Popular baby names in District of Columbia, 1913

The most popular baby names in District of Columbia in 1913 were Mary for girls (136 babies) and James for boys (111). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 2,598 babies born in District of Columbia in 1913 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 1913

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

Audrey: 17 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Catherine: 44 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Thelma: 30 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Jessie: 16 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Dorothy: 91 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Elizabeth: 54 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Frances: 44 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Louise: 32 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Margaret: 75 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Lillian: 30 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Benjamin: 15 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Bernard: 19 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Frederick: 18 babies, 4× the national rate
Samuel: 18 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Francis: 20 babies, 2.7× the national rate
James: 111 babies, 2.3× the national rate
William: 111 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Louis: 20 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Clarence: 19 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in District of Columbia, 1913

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1912	US rank
1	Mary	136	–	1
2	Dorothy	91	–	3
3	Helen	78	–	2
4	Margaret	75	–	4
5	Elizabeth	54	–	8
6	Ruth	45	↑3	5
7	Catherine	44	↓1	22
8	Frances	44	↑4	9
9	Louise	32	↑7	17
10	Lillian	30	–	16
11	Thelma	30	↑2	26
12	Alice	28	↑6	11
13	Evelyn	28	↓6	12
14	Mildred	28	↓3	6
15	Florence	26	↑7	13
16	Gladys	22	↑3	19
17	Ethel	21	↓2	20
18	Anna	20	↓4	7
19	Irene	19	new	21
20	Virginia	19	↓12	15
21	Audrey	17	↑22	>100
22	Beatrice	16	↑2	37
23	Esther	16	new	32
24	Jessie	16	new	61
25	Marie	16	↓8	10
26	Gertrude	15	↑12	33
27	Rose	15	↑6	14
28	Edith	14	↓3	29
29	Grace	14	↑10	25
30	Josephine	14	↑17	24
31	Julia	14	↑10	42
32	Anne	13	new	57
33	Bertha	13	↑3	39
34	Doris	12	new	44
35	Edna	12	↓15	18
36	Eleanor	12	↓15	34
37	Marion	12	↓10	51
38	Marjorie	12	↓10	48
39	Emma	11	↑7	38
40	Bernice	10	↓11	45
41	Charlotte	10	new	87
42	Elsie	10	↑3	40
43	Hazel	10	↓12	27
44	Naomi	10	new	>100
45	Sarah	10	new	43
46	Viola	10	↓16	52
47	Agnes	9	↓13	41
48	Annie	9	↓13	30
49	Jane	9	new	81
50	Marguerite	9	↓1	78

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1912	US rank
1	James	111	↑2	3
2	William	111	↓1	2
3	John	100	↓1	1
4	Joseph	65	↑3	5
5	George	60	↑1	6
6	Charles	54	↓2	7
7	Robert	50	↓2	4
8	Edward	30	–	8
9	Thomas	28	–	10
10	Richard	23	–	19
11	Frank	21	↑3	9
12	Harry	21	–	15
13	Walter	21	↑4	11
14	Albert	20	↑11	16
15	Arthur	20	↑6	17
16	Francis	20	↑8	30
17	Louis	20	↓1	20
18	Bernard	19	↑17	52
19	Clarence	19	↑13	21
20	Frederick	18	↑13	49
21	Samuel	18	↓1	36
22	Henry	16	↓7	12
23	Raymond	16	↓12	18
24	Benjamin	15	↑15	70
25	David	14	↓12	29
26	Norman	14	new	57
27	Earl	13	new	31
28	Eugene	13	↓2	43
29	Milton	13	↓2	71
30	Daniel	12	↑6	54
31	Maurice	12	new	95
32	Philip	12	↓1	69
33	Lawrence	11	↓10	35
34	Leroy	11	↑7	63
35	Paul	11	↓17	14
36	Howard	10	↓14	26
37	Jack	10	new	28
38	Ralph	10	↓19	22
39	Russell	10	new	50
40	Lewis	9	↑8	72
41	Leonard	8	↓7	46
42	Theodore	8	↑2	60
43	Alfred	7	↓15	42
44	Clifton	7	new	>100
45	Edwin	7	new	55
46	Harold	7	–	13
47	Carl	6	↓18	23
48	Elmer	6	new	45
49	Fred	6	↓12	27
50	Herbert	6	↓12	39

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