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Top names in District of Columbia

The names most likely to appear on 1986 District of Columbia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 13,146 District of Columbia births in 1986 across 609 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.

#45Sadeoutside the national top 200
#60Antoineoutside the national top 200
#62Jamaloutside the national top 200
#63Indiaoutside the national top 200
#53Reginald#188 nationally
#32Ebony#165 nationally
#68Darryloutside the national top 200
#67Darrell#196 nationally
#61Dominic#187 nationally
#77Darnelloutside the national top 200
#78Tamikaoutside the national top 200
#81Tyroneoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Ashley182US #2
#2Jessica148US #1
#3Jennifer113US #4
#4Sarah113US #5
#5Lauren110US #14
#6Elizabeth104US #10
#7Tiffany100US #17
#8Danielle87US #16
#9Christina85US #19
#10Brittany79US #8
#11Stephanie76US #6
#12Amanda74US #3
#13Kimberly74US #18
#14Rachel73US #15
#15Emily72US #24
#16Erica69US #31
#17Laura64US #20
#18Nicole64US #7
#19Katherine62US #28
#20Crystal59US #25
#21Michelle54US #23
#22Shannon52US #44
#23Sara50US #27
#24Dominique49US #98
#25Kelly48US #29
#26Rebecca47US #26
#27Alexandra46US #72
#28Lisa46US #40
#29Melissa45US #12
#30Mary44US #37
#31Andrea43US #36
#32Ebony39US #165
#33Megan39US #11
#34Allison38US #42
#35Erin38US #30
#36Maria38US #49
#37Catherine36US #67
#38Samantha36US #21
#39Whitney36US #32
#40Jasmine35US #95
#41Julia35US #88
#42Angela34US #33
#43April34US #53
#44Latoya34US #111
#45Sade32
#46Anna30US #51
#47Christine30US #47
#48Courtney30US #35
#49Victoria30US #54
#50Lindsay29US #46
#51Kathleen28US #68
#52Kristen28US #41
#53Margaret28US #90
#54Amy27US #22
#55Krystal27US #61
#56Caitlin26US #69
#57Alicia25US #45
#58Kathryn25US #48
#59Monique25US #136
#60Vanessa25US #43
#61Amber24US #13
#62Erika24US #74
#63India24
#64Jacqueline24US #57
#65Natasha24US #70
#66Heather23US #9
#67Anne22US #151
#68Caroline22US #157
#69Kristin20US #50
#70Meredith20US #150
#71Monica20US #59
#72Natalie20US #52
#73Colleen19US #152
#74Diana19US #75
#75Kara19US #102
#76Kendra19US #101
#77Lindsey19US #39
#78Tamika19
#79Alexis18US #129
#80Brittney18US #65
#81Julie18US #58
#82Kristina18US #62
#83Leah18US #78
#84Robin18US #122
#85Claire17US #198
#86Tiara17
#87Veronica17US #77
#88Candace16US #114
#89Felicia16US #89
#90Joanna16US #126
#91Karen16US #100
#92Leslie16US #86
#93Melanie16US #97
#94Morgan16US #113
#95Ana15US #166
#96Katrina15US #99
#97Patrice15
#98Theresa15US #144
#99Candice14US #108
#100Jamie14US #34

Boys

#1Michael317US #1
#2Christopher252US #2
#3David202US #5
#4James193US #7
#5Daniel172US #6
#6Matthew166US #3
#7Andrew151US #8
#8William148US #15
#9Robert145US #9
#10John138US #10
#11Brandon127US #13
#12Anthony125US #19
#13Joseph125US #12
#14Kevin111US #21
#15Alexander103US #41
#16Charles95US #34
#17Jonathan93US #16
#18Joshua92US #4
#19Eric90US #22
#20Brian83US #20
#21Marcus82US #63
#22Jason79US #18
#23Sean78US #37
#24Thomas78US #26
#25Justin77US #14
#26Nicholas76US #17
#27Richard71US #29
#28Stephen70US #36
#29Timothy70US #27
#30Patrick69US #39
#31Benjamin67US #30
#32Kenneth67US #50
#33Ryan65US #11
#34Aaron59US #33
#35Mark58US #35
#36Andre57US #133
#37Gregory57US #46
#38Samuel56US #52
#39Jeremy54US #28
#40Jeffrey53US #32
#41Paul53US #45
#42Steven51US #25
#43Antonio50US #73
#44Edward49US #61
#45Adam41US #24
#46Derrick40US #87
#47Bryan39US #47
#48Peter39US #60
#49Keith38US #66
#50Kyle38US #23
#51Zachary38US #38
#52Jose37US #51
#53Reginald37US #188
#54Ronald33US #75
#55Nathaniel32US #78
#56Carlos31US #76
#57Phillip30US #70
#58Christian29US #89
#59Jesse28US #48
#60Antoine27
#61Dominic26US #187
#62Jamal25
#63Nathan25US #43
#64Calvin24US #162
#65Derek24US #57
#66George24US #74
#67Darrell23US #196
#68Darryl23
#69Donald23US #71
#70Adrian22US #99
#71Ian22US #85
#72Maurice22US #176
#73Philip22US #86
#74Dennis21US #104
#75Lawrence21US #151
#76Willie21US #178
#77Darnell20
#78Frank20US #91
#79Juan20US #65
#80Ricardo20US #124
#81Tyrone20
#82Corey19US #62
#83Dante19
#84Devin19US #113
#85Douglas19US #82
#86Larry19US #108
#87Melvin19
#88Scott19US #44
#89Antwan18
#90Edwin18US #190
#91Evan18US #81
#92Gerald18US #183
#93Raymond18US #77
#94Craig17US #80
#95Dwayne17
#96Erik17US #92
#97Jacob17US #31
#98Victor17US #88
#99Vincent17US #93
#100Alex16US #64

On the move since 1985

Rising

↑51Whitney#39
↑42Maria#36
↑37Sade#45
↑34Jasmine#40
↑32Sara#23
↑27Lindsay#50
↑25Courtney#48
↑25Bryan#47

Falling

↓39Victor#98
↓38Heather#66
↓37Jamie#100
↓35Alexis#79
↓31Scott#88
↓31Jacob#97
↓28Tiara#86
↓28Raymond#93

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1985 rankings.