Popular baby names in District of Columbia, 1946

The most popular baby names in District of Columbia in 1946 were Mary for girls (559 babies) and John for boys (804). John ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 22,068 babies born in District of Columbia in 1946 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 1946

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: 16 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Francine: 24 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Veronica: 24 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Gwendolyn: 39 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Marian: 30 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Yvonne: 44 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Jacqueline: 86 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Marion: 29 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Jacquelyn: 20 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Deborah: 37 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Tyrone: 28 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Reginald: 26 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Geoffrey: 16 babies, 5× the national rate
Maurice: 24 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Christopher: 35 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Jonathan: 24 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Nathaniel: 21 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Bernard: 52 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Jerome: 44 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Eric: 30 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in District of Columbia, 1946

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1945	US rank
1	Mary	559	–	1
2	Patricia	453	–	3
3	Barbara	438	–	4
4	Linda	333	↑1	2
5	Carol	247	↓1	5
6	Nancy	246	↑3	7
7	Sandra	228	↑1	6
8	Sharon	227	↑4	9
9	Susan	220	↓3	8
10	Margaret	211	↓3	17
11	Kathleen	182	↑8	16
12	Carolyn	176	↓2	12
13	Judith	173	↓2	10
14	Joyce	143	↓1	20
15	Diane	139	↓1	19
16	Joan	139	↑1	28
17	Karen	132	↑1	15
18	Donna	128	↓3	13
19	Shirley	118	↓3	18
20	Ann	109	↑6	40
21	Elizabeth	106	–	25
22	Jean	98	↑2	37
23	Gloria	97	↓1	26
24	Brenda	96	↑7	24
25	Catherine	93	↑17	48
26	Betty	92	↓6	14
27	Jane	90	↑7	35
28	Janet	87	↓5	21
29	Jacqueline	86	–	62
30	Janice	82	↑2	22
31	Beverly	81	↑14	30
32	Dorothy	81	↓7	23
33	Pamela	79	↑5	34
34	Martha	76	↓7	32
35	Frances	74	↑1	39
36	Cheryl	72	↓1	27
37	Joanne	70	new	57
38	Suzanne	69	new	52
39	Helen	67	↓11	36
40	Cynthia	64	new	46
41	Virginia	63	–	31
42	Ellen	62	↑5	58
43	Judy	62	↓13	11
44	Phyllis	60	new	41
45	Alice	59	↑3	44
46	Diana	59	↓9	42
47	Ruth	57	↓8	38
48	Anne	56	↓5	81
49	Bonnie	56	↓3	33
50	Kathryn	56	new	63

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1945	US rank
1	John	804	–	3
2	Robert	732	↑1	2
3	James	698	↓1	1
4	William	617	–	4
5	Richard	472	–	5
6	Michael	433	–	7
7	Charles	337	–	9
8	Thomas	333	–	8
9	David	315	–	6
10	Joseph	251	–	14
11	Ronald	246	–	10
12	George	221	–	16
13	Paul	207	↑2	18
14	Donald	177	↓1	13
15	Stephen	170	↑1	24
16	Edward	166	↓2	19
17	Kenneth	146	–	15
18	Lawrence	107	↑1	31
19	Gary	105	↓1	12
20	Frank	99	–	22
21	Daniel	90	↑3	21
22	Douglas	89	↑6	34
23	Larry	87	↑2	11
24	Dennis	86	↓2	17
25	Raymond	83	↓2	25
26	Carl	79	↑10	39
27	Arthur	76	–	36
28	Wayne	73	↑10	29
29	Peter	72	↓8	38
30	Alan	71	↑12	49
31	Gregory	71	new	56
32	Bruce	69	↑1	32
33	Steven	69	↓4	28
34	Walter	69	↓8	30
35	Harry	63	↓3	50
36	Samuel	61	↑14	70
37	Anthony	57	↑8	44
38	Henry	57	↓3	41
39	Gerald	56	↓9	27
40	Jerry	56	new	20
41	Roger	55	↑3	23
42	Frederick	54	↑6	75
43	Bernard	52	new	>100
44	Harold	52	↓13	33
45	Ralph	50	↓4	48
46	Andrew	48	–	84
47	Patrick	48	↑2	59
48	Eugene	46	↓9	57
49	Mark	45	↓15	58
50	Howard	44	new	55

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