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Top names in District of Columbia

The names most likely to appear on 1979 District of Columbia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 13,454 District of Columbia births in 1979 across 607 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.

#27Ebony#184 nationally
#32Tamika#187 nationally
#55Antoineoutside the national top 200
#59Lakishaoutside the national top 200
#70Melvinoutside the national top 200
#52Jerome#177 nationally
#78Tamekaoutside the national top 200
#45Maurice#160 nationally
#86Latishaoutside the national top 200
#67Jermaine#180 nationally
#89Darnelloutside the national top 200
#90Dominicoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Jennifer195US #1
#2Nicole110US #9
#3Sarah103US #6
#4Melissa102US #2
#5Elizabeth101US #11
#6Kimberly98US #12
#7Jessica90US #4
#8Stephanie86US #15
#9Christina85US #14
#10Michelle83US #10
#11Lisa76US #13
#12Tiffany72US #28
#13Angela71US #8
#14Heather64US #7
#15Amanda63US #3
#16Kelly63US #16
#17Katherine60US #36
#18Crystal58US #18
#19Danielle54US #33
#20Mary54US #24
#21Rebecca53US #17
#22Laura52US #20
#23Shannon48US #25
#24Emily47US #34
#25Amy44US #5
#26Erin44US #21
#27Ebony43US #184
#28Lauren43US #45
#29Erica42US #32
#30Karen41US #46
#31Sara41US #30
#32Tamika41US #187
#33Rachel37US #27
#34Kathleen36US #84
#35Christine34US #35
#36April33US #23
#37Megan33US #31
#38Monica33US #40
#39Jamie32US #19
#40Alicia31US #47
#41Dana31US #54
#42Monique31US #141
#43Margaret30US #108
#44Catherine29US #78
#45Kathryn29US #50
#46Natalie29US #68
#47Natasha29US #110
#48Andrea28US #26
#49Dawn26US #57
#50Leslie26US #65
#51Julie25US #29
#52Maria25US #37
#53Samantha25US #66
#54Anna24US #59
#55Latoya24US #148
#56Patricia24US #44
#57Teresa24US #87
#58Yolanda24US #147
#59Lakisha23
#60Lindsay23US #88
#61Melanie23US #53
#62Renee23US #101
#63Susan23US #51
#64Adrienne22US #158
#65Allison22US #70
#66Katrina22US #99
#67Robin22US #95
#68Tamara22US #104
#69Veronica22US #76
#70Pamela21US #90
#71Tara21US #38
#72Tracy21US #49
#73Candice20US #128
#74Deborah20US #132
#75Julia20US #122
#76Kristen20US #62
#77Stacey20US #60
#78Tameka20
#79Anne19US #115
#80Cynthia19US #55
#81Sabrina19US #106
#82Victoria19US #119
#83Erika18US #91
#84Kristin18US #73
#85Latasha18US #167
#86Latisha18
#87Meghan18US #121
#88Brandi17US #61
#89Brooke17US #85
#90Caroline17US #198
#91Lashawn17
#92Leah17US #98
#93Ann16US #126
#94Jacqueline16US #80
#95Regina16US #134
#96Stacy16US #43
#97Aisha15
#98Alexis15
#99Amber15US #22
#100Ashley15US #67

Boys

#1Michael339US #1
#2Christopher255US #2
#3David230US #4
#4James220US #5
#5John212US #7
#6Jason184US #3
#7Robert174US #8
#8William162US #13
#9Brian148US #10
#10Kevin141US #19
#11Matthew141US #6
#12Anthony132US #21
#13Daniel126US #12
#14Joseph123US #11
#15Charles113US #28
#16Andrew110US #20
#17Eric104US #17
#18Thomas93US #26
#19Timothy87US #18
#20Jonathan81US #31
#21Mark81US #30
#22Steven81US #27
#23Paul73US #34
#24Kenneth71US #41
#25Nicholas71US #15
#26Aaron69US #32
#27Ryan68US #14
#28Edward67US #48
#29Justin66US #22
#30Antonio65US #79
#31Gregory65US #42
#32Joshua63US #9
#33Patrick63US #39
#34Stephen62US #40
#35Ronald60US #54
#36Sean60US #49
#37Richard58US #25
#38Benjamin56US #33
#39Jeffrey56US #24
#40Derrick52US #80
#41Alexander50US #94
#42Marcus49US #76
#43Adam48US #23
#44Keith48US #52
#45Maurice48US #160
#46George44US #57
#47Donald40US #51
#48Andre38US #141
#49Scott38US #29
#50Brandon37US #35
#51Lawrence36US #122
#52Jerome35US #177
#53Reginald35US #157
#54Bryan34US #46
#55Antoine32
#56Jacob32US #45
#57Jesse32US #50
#58Nathaniel32US #95
#59Peter32US #53
#60Larry31US #69
#61Nathan31US #37
#62Shawn31US #43
#63Frank30US #78
#64Phillip30US #68
#65Travis30US #36
#66Jeremy29US #16
#67Jermaine29US #180
#68Samuel28US #55
#69Gary27US #59
#70Melvin27
#71Raymond26US #70
#72Tyrone26US #176
#73Douglas24US #58
#74Philip24US #83
#75Carlos23US #73
#76Corey23US #63
#77Damien23US #183
#78Eugene22US #182
#79Ricardo22US #130
#80Christian21US #120
#81Curtis21US #91
#82Erik21US #66
#83Shaun21US #64
#84Arthur20US #144
#85Bradley20US #47
#86Micheal20US #127
#87Todd20US #60
#88Carl18US #100
#89Darnell18
#90Dominic18
#91Donnell18
#92Jose18US #44
#93Terrence18
#94Wayne18US #149
#95Calvin17US #181
#96Darrell17US #162
#97Demetrius17
#98Derek17US #72
#99Dwayne17
#100Ian17US #107

On the move since 1978

Rising

↑35Teresa#57
↑33Jermaine#67
↑30Anna#54
↑29Allison#65
↑29Nathan#61
↑24Ebony#27
↑24Kathryn#45
↑24Douglas#73

Falling

↓39Aisha#97
↓35Jacqueline#94
↓30Derek#98
↓27Cynthia#80
↓26Sabrina#81
↓24Lakisha#59
↓22Anne#79
↓22Shawn#62

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1978 rankings.