State roster

Top names in District of Columbia

The names most likely to appear on 1988 District of Columbia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 14,492 District of Columbia births in 1988 across 680 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.

#55Tyroneoutside the national top 200
#58Jamaloutside the national top 200
#59Reginaldoutside the national top 200
#61Antoineoutside the national top 200
#66Tiaraoutside the national top 200
#67Tierraoutside the national top 200
#32Ebony#164 nationally
#63Dominic#195 nationally
#72Jeromeoutside the national top 200
#60Maurice#186 nationally
#77Janayoutside the national top 200
#80Melvinoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Ashley235US #2
#2Jessica165US #1
#3Brittany126US #6
#4Sarah126US #4
#5Lauren113US #11
#6Katherine92US #27
#7Tiffany91US #13
#8Jennifer90US #5
#9Elizabeth88US #10
#10Stephanie87US #7
#11Amanda83US #3
#12Jasmine79US #53
#13Danielle77US #17
#14Nicole77US #9
#15Alexandra68US #49
#16Rachel66US #19
#17Michelle65US #21
#18Samantha63US #8
#19Emily62US #18
#20Erica61US #31
#21Laura59US #23
#22Melissa56US #16
#23Kimberly55US #25
#24Christina54US #22
#25Megan53US #12
#26Rebecca48US #26
#27Allison47US #46
#28Anna46US #54
#29Andrea44US #35
#30Julia44US #88
#31Victoria44US #42
#32Ebony43US #164
#33Bianca42US #108
#34Courtney42US #24
#35Kelly41US #32
#36Christine39US #51
#37Crystal39US #28
#38Brittney38US #52
#39Erin38US #37
#40Mary38US #34
#41Whitney38US #39
#42Caitlin36US #44
#43Catherine36US #69
#44Maria36US #60
#45Sara36US #30
#46Jacqueline35US #62
#47Dominique34US #145
#48Monique34US #135
#49Shannon34US #56
#50Amy32US #29
#51Margaret32US #93
#52Latoya30US #157
#53Alexis29US #97
#54Amber29US #15
#55Hannah29US #61
#56Angela28US #38
#57Caroline27US #122
#58Kathleen26US #75
#59Alicia25US #50
#60Erika24US #76
#61Lisa24US #43
#62Kristen23US #36
#63Vanessa23US #41
#64Heather22US #14
#65Kendra22US #80
#66Tiara22
#67Tierra22
#68Natalie21US #63
#69Chelsea20US #33
#70Dana20US #90
#71Morgan20US #78
#72Anne19US #153
#73April19US #65
#74Claire19US #190
#75Diana19US #85
#76Emma19US #160
#77Janay19
#78Kristin19US #58
#79Natasha19US #73
#80Alison18US #113
#81Karen18US #111
#82Monica18US #70
#83Veronica18US #83
#84Britney17US #138
#85Casey17US #92
#86Patrice17
#87Patricia17US #77
#88Ana16US #170
#89Angel16US #166
#90Gabrielle16US #137
#91India16
#92Lindsay16US #57
#93Meredith16US #152
#94Renee16US #146
#95Carolyn15US #159
#96Jasmin15
#97Krystal15US #74
#98Molly15US #86
#99Rachael15US #100
#100Sade15

Boys

#1Michael312US #1
#2Christopher280US #2
#3James207US #9
#4David187US #6
#5Daniel176US #8
#6Matthew167US #3
#7John156US #11
#8Robert153US #10
#9Anthony151US #18
#10William145US #16
#11Kevin144US #20
#12Andrew140US #5
#13Joseph122US #12
#14Brandon120US #17
#15Jonathan115US #15
#16Alexander109US #34
#17Brian106US #22
#18Justin106US #7
#19Charles95US #37
#20Joshua95US #4
#21Eric94US #19
#22Nicholas94US #14
#23Ryan88US #13
#24Thomas87US #23
#25Marcus86US #66
#26Antonio82US #72
#27Samuel78US #45
#28Timothy76US #25
#29Benjamin74US #30
#30Patrick71US #42
#31Aaron70US #31
#32Sean69US #38
#33Gregory67US #50
#34Mark62US #39
#35Steven62US #24
#36Jason60US #27
#37Kenneth60US #51
#38Richard60US #32
#39Stephen56US #40
#40Andre54US #138
#41Kyle52US #21
#42Zachary52US #29
#43Paul50US #46
#44Derrick48US #97
#45Jeffrey47US #36
#46Ronald47US #79
#47Edward45US #62
#48Adam43US #26
#49Bryan41US #54
#50Jose41US #49
#51Nathaniel41US #81
#52Jeremy40US #35
#53Keith40US #70
#54Peter39US #64
#55Tyrone37
#56Jacob33US #28
#57Christian31US #86
#58Jamal31
#59Reginald31
#60Maurice30US #186
#61Antoine29
#62Dennis29US #116
#63Dominic29US #195
#64Ian29US #77
#65Travis29US #41
#66Donald28US #76
#67Nathan28US #44
#68Rodney28US #162
#69George27US #78
#70Juan27US #68
#71Colin26US #131
#72Jerome26
#73Phillip26US #71
#74Cameron25US #69
#75Douglas25US #88
#76Henry25US #140
#77Philip25US #94
#78Calvin24US #152
#79Carlos24US #80
#80Melvin24
#81Walter24US #175
#82Darrell22
#83Jesse22US #55
#84Scott22US #47
#85Darryl21
#86Darnell20
#87Delonte20
#88Edwin20US #182
#89Vincent20US #82
#90Alex19US #58
#91Donte19
#92Lawrence19US #150
#93Adrian18US #101
#94Deandre18
#95Gary18US #100
#96Larry18US #123
#97Marvin18
#98Oscar18US #160
#99Tony18US #133
#100Troy18US #124

On the move since 1987

Rising

↑32Tierra#67
↑27Allison#27
↑25Donald#66
↑24Monique#48
↑23Jasmine#12
↑22Henry#76
↑22Calvin#78
↑21Anne#72

Falling

↓39India#91
↓35Natasha#79
↓22Kendra#65
↓22Gary#95
↓21Mary#40
↓21Latoya#52
↓21Scott#84
↓19Ana#88

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1987 rankings.