District of Columbia ★ 1956

Top names in District of Columbia, 1956

Deborah led for girls with 481 babies ; Michael for boys with 789. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Deborah	481
2	Mary	433
3	Patricia	366
4	Karen	357
5	Susan	318
6	Linda	302
7	Sharon	289
8	Barbara	267
9	Donna	236
10	Debra	225
11	Cynthia	201
12	Diane	199
13	Denise	192
14	Pamela	190
15	Nancy	176
16	Kathleen	165
17	Elizabeth	150
18	Sandra	146
19	Carol	144
20	Robin	143
21	Margaret	138
22	Cheryl	130
23	Brenda	128
23	Sheila	128
25	Catherine	117
26	Carolyn	115
26	Janet	115
28	Joyce	112
29	Theresa	107
30	Janice	104
31	Wanda	100
32	Lisa	99
33	Ann	94
34	Laura	90
34	Teresa	90
36	Angela	89
36	Gail	89
36	Joan	89
39	Jacqueline	88
40	Judith	87
41	Anne	75
41	Renee	75
43	Shirley	73
44	Darlene	72
44	Leslie	72
44	Valerie	72
47	Beverly	70
48	Michelle	65
48	Rebecca	65
50	Katherine	63
50	Victoria	63
52	Christine	62
53	Paula	60
54	Kathryn	59
54	Kathy	59
56	Jean	57
57	Ellen	56
58	Jo	55
59	Gloria	54
59	Helen	54
59	Kim	54
59	Lynn	54
63	Betty	53
63	Phyllis	53
65	Dorothy	51
65	Regina	51
67	Jane	50
68	Veronica	49
68	Wendy	49
70	Bonnie	48
71	Gwendolyn	47
71	Judy	47
71	Ruth	47
74	Frances	46
74	Stephanie	46
76	Maria	45
76	Martha	45
76	Michele	45
79	Yvonne	44
80	Anita	43
80	Diana	43
80	Elaine	43
83	Alice	41
83	Charlene	41
83	Joanne	41
83	Sarah	41
83	Vicki	41
88	Maureen	40
88	Rose	40
88	Suzanne	40
91	Andrea	39
91	Debbie	39
91	Jennifer	39
91	Sherry	39
91	Terry	39
96	Annette	37
96	Cathy	37
96	Julie	37
99	Laurie	35
99	Monica	35

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	Michael	789
2	John	729
3	James	689
4	Robert	674
5	William	601
6	David	549
7	Richard	360
8	Thomas	357
9	Charles	347
10	Joseph	304
11	Mark	290
12	Gregory	256
13	Paul	235
14	Ronald	228
15	Stephen	227
16	Kevin	225
17	Steven	224
18	Anthony	201
19	George	197
20	Donald	196
20	Kenneth	196
22	Gary	184
23	Daniel	162
24	Brian	160
25	Edward	155
26	Timothy	149
27	Larry	143
28	Jeffrey	142
29	Keith	123
30	Christopher	122
31	Lawrence	110
32	Wayne	104
33	Bruce	98
34	Douglas	92
35	Patrick	91
36	Eric	88
37	Peter	83
38	Tyrone	81
39	Raymond	80
40	Dennis	76
41	Andrew	73
42	Frank	67
42	Stanley	67
44	Reginald	66
45	Glenn	59
46	Alan	55
46	Walter	55
48	Carl	54
48	Melvin	54
50	Craig	52
50	Ernest	52
50	Russell	52
53	Arthur	51
53	Bernard	51
55	Rodney	50
56	Gerald	49
56	Roger	49
58	Scott	48
59	Philip	47
60	Barry	46
60	Jonathan	46
60	Ralph	46
60	Samuel	46
64	Curtis	45
64	Willie	45
66	Frederick	44
66	Matthew	44
68	Earl	43
68	Jerome	43
68	Vincent	43
71	Darrell	42
72	Phillip	41
73	Albert	40
73	Harold	40
73	Jerry	40
73	Leonard	40
77	Francis	39
78	Clarence	37
78	Martin	37
78	Warren	37
81	Eugene	36
81	Howard	36
81	Ronnie	36
81	Theodore	36
81	Tony	36
86	Andre	35
87	Calvin	34
87	Nathaniel	34
87	Ricardo	34
87	Steve	34
87	Terry	34
92	Alvin	33
92	Harry	33
92	Marc	33
92	Maurice	33
96	Jeffery	32
96	Roy	32
96	Victor	32
99	Jay	30
100	Henry	29