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Top names in District of Columbia

The names most likely to appear on 1976 District of Columbia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 13,478 District of Columbia births in 1976 across 591 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.

#15Keishaoutside the national top 200
#22Lakishaoutside the national top 200
#46Lashawnoutside the national top 200
#51Tamekaoutside the national top 200
#51Antoineoutside the national top 200
#52Ebonyoutside the national top 200
#67Kishaoutside the national top 200
#70Aishaoutside the national top 200
#71Duaneoutside the national top 200
#50Monique#170 nationally
#85Patriceoutside the national top 200
#29Tamika#144 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer214US #1
#2Nicole120US #13
#3Kimberly117US #7
#4Michelle106US #6
#5Elizabeth95US #16
#6Amy83US #2
#7Christina80US #14
#8Angela79US #5
#9Melissa79US #3
#10Stephanie77US #11
#11Lisa76US #9
#12Jessica75US #8
#13Sarah68US #15
#14Heather64US #4
#15Keisha63
#16Tiffany63US #32
#17Rebecca62US #12
#18Katherine56US #57
#19Andrea55US #25
#20Erin54US #24
#21Susan54US #40
#22Lakisha53
#23Laura53US #20
#24Shannon53US #17
#25Karen52US #31
#26Amanda50US #10
#27Mary49US #22
#28Monica45US #45
#29Tamika45US #144
#30Christine44US #26
#31Dawn44US #35
#32Kelly43US #19
#33Natalie43US #80
#34Rachel43US #23
#35Danielle42US #33
#36Lauren37US #125
#37Latoya36US #135
#38Crystal35US #36
#39Emily35US #50
#40Maria35US #34
#41Catherine34US #72
#42Megan34US #62
#43Erica32US #54
#44April31US #30
#45Julie31US #21
#46Lashawn31
#47Sara31US #27
#48Cynthia30US #44
#49Kathleen30US #82
#50Monique30US #170
#51Tameka30
#52Ebony29
#53Katrina29US #110
#54Carrie28US #28
#55Kathryn28US #88
#56Patricia28US #43
#57Tracy28US #37
#58Tamara27US #91
#59Tanya27US #61
#60Courtney26US #76
#61Stacey26US #51
#62Yolanda26US #117
#63Kristin25US #74
#64Melanie25US #53
#65Sharon25US #81
#66Stacy25US #38
#67Kisha24
#68Michele24US #63
#69Tara24US #42
#70Aisha23
#71Allison23US #67
#72Deborah23US #96
#73Robin23US #75
#74Sabrina23US #146
#75Dana22US #64
#76Erika22US #112
#77Jacqueline22US #99
#78Jaime22US #29
#79Joy22US #132
#80Margaret22US #103
#81Veronica22US #68
#82Anne21US #124
#83Carolyn21US #129
#84Kristen21US #73
#85Patrice21
#86Victoria21US #92
#87Alicia20US #71
#88Nakia20
#89Renee20US #86
#90Sandra20US #59
#91Wendy20US #39
#92Meredith19US #172
#93Natasha19US #131
#94Tina19US #48
#95Alison18US #118
#96Denise18US #69
#97Holly18US #56
#98Latonya18
#99Carla17US #122
#100Cheryl17US #105

Boys

#1Michael371US #1
#2David236US #4
#3James231US #5
#4Christopher223US #3
#5John181US #6
#6Jason180US #2
#7Brian175US #8
#8Robert174US #7
#9William169US #11
#10Matthew163US #9
#11Kevin141US #15
#12Anthony124US #22
#13Joseph120US #12
#14Daniel115US #10
#15Eric105US #13
#16Timothy95US #21
#17Sean91US #42
#18Jonathan85US #31
#19Andrew83US #27
#20Charles83US #26
#21Steven79US #20
#22Richard75US #19
#23Stephen73US #37
#24Thomas72US #23
#25Gregory68US #35
#26Aaron67US #30
#27Joshua65US #18
#28Kenneth65US #38
#29Benjamin64US #32
#30Mark64US #25
#31Marcus63US #74
#32Keith61US #48
#33Paul61US #28
#34Edward59US #45
#35Andre57US #125
#36Scott57US #24
#37Damon55US #104
#38Ronald55US #49
#39Derrick53US #91
#40Jeffrey53US #17
#41Antonio52US #71
#42Justin51US #33
#43Peter50US #54
#44Donald46US #47
#45Patrick42US #41
#46Adam40US #36
#47Jeremy40US #14
#48Ryan39US #16
#49Shawn38US #34
#50Samuel37US #59
#51Antoine36
#52Nathan35US #39
#53Reginald35US #163
#54Alexander34US #107
#55Gary34US #52
#56George33US #53
#57Jerome33US #166
#58Jermaine32US #164
#59Brandon31US #40
#60Raymond31US #65
#61Larry29US #60
#62Maurice29US #174
#63Lawrence28US #113
#64Dwayne27US #175
#65Carlos26US #70
#66Christian26US #112
#67Douglas26US #56
#68Nicholas26US #77
#69Tyrone26US #146
#70Derek25US #84
#71Duane25
#72Jesse25US #55
#73Russell25US #87
#74Vincent25US #106
#75Ian24US #135
#76Todd24US #50
#77Rodney23US #88
#78Terry23US #75
#79Craig22US #61
#80Nathaniel21US #114
#81Ricardo21US #141
#82Bryan20US #43
#83Calvin20US #184
#84Corey20US #64
#85Eugene20US #159
#86Marvin20US #181
#87Philip20US #89
#88Troy20US #73
#89Bernard19
#90Walter19US #127
#91Willie19US #121
#92Marc18US #99
#93Terrence18US #191
#94Victor18US #100
#95Wayne18US #131
#96Clarence17
#97Dennis17US #66
#98Frank17US #68
#99Gerald17US #120
#100Jose17US #44

On the move since 1975

Rising

↑45Lauren#36
↑40Nathan#52
↑34Jerome#57
↑31Keisha#15
↑30Michele#68
↑26Alexander#54
↑26Dwayne#64
↑24Antoine#51

Falling

↓45Margaret#80
↓37Robin#73
↓33Natasha#93
↓32Dana#75
↓30Denise#96
↓28Troy#88
↓28Walter#90
↓27Marc#92

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1975 rankings.