State roster

Top names in District of Columbia

The names most likely to appear on 1984 District of Columbia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 13,249 District of Columbia births in 1984 across 603 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.

#51Antoineoutside the national top 200
#52Marquita#195 nationally
#58Tyroneoutside the national top 200
#61Tamikaoutside the national top 200
#61Jerome#199 nationally
#63Dominiqueoutside the national top 200
#56Reginald#186 nationally
#72Darryloutside the national top 200
#60Brendan#188 nationally
#75Terrenceoutside the national top 200
#50Maurice#168 nationally
#84Leonoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Jessica147US #2
#2Jennifer145US #1
#3Elizabeth108US #10
#4Ashley107US #3
#5Tiffany98US #14
#6Nicole97US #7
#7Lauren95US #21
#8Stephanie95US #6
#9Danielle94US #16
#10Sarah92US #5
#11Michelle88US #17
#12Katherine75US #30
#13Latoya73US #60
#14Amanda68US #4
#15Kimberly67US #22
#16Christina64US #20
#17Rachel63US #15
#18Emily60US #24
#19Laura57US #19
#20Megan57US #11
#21Crystal55US #12
#22Erica55US #34
#23Mary54US #33
#24Shannon52US #37
#25Ebony47US #137
#26Kelly47US #27
#27Andrea45US #28
#28Erin45US #25
#29Julia45US #87
#30Rebecca45US #23
#31Alexandra41US #96
#32Lisa40US #29
#33Melissa40US #8
#34April39US #42
#35Kathleen38US #71
#36Kristin38US #47
#37Christine37US #43
#38Monique37US #130
#39Kathryn36US #48
#40Heather35US #9
#41Alicia33US #40
#42Catherine33US #69
#43Angela32US #26
#44Alexis31US #89
#45Lindsay31US #36
#46Monica31US #58
#47Sara31US #32
#48Victoria31US #59
#49Amy30US #13
#50Allison29US #51
#51Jacqueline29US #56
#52Marquita28US #195
#53Amber27US #18
#54Caroline27US #167
#55Courtney27US #46
#56Kristen26US #38
#57Meghan26US #65
#58Samantha26US #39
#59Tamara26US #124
#60Maria25US #50
#61Tamika25
#62Krystal24US #74
#63Dominique23
#64Sheena23US #80
#65Brittany22US #41
#66Dana22US #73
#67Diana22US #72
#68Joanna22US #88
#69Kendra22US #150
#70Margaret22US #92
#71Patricia22US #66
#72Robin22US #139
#73Anna21US #57
#74Caitlin21US #118
#75Melanie21US #85
#76Natasha21US #77
#77Renee21US #108
#78Sabrina21US #122
#79Erika20US #81
#80Brandi19US #61
#81Latasha19US #175
#82Cynthia18US #62
#83Dawn18US #142
#84Veronica18US #70
#85Jasmine17US #149
#86Jenna17US #54
#87Katrina17US #105
#88Leah17US #83
#89Leslie17US #75
#90Tara17US #49
#91Vanessa17US #45
#92Candice16US #86
#93Cristina16US #190
#94Patrice16
#95Stacy16US #67
#96Susan16US #90
#97Angel15US #162
#98Jamie15US #31
#99Kristina15US #68
#100Regina15US #183

Boys

#1Michael320US #1
#2Christopher308US #2
#3James217US #7
#4David180US #5
#5Matthew157US #3
#6Daniel152US #6
#7John147US #8
#8Robert138US #9
#9William138US #16
#10Anthony130US #21
#11Jonathan128US #19
#12Kevin127US #24
#13Joseph124US #10
#14Brian120US #17
#15Andrew110US #14
#16Brandon98US #15
#17Jason98US #11
#18Marcus93US #57
#19Eric90US #22
#20Joshua90US #4
#21Charles89US #33
#22Justin82US #13
#23Patrick82US #36
#24Thomas77US #25
#25Adam76US #18
#26Steven76US #23
#27Mark74US #32
#28Ryan73US #12
#29Sean70US #43
#30Stephen67US #35
#31Alexander66US #54
#32Nicholas66US #20
#33Gregory65US #44
#34Timothy64US #26
#35Benjamin63US #30
#36Richard63US #27
#37Ronald59US #67
#38Andre56US #119
#39Kenneth54US #46
#40Jeffrey53US #28
#41Aaron52US #29
#42Antonio52US #77
#43Paul51US #40
#44Edward48US #58
#45Samuel43US #55
#46Peter40US #60
#47Keith39US #61
#48Carlos38US #74
#49Donald38US #63
#50Maurice37US #168
#51Antoine36
#52George35US #68
#53Zachary35US #45
#54Ian34US #78
#55Larry34US #91
#56Reginald34US #186
#57Derrick33US #79
#58Tyrone32
#59Bryan31US #48
#60Brendan30US #188
#61Jerome30US #199
#62Nathaniel28US #80
#63Corey26US #69
#64Evan26US #98
#65Lawrence26US #143
#66Nathan26US #38
#67Scott26US #39
#68Vincent26US #95
#69Travis25US #42
#70Raymond24US #73
#71Darrell23US #187
#72Darryl23
#73Jeremy23US #31
#74Jermaine23US #170
#75Terrence23
#76Adrian21US #107
#77Jose21US #49
#78Kyle21US #34
#79Phillip21US #70
#80Ricardo21US #122
#81Calvin20US #177
#82Dennis20US #97
#83Henry20US #135
#84Leon20
#85Philip20US #81
#86Shawn20US #56
#87Douglas19US #71
#88Christian18US #104
#89Devin18US #123
#90Jesse18US #50
#91Omar18US #193
#92Tony18US #112
#93Derek17US #52
#94Dominic17US #195
#95Erik17US #84
#96Frank17US #86
#97Gary17US #76
#98Jamal17
#99Marvin17
#100Walter17US #161

On the move since 1983

Rising

↑43Carlos#48
↑36Catherine#42
↑27Alexandra#31
↑27Dana#66
↑26Brendan#60
↑25Kristin#36
↑25Sheena#64
↑22Amanda#14

Falling

↓48Candice#92
↓45Jamie#98
↓34Natasha#76
↓32Leslie#89
↓30Patrice#94
↓29Walter#100
↓25Maria#60
↓24Gary#97

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1983 rankings.