cynthia37US #26
#44Yolanda37US #113
#45April36US #33
#46Theresa36US #69
#47Dana34US #59
#48Katina34US #120
#49Tara34US #37
#50Wendy34US #29
#51Dawn32US #21
#52Erika32US #132
#53Tonya32US #36
#54Melanie31US #43
#55Sharon31US #57
#56Tammy31US #15
#57Emily30US #99
#58Anne29US #122
#59Kathleen29US #68
#60Kathryn29US #107
#61Michele29US #44
#62Robin29US #60
#63Alicia28US #91
#64Maria28US #31
#65Amanda27US #51
#66Cheryl27US #74
#67Keisha27
#68Megan27US #141
#69Carolyn26US #116
#70Kristin26US #78
#71Sabrina26US #173
#72Natasha25US #155
#73Rachel25US #42
#74Rhonda25US #70
#75Stacy25US #32
#76Allison24US #105
#77Barbara24US #63
#78Jacqueline24US #88
#79Linda24US #61
#80Teresa24US #45
#81Anna23US #86
#82Felicia23US #138
#83Kristen23US #58
#84Sara23US #89
#85Stacey23US #41
#86Tina23US #24
#87Valerie23US #96
#88Victoria23US #95
#89Melinda22US #72
#90Sandra22US #39
#91Tracey22US #102
#92Donna21US #55
#93Regina21US #110
#94Carla20US #114
#95Julia20US #136
#96Sheila20US #101
#97Alison19US #146
#98Brenda19US #53
#99Leslie19US #75
#100Margaret19US #94

Boys

#1Michael428US #1
#2David270US #5
#3Christopher241US #2
#4John235US #6
#5James231US #4
#6Robert207US #7
#7William185US #9
#8Brian182US #8
#9Eric159US #13
#10Kevin149US #14
#11Anthony137US #21
#12Joseph136US #12
#13Matthew133US #10
#14Jason131US #3
#15Daniel123US #11
#16Charles119US #23
#17Richard115US #16
#18Thomas112US #19
#19Mark109US #15
#20Gregory101US #26
#21Sean95US #36
#22Andrew94US #29
#23Jonathan83US #31
#24Timothy82US #22
#25Jeffrey78US #17
#26Kenneth77US #28
#27Steven76US #20
#28Stephen72US #32
#29Ronald71US #40
#30Paul69US #24
#31Keith67US #41
#32Edward66US #39
#33Scott66US #18
#34Andre58US #132
#35George58US #46
#36Patrick55US #37
#37Derrick54US #87
#38Marcus54US #72
#39Joshua52US #42
#40Aaron46US #34
#41Peter46US #52
#42Shawn46US #27
#43Jermaine43US #127
#44Reginald43US #152
#45Benjamin41US #55
#46Tyrone39US #139
#47Donald38US #38
#48Justin37US #51
#49Marc37US #81
#50Bryan36US #43
#51Craig36US #48
#52Adam35US #45
#53Antonio35US #92
#54Lawrence35US #104
#55Carlos34US #74
#56Frank34US #61
#57Larry34US #50
#58Maurice34US #165
#59Ryan34US #30
#60Todd34US #35
#61Derek33US #69
#62Raymond33US #60
#63Rodney33US #68
#64Christian32US #97
#65Gary32US #44
#66Jerome32US #164
#67Damon31US #125
#68Melvin31US #170
#69Alexander30US #116
#70Duane30US #176
#71Lamont30
#72Samuel30US #66
#73Gerald28US #102
#74Troy28US #59
#75Vincent26US #99
#76Terrence25US #194
#77Willie25US #109
#78Carl24US #90
#79Curtis24US #98
#80Douglas24US #47
#81Nathaniel24US #169
#82Antoine23
#83Chad23US #25
#84Micheal23US #106
#85Dennis22US #56
#86Marlon21
#87Nathan21US #63
#88Russell21US #77
#89Wayne21US #107
#90Bruce20US #134
#91Nicholas20US #85
#92Walter20US #101
#93Allen19US #124
#94Arthur19US #119
#95Corey19US #89
#96Erik19US #86
#97Tony19US #78
#98Adrian18US #154
#99Jesse18US #75
#100Marvin18US #162

On the move since 1972

Rising

↑60Tamara#27
↑34Danielle#40
↑31Tiffany#38
↑29Carolyn#69
↑28Natasha#72
↑26Frank#56
↑24Shannon#21
↑22Melanie#54

Falling

↓42Erik#96
↓39Leslie#99
↓32Douglas#80
↓31Sharon#55
↓31Sandra#90
↓29Tina#86
↓25Crystal#39
↓25Yolanda#44

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1972 rankings.