Popular baby names in District of Columbia, 1945

The most popular baby names in District of Columbia in 1945 were Mary for girls (494 babies) and John for boys (707). John ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 19,448 babies born in District of Columbia in 1945 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 1945

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

Laverne: 18 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Yvonne: 45 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Antoinette: 18 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Leslie: 39 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Gwendolyn: 33 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Regina: 19 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Toni: 18 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Jacqueline: 72 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Veronica: 19 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Delores: 43 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Tyrone: 19 babies, 7× the national rate
Reginald: 22 babies, 5× the national rate
Nathaniel: 22 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Jonathan: 22 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Christopher: 26 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Maurice: 21 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Stuart: 17 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Eric: 26 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Brian: 32 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Stephen: 137 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in District of Columbia, 1945

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1944	US rank
1	Mary	494	–	1
2	Patricia	423	↑1	4
3	Barbara	391	↓1	3
4	Carol	258	–	5
5	Linda	249	–	2
6	Susan	222	↑3	10
7	Margaret	207	–	15
8	Sandra	191	–	6
9	Nancy	174	↓3	7
10	Carolyn	172	–	12
11	Judith	163	–	9
12	Sharon	147	–	8
13	Joyce	138	↑1	18
14	Diane	136	↑2	22
15	Donna	125	↑4	17
16	Shirley	118	↑1	14
17	Joan	117	↓4	25
18	Karen	114	↑5	16
19	Kathleen	114	↑6	19
20	Betty	113	–	11
21	Elizabeth	112	↓6	26
22	Gloria	107	–	23
23	Janet	106	↓2	20
24	Jean	95	–	38
25	Dorothy	83	↓7	21
26	Ann	81	–	39
27	Martha	75	–	30
28	Helen	72	↑1	31
29	Jacqueline	72	↑16	63
30	Judy	72	↑2	13
31	Brenda	71	↑7	29
32	Janice	70	↑2	24
33	Marilyn	66	new	27
34	Jane	63	↑13	36
35	Cheryl	62	↑7	32
36	Frances	62	↓6	34
37	Diana	61	new	43
38	Pamela	61	↓7	42
39	Ruth	60	↑1	33
40	Doris	58	↑6	46
41	Virginia	58	↓8	28
42	Catherine	56	↓7	50
43	Anne	55	↓7	81
44	Gail	55	↑4	52
45	Beverly	52	↓17	37
46	Bonnie	50	↓2	35
47	Ellen	48	↓4	61
48	Alice	47	↓7	41
49	Marie	46	new	49
50	Sarah	46	new	76

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1944	US rank
1	John	707	–	3
2	James	667	↑1	1
3	Robert	624	↓1	2
4	William	577	–	4
5	Richard	416	–	5
6	Michael	348	↑1	9
7	Charles	331	↓1	7
8	Thomas	296	–	8
9	David	286	–	6
10	Joseph	246	–	14
11	Ronald	202	↑2	10
12	George	193	↓1	15
13	Donald	180	↑1	12
14	Edward	151	↓2	18
15	Paul	139	–	17
16	Stephen	137	↑4	26
17	Kenneth	123	↓1	16
18	Gary	94	↑1	13
19	Lawrence	94	↑2	30
20	Frank	91	↓3	21
21	Peter	78	↑3	38
22	Dennis	77	↑5	19
23	Raymond	77	↓5	23
24	Daniel	76	↓1	24
25	Larry	76	↓3	11
26	Walter	70	↓1	27
27	Arthur	68	↓1	34
28	Douglas	65	↑7	29
29	Steven	62	↑15	43
30	Gerald	55	↓2	25
31	Harold	53	–	28
32	Harry	53	↓3	47
33	Bruce	52	↓1	48
34	Mark	52	new	72
35	Henry	51	↓1	37
36	Carl	47	↓6	39
37	Albert	46	↑9	49
38	Wayne	46	–	35
39	Eugene	44	↓3	50
40	Philip	44	–	58
41	Ralph	44	↓4	44
42	Alan	43	↑3	52
43	Leonard	42	new	57
44	Roger	42	↓1	22
45	Anthony	41	↑2	46
46	Andrew	39	new	86
47	Earl	39	new	71
48	Frederick	39	↓15	77
49	Patrick	39	new	63
50	Samuel	39	new	62

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