District of Columbia ★ 1940

Top names in District of Columbia, 1940

Mary led for girls with 366 babies ; John for boys with 472. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	366
2	Barbara	341
3	Patricia	270
4	Joan	161
5	Margaret	141
6	Nancy	134
7	Joyce	127
8	Judith	125
9	Carol	113
10	Betty	106
10	Sandra	106
12	Shirley	105
13	Elizabeth	99
14	Linda	97
15	Dorothy	89
15	Jean	89
17	Gloria	87
18	Ann	73
18	Helen	73
20	Doris	65
21	Carolyn	64
21	Frances	64
23	Janet	58
24	Susan	56
25	Ruth	55
25	Virginia	55
27	Alice	54
27	Martha	54
29	Beverly	47
29	Bonnie	47
31	Brenda	46
32	Delores	44
32	Donna	44
32	Phyllis	44
32	Yvonne	44
36	Ellen	42
37	Jane	41
38	Carole	40
38	Catherine	40
40	Janice	39
41	Elaine	38
41	Marie	38
43	Anne	35
43	Diane	35
43	Joanne	35
43	Kathleen	35
47	Geraldine	34
47	Julia	34
49	Evelyn	33
49	Mildred	33
51	Charlotte	32
52	Jacqueline	31
52	Judy	31
52	Sharon	31
55	Louise	30
55	Rose	30
57	Eleanor	29
57	Gail	29
59	Sylvia	28
60	June	27
60	Marilyn	27
60	Marjorie	27
63	Karen	26
63	Katherine	26
63	Suzanne	26
66	Marion	25
67	Audrey	24
68	Florence	23
68	Sara	23
70	Cynthia	22
70	Lois	22
70	Roberta	22
73	Christine	21
73	Constance	21
73	Ethel	21
73	Kathryn	21
73	Peggy	21
78	Juanita	20
78	Norma	20
78	Theresa	20
78	Vivian	20
82	Diana	19
82	Irene	19
82	Kay	19
85	Dolores	18
85	Grace	18
85	Jeanette	18
85	Rita	18
85	Sally	18
85	Sarah	18
91	Arlene	17
91	Bernice	17
91	Jeanne	17
91	Josephine	17
91	Marcia	17
91	Marian	17
91	Marlene	17
91	Rosemary	17
99	Anna	16
99	Edith	16

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	John	472
2	Robert	465
3	James	437
4	William	419
5	Charles	262
6	Richard	231
7	George	172
8	Thomas	168
9	David	155
10	Joseph	154
11	Edward	129
12	Michael	123
13	Ronald	121
14	Donald	120
15	Paul	100
16	Kenneth	79
17	Frank	76
18	Raymond	64
19	Walter	58
20	Lawrence	57
21	Gerald	53
22	Stephen	52
23	Daniel	45
24	Arthur	43
25	Peter	42
26	Francis	40
26	Louis	40
28	Harry	39
29	Ralph	37
30	Ernest	36
31	Carl	35
31	Harold	35
31	Henry	35
34	Larry	34
35	Eugene	33
35	Philip	33
37	Anthony	32
37	Dennis	32
37	Stanley	32
40	Albert	31
40	Roger	31
40	Samuel	31
43	Douglas	29
43	Earl	29
45	Melvin	28
46	Leroy	27
47	Bernard	25
47	Frederick	25
49	Fred	24
49	Jerry	24
49	Theodore	24
49	Warren	24
53	Andrew	23
53	Franklin	23
53	Gary	23
53	Leonard	23
57	Norman	22
57	Wayne	22
59	Howard	21
59	Phillip	21
59	Roy	21
62	Clarence	20
62	Jack	20
64	Alfred	19
64	Martin	19
66	Alvin	18
66	Jerome	18
68	Allen	17
68	Bruce	17
68	Edwin	17
68	Herbert	17
68	Leon	17
73	Barry	16
73	Benjamin	16
73	Don	16
73	Patrick	16
77	Nathaniel	15
77	Roland	15
79	Glenn	14
79	Gordon	14
79	Jay	14
79	Marvin	14
79	Maurice	14
79	Randolph	14
79	Reginald	14
79	Timothy	14
87	Harvey	13
87	Malcolm	13
87	Milton	13
87	Russell	13
91	Alexander	12
91	Arnold	12
91	Clyde	12
91	Edgar	12
91	Gilbert	12
91	Jesse	12
91	Joe	12
91	Lee	12
91	Mike	12
91	Vincent	12