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Top names in District of Columbia

The names most likely to appear on 1977 District of Columbia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 13,951 District of Columbia births in 1977 across 639 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.

#23Keishaoutside the national top 200
#37Lakishaoutside the national top 200
#60Ebonyoutside the national top 200
#64Duaneoutside the national top 200
#66Melvin#200 nationally
#68Kishaoutside the national top 200
#45Aisha#175 nationally
#73Tamekaoutside the national top 200
#44Maurice#166 nationally
#83Lakeishaoutside the national top 200
#84Marcooutside the national top 200
#85Alexandraoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Jennifer231US #1
#2Kimberly125US #8
#3Elizabeth92US #13
#4Nicole89US #15
#5Michelle88US #7
#6Jessica87US #4
#7Kelly87US #10
#8Sarah85US #11
#9Angela79US #6
#10Christina78US #16
#11Shannon75US #19
#12Lisa72US #12
#13Melissa72US #2
#14Stephanie65US #14
#15Heather64US #5
#16Mary59US #21
#17Tiffany59US #34
#18Erin57US #23
#19Amy54US #3
#20Crystal54US #25
#21Christine53US #30
#22Katherine53US #44
#23Keisha51
#24Laura51US #20
#25Amanda50US #9
#26Rebecca48US #17
#27Karen47US #32
#28Rachel43US #26
#29Catherine42US #75
#30Emily40US #37
#31Latoya38US #125
#32Sara38US #27
#33Erica37US #38
#34Julie36US #22
#35Dana35US #62
#36Kathleen35US #80
#37Lakisha35
#38Monica35US #39
#39Natasha35US #116
#40Allison34US #66
#41Patricia34US #47
#42April33US #29
#43Margaret33US #111
#44Tamika33US #158
#45Aisha32US #175
#46Andrea32US #24
#47Dawn32US #43
#48Monique32US #161
#49Natalie32US #69
#50Danielle31US #31
#51Kathryn31US #70
#52Kristin31US #82
#53Megan31US #54
#54Susan31US #45
#55Tamara31US #93
#56Katrina29US #126
#57Lauren29US #114
#58Tanya29US #67
#59Carrie28US #28
#60Ebony28
#61Jamie28US #18
#62Robin28US #84
#63Anne27US #123
#64Courtney27US #76
#65Tracy27US #50
#66Victoria27US #107
#67Jacqueline26US #92
#68Kisha26
#69Sabrina26US #63
#70Cynthia25US #48
#71Deborah24US #109
#72Leslie24US #65
#73Tameka24
#74Yolanda24US #134
#75Alicia23US #60
#76Anna23US #74
#77Latasha23US #170
#78Maria23US #36
#79Melanie23US #53
#80Renee23US #87
#81Tara23US #35
#82Adrienne22US #159
#83Lakeisha22
#84Samantha22US #85
#85Alexandra21
#86Caroline21
#87Erika21US #103
#88Jaime21US #46
#89Pamela21US #102
#90Denise20US #78
#91Wendy20US #49
#92Ann19US #118
#93Kendra19US #152
#94Lashawn19
#95Lindsay19US #110
#96Theresa19US #98
#97Rhonda18US #131
#98Sharon18US #95
#99Angel17US #133
#100Kia17

Boys

#1Michael390US #1
#2James272US #5
#3David251US #4
#4John214US #7
#5Christopher213US #3
#6Jason191US #2
#7Robert188US #6
#8Brian184US #8
#9William157US #12
#10Joseph145US #10
#11Kevin143US #13
#12Daniel138US #11
#13Matthew135US #9
#14Eric128US #17
#15Anthony113US #21
#16Andrew110US #24
#17Charles109US #26
#18Thomas107US #22
#19Mark84US #25
#20Timothy84US #18
#21Jonathan78US #28
#22Gregory77US #35
#23Richard73US #20
#24Sean73US #43
#25Steven71US #23
#26Ryan68US #16
#27Benjamin64US #29
#28Joshua64US #14
#29Ronald63US #53
#30Paul62US #31
#31Antonio54US #77
#32Kenneth54US #39
#33Patrick54US #40
#34Stephen54US #38
#35Justin53US #30
#36Jeffrey52US #19
#37Edward50US #47
#38Aaron49US #32
#39Marcus49US #72
#40George48US #57
#41Derrick46US #80
#42Andre44US #134
#43Alexander43US #96
#44Maurice43US #166
#45Adam42US #33
#46Damon42US #112
#47Keith42US #48
#48Donald39US #46
#49Peter39US #55
#50Bryan38US #42
#51Jeremy38US #15
#52Larry35US #62
#53Tyrone34US #155
#54Reginald33US #157
#55Scott33US #27
#56Shawn32US #37
#57Lawrence30US #115
#58Jermaine28US #172
#59Brandon25US #41
#60Gary25US #58
#61Nathan25US #36
#62Todd25US #50
#63Corey23US #52
#64Duane23
#65Eugene23US #170
#66Melvin23US #200
#67Samuel23US #60
#68Vincent23US #110
#69Wesley23US #66
#70Carlos22US #74
#71Marc22US #101
#72Phillip22US #70
#73Raymond22US #65
#74Willie22US #124
#75Adrian21US #121
#76Christian21US #116
#77Jerome21US #175
#78Jesse21US #54
#79Micheal21US #122
#80Russell21US #89
#81Carl20US #99
#82Craig19US #64
#83Jerry19US #75
#84Marco19
#85Nathaniel19US #107
#86Nicholas19US #51
#87Bradley18US #49
#88Dwayne18US #163
#89Ian18US #119
#90Jacob18US #56
#91Omar18US #193
#92Rodney18US #97
#93Victor18US #104
#94Brendan17
#95Dennis17US #68
#96Donnell17
#97Douglas17US #59
#98Erik17US #94
#99Frank17US #71
#100Henry17US #127

On the move since 1976

Rising

↑54Natasha#39
↑40Dana#35
↑37Margaret#43
↑32Bryan#50
↑31Allison#40
↑25Kelly#7
↑25Aisha#45
↑22Ryan#26

Falling

↓48Lashawn#94
↓38Maria#78
↓33Susan#54
↓33Sharon#98
↓30Douglas#97
↓27Andrea#46
↓24Dwayne#88
↓22Cynthia#70

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1976 rankings.