Popular baby names in District of Columbia, 1949

The most popular baby names in District of Columbia in 1949 were Linda for girls (615 babies) and Robert for boys (735). Robert ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 23,674 babies born in District of Columbia in 1949 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 1949

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: 20 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Saundra: 21 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Cassandra: 17 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Antoinette: 23 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Cecelia: 22 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Veronica: 34 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Marguerite: 18 babies, 3× the national rate
Gwendolyn: 52 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Jacqueline: 100 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Regina: 38 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Reginald: 54 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Tyrone: 38 babies, 7× the national rate
Carlton: 18 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Geoffrey: 15 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Maurice: 27 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Clifton: 21 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Rudolph: 17 babies, 3× the national rate
Aaron: 15 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Bernard: 48 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Jonathan: 26 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in District of Columbia, 1949

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1948	US rank
1	Linda	615	–	1
2	Mary	491	–	2
3	Patricia	422	–	3
4	Barbara	323	–	4
5	Susan	294	–	5
6	Sharon	220	↑1	10
7	Margaret	200	↓1	14
8	Deborah	199	↑11	15
9	Kathleen	199	↑3	9
10	Brenda	198	↑4	13
11	Nancy	191	↓3	7
12	Sandra	184	↓3	6
13	Carolyn	174	–	17
14	Karen	171	↑1	11
15	Carol	169	↓5	8
16	Diane	163	↓5	19
17	Donna	160	↓1	12
18	Elizabeth	143	↓1	25
19	Judith	133	↓1	16
20	Joyce	118	–	26
21	Shirley	118	↑2	18
22	Cynthia	111	–	27
23	Pamela	111	↓2	21
24	Cheryl	108	↑10	28
25	Janet	103	↑6	23
26	Jacqueline	100	–	58
27	Joan	97	↑1	36
28	Gloria	96	↑9	29
29	Janice	95	↓5	24
30	Betty	93	↓1	22
31	Ann	84	↓6	44
32	Christine	82	↑3	30
33	Catherine	77	↓6	37
34	Jean	68	↓1	45
35	Paula	68	new	55
36	Martha	67	new	34
37	Anne	66	↑2	86
38	Bonnie	66	↑9	35
39	Dorothy	66	↓3	32
40	Beverly	65	↓8	31
41	Ellen	64	↑4	64
42	Jane	64	↓1	41
43	Frances	62	↓13	49
44	Ruth	62	↓1	47
45	Theresa	61	↓5	63
46	Joanne	57	new	61
47	Virginia	57	new	39
48	Helen	56	↓4	46
49	Phyllis	56	new	50
50	Alice	55	↓4	53

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1948	US rank
1	Robert	735	↑2	2
2	John	720	↓1	3
3	James	717	↓1	1
4	William	605	–	4
5	Michael	582	–	5
6	Richard	391	–	7
7	David	379	↑2	6
8	Thomas	355	↓1	8
9	Charles	324	↓1	9
10	Ronald	258	↑1	11
11	Joseph	242	↓1	14
12	Stephen	217	↑2	19
13	George	199	↓1	18
14	Paul	169	↓1	17
15	Donald	157	–	13
16	Kenneth	153	↑1	15
17	Larry	146	↑1	10
18	Edward	140	↓2	21
19	Gregory	138	↑6	31
20	Steven	132	↑2	20
21	Gary	118	↓2	12
22	Lawrence	109	↓1	32
23	Daniel	108	↓3	22
24	Dennis	107	↑2	16
25	Mark	101	↑2	24
26	Bruce	91	↑3	26
27	Alan	83	↑1	45
28	Peter	83	↑14	38
29	Anthony	79	↑2	36
30	Raymond	79	↓7	30
31	Timothy	79	↑5	34
32	Walter	79	↓2	37
33	Frank	78	↓9	27
34	Douglas	72	↑5	29
35	Christopher	70	↑3	81
36	Patrick	66	↓1	39
37	Wayne	66	↑3	35
38	Harold	60	↓5	42
39	Arthur	56	↓5	44
40	Howard	55	new	63
41	Carl	54	↓4	43
42	Jeffrey	54	↑8	48
43	Reginald	54	new	>100
44	Henry	53	new	46
45	Ralph	53	↓1	50
46	Andrew	51	↓1	75
47	Gerald	50	↓15	33
48	Roger	50	↓2	25
49	Francis	49	new	78
50	Harry	49	new	59

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