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Top names in District of Columbia

The names most likely to appear on 1981 District of Columbia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 13,726 District of Columbia births in 1981 across 619 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.

#34Tamikaoutside the national top 200
#25Ebony#178 nationally
#59Tyroneoutside the national top 200
#66Antoineoutside the national top 200
#68Darryloutside the national top 200
#69Alexandraoutside the national top 200
#72Caitlinoutside the national top 200
#52Reginald#179 nationally
#74Brendanoutside the national top 200
#80Patriceoutside the national top 200
#82Melvinoutside the national top 200
#76Caroline#193 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer172US #1
#2Jessica136US #2
#3Sarah105US #4
#4Tiffany104US #14
#5Kimberly102US #13
#6Elizabeth101US #9
#7Nicole100US #7
#8Michelle87US #11
#9Stephanie87US #8
#10Christina75US #17
#11Crystal73US #16
#12Emily72US #29
#13Lauren72US #35
#14Katherine69US #39
#15Amanda68US #3
#16Melissa64US #5
#17Mary60US #27
#18Angela58US #15
#19Rebecca57US #12
#20Erin56US #19
#21Rachel56US #22
#22Andrea54US #24
#23Kelly54US #23
#24Latoya54US #69
#25Ebony53US #178
#26Laura52US #21
#27Lisa48US #18
#28Monique48US #103
#29Shannon46US #32
#30Danielle45US #30
#31Kathryn45US #48
#32Catherine41US #73
#33Christine41US #42
#34Tamika41
#35Erica40US #36
#36Heather40US #10
#37Natasha40US #85
#38April39US #25
#39Anne38US #105
#40Kristin37US #31
#41Megan37US #33
#42Amy36US #6
#43Julia34US #88
#44Kathleen32US #82
#45Courtney31US #43
#46Latasha31US #139
#47Jacqueline28US #67
#48Karen28US #64
#49Margaret28US #107
#50Maria28US #40
#51Dawn27US #79
#52Tamara27US #115
#53Monica26US #49
#54Allison25US #57
#55Cynthia25US #59
#56Julie25US #37
#57Natalie24US #60
#58Pamela24US #76
#59Victoria24US #87
#60Ashley23US #34
#61Deborah23US #148
#62Diana23US #75
#63Kristen23US #38
#64Kristina23US #72
#65Sara23US #26
#66Angel22US #157
#67Erika22US #93
#68Leslie22US #56
#69Alexandra21
#70Alicia21US #46
#71Anna21US #54
#72Caitlin21
#73Dana21US #70
#74Robin21US #102
#75Candice20US #86
#76Caroline20US #193
#77Jamie20US #28
#78Katrina20US #95
#79Melanie20US #66
#80Patrice20
#81Carolyn19US #144
#82Lindsay19US #47
#83Meghan19US #116
#84Renee19US #98
#85Tia19
#86Claire18
#87Latisha18
#88Patricia18US #53
#89Samantha18US #51
#90Tara18US #45
#91Sabrina17US #120
#92Alexis16US #172
#93Katie16US #44
#94Regina16US #151
#95Susan16US #71
#96Yolanda16US #177
#97Adrienne15US #174
#98Aisha15
#99Alison15US #113
#100Bianca15

Boys

#1Michael360US #1
#2Christopher250US #2
#3James206US #7
#4David202US #5
#5Matthew180US #3
#6John179US #8
#7William157US #15
#8Jason147US #4
#9Kevin143US #25
#10Robert142US #9
#11Brian137US #14
#12Daniel131US #10
#13Joseph130US #11
#14Jonathan127US #16
#15Andrew121US #18
#16Anthony117US #23
#17Charles108US #31
#18Justin99US #12
#19Thomas97US #26
#20Eric91US #17
#21Richard82US #27
#22Sean81US #44
#23Aaron79US #30
#24Joshua79US #6
#25Brandon77US #19
#26Timothy77US #24
#27Gregory76US #46
#28Mark76US #33
#29Paul76US #35
#30Adam72US #20
#31Kenneth70US #41
#32Alexander66US #70
#33Benjamin65US #32
#34Marcus64US #67
#35Nicholas64US #21
#36Ryan61US #13
#37Stephen61US #39
#38Edward60US #51
#39Patrick57US #38
#40Jeffrey56US #29
#41Steven53US #28
#42Andre51US #133
#43Keith50US #58
#44Peter50US #55
#45Derrick48US #78
#46Ronald48US #59
#47Antonio46US #75
#48George44US #61
#49Jeremy44US #22
#50Samuel43US #54
#51Nathan40US #36
#52Reginald39US #179
#53Jesse37US #37
#54Maurice36US #163
#55Larry33US #73
#56Raymond33US #68
#57Nathaniel32US #80
#58Bryan31US #48
#59Tyrone31
#60Jermaine30US #161
#61Travis29US #40
#62Carlos28US #71
#63Jose28US #45
#64Scott28US #34
#65Phillip27US #66
#66Antoine26
#67Vincent25US #107
#68Darryl24
#69Ricardo24US #117
#70Calvin23US #172
#71Erik23US #76
#72Gary23US #62
#73Omar23US #174
#74Brendan22
#75Derek22US #53
#76Gerald22US #154
#77Ian22US #101
#78Jacob22US #43
#79Victor22US #104
#80Carl21US #106
#81Lawrence21US #125
#82Melvin21
#83Adrian20US #115
#84Christian20US #121
#85Donald20US #56
#86Terrence20
#87Alan19US #112
#88Corey19US #69
#89Curtis19US #94
#90Tony19US #111
#91Damien18
#92Leon18
#93Philip18US #84
#94Bernard17
#95Harold17
#96Jerome17US #183
#97Troy17US #114
#98Evan16US #139
#99Jerry16US #97
#100Lamont16

On the move since 1980

Rising

↑46Tamara#52
↑37Travis#61
↑34Pamela#58
↑32Latoya#24
↑32Nathan#51
↑32Bryan#58
↑29Amy#42
↑28Anne#39

Falling

↓37Dana#73
↓37Samantha#89
↓37Jerome#96
↓35Carolyn#81
↓34Donald#85
↓32Lawrence#81
↓27Derek#75
↓26Damien#91

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1980 rankings.