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Top names in District of Columbia

The names most likely to appear on 1974 District of Columbia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 13,771 District of Columbia births in 1974 across 594 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.

#29Lakishaoutside the national top 200
#32Lashawnoutside the national top 200
#47Nakiaoutside the national top 200
#40Monique#174 nationally
#57Duane#187 nationally
#66Dwayne#188 nationally
#79Bernardoutside the national top 200
#84Keishaoutside the national top 200
#36Reginald#152 nationally
#85Kishaoutside the national top 200
#85Antoineoutside the national top 200
#86Latashaoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Jennifer244US #1
#2Kimberly133US #6
#3Lisa113US #8
#4Michelle113US #3
#5Nicole103US #11
#6Elizabeth87US #12
#7Angela84US #5
#8Amy81US #2
#9Heather75US #4
#10Karen74US #26
#11Stephanie74US #9
#12Jessica68US #17
#13Rebecca68US #10
#14Melissa63US #7
#15Christina58US #16
#16Christine56US #19
#17Sarah53US #20
#18Laura51US #21
#19Mary50US #13
#20Dawn49US #22
#21Andrea47US #35
#22Katherine47US #62
#23Kelly42US #15
#24Monica42US #43
#25Tanya41US #46
#26Susan40US #27
#27Tiffany40US #41
#28Tracy40US #23
#29Lakisha39
#30Shannon39US #18
#31Kathleen38US #76
#32Lashawn38
#33Crystal37US #49
#34Patricia36US #29
#35Rachel36US #36
#36Pamela35US #54
#37Barbara34US #77
#38Cynthia34US #33
#39Erin34US #47
#40Monique34US #174
#41Catherine33US #73
#42Erica33US #74
#43Julie33US #14
#44Kristen33US #45
#45Alicia32US #90
#46Amanda32US #34
#47Nakia32
#48Natasha32US #141
#49Danielle31US #40
#50Deborah31US #68
#51Megan31US #105
#52Tara31US #39
#53Tonya31US #37
#54Sandra30US #44
#55Tina30US #25
#56Wendy30US #32
#57Erika28US #127
#58Kristin28US #72
#59Tamara28US #64
#60Carrie27US #42
#61Dana27US #55
#62Jacqueline27US #83
#63Maria27US #31
#64Michele26US #50
#65Robin26US #63
#66Sharon26US #70
#67Tracey26US #108
#68Stacey24US #48
#69Allison23US #99
#70Emily23US #69
#71Kathryn23US #98
#72Katrina23US #126
#73Anne22US #120
#74Margaret22US #95
#75Stacy22US #38
#76Yolanda22US #112
#77Carla21US #114
#78Carolyn21US #118
#79Cheryl21US #88
#80Colleen21US #123
#81Denise21US #53
#82Jill21US #58
#83Kara21US #125
#84Keisha21
#85Kisha21
#86Latasha21
#87Nichole21US #161
#88Rhonda21US #86
#89Theresa21US #79
#90Regina20US #113
#91Victoria20US #104
#92Cassandra19US #159
#93Latonya19US #197
#94Lori19US #30
#95Melanie19US #51
#96Patrice19
#97Renee19US #85
#98Sara19US #61
#99Valerie19US #93
#100Anna18US #82

Boys

#1Michael372US #1
#2David288US #4
#3James266US #5
#4Christopher236US #3
#5John218US #6
#6Robert201US #7
#7William171US #10
#8Jason167US #2
#9Matthew149US #9
#10Brian147US #8
#11Kevin147US #14
#12Daniel144US #11
#13Anthony131US #21
#14Eric121US #13
#15Joseph113US #12
#16Charles106US #23
#17Mark104US #16
#18Richard91US #17
#19Andrew88US #28
#20Thomas88US #20
#21Gregory87US #31
#22Sean79US #37
#23Steven79US #19
#24Paul75US #27
#25Jeffrey74US #15
#26Kenneth73US #34
#27Stephen72US #35
#28Jonathan70US #33
#29Edward69US #40
#30Timothy66US #22
#31Aaron64US #32
#32Joshua53US #29
#33Derrick52US #87
#34Andre50US #132
#35Scott50US #18
#36Reginald49US #152
#37Ronald49US #42
#38Ryan48US #25
#39Keith47US #44
#40Antonio46US #82
#41Patrick45US #38
#42Shawn45US #30
#43Tyrone45US #139
#44Damon43US #110
#45Adam42US #36
#46Samuel42US #60
#47Alexander40US #112
#48Donald40US #41
#49George40US #49
#50Justin38US #43
#51Larry38US #55
#52Bryan37US #45
#53Raymond37US #62
#54Benjamin36US #46
#55Derek35US #74
#56Peter35US #50
#57Duane34US #187
#58Carlos33US #71
#59Jerome33US #169
#60Marcus32US #73
#61Troy32US #63
#62Jeremy31US #24
#63Douglas30US #53
#64Philip30US #86
#65Jermaine29US #151
#66Dwayne28US #188
#67Maurice28US #173
#68Nathan28US #52
#69Nathaniel28US #153
#70Corey27US #77
#71Gary27US #48
#72Nicholas27US #80
#73Vincent26US #107
#74Dennis25US #59
#75Todd25US #39
#76Curtis24US #98
#77Lawrence24US #100
#78Micheal23US #102
#79Bernard22
#80Frank22US #65
#81Marc22US #85
#82Arthur21US #126
#83Craig21US #57
#84Russell21US #84
#85Antoine20
#86Brandon20US #51
#87Calvin20US #177
#88Darrell20US #137
#89Eugene20US #154
#90Leonard20US #164
#91Willie20US #119
#92Lamont19
#93Phillip19US #70
#94Wayne19US #120
#95Carl18US #89
#96Christian18US #103
#97Frederick18US #135
#98Juan18US #64
#99Marvin18US #163
#100Ricardo18US #140

On the move since 1973

Rising

↑40Barbara#37
↑39Kristen#44
↑38Rachel#35
↑36Sandra#54
↑31Dawn#20
↑31Tina#55
↑28Kathleen#31
↑26Margaret#74

Falling

↓43Theresa#89
↓41Melanie#95
↓40Denise#81
↓37Katrina#72
↓32Tamara#59
↓32Yolanda#76
↓32Marc#81
↓32Craig#83

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1973 rankings.