State roster

Top names in District of Columbia

The names most likely to appear on 1985 District of Columbia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 13,415 District of Columbia births in 1985 across 614 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.

#57Indiaoutside the national top 200
#55Tyrone#198 nationally
#58Tiaraoutside the national top 200
#60Antoineoutside the national top 200
#54Reginald#192 nationally
#69Claireoutside the national top 200
#29Ebony#160 nationally
#75Tamikaoutside the national top 200
#76Jamaloutside the national top 200
#51Maurice#173 nationally
#70Edwin#189 nationally
#82Sadeoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Ashley147US #2
#2Jessica147US #1
#3Jennifer145US #3
#4Elizabeth113US #9
#5Lauren107US #15
#6Amanda96US #4
#7Sarah89US #5
#8Stephanie85US #6
#9Tiffany84US #23
#10Katherine82US #32
#11Danielle76US #18
#12Rachel74US #13
#13Christina72US #12
#14Emily65US #24
#15Nicole64US #7
#16Crystal63US #21
#17Michelle62US #22
#18Laura60US #14
#19Dominique56US #83
#20Erica55US #34
#21Mary54US #35
#22Rebecca53US #25
#23Kimberly51US #19
#24Brittany48US #17
#25Megan48US #10
#26Alexandra46US #92
#27Melissa46US #11
#28Heather45US #8
#29Ebony44US #160
#30Kelly44US #28
#31Erin42US #26
#32Shannon42US #41
#33Alicia41US #45
#34Andrea41US #33
#35Latoya40US #81
#36Christine39US #44
#37Julia39US #85
#38Krystal38US #53
#39Catherine37US #65
#40Lisa37US #36
#41Caitlin36US #77
#42Amy35US #20
#43Anna34US #54
#44Alexis33US #112
#45Allison33US #46
#46Monique33US #140
#47Samantha32US #29
#48Kathleen31US #68
#49Kathryn30US #48
#50Natasha30US #79
#51Angela29US #31
#52Caroline28US #164
#53Erika28US #80
#54Monica28US #61
#55Sara28US #30
#56April27US #47
#57India27
#58Tiara27
#59Victoria27US #59
#60Margaret26US #90
#61Natalie26US #58
#62Jacqueline24US #60
#63Jamie24US #27
#64Julie24US #55
#65Kristen24US #38
#66Melanie24US #88
#67Patricia24US #64
#68Angel23US #161
#69Claire23
#70Kristin23US #49
#71Kristina23US #57
#72Amber21US #16
#73Courtney21US #43
#74Jasmine21US #103
#75Tamika21
#76Vanessa21US #42
#77Lindsay20US #40
#78Maria20US #52
#79Sheena20US #91
#80Cynthia19US #66
#81Diana19US #74
#82Sade19
#83Alison18US #97
#84Anne17US #146
#85Candice17US #86
#86Lashawn17
#87Meghan17US #63
#88Tamara17US #148
#89Veronica17US #72
#90Whitney17US #73
#91Dana16US #82
#92Joanna16US #99
#93Patrice16
#94Katrina15US #93
#95Krystle15US #111
#96Lindsey15US #37
#97Nakia15
#98Tara15US #51
#99Alana14
#100Candace14US #104

Boys

#1Michael333US #1
#2Christopher295US #2
#3James175US #7
#4Matthew168US #3
#5David167US #6
#6Daniel166US #5
#7Robert162US #8
#8John160US #9
#9William151US #16
#10Jonathan143US #17
#11Andrew137US #11
#12Anthony134US #20
#13Kevin133US #23
#14Joseph119US #10
#15Brandon115US #13
#16Brian105US #18
#17Jason94US #14
#18Charles89US #34
#19Joshua89US #4
#20Thomas89US #25
#21Eric85US #21
#22Nicholas84US #19
#23Marcus83US #61
#24Sean81US #38
#25Ryan78US #12
#26Steven77US #24
#27Alexander75US #50
#28Gregory71US #45
#29Justin70US #15
#30Kenneth68US #47
#31Patrick68US #37
#32Richard67US #28
#33Stephen66US #36
#34Antonio65US #73
#35Benjamin65US #31
#36Mark65US #32
#37Paul64US #42
#38Adam63US #22
#39Aaron62US #33
#40Timothy61US #26
#41Jeffrey58US #29
#42Andre57US #124
#43Keith44US #64
#44Peter43US #60
#45Derrick42US #83
#46Edward40US #59
#47Ronald40US #71
#48Carlos39US #74
#49Samuel39US #54
#50Jeremy36US #30
#51Maurice36US #173
#52Zachary36US #39
#53Phillip35US #69
#54Reginald35US #192
#55Tyrone33US #198
#56George32US #72
#57Scott32US #44
#58Nathaniel29US #77
#59Victor29US #88
#60Antoine27
#61Larry27US #97
#62Christian25US #101
#63Gary25US #82
#64Juan25US #65
#65Raymond25US #75
#66Jacob24US #35
#67Kyle24US #27
#68Lawrence24US #144
#69Donald23US #66
#70Edwin23US #189
#71Jose23US #49
#72Bryan22US #48
#73Calvin22US #177
#74Carl22US #112
#75Henry22US #137
#76Jamal22
#77Nathan22US #40
#78Ricardo22US #131
#79Derek21US #56
#80Jesse21US #51
#81Travis21US #46
#82Darryl20
#83Ian20US #78
#84Theodore20
#85Colin19US #156
#86Douglas19US #76
#87Darnell18
#88Jerome18US #200
#89Marc18US #129
#90Vincent18US #95
#91Adrian17US #93
#92Darrell17US #190
#93Demetrius17
#94Devin17US #121
#95Donte17
#96Dwayne17
#97Evan17US #91
#98Curtis16US #98
#99Eugene16
#100Frederick16US #197

On the move since 1984

Rising

↑44Dominique#19
↑41Brittany#24
↑35Jamie#63
↑34Gary#63
↑33Caitlin#41
↑30Anna#43
↑29Angel#68
↑28Kristina#71

Falling

↓34Kristin#70
↓33Evan#97
↓32Lindsay#77
↓30Meghan#87
↓29Tamara#88
↓29Ian#83
↓27Jerome#88
↓25Dana#91

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1984 rankings.