Popular baby names in District of Columbia, 1928

The most popular baby names in District of Columbia in 1928 were Mary for girls (335 babies) and William for boys (265). William ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 6,775 babies born in District of Columbia in 1928 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 1928

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

Anne: 27 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Jeanne: 24 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Nancy: 41 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Delores: 20 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Jean: 86 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Vivian: 23 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Margaret: 134 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Doris: 111 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Gloria: 55 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Catherine: 46 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Hugh: 16 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Leon: 28 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Jerome: 16 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Milton: 19 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Roland: 15 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Francis: 42 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Bernard: 28 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Alvin: 18 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in District of Columbia, 1928

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1927	US rank
1	Mary	335	–	1
2	Betty	154	↑1	2
3	Margaret	134	↑1	5
4	Dorothy	118	↓2	3
5	Doris	111	↑4	7
6	Helen	95	↓1	4
7	Jean	86	–	12
8	Barbara	77	↓2	8
9	Patricia	76	↑1	11
10	Elizabeth	75	↓2	14
11	Shirley	72	↑2	10
12	Frances	68	–	13
13	Ruth	59	↓2	6
14	Gloria	55	↑1	25
15	Evelyn	54	↑5	17
16	Catherine	46	↑1	33
17	Nancy	41	↑18	43
18	Alice	40	–	19
19	Joan	40	↑22	27
20	Virginia	40	↓6	9
21	Thelma	37	↑1	40
22	Marie	36	↓3	21
23	June	35	↑11	44
24	Louise	35	↑4	31
25	Dolores	34	↑14	20
26	Marion	30	↑21	47
27	Mildred	30	↓11	15
28	Audrey	28	↓4	60
29	Rose	28	–	24
30	Anne	27	↑1	93
31	Lillian	27	↓5	35
32	Phyllis	27	↑10	26
33	Bernice	26	↑11	53
34	Elaine	26	↑15	68
35	Eleanor	26	↑3	36
36	Marjorie	26	↓15	29
37	Ann	25	↑6	54
38	Grace	25	new	52
39	Jeanne	24	↓14	90
40	Anna	23	↓17	16
41	Lois	23	↓14	18
42	Vivian	23	↓9	78
43	Edna	22	↑7	45
44	Katherine	22	↑2	75
45	Marian	21	new	71
46	Martha	21	new	22
47	Beverly	20	↑1	46
48	Delores	20	new	94
49	Lorraine	20	↓19	39
50	Ethel	19	↓14	55

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1927	US rank
1	William	265	↑1	4
2	John	258	↓1	2
3	James	247	↑1	3
4	Robert	218	↓1	1
5	Charles	138	–	5
6	Richard	131	↑1	6
7	George	121	↓1	8
8	Joseph	105	–	9
9	Thomas	95	–	11
10	Edward	86	–	10
11	Donald	64	↑1	7
12	Frank	49	↑4	12
13	David	48	↑1	19
14	Paul	48	↓1	13
15	Walter	47	↑3	18
16	Raymond	44	↓5	16
17	Francis	42	↓2	40
18	Harry	40	↓1	26
19	Albert	37	↑2	23
20	Ralph	37	↓1	24
21	Arthur	35	↑4	22
22	Henry	34	↑1	21
23	Louis	30	↑4	32
24	Alfred	29	↑22	33
25	Jack	29	↓5	15
26	Lawrence	29	–	38
27	Bernard	28	↓5	49
28	Leon	28	↑22	81
29	Eugene	27	↑4	20
30	Herbert	26	–	25
31	Clarence	25	↓7	35
32	Melvin	24	↓1	48
33	Howard	22	↑2	31
34	Kenneth	21	↑15	17
35	Samuel	21	↑2	52
36	Ernest	19	↓4	43
37	Milton	19	↓1	92
38	Stanley	19	↓4	45
39	Alvin	18	↑1	72
40	Norman	18	↓1	39
41	Earl	17	↓13	37
42	Leroy	17	↑2	51
43	Fred	16	new	36
44	Frederick	16	↓2	67
45	Harold	16	↓16	14
46	Hugh	16	new	>100
47	Jerome	16	new	>100
48	Roland	15	new	>100
49	Daniel	14	↓11	47
50	Edwin	14	new	58

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