Popular baby names in District of Columbia, 1911

The most popular baby names in District of Columbia in 1911 were Mary for girls (88 babies) and William for boys (70). William ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 1,603 babies born in District of Columbia in 1911 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 1911

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

Evelyn: 34 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Bernice: 15 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Louise: 28 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Catherine: 27 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Grace: 22 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Thelma: 21 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Virginia: 20 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Edith: 17 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Dorothy: 49 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Elizabeth: 32 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Clarence: 16 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Charles: 49 babies, 3× the national rate
William: 70 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Harry: 15 babies, 2.1× the national rate
George: 38 babies, 2× the national rate
Thomas: 19 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in District of Columbia, 1911

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1910	US rank
1	Mary	88	–	1
2	Dorothy	49	↑2	4
3	Helen	44	–	2
4	Margaret	39	↓2	3
5	Evelyn	34	↑4	16
6	Elizabeth	32	↓1	7
7	Louise	28	↑3	19
8	Catherine	27	↓1	20
9	Ruth	26	↓3	5
10	Alice	23	↑4	11
11	Frances	22	–	10
12	Grace	22	↑15	23
13	Thelma	21	↑6	27
14	Gladys	20	↑14	18
15	Mildred	20	↑3	8
16	Virginia	20	↑1	26
17	Edith	17	↑8	31
18	Rose	16	↑16	14
19	Bernice	15	↑17	51
20	Josephine	15	↑11	29
21	Lillian	14	↓9	13
22	Marie	13	↓6	9
23	Beatrice	12	↑1	37
24	Elsie	12	↓1	41
25	Esther	12	↑13	34
26	Ethel	12	↓18	15
27	Edna	11	↓6	17
28	Eleanor	11	↓2	49
29	Florence	11	↑1	12
30	Katherine	11	new	55
31	Viola	11	↓11	47
32	Alma	10	new	62
33	Anna	10	↓4	6
34	Sarah	10	↑8	42
35	Agnes	9	↑12	39
36	Annie	9	↑12	24
37	Clara	9	↓15	33
38	Doris	9	new	56
39	Gertrude	9	↓7	30
40	Julia	9	↑5	44
41	Pearl	9	new	48
42	Vivian	9	new	80
43	Hazel	8	↓4	25
44	Ida	8	new	45
45	Mabel	8	new	43
46	Marion	8	↓33	58
47	Marjorie	8	↓14	59
48	Ann	7	↓5	53
49	Blanche	7	new	75
50	Ellen	7	new	84

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1910	US rank
1	William	70	↑2	2
2	John	65	–	1
3	Charles	49	↑2	7
4	James	46	↓3	3
5	George	38	↑1	4
6	Joseph	28	↑1	6
7	Robert	24	↓3	5
8	Edward	23	–	9
9	Thomas	19	–	10
10	Clarence	16	↑16	23
11	Harry	15	↑6	13
12	Albert	14	↑1	15
13	Bernard	14	↑12	54
14	Frank	14	↑9	8
15	Raymond	13	↓4	19
16	Frederick	12	↑12	52
17	Louis	12	↓2	21
18	Paul	12	↓6	17
19	Walter	12	↑1	12
20	Francis	11	↑2	33
21	Richard	10	↓11	20
22	Edwin	9	↑15	60
23	Leonard	9	↑7	46
24	Ralph	9	↑15	24
25	Earl	8	↑2	34
26	Benjamin	7	new	64
27	Elmer	7	new	48
28	Henry	7	↑1	11
29	Melvin	7	new	73
30	Ernest	6	↓14	32
31	Lawrence	6	↓17	37
32	Leroy	6	↑6	59
33	Samuel	6	↓14	30
34	Theodore	6	↓1	56
35	Alfred	5	↓3	39
36	Arthur	5	↓15	18
37	Everett	5	new	>100
38	Herbert	5	↓14	41
39	Howard	5	↓21	28
40	Milton	5	new	70

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