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Top names in District of Columbia

The names most likely to appear on 1975 District of Columbia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 13,553 District of Columbia births in 1975 across 604 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.

#25Lakishaoutside the national top 200
#46Keishaoutside the national top 200
#51Ebonyoutside the national top 200
#53Lashawnoutside the national top 200
#57Duaneoutside the national top 200
#63Nakiaoutside the national top 200
#47Monique#176 nationally
#74Kiaoutside the national top 200
#75Kishaoutside the national top 200
#75Antoineoutside the national top 200
#54Jermaine#176 nationally
#79Lakeishaoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Jennifer239US #1
#2Amy126US #2
#3Michelle118US #6
#4Kimberly116US #7
#5Nicole112US #10
#6Elizabeth88US #15
#7Heather86US #3
#8Lisa83US #8
#9Stephanie81US #9
#10Jessica75US #13
#11Melissa74US #4
#12Christina71US #12
#13Tiffany69US #37
#14Angela68US #5
#15Mary65US #19
#16Sarah64US #17
#17Kelly63US #16
#18Karen61US #27
#19Rebecca60US #11
#20Laura53US #20
#21Andrea52US #28
#22Tamika52US #130
#23Crystal47US #43
#24Erica45US #63
#25Lakisha43
#26Christine42US #22
#27Susan41US #32
#28Monica40US #49
#29Katherine39US #58
#30Rachel38US #26
#31Amanda37US #14
#32Erin37US #38
#33Danielle36US #42
#34Dawn36US #23
#35Margaret35US #98
#36Robin35US #65
#37Shannon35US #21
#38Tracy35US #24
#39Maria34US #30
#40Cynthia33US #40
#41Patricia33US #36
#42Catherine31US #73
#43Dana30US #62
#44Julie29US #18
#45Kathryn29US #99
#46Keisha29
#47Monique28US #176
#48Sharon28US #75
#49Theresa28US #78
#50Yolanda28US #107
#51Ebony27
#52Jacqueline27US #90
#53Lashawn27
#54Leslie27US #71
#55Melanie27US #52
#56Tamara27US #77
#57Tara27US #41
#58Emily26US #48
#59Kristen26US #60
#60Natasha26US #145
#61April25US #25
#62Megan25US #69
#63Nakia25
#64Tanya25US #50
#65Wendy25US #33
#66Denise24US #64
#67Katrina24US #131
#68Sandra24US #51
#69Courtney23US #102
#70Kathleen23US #80
#71Renee23US #87
#72Stacey23US #44
#73Donna22US #85
#74Kia22
#75Kisha22
#76Kristin22US #74
#77Teresa22US #61
#78Tonya22US #45
#79Lakeisha21
#80Victoria21US #105
#81Lauren20US #144
#82Tammy20US #31
#83Alison19US #127
#84Allison19US #89
#85Erika19US #128
#86Marie19US #164
#87Sabrina19US #190
#88Valerie19US #92
#89Vanessa19US #115
#90Adrienne18US #186
#91Alicia18US #76
#92Felicia18US #116
#93Kendra18US #173
#94Samantha18US #101
#95Jill17US #46
#96Joy17US #123
#97Lori17US #39
#98Michele17US #56
#99Pamela17US #70
#100Rhonda17US #93

Boys

#1Michael359US #1
#2James235US #4
#3David222US #5
#4Robert221US #6
#5Christopher216US #3
#6Brian191US #8
#7John187US #7
#8William175US #10
#9Jason154US #2
#10Matthew152US #9
#11Anthony138US #21
#12Eric132US #13
#13Kevin130US #15
#14Charles121US #25
#15Daniel120US #11
#16Joseph114US #12
#17Thomas99US #20
#18Gregory93US #33
#19Jeffrey85US #14
#20Mark85US #19
#21Andrew79US #28
#22Timothy78US #22
#23Richard73US #16
#24Jonathan69US #30
#25Paul68US #29
#26Stephen65US #34
#27Kenneth63US #35
#28Steven61US #18
#29Ronald60US #46
#30Ryan60US #23
#31Sean59US #40
#32Edward57US #41
#33Scott57US #17
#34Andre54US #123
#35Joshua53US #26
#36Keith51US #49
#37Benjamin50US #36
#38George49US #53
#39Aaron48US #32
#40Patrick48US #39
#41Shawn47US #31
#42Antonio46US #77
#43Derrick46US #90
#44Adam45US #38
#45Donald43US #42
#46Larry42US #56
#47Damon41US #114
#48Jeremy41US #24
#49Marcus39US #68
#50Raymond39US #63
#51Samuel39US #61
#52Justin36US #37
#53Reginald35US #162
#54Jermaine34US #176
#55Peter34US #54
#56Tyrone33US #146
#57Duane32
#58Carlos31US #73
#59Maurice31US #169
#60Troy30US #69
#61Corey29US #71
#62Walter29US #112
#63Nathaniel28US #131
#64Gary27US #50
#65Marc27US #89
#66Vincent27US #109
#67Adrian26US #133
#68Nicholas26US #81
#69Phillip26US #72
#70Todd26US #43
#71Bryan25US #47
#72Frank25US #66
#73Rodney25US #76
#74Philip24US #85
#75Antoine23
#76Brandon23US #44
#77Douglas23US #55
#78Jesse23US #64
#79Lamont23
#80Alexander22US #105
#81Derek22US #83
#82Lawrence22US #110
#83Melvin22US #187
#84Tony22US #80
#85Calvin21US #178
#86Darnell21
#87Erik20US #87
#88Willie20US #118
#89Darryl19
#90Dwayne19US #181
#91Jerome19US #165
#92Nathan19US #45
#93Ricardo19US #143
#94Alan18US #115
#95Bradley18US #52
#96Micheal18US #104
#97Terrence18US #196
#98Bernard17
#99Curtis17US #113
#100Eugene17US #160

On the move since 1974

Rising

↑40Theresa#49
↑40Melanie#55
↑39Margaret#35
↑38Keisha#46
↑29Robin#36
↑26Kathryn#45
↑26Yolanda#50
↑26Renee#71

Falling

↓63Pamela#99
↓46Alicia#91
↓39Tanya#64
↓39Kathleen#70
↓34Michele#98
↓33Alexander#80
↓32Jerome#91
↓28Erika#85

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1974 rankings.