Popular baby names in District of Columbia, 1910

The most popular baby names in District of Columbia in 1910 were Mary for girls (80 babies) and James for boys (78). James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 1,514 babies born in District of Columbia in 1910 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in District of Columbia in 1910

Names given at least 15 times in District of Columbia that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Marion: 18 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Margaret: 72 babies, 4× the national rate
Catherine: 28 babies, 4× the national rate
Viola: 15 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Dorothy: 50 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Louise: 24 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Evelyn: 25 babies, 3× the national rate
Elizabeth: 34 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Ethel: 25 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Bertha: 16 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Richard: 17 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Raymond: 16 babies, 2.8× the national rate
James: 78 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Paul: 15 babies, 2.3× the national rate
William: 61 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Charles: 33 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Thomas: 20 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in District of Columbia, 1910

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	US rank
1	Mary	80	1
2	Margaret	72	3
3	Helen	52	2
4	Dorothy	50	4
5	Elizabeth	34	7
6	Ruth	29	5
7	Catherine	28	22
8	Ethel	25	13
9	Evelyn	25	17
10	Louise	24	20
11	Frances	23	11
12	Lillian	20	14
13	Marion	18	59
14	Alice	16	10
15	Bertha	16	33
16	Marie	16	9
17	Virginia	16	29
18	Mildred	15	8
19	Thelma	15	25
20	Viola	15	48
21	Edna	14	18
22	Clara	13	32
23	Elsie	13	44
24	Beatrice	12	36
25	Edith	12	35
26	Eleanor	12	55
27	Grace	12	23
28	Gladys	11	15
29	Anna	10	6
30	Florence	10	12
31	Josephine	10	30
32	Gertrude	9	26
33	Marjorie	9	68
34	Rose	8	16
35	Anne	7	67
36	Bernice	7	58
37	Charlotte	7	99
38	Esther	7	38
39	Hazel	7	24
40	Mae	7	65
41	Nellie	7	51
42	Sarah	7	40
43	Ann	6	52
44	Betty	6	69
45	Julia	6	49
46	Myrtle	6	43
47	Agnes	5	41
48	Annie	5	19
49	Audrey	5	>100
50	Christine	5	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	US rank
1	James	78	2
2	John	61	1
3	William	61	3
4	Robert	36	4
5	Charles	33	7
6	George	31	5
7	Joseph	31	6
8	Edward	21	9
9	Thomas	20	12
10	Richard	17	21
11	Raymond	16	19
12	Paul	15	15
13	Albert	14	14
14	Lawrence	12	35
15	Louis	12	24
16	Ernest	11	31
17	Harry	10	16
18	Howard	10	27
19	Samuel	10	32
20	Walter	10	13
21	Arthur	9	17
22	Francis	9	36
23	Frank	9	8
24	Herbert	8	41
25	Bernard	7	62
26	Clarence	7	20
27	Earl	7	33
28	Frederick	7	69
29	Henry	7	10
30	Leonard	7	46
31	Wilbur	7	>100
32	Alfred	6	38
33	Theodore	6	54
34	Chester	5	61
35	David	5	30
36	Edgar	5	80
37	Edwin	5	71
38	Leroy	5	50
39	Ralph	5	28
40	Russell	5	58

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