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Top names in District of Columbia

The names most likely to appear on 1980 District of Columbia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 13,504 District of Columbia births in 1980 across 605 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.

#35Tamikaoutside the national top 200
#61Alexandraoutside the national top 200
#63Lakishaoutside the national top 200
#63Tyroneoutside the national top 200
#64Antoineoutside the national top 200
#42Ebony#175 nationally
#68Patriceoutside the national top 200
#69Darryloutside the national top 200
#72Latishaoutside the national top 200
#73Tamekaoutside the national top 200
#76Melvinoutside the national top 200
#78Keishaoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Jennifer170US #1
#2Nicole123US #7
#3Jessica114US #3
#4Tiffany114US #14
#5Elizabeth105US #9
#6Kimberly95US #11
#7Sarah94US #5
#8Stephanie89US #13
#9Melissa80US #4
#10Michelle77US #10
#11Crystal72US #18
#12Erin70US #20
#13Christina67US #15
#14Angela65US #12
#15Lauren65US #38
#16Rebecca58US #17
#17Erica55US #34
#18Katherine54US #35
#19Laura53US #21
#20Danielle52US #33
#21Lisa52US #16
#22Emily51US #31
#23Amanda50US #2
#24April50US #26
#25Mary50US #25
#26Heather49US #6
#27Kelly49US #19
#28Shannon49US #29
#29Rachel45US #23
#30Andrea43US #28
#31Monique43US #93
#32Kathleen41US #82
#33Kathryn40US #50
#34Megan39US #30
#35Tamika39
#36Dana37US #68
#37Margaret37US #105
#38Kristen36US #39
#39Monica36US #45
#40Sara36US #27
#41Catherine34US #77
#42Ebony34US #175
#43Courtney31US #48
#44Julia31US #98
#45Latasha31US #141
#46Carolyn30US #147
#47Jacqueline30US #81
#48Julie30US #32
#49Natasha30US #89
#50Kristin29US #37
#51Maria29US #36
#52Samantha28US #58
#53Jamie27US #24
#54Christine26US #41
#55Katrina26US #90
#56Latoya26US #123
#57Leslie26US #61
#58Alicia25US #47
#59Dawn25US #67
#60Karen25US #54
#61Alexandra24
#62Erika24US #87
#63Lakisha24
#64Natalie24US #65
#65Patricia24US #51
#66Amber23US #22
#67Anne23US #112
#68Patrice22
#69Allison21US #59
#70Cynthia21US #64
#71Amy20US #8
#72Latisha20
#73Tameka20
#74Angel19US #169
#75Anna19US #55
#76Ashley19US #40
#77Brooke19US #57
#78Keisha19
#79Sandra19US #80
#80Tia19
#81Vanessa19US #69
#82Yolanda19US #157
#83Candice18US #99
#84Kristina18US #73
#85Lindsay18US #71
#86Susan18US #62
#87Tracy18US #56
#88Leah17US #84
#89Melanie17US #60
#90Mia17
#91Nina17US #148
#92Pamela17US #86
#93Rhonda17US #179
#94Abigail16US #176
#95Caroline16US #200
#96Michele16US #126
#97Stacey16US #74
#98Tamara16US #108
#99Tammy16US #96
#100Theresa16US #104

Boys

#1Michael368US #1
#2David250US #4
#3James237US #5
#4Christopher199US #2
#5Robert190US #9
#6John184US #8
#7Jason180US #3
#8William172US #14
#9Matthew161US #6
#10Kevin155US #23
#11Daniel142US #11
#12Brian131US #12
#13Andrew124US #19
#14Charles117US #29
#15Anthony107US #24
#16Eric103US #16
#17Jonathan101US #21
#18Joseph101US #10
#19Justin83US #13
#20Gregory82US #42
#21Timothy80US #20
#22Ryan79US #15
#23Thomas79US #25
#24Paul78US #35
#25Steven77US #28
#26Patrick76US #38
#27Joshua74US #7
#28Sean73US #48
#29Mark72US #30
#30Nicholas72US #17
#31Richard70US #26
#32Benjamin67US #32
#33Stephen64US #40
#34Jeffrey63US #27
#35Alexander61US #91
#36Kenneth61US #41
#37Aaron58US #34
#38Adam57US #22
#39Andre57US #133
#40Ronald50US #58
#41Edward49US #52
#42Jermaine48US #149
#43Marcus48US #71
#44Scott48US #33
#45Peter46US #55
#46Derrick44US #74
#47Antonio41US #77
#48Derek40US #50
#49Lawrence40US #129
#50Brandon39US #31
#51Donald38US #53
#52Reginald37US #166
#53Samuel37US #54
#54Keith36US #56
#55Maurice36US #162
#56Larry33US #70
#57Raymond33US #66
#58Erik31US #64
#59Jerome31US #178
#60Gary30US #63
#61George30US #60
#62Shaun29US #79
#63Tyrone28
#64Antoine26
#65Damien26US #182
#66Jeremy26US #18
#67Terrance26US #179
#68Phillip25US #65
#69Darryl24
#70Philip24US #82
#71Walter24US #137
#72Zachary24US #72
#73Dennis23US #80
#74Douglas23US #62
#75Jacob22US #43
#76Melvin22
#77Nathaniel22US #86
#78Ricardo22US #117
#79Calvin21US #185
#80Carl21US #103
#81Carlos21US #78
#82Corey21US #68
#83Nathan21US #36
#84Shawn21US #47
#85Brendan20
#86Troy20US #106
#87Willie20US #130
#88Ian19US #104
#89Jose19US #46
#90Bryan18US #49
#91Donnell18
#92Leonard18US #193
#93Marc18US #119
#94Victor18US #107
#95Curtis17US #89
#96Frank17US #81
#97Leon17
#98Travis17US #37
#99Adrian16US #115
#100Darrell16US #168

On the move since 1979

Rising

↑50Derek#48
↑47Jacqueline#47
↑40Latasha#45
↑38Kristen#38
↑34Kristin#50
↑33Amber#66
↑31Julia#44
↑25Jermaine#42

Falling

↓46Amy#71
↓36Bryan#90
↓33Frank#96
↓33Travis#98
↓30Karen#60
↓30Tamara#98
↓28Melanie#89
↓25Lindsay#85

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1979 rankings.