State roster

Top names in District of Columbia

The names most likely to appear on 1987 District of Columbia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 13,713 District of Columbia births in 1987 across 632 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.

#48Jamaloutside the national top 200
#52Indiaoutside the national top 200
#54Reginald#197 nationally
#61Tyroneoutside the national top 200
#65Tiaraoutside the national top 200
#55Maurice#187 nationally
#69Delonteoutside the national top 200
#70Claireoutside the national top 200
#71Janayoutside the national top 200
#71Jeromeoutside the national top 200
#73Tamikaoutside the national top 200
#70Dominic#196 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley233US #2
#2Jessica191US #1
#3Jennifer114US #4
#4Sarah101US #5
#5Brittany97US #7
#6Elizabeth96US #10
#7Tiffany88US #18
#8Stephanie79US #6
#9Amanda77US #3
#10Emily77US #19
#11Danielle76US #14
#12Lauren75US #16
#13Nicole68US #8
#14Christina66US #20
#15Katherine65US #28
#16Rachel62US #17
#17Kimberly57US #23
#18Melissa57US #13
#19Mary55US #37
#20Alexandra54US #59
#21Michelle54US #21
#22Laura52US #22
#23Samantha49US #11
#24Crystal47US #26
#25Kelly47US #30
#26Rebecca47US #25
#27Erica46US #31
#28Megan45US #12
#29Andrea41US #36
#30Caitlin41US #63
#31Latoya41US #128
#32Dominique40US #114
#33Erin40US #34
#34Courtney38US #33
#35Jasmine38US #79
#36Julia38US #86
#37Shannon37US #45
#38Ebony36US #157
#39Sara36US #29
#40Christine35US #48
#41Kathryn35US #51
#42Brittney34US #61
#43Kendra33US #77
#44Natasha33US #73
#45Victoria33US #50
#46Anna31US #52
#47Catherine31US #74
#48Jacqueline30US #54
#49Alicia29US #46
#50Hannah27US #66
#51Heather27US #9
#52India27
#53Whitney27US #32
#54Allison26US #44
#55Angela26US #35
#56Lisa26US #40
#57Alexis25US #113
#58Caroline25US #135
#59Natalie25US #56
#60Vanessa24US #43
#61Amber23US #15
#62Amy23US #24
#63Maria23US #53
#64Monica23US #64
#65Tiara23
#66Veronica23US #80
#67Diana22US #85
#68Margaret22US #90
#69Ana21US #169
#70Claire21
#71Janay21
#72Monique21US #130
#73Tamika21
#74Erika20US #75
#75Kathleen20US #72
#76Chelsea19US #47
#77Kristen19US #42
#78Krystal19US #70
#79Lindsay19US #49
#80Adrienne18US #188
#81Dana18US #83
#82Kristin18US #55
#83Molly18US #97
#84Angel17US #192
#85Colleen17US #158
#86Cynthia17US #84
#87Jamie17US #39
#88Nancy17US #126
#89Britney16US #177
#90Candace16US #120
#91Katrina16US #105
#92Renee16US #134
#93Anne15US #147
#94Emma15US #175
#95Linda15US #142
#96Patrice15
#97Patricia15US #76
#98Sabrina15US #110
#99Tierra15
#100Carla14

Boys

#1Michael308US #1
#2Christopher269US #2
#3David193US #5
#4James183US #8
#5John174US #11
#6Daniel170US #7
#7William168US #15
#8Andrew167US #6
#9Anthony158US #17
#10Matthew154US #3
#11Kevin147US #19
#12Robert145US #10
#13Brandon123US #14
#14Brian115US #20
#15Alexander111US #37
#16Jonathan110US #18
#17Eric109US #21
#18Joseph103US #12
#19Thomas99US #24
#20Joshua98US #4
#21Nicholas97US #16
#22Justin95US #9
#23Charles88US #35
#24Jason85US #23
#25Patrick85US #41
#26Marcus80US #67
#27Benjamin79US #28
#28Ryan75US #13
#29Timothy74US #26
#30Aaron69US #34
#31Antonio68US #72
#32Gregory65US #47
#33Richard65US #30
#34Steven63US #25
#35Jeffrey60US #32
#36Kenneth58US #53
#37Stephen58US #38
#38Sean57US #40
#39Andre54US #136
#40Paul53US #46
#41Samuel51US #50
#42Jeremy49US #29
#43Edward46US #61
#44Mark45US #36
#45Kyle44US #22
#46Ronald44US #73
#47Nathaniel42US #78
#48Jamal40
#49Jose39US #48
#50Keith39US #69
#51Adam38US #27
#52Derrick38US #86
#53Zachary38US #33
#54Reginald36US #197
#55Maurice34US #187
#56Ricardo34US #131
#57Nathan32US #45
#58Peter31US #64
#59Bryan30US #51
#60George30US #77
#61Tyrone30
#62Derek29US #54
#63Scott29US #43
#64Travis29US #42
#65Ian28US #81
#66Jacob28US #31
#67Carlos25US #74
#68Christian25US #90
#69Delonte25
#70Dominic25US #196
#71Jerome25
#72Phillip25US #68
#73Gary24US #87
#74Jordan24US #52
#75Gabriel23US #98
#76Victor23US #91
#77Colin22US #134
#78Vincent22US #95
#79Antoine21
#80Donte21
#81Philip21US #84
#82Raymond21US #79
#83Alex20US #60
#84Brendan20US #156
#85Darius20
#86Darryl20
#87Evan20US #83
#88Juan20US #66
#89Carl19US #126
#90Devin19US #99
#91Donald19US #70
#92Douglas19US #85
#93Jesse19US #55
#94Troy19US #122
#95Wayne19US #200
#96Curtis18US #100
#97Darren18US #170
#98Henry18US #137
#99Marvin18
#100Calvin17US #157

On the move since 1986

Rising

↑38Brittney#42
↑33Kendra#43
↑31Jacob#66
↑26Caitlin#30
↑26Ana#69
↑25Scott#63
↑24Ricardo#56
↑22Alexis#57

Falling

↓36Calvin#100
↓34Jesse#93
↓29Lindsay#79
↓28Lisa#56
↓27Maria#63
↓26Anne#93
↓25Kristen#77
↓24Kathleen#75

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1986 rankings.