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Top names in District of Columbia

The names most likely to appear on 1982 District of Columbia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 13,489 District of Columbia births in 1982 across 584 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.

#48Patriceoutside the national top 200
#55Tamikaoutside the national top 200
#52Jerome#191 nationally
#62Antoineoutside the national top 200
#58Tyrone#195 nationally
#71Jamaloutside the national top 200
#72Aishaoutside the national top 200
#77Jamaaloutside the national top 200
#78Theodoreoutside the national top 200
#80Melvinoutside the national top 200
#82Tiaoutside the national top 200
#82Brendanoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Jennifer162US #1
#2Tiffany142US #13
#3Jessica120US #2
#4Nicole116US #6
#5Elizabeth111US #8
#6Sarah103US #4
#7Lauren94US #26
#8Stephanie93US #7
#9Katherine92US #36
#10Michelle87US #11
#11Crystal86US #9
#12Kimberly76US #14
#13Melissa75US #5
#14Christina69US #19
#15Erin67US #20
#16Emily65US #24
#17Ebony64US #132
#18Amanda58US #3
#19Angela58US #16
#20Kelly57US #25
#21Rebecca55US #15
#22Danielle54US #31
#23Rachel53US #21
#24Ashley52US #17
#25Laura52US #22
#26Erica50US #35
#27Mary50US #30
#28Andrea42US #27
#29Julia42US #84
#30Kathleen42US #77
#31Shannon42US #38
#32Lisa41US #23
#33Monique40US #116
#34Kristin39US #37
#35Amy37US #10
#36Kathryn37US #48
#37Latoya37US #91
#38Alexis36US #93
#39Courtney36US #43
#40Diana35US #63
#41Natalie34US #51
#42Catherine33US #73
#43Megan33US #34
#44Natasha33US #71
#45Anna32US #56
#46Jacqueline32US #54
#47Lindsay32US #39
#48Patrice32
#49Sara32US #28
#50April31US #32
#51Candice31US #78
#52Christine31US #46
#53Maria31US #42
#54Alicia30US #53
#55Tamika29
#56Dana28US #67
#57Karen28US #68
#58Kristen28US #33
#59Monica28US #52
#60Heather27US #12
#61Victoria27US #66
#62Jamie26US #29
#63Margaret26US #97
#64Patricia26US #59
#65Robin26US #108
#66Angel25US #166
#67Alexandra24US #180
#68Katrina24US #87
#69Allison23US #58
#70Adrienne22US #168
#71Lindsey22US #40
#72Aisha21
#73Caroline21US #178
#74Jasmine21US #189
#75Melanie21US #65
#76Julie20US #41
#77Latasha20US #153
#78Leslie20US #60
#79Renee20US #101
#80Samantha20US #44
#81Tara20US #47
#82Tia20
#83Vanessa20US #49
#84Veronica20US #69
#85Anne19US #122
#86Carolyn19US #146
#87Erika19US #81
#88Krystal19US #83
#89Leah19US #79
#90Meredith19US #150
#91Theresa19US #109
#92Kristina18US #70
#93Alison17US #111
#94Candace17US #103
#95Tamara17US #129
#96Teresa17US #102
#97Ana16US #200
#98Camille16
#99Dawn16US #95
#100Maya16

Boys

#1Michael362US #1
#2Christopher280US #2
#3David222US #5
#4James207US #6
#5John192US #8
#6Robert181US #9
#7William179US #15
#8Matthew177US #3
#9Daniel149US #10
#10Jason146US #4
#11Kevin134US #25
#12Joseph132US #11
#13Andrew116US #17
#14Anthony112US #21
#15Brian110US #14
#16Jonathan105US #16
#17Eric101US #20
#18Justin86US #12
#19Richard85US #27
#20Aaron78US #30
#21Adam78US #19
#22Thomas78US #23
#23Charles76US #31
#24Patrick76US #37
#25Brandon74US #18
#26Gregory74US #40
#27Benjamin73US #33
#28Mark72US #32
#29Timothy71US #24
#30Joshua69US #7
#31Sean67US #44
#32Andre66US #124
#33Marcus66US #63
#34Alexander64US #65
#35Jeffrey62US #29
#36Kenneth62US #45
#37Ryan59US #13
#38Stephen59US #38
#39Steven59US #26
#40Nicholas58US #22
#41Paul52US #35
#42Samuel48US #56
#43Antonio47US #76
#44Peter45US #57
#45Ronald43US #60
#46Edward40US #53
#47Bryan39US #49
#48Donald39US #58
#49George38US #62
#50Scott37US #34
#51Keith35US #59
#52Jerome34US #191
#53Derrick33US #78
#54Gary33US #64
#55Jose33US #46
#56Maurice33US #165
#57Derek30US #50
#58Tyrone30US #195
#59Carlos29US #71
#60Nathan29US #36
#61Nathaniel29US #75
#62Antoine27
#63Larry26US #77
#64Philip26US #79
#65Phillip26US #67
#66Reginald26US #184
#67Ricardo26US #121
#68Jeremy25US #28
#69Douglas24US #68
#70Frank24US #81
#71Jamal24
#72Adrian23US #117
#73Jesse23US #43
#74Rodney23US #145
#75Shawn23US #52
#76Curtis22US #101
#77Jamaal22
#78Theodore22
#79Christian21US #114
#80Melvin21
#81Vincent21US #103
#82Brendan20
#83Carl20US #104
#84Lawrence20US #128
#85Travis20US #39
#86Zachary19US #55
#87Donnell18
#88Henry18US #134
#89Ian18US #83
#90Marc18US #138
#91Raymond18US #70
#92Angelo17
#93Corey17US #74
#94Gerald17US #158
#95Jermaine17US #168
#96Joel17US #69
#97Wayne17US #159
#98Wesley17US #98
#99Bradley16US #51
#100Darrell16US #182

On the move since 1981

Rising

↑54Alexis#38
↑44Jerome#52
↑37Donald#48
↑36Ashley#24
↑35Lindsay#47
↑32Patrice#48
↑29Philip#64
↑27Adrienne#70

Falling

↓48Dawn#99
↓46Anne#85
↓43Tamara#95
↓35Raymond#91
↓35Jermaine#95
↓31Latasha#77
↓28Kristina#92
↓24Heather#60

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1981 rankings.