Popular baby names in District of Columbia, 1924

The most popular baby names in District of Columbia in 1924 were Mary for girls (345 babies) and William for boys (286). William ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 7,186 babies born in District of Columbia in 1924 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 1924

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

Yvonne: 17 babies, 6× the national rate
Marguerite: 25 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Jacqueline: 18 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Nancy: 38 babies, 3× the national rate
Catherine: 77 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Harriet: 19 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Audrey: 30 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Jane: 41 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Peggy: 17 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Patricia: 55 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Bernard: 48 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Benjamin: 20 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Theodore: 25 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Francis: 46 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Milton: 18 babies, 2.5× the national rate
David: 53 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Samuel: 27 babies, 2× the national rate
Frederick: 19 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in District of Columbia, 1924

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1923	US rank
1	Mary	345	–	1
2	Dorothy	195	–	2
3	Margaret	170	–	5
4	Helen	121	–	3
5	Betty	99	↑1	4
6	Elizabeth	96	↑1	11
7	Doris	90	↓2	9
8	Ruth	83	–	6
9	Catherine	77	↑2	27
10	Frances	74	–	10
11	Jean	68	↑3	16
12	Evelyn	63	–	12
13	Alice	56	↑4	15
14	Louise	55	↑4	24
15	Mildred	55	↓6	8
16	Patricia	55	↑9	35
17	Virginia	52	↓2	7
18	Barbara	51	↓5	28
19	Florence	50	↑1	20
20	Marie	50	↑8	14
21	Gloria	47	–	41
22	Anna	45	↓3	13
23	Thelma	43	↓7	33
24	June	42	↑7	45
25	Jane	41	↑4	53
26	Marion	40	↑7	46
27	Lillian	38	↓3	23
28	Nancy	38	↑6	69
29	Shirley	37	↓7	19
30	Lois	35	–	22
31	Eleanor	33	↑5	29
32	Bernice	32	new	47
33	Gladys	32	↓10	30
34	Marjorie	32	↓8	17
35	Audrey	30	new	84
36	Katherine	30	↑8	59
37	Ann	28	new	55
38	Juanita	28	↑5	48
39	Josephine	26	↓4	34
40	Norma	26	new	40
41	Marguerite	25	new	>100
42	Anne	24	↓3	79
43	Ethel	24	↓16	39
44	Edith	23	↓3	36
45	Esther	23	new	51
46	Martha	23	↓9	21
47	Edna	22	↓5	31
48	Rose	22	new	25
49	Lucille	20	new	37
50	Pauline	20	new	38

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1923	US rank
1	William	286	↑1	3
2	John	285	↓1	2
3	James	232	–	4
4	Robert	227	–	1
5	Charles	162	–	5
6	Joseph	128	↑1	7
7	George	95	↓1	6
8	Richard	90	↑1	8
9	Thomas	78	↑1	11
10	Edward	73	↓2	9
11	Paul	54	↑3	14
12	David	53	↑6	24
13	Frank	53	↓1	12
14	Bernard	48	↑6	46
15	Albert	47	↑6	21
16	Francis	46	↑8	34
17	Raymond	46	↓6	15
18	Walter	43	↓2	16
19	Donald	42	↓4	10
20	Henry	40	↓1	18
21	Harry	33	↓8	22
22	Lawrence	32	new	36
23	Arthur	30	↓1	20
24	Jack	29	↑2	17
25	Clarence	28	↓2	29
26	Louis	28	↓9	28
27	Carl	27	↑13	27
28	Ralph	27	–	23
29	Samuel	27	↑10	45
30	Howard	26	–	26
31	Daniel	25	↑7	47
32	Theodore	25	new	65
33	Calvin	24	↑11	44
34	Melvin	24	↑9	48
35	Kenneth	23	↑2	19
36	Ernest	22	↓9	37
37	Harold	22	↓8	13
38	Stanley	22	↑8	40
39	Benjamin	20	new	89
40	Herbert	20	↓6	41
41	Earl	19	↓5	33
42	Eugene	19	↓17	25
43	Frederick	19	↓1	62
44	Leonard	19	↓12	38
45	Andrew	18	new	56
46	Anthony	18	new	39
47	Milton	18	new	81
48	Norman	17	↓17	42
49	Elmer	16	↓8	57
50	Fred	16	↓1	32

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