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Top names in District of Columbia

The names most likely to appear on 1978 District of Columbia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 13,205 District of Columbia births in 1978 across 610 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.

#34Keishaoutside the national top 200
#35Lakishaoutside the national top 200
#51Ebony#198 nationally
#58Aishaoutside the national top 200
#27Tamika#166 nationally
#64Antoineoutside the national top 200
#39Monique#172 nationally
#69Jamaloutside the national top 200
#70Latishaoutside the national top 200
#53Jerome#173 nationally
#82Darnelloutside the national top 200
#88Lakeishaoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Jennifer194US #1
#2Jessica117US #3
#3Nicole110US #10
#4Elizabeth109US #14
#5Michelle107US #9
#6Sarah98US #8
#7Christina91US #15
#8Melissa82US #2
#9Stephanie79US #16
#10Angela71US #7
#11Kimberly69US #13
#12Katherine66US #38
#13Erin64US #21
#14Lisa61US #11
#15Kelly59US #12
#16Tiffany59US #32
#17Heather58US #5
#18Emily55US #33
#19Danielle53US #31
#20Mary53US #24
#21Laura50US #19
#22Amanda48US #6
#23Crystal48US #18
#24Erica48US #34
#25April45US #27
#26Christine45US #29
#27Tamika45US #166
#28Shannon44US #22
#29Lauren43US #80
#30Rachel41US #25
#31Rebecca40US #17
#32Karen39US #39
#33Andrea38US #23
#34Keisha38
#35Lakisha38
#36Sara37US #28
#37Catherine33US #72
#38Monica33US #42
#39Monique33US #172
#40Amy31US #4
#41Dana31US #71
#42Jamie31US #20
#43Latoya31US #135
#44Megan31US #41
#45Natasha31US #114
#46Kathleen30US #79
#47Yolanda30US #138
#48Dawn28US #52
#49Margaret28US #110
#50Samantha28US #74
#51Ebony27US #198
#52Maria27US #36
#53Cynthia26US #50
#54Julie26US #26
#55Sabrina26US #91
#56Alicia25US #58
#57Anne24US #119
#58Aisha23
#59Jacqueline23US #81
#60Katrina23US #122
#61Tamara23US #105
#62Brandy22US #37
#63Melanie22US #54
#64Robin22US #89
#65Leslie21US #63
#66Natalie21US #66
#67Susan21US #49
#68Vanessa21US #76
#69Kathryn20US #57
#70Latisha20
#71Meredith20US #146
#72Patricia20US #48
#73Tanya20US #82
#74Alison19US #123
#75Deborah19US #118
#76Erika19US #104
#77Renee19US #99
#78Stacey19US #53
#79Veronica19US #73
#80Adrienne18US #158
#81Courtney18US #68
#82Victoria18US #121
#83Angel17US #141
#84Anna17US #65
#85Brandi17US #61
#86Carla17US #132
#87Cheryl17US #94
#88Lakeisha17
#89Lashawn17
#90Sandra17US #69
#91Tameka17
#92Teresa17US #88
#93Theresa17US #101
#94Allison16US #75
#95Denise16US #85
#96Felicia16US #140
#97Kristen16US #62
#98Kristin16US #78
#99Latasha16US #185
#100Michele16US #86

Boys

#1Michael352US #1
#2James233US #5
#3David228US #4
#4Christopher219US #3
#5John203US #7
#6Robert187US #8
#7Brian168US #9
#8Jason168US #2
#9Kevin158US #15
#10William156US #13
#11Matthew136US #6
#12Joseph132US #10
#13Daniel126US #11
#14Charles121US #27
#15Anthony105US #20
#16Andrew95US #22
#17Eric91US #16
#18Thomas90US #23
#19Gregory81US #38
#20Sean77US #45
#21Richard72US #21
#22Timothy72US #17
#23Jeffrey71US #19
#24Jonathan71US #31
#25Mark70US #26
#26Steven65US #24
#27Patrick64US #42
#28Paul64US #33
#29Aaron63US #32
#30Kenneth63US #41
#31Ryan61US #14
#32Derrick60US #76
#33Joshua60US #12
#34Stephen59US #37
#35Nicholas57US #25
#36Marcus56US #70
#37Benjamin52US #34
#38Justin52US #28
#39Andre50US #129
#40Shawn50US #39
#41Keith46US #49
#42Adam45US #29
#43Edward44US #47
#44Antonio43US #79
#45Ronald43US #55
#46Peter40US #54
#47Scott38US #30
#48Donald37US #48
#49George37US #58
#50Jeremy36US #18
#51Samuel36US #57
#52Maurice34US #157
#53Jerome32US #173
#54Nathaniel32US #94
#55Alexander31US #98
#56Larry31US #64
#57Rodney31US #102
#58Raymond30US #69
#59Tyrone30US #168
#60Willie29US #121
#61Bryan28US #43
#62Carlos28US #78
#63Shaun28US #52
#64Antoine27
#65Damien27US #161
#66Gary27US #60
#67Brandon26US #40
#68Derek26US #75
#69Jamal26
#70Jesse26US #51
#71Lawrence26US #113
#72Phillip26US #67
#73Reginald25US #160
#74Dennis23US #71
#75Jose23US #44
#76Corey22US #61
#77Philip22US #84
#78Damon21US #132
#79Wayne21US #138
#80Adrian20US #111
#81Bruce20US #151
#82Darnell20
#83Erik20US #85
#84Jerry20US #82
#85Troy20US #88
#86Arthur19US #141
#87Carl19US #100
#88Craig19US #66
#89Jared19US #72
#90Nathan19US #36
#91Ricardo19US #140
#92Terrence19
#93Bernard18
#94Calvin18US #187
#95Curtis18US #96
#96Darryl18
#97Douglas18US #59
#98Eugene18US #175
#99Ian18US #117
#100Jermaine18US #188

On the move since 1977

Rising

↑51Nicholas#35
↑35Rodney#57
↑34Samantha#50
↑31Danielle#19
↑31Nathaniel#54
↑28Lauren#29
↑27Yolanda#47
↑26Maria#52

Falling

↓54Allison#94
↓46Kristin#98
↓42Jermaine#100
↓33Eugene#98
↓32Damon#78
↓31Patricia#72
↓29Nathan#90
↓22Latasha#99

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1977 rankings.