Popular baby names in District of Columbia, 1937

The most popular baby names in District of Columbia in 1937 were Mary for girls (330 babies) and Robert for boys (395). Social Security records list 9,711 babies born in District of Columbia in 1937 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 1937

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

Delores: 52 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Jean: 114 babies, 3× the national rate
Yvonne: 42 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Constance: 26 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Anne: 33 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Jacqueline: 38 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Jeanne: 16 babies, 2.4× the national rate
June: 35 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Florence: 30 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Barbara: 329 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Maurice: 16 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Bernard: 33 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Benjamin: 18 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Roland: 15 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Warren: 20 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Frederick: 31 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Vincent: 17 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in District of Columbia, 1937

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1936	US rank
1	Mary	330	–	1
2	Barbara	329	–	2
3	Patricia	194	↑1	3
4	Shirley	153	↓1	4
5	Joan	138	–	9
6	Nancy	115	–	7
7	Jean	114	↑2	23
8	Margaret	114	–	10
9	Betty	99	↓2	5
10	Elizabeth	86	↑2	17
11	Helen	85	↓1	12
12	Dorothy	84	↓1	8
13	Carol	69	↑4	6
14	Doris	69	↓1	22
15	Joyce	67	↑1	11
16	Ann	60	↓2	30
17	Frances	60	↑2	19
18	Virginia	56	↑16	16
19	Delores	52	↓4	68
20	Gloria	52	–	32
21	Marie	45	↑16	35
22	Ruth	45	–	15
23	Yvonne	42	↑5	77
24	Sandra	41	↑19	26
25	Janet	39	↑4	18
26	Jacqueline	38	↑9	70
27	Judith	38	new	34
28	Carolyn	37	↓2	20
29	Evelyn	37	↓5	36
30	Mildred	36	↓3	43
31	Sylvia	36	↓13	50
32	Eleanor	35	↑12	53
33	June	35	↑7	71
34	Martha	35	↑7	24
35	Peggy	35	↑3	31
36	Anne	33	↓11	92
37	Catherine	33	↓16	47
38	Beverly	32	↓15	14
39	Jane	31	↓8	42
40	Florence	30	↑5	81
41	Juanita	30	↓2	75
42	Elaine	29	new	45
43	Alice	28	↓13	28
44	Lois	28	new	29
45	Anna	27	new	39
46	Dolores	27	↓14	37
47	Marjorie	27	↓1	57
48	Constance	26	new	>100
49	Louise	26	new	48
50	Phyllis	26	new	27

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1936	US rank
1	Robert	395	–	1
2	James	342	–	2
3	John	342	↑1	3
4	William	328	↓1	4
5	Charles	211	–	6
6	Richard	174	–	5
7	Thomas	154	↑3	9
8	George	153	↑1	10
9	Joseph	143	↓1	12
10	David	137	↑2	8
11	Donald	136	↓4	7
12	Paul	88	↑1	15
13	Edward	82	↓2	13
14	Ronald	73	–	11
15	Raymond	66	↑4	19
16	Michael	62	↑4	27
17	Walter	53	↓1	26
18	Arthur	45	↑12	31
19	Frank	45	↓4	18
20	Kenneth	44	↑3	14
21	Harry	39	↑1	41
22	Lawrence	37	↓5	38
23	Earl	36	↑8	48
24	Eugene	35	↓6	33
25	Albert	34	↑11	37
26	Bernard	33	↓2	73
27	Melvin	33	↑6	50
28	Frederick	31	–	68
29	Clarence	30	new	54
30	Gerald	30	↑8	20
31	Carl	29	↑3	28
32	Henry	29	–	30
33	Howard	29	new	42
34	Daniel	28	↑11	39
35	Francis	27	↓14	55
36	Ralph	27	↓7	34
37	Alfred	26	↑4	60
38	Harold	26	↓12	21
39	Ernest	25	new	53
40	Leroy	25	↑3	56
41	Philip	24	↓2	62
42	Joe	23	new	25
43	Leonard	23	new	58
44	Norman	23	↓17	43
45	Stanley	23	↓5	57
46	Louis	22	↓2	46
47	Jack	21	↓5	23
48	Jerry	21	new	17
49	Fred	20	↓24	35
50	Peter	20	↓1	52

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