District of Columbia ★ 1917
Top names in District of Columbia, 1917
Mary led for girls with 234 babies ; John for boys with 195. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.
Girls
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mary | 234 |
| 2 | Dorothy | 154 |
| 3 | Margaret | 124 |
| 4 | Helen | 121 |
| 5 | Frances | 80 |
| 6 | Elizabeth | 75 |
| 7 | Ruth | 65 |
| 8 | Catherine | 59 |
| 9 | Evelyn | 57 |
| 10 | Mildred | 56 |
| 11 | Alice | 51 |
| 12 | Virginia | 50 |
| 13 | Marie | 41 |
| 14 | Doris | 40 |
| 14 | Lillian | 40 |
| 16 | Louise | 36 |
| 17 | Anna | 34 |
| 18 | Ethel | 33 |
| 19 | Thelma | 32 |
| 20 | Eleanor | 30 |
| 21 | Edith | 29 |
| 22 | Bernice | 27 |
| 23 | Edna | 25 |
| 23 | Florence | 25 |
| 23 | Rose | 25 |
| 26 | Gertrude | 23 |
| 27 | Jean | 22 |
| 27 | Martha | 22 |
| 29 | Bertha | 21 |
| 29 | Marion | 21 |
| 29 | Marjorie | 21 |
| 32 | Gladys | 19 |
| 32 | Grace | 19 |
| 34 | Audrey | 18 |
| 34 | Esther | 18 |
| 36 | Ann | 17 |
| 36 | Jane | 17 |
| 36 | Katherine | 17 |
| 36 | Sarah | 17 |
| 40 | Agnes | 16 |
| 40 | Beatrice | 16 |
| 40 | Josephine | 16 |
| 40 | Marian | 16 |
| 40 | Pearl | 16 |
| 40 | Rita | 16 |
| 46 | Betty | 15 |
| 46 | Lucille | 15 |
| 48 | Anne | 14 |
| 48 | Elsie | 14 |
| 48 | Nancy | 14 |
| 48 | Vivian | 14 |
| 52 | Charlotte | 13 |
| 52 | Ellen | 13 |
| 52 | Marguerite | 13 |
| 55 | Clara | 12 |
| 55 | Hazel | 12 |
| 55 | Kathryn | 12 |
| 55 | Miriam | 12 |
| 59 | Irene | 11 |
| 60 | Barbara | 10 |
| 60 | Bessie | 10 |
| 60 | Constance | 10 |
| 60 | Ida | 10 |
| 60 | Lois | 10 |
| 60 | Theresa | 10 |
| 60 | Winifred | 10 |
| 67 | Annie | 9 |
| 67 | Emma | 9 |
| 67 | Estelle | 9 |
| 67 | Geraldine | 9 |
| 67 | Naomi | 9 |
| 67 | Nellie | 9 |
| 67 | Regina | 9 |
| 67 | Viola | 9 |
| 75 | Ada | 8 |
| 75 | Alma | 8 |
| 75 | Beverly | 8 |
| 75 | Henrietta | 8 |
| 75 | Janet | 8 |
| 75 | Julia | 8 |
| 75 | June | 8 |
| 75 | Lorraine | 8 |
| 75 | Lucy | 8 |
| 75 | Mae | 8 |
| 75 | Phyllis | 8 |
| 75 | Sylvia | 8 |
| 75 | Vera | 8 |
| 88 | Alberta | 7 |
| 88 | Blanche | 7 |
| 88 | Cecelia | 7 |
| 88 | Christine | 7 |
| 88 | Daisy | 7 |
| 88 | Dolores | 7 |
| 88 | Elaine | 7 |
| 88 | Hilda | 7 |
| 88 | Jeanne | 7 |
| 88 | Juanita | 7 |
| 88 | Minnie | 7 |
| 88 | Patricia | 7 |
| 88 | Rosetta | 7 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | John | 195 |
| 2 | William | 187 |
| 3 | James | 176 |
| 4 | Robert | 127 |
| 5 | Charles | 99 |
| 6 | Joseph | 94 |
| 7 | George | 90 |
| 8 | Thomas | 77 |
| 9 | Edward | 54 |
| 9 | Richard | 54 |
| 11 | Raymond | 47 |
| 12 | Harry | 42 |
| 13 | Walter | 32 |
| 14 | Frank | 30 |
| 14 | Henry | 30 |
| 14 | Paul | 30 |
| 17 | Albert | 27 |
| 17 | Donald | 27 |
| 17 | Francis | 27 |
| 20 | Milton | 23 |
| 21 | Bernard | 22 |
| 21 | Frederick | 22 |
| 23 | Ernest | 19 |
| 23 | Harold | 19 |
| 23 | Norman | 19 |
| 26 | Jack | 18 |
| 26 | Louis | 18 |
| 26 | Melvin | 18 |
| 26 | Ralph | 18 |
| 30 | David | 17 |
| 30 | Herbert | 17 |
| 30 | Lawrence | 17 |
| 33 | Arthur | 16 |
| 33 | Carl | 16 |
| 33 | Clarence | 16 |
| 33 | Daniel | 16 |
| 33 | Eugene | 16 |
| 33 | Samuel | 16 |
| 39 | Fred | 15 |
| 40 | Leonard | 14 |
| 40 | Leroy | 14 |
| 42 | Alfred | 12 |
| 42 | Kenneth | 12 |
| 42 | Theodore | 12 |
| 45 | Benjamin | 11 |
| 45 | Earl | 11 |
| 47 | Andrew | 10 |
| 47 | Franklin | 10 |
| 47 | Leon | 10 |
| 47 | Lloyd | 10 |
| 47 | Vincent | 10 |
| 52 | Harvey | 9 |
| 52 | Howard | 9 |
| 52 | Leo | 9 |
| 52 | Maurice | 9 |
| 52 | Morris | 9 |
| 52 | Philip | 9 |
| 58 | Anthony | 8 |
| 58 | Edwin | 8 |
| 58 | Elmer | 8 |
| 58 | Lewis | 8 |
| 58 | Warren | 8 |
| 63 | Allen | 7 |
| 63 | Carlton | 7 |
| 63 | Chester | 7 |
| 63 | Michael | 7 |
| 63 | Russell | 7 |
| 63 | Stanley | 7 |
| 63 | Stephen | 7 |
| 70 | Alexander | 6 |
| 70 | Herman | 6 |
| 70 | Horace | 6 |
| 70 | Hugh | 6 |
| 70 | Mark | 6 |
| 70 | Martin | 6 |
| 70 | Roger | 6 |
| 70 | Sidney | 6 |
| 78 | Edgar | 5 |
| 78 | Edmund | 5 |
| 78 | Everett | 5 |
| 78 | Gilbert | 5 |
| 78 | Irving | 5 |
| 78 | Nelson | 5 |
| 78 | Roy | 5 |
| 78 | Vernon | 5 |
| 78 | Wilbert | 5 |