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Top names in District of Columbia

The names most likely to appear on 1983 District of Columbia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 13,272 District of Columbia births in 1983 across 571 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.

#46Tamikaoutside the national top 200
#50Tyroneoutside the national top 200
#55Antoineoutside the national top 200
#61Eugeneoutside the national top 200
#64Patriceoutside the national top 200
#72Melvinoutside the national top 200
#75Dwayneoutside the national top 200
#67Darrell#188 nationally
#82Joyoutside the national top 200
#19Ebony#135 nationally
#78Reginald#193 nationally
#86Tiaoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Jennifer179US #1
#2Jessica129US #2
#3Tiffany114US #14
#4Elizabeth112US #10
#5Kimberly102US #15
#6Lauren99US #24
#7Stephanie96US #8
#8Nicole91US #7
#9Sarah91US #5
#10Ashley88US #4
#11Crystal79US #11
#12Katherine77US #34
#13Emily76US #25
#14Danielle73US #29
#15Erin70US #18
#16Laura70US #23
#17Michelle70US #13
#18Erica67US #33
#19Ebony65US #135
#20Angela62US #22
#21Rachel62US #20
#22Christina61US #16
#23Rebecca58US #19
#24Megan53US #21
#25Melissa51US #6
#26Shannon50US #38
#27Andrea46US #30
#28Kelly46US #26
#29Latoya46US #90
#30Marquita46US #112
#31Mary45US #32
#32Lisa43US #27
#33Monique43US #117
#34Kathleen41US #73
#35Maria41US #43
#36Amanda40US #3
#37Heather40US #9
#38Kristen38US #37
#39Jacqueline37US #53
#40Julia37US #85
#41Christine36US #47
#42Natasha36US #71
#43Victoria36US #58
#44Candice35US #84
#45Alexis34US #83
#46Tamika34
#47Allison33US #59
#48Amy32US #12
#49April32US #39
#50Margaret31US #92
#51Monica30US #54
#52Alicia29US #41
#53Jamie29US #28
#54Kathryn29US #50
#55Robin29US #127
#56Julie28US #46
#57Leslie28US #67
#58Alexandra26US #163
#59Anne26US #130
#60Courtney26US #44
#61Kristin26US #42
#62Krystal26US #78
#63Samantha26US #40
#64Patrice25
#65Anna24US #55
#66Lindsay24US #36
#67Caitlin23US #153
#68Sara23US #31
#69Vanessa23US #49
#70Candace22US #104
#71Dawn21US #106
#72Latasha21US #166
#73Patricia21US #60
#74Amber20US #17
#75Caroline20US #183
#76Erika20US #80
#77Brittany19US #64
#78Catherine19US #66
#79Natalie19US #52
#80Cynthia18US #62
#81Jasmine18US #175
#82Joy18
#83Karen18US #77
#84Katrina18US #108
#85Pamela18US #91
#86Tia18
#87Desiree17US #94
#88Lindsey17US #35
#89Sheena17US #107
#90Valerie17US #74
#91Veronica17US #68
#92Antoinette16
#93Dana16US #72
#94Leah16US #82
#95Nina16US #197
#96Sharon16US #160
#97Theresa16US #122
#98Alison15US #116
#99Claire15
#100Claudia15US #195

Boys

#1Michael338US #1
#2Christopher248US #2
#3David232US #4
#4Matthew191US #3
#5James188US #6
#6John177US #9
#7Robert166US #10
#8William157US #16
#9Jason138US #7
#10Daniel135US #8
#11Brian128US #14
#12Joseph128US #11
#13Anthony121US #22
#14Kevin119US #25
#15Andrew116US #15
#16Jonathan112US #19
#17Charles103US #33
#18Justin90US #12
#19Aaron86US #29
#20Brandon86US #17
#21Marcus86US #58
#22Eric84US #20
#23Thomas84US #24
#24Nicholas78US #21
#25Joshua75US #5
#26Gregory74US #42
#27Steven73US #23
#28Mark72US #31
#29Richard70US #27
#30Kenneth65US #45
#31Patrick65US #37
#32Jeffrey63US #28
#33Stephen63US #35
#34Adam62US #18
#35Benjamin62US #32
#36Antonio60US #76
#37Paul58US #39
#38Andre53US #126
#39Timothy53US #26
#40Edward51US #55
#41Derrick50US #78
#42Sean50US #44
#43Ronald47US #64
#44Ryan46US #13
#45Alexander45US #63
#46Peter43US #59
#47Samuel43US #54
#48Keith37US #61
#49Scott37US #38
#50Tyrone36
#51Donald34US #60
#52Larry33US #85
#53Jacob32US #36
#54Lawrence32US #132
#55Antoine31
#56Jeremy31US #30
#57Bryan30US #47
#58George30US #65
#59Nathan30US #40
#60Zachary30US #50
#61Eugene28
#62Ricardo28US #121
#63Travis28US #41
#64Vincent28US #97
#65Maurice27US #162
#66Nathaniel27US #79
#67Darrell26US #188
#68Jesse26US #46
#69Philip26US #82
#70Phillip26US #66
#71Walter26US #154
#72Melvin25
#73Gary24US #68
#74Douglas23US #69
#75Dwayne22
#76Ian22US #77
#77Raymond22US #71
#78Reginald22US #193
#79Erik21US #80
#80Derek20US #51
#81Jermaine20US #165
#82Jerome20US #194
#83Jose20US #48
#84Russell20US #104
#85Wayne20US #171
#86Brendan19US #191
#87Christian19US #112
#88Darryl19
#89Terrence19
#90Calvin18US #180
#91Carlos18US #75
#92Curtis18US #100
#93Omar18US #192
#94Victor18US #95
#95Alan17US #102
#96Donte17
#97Gerald17US #168
#98Kyle17US #34
#99Marvin17
#100Arthur16US #157

On the move since 1982

Rising

↑33Darrell#67
↑30Lawrence#54
↑28Dawn#71
↑26Anne#59
↑26Krystal#62
↑26Zachary#60
↑24Candace#70
↑23Heather#37

Falling

↓38Natalie#79
↓37Dana#93
↓36Catherine#78
↓32Carlos#91
↓30Jerome#82
↓28Jose#83
↓27Kristin#61
↓26Karen#83

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1982 rankings.