Popular baby names in District of Columbia, 1918

The most popular baby names in District of Columbia in 1918 were Mary for girls (247 babies) and William for boys (238). William ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 5,658 babies born in District of Columbia in 1918 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 1918

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: 20 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Marguerite: 23 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Barbara: 29 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Jane: 31 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Ellen: 20 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Doris: 55 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Charlotte: 21 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Shirley: 16 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Elizabeth: 91 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Marian: 20 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Bernard: 36 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Francis: 51 babies, 3× the national rate
Milton: 15 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Richard: 72 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Norman: 23 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Charles: 147 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Frederick: 18 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in District of Columbia, 1918

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1917	US rank
1	Mary	247	–	1
2	Dorothy	158	–	3
3	Margaret	146	–	4
4	Helen	137	–	2
5	Ruth	104	↑2	5
6	Elizabeth	91	–	9
7	Frances	80	↓2	8
8	Virginia	64	↑4	7
9	Evelyn	63	–	11
10	Mildred	58	–	6
11	Doris	55	↑3	19
12	Alice	52	↓1	13
13	Florence	43	↑11	14
14	Anna	42	↑3	10
15	Marie	42	↓2	12
16	Catherine	41	↓8	20
17	Eleanor	41	↑3	26
18	Thelma	39	↑1	32
19	Louise	37	↓3	18
20	Edith	34	↑1	30
21	Gertrude	34	↑5	39
22	Betty	31	↑24	21
23	Jane	31	↑14	53
24	Lillian	30	↓9	15
25	Barbara	29	new	60
26	Marion	29	↑4	45
27	Marjorie	28	↑4	34
28	Martha	26	–	25
29	Rose	25	↓4	17
30	Jean	24	↓3	37
31	Marguerite	23	new	86
32	Edna	22	↓9	23
33	Ethel	22	↓15	28
34	June	22	new	66
35	Pauline	22	new	35
36	Ann	21	–	44
37	Anne	21	↑11	54
38	Charlotte	21	new	78
39	Audrey	20	↓5	>100
40	Ellen	20	new	92
41	Grace	20	↓8	31
42	Katherine	20	↓4	50
43	Marian	20	–	76
44	Bernice	19	↓22	41
45	Esther	19	↓10	38
46	Lorraine	19	new	69
47	Rita	19	↓2	58
48	Agnes	17	↓8	47
49	Beatrice	17	↓8	40
50	Josephine	16	↓8	24

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1917	US rank
1	William	238	↑1	2
2	John	237	↓1	1
3	James	188	–	3
4	Robert	152	–	4
5	Charles	147	–	5
6	Joseph	111	–	7
7	George	97	–	6
8	Richard	72	↑2	12
9	Edward	57	–	8
10	Thomas	55	↓2	10
11	Francis	51	↑8	30
12	Harry	50	–	20
13	Frank	46	↑1	9
14	Paul	40	↑2	14
15	Bernard	36	↑6	47
16	Raymond	35	↓5	15
17	Walter	35	↓4	11
18	Arthur	34	↑15	17
19	Donald	34	↓1	18
20	Henry	34	↓5	16
21	Ralph	34	↑8	22
22	Albert	33	↓5	19
23	David	33	↑7	28
24	Louis	30	↑3	24
25	Ernest	28	↓2	37
26	Jack	28	–	21
27	Lawrence	23	↑5	38
28	Norman	23	↓3	49
29	Harold	22	↓5	13
30	Herbert	21	↑1	40
31	Howard	21	new	26
32	Frederick	18	↓10	59
33	Carl	17	↑1	25
34	Clarence	17	↑1	23
35	Leonard	17	↑5	41
36	Earl	16	↑10	31
37	Kenneth	16	↑6	27
38	Roy	16	new	32
39	Samuel	16	↓1	43
40	Daniel	15	↓4	52
41	Edwin	15	new	55
42	Melvin	15	↓14	56
43	Milton	15	↓23	76
44	Benjamin	14	↑1	79
45	Eugene	14	↓8	35
46	Maurice	14	new	>100
47	Irving	13	new	>100
48	Lewis	13	new	74
49	Leo	12	new	48
50	Martin	12	new	81

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