Popular baby names in District of Columbia, 1925

The most popular baby names in District of Columbia in 1925 were Mary for girls (346 babies) and William for boys (291). William ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 6,995 babies born in District of Columbia in 1925 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 1925

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

Thelma: 53 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Gloria: 68 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Catherine: 57 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Jeanne: 24 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Elizabeth: 100 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Anne: 23 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Jean: 74 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Jane: 31 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Audrey: 23 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Patricia: 49 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Francis: 45 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Joseph: 155 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Bernard: 27 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Frederick: 20 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Milton: 16 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in District of Columbia, 1925

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1924	US rank
1	Mary	346	–	1
2	Margaret	141	↑1	5
3	Dorothy	139	↓1	2
4	Helen	136	–	4
5	Betty	116	–	3
6	Elizabeth	100	–	10
7	Ruth	93	↑1	6
8	Doris	82	↓1	8
9	Jean	74	↑2	14
10	Gloria	68	↑11	20
11	Frances	62	↓1	11
12	Evelyn	60	–	12
13	Catherine	57	↓4	29
14	Thelma	53	↑9	35
15	Alice	49	↓2	15
16	Patricia	49	–	28
17	Virginia	49	–	7
18	Marie	45	↑2	16
19	Mildred	45	↓4	9
20	Barbara	44	↓2	22
21	Shirley	42	↑8	17
22	Anna	40	–	13
23	Louise	39	↓9	27
24	Rose	34	↑24	26
25	Florence	33	↓6	24
26	Marjorie	33	↑8	21
27	June	32	↓3	39
28	Eleanor	31	↑3	31
29	Jane	31	↓4	53
30	Lillian	31	↓3	25
31	Bernice	30	↑1	46
32	Ethel	30	↑11	43
33	Edith	29	↑11	42
34	Martha	28	↑12	23
35	Ann	27	↑2	52
36	Nancy	27	↓8	60
37	Grace	26	new	44
38	Juanita	25	–	49
39	Marion	25	↓13	47
40	Jeanne	24	new	89
41	Katherine	24	↓5	61
42	Lois	24	↓12	18
43	Anne	23	↓1	85
44	Audrey	23	↓9	78
45	Gertrude	23	new	70
46	Lorraine	23	new	51
47	Norma	23	↓7	34
48	Edna	21	↓1	37
49	Esther	20	↓4	56
50	Marian	20	new	67

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1924	US rank
1	William	291	–	3
2	John	287	–	2
3	Robert	256	↑1	1
4	James	238	↓1	4
5	Joseph	155	↑1	7
6	Charles	153	↓1	5
7	George	149	–	6
8	Richard	102	–	8
9	Thomas	92	–	11
10	Edward	82	–	9
11	Donald	51	↑8	10
12	Paul	47	↓1	13
13	Raymond	46	↑4	15
14	Francis	45	↑2	35
15	David	44	↓3	22
16	Albert	41	↓1	21
17	Frank	41	↓4	12
18	Jack	40	↑6	17
19	Ralph	39	↑9	25
20	Harry	37	↑1	23
21	Walter	33	↓3	16
22	Arthur	32	↑1	20
23	Clarence	32	↑2	30
24	Eugene	29	↑18	24
25	Henry	29	↓5	18
26	Kenneth	28	↑9	19
27	Bernard	27	↓13	48
28	Louis	27	↓2	29
29	Samuel	26	–	46
30	Calvin	25	↑3	47
31	Harold	25	↑6	14
32	Melvin	24	↑2	50
33	Daniel	23	↓2	44
34	Herbert	23	↑6	42
35	Stanley	23	↑3	40
36	Earl	22	↑5	31
37	Ernest	22	↓1	37
38	Lawrence	22	↓16	36
39	Norman	21	↑9	41
40	Frederick	20	↑3	65
41	Leonard	20	↑3	38
42	Howard	19	↓12	26
43	Carl	17	↓16	28
44	Theodore	17	↓12	63
45	Fred	16	↑5	33
46	Leroy	16	new	52
47	Milton	16	–	80
48	Alfred	15	new	43
49	Andrew	15	↓4	56
50	Anthony	15	↓4	39

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