Popular baby names in District of Columbia, 1950

The most popular baby names in District of Columbia in 1950 were Linda for girls (531 babies) and John for boys (808). John ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 24,926 babies born in District of Columbia in 1950 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 1950

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: 23 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Cassandra: 22 babies, 5× the national rate
Harriet: 27 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Francine: 28 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Cecelia: 19 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Yvonne: 70 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Veronica: 30 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Robin: 40 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Lisa: 22 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Antoinette: 16 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Boys

Andre: 23 babies, 10.7× the national rate
Tyrone: 56 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Reginald: 53 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Maurice: 36 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Sylvester: 17 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Ricardo: 15 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Aaron: 19 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Eric: 69 babies, 3× the national rate
Jerome: 59 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Alvin: 47 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in District of Columbia, 1950

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1949	US rank
1	Linda	531	–	1
2	Mary	519	–	2
3	Patricia	434	–	3
4	Barbara	340	–	4
5	Susan	278	–	5
6	Deborah	277	↑2	7
7	Sharon	241	↓1	11
8	Kathleen	206	↑1	10
9	Nancy	196	↑2	6
10	Diane	191	↑6	16
11	Karen	191	↑3	12
12	Margaret	187	↓5	15
13	Sandra	180	↓1	8
14	Carol	174	↑1	9
15	Brenda	169	↓5	14
16	Carolyn	157	↓3	20
17	Donna	157	–	13
18	Elizabeth	145	–	24
19	Cynthia	133	↑3	23
20	Janet	125	↑5	18
21	Joyce	114	↓1	27
22	Janice	107	↑7	22
23	Pamela	107	–	17
24	Shirley	107	↓3	19
25	Judith	105	↓6	21
26	Christine	104	↑6	28
27	Joan	104	–	40
28	Catherine	89	↑5	34
29	Beverly	88	↑11	31
30	Cheryl	86	↓6	29
31	Katherine	86	new	58
32	Jacqueline	84	↓6	55
33	Gail	83	new	42
34	Sheila	83	new	70
35	Gloria	77	↓7	30
36	Ann	75	↓5	45
37	Bonnie	73	↑1	33
38	Frances	72	↑5	51
39	Wanda	70	new	52
40	Yvonne	70	new	>100
41	Anne	68	↓4	84
42	Kathryn	68	new	46
43	Helen	66	↑5	50
44	Denise	65	new	82
45	Jean	65	↓11	48
46	Jane	62	↓4	39
47	Virginia	60	–	43
48	Betty	59	↓18	26
49	Dorothy	59	↓10	35
50	Ellen	58	↓9	66

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1949	US rank
1	John	808	↑1	3
2	James	701	↑1	1
3	Robert	668	↓2	2
4	Michael	649	↑1	4
5	William	614	↓1	6
6	David	378	↑1	5
7	Richard	378	↓1	7
8	Thomas	344	–	8
9	Charles	338	–	9
10	Joseph	277	↑1	13
11	Ronald	252	↓1	12
12	Stephen	223	–	19
13	Paul	212	↑1	18
14	Donald	192	↑1	14
15	George	190	↓2	20
16	Edward	183	↑2	22
17	Gary	181	↑4	10
18	Steven	175	↑2	16
19	Larry	169	↓2	11
20	Kenneth	162	↓4	15
21	Gregory	148	↓2	25
22	Dennis	138	↑2	17
23	Mark	123	↑2	23
24	Lawrence	122	↓2	33
25	Bruce	112	↑1	26
26	Daniel	108	↓3	21
27	Anthony	94	↑2	36
28	Raymond	93	↑2	31
29	Douglas	92	↑5	28
30	Peter	87	↓2	37
31	Patrick	80	↑5	38
32	Gerald	76	↑15	34
33	Christopher	74	↑2	72
34	Arthur	73	↑5	46
35	Alan	70	↓8	41
36	Walter	70	↓4	40
37	Eric	69	new	98
38	Frank	68	↓5	29
39	Wayne	67	↓2	35
40	Timothy	65	↓9	32
41	Roger	64	↑7	27
42	Harold	60	↓4	45
43	Jerome	59	new	>100
44	Philip	59	new	53
45	Andrew	58	↑1	68
46	Carl	58	↓5	44
47	Jeffrey	57	↓5	43
48	Samuel	56	new	62
49	Tyrone	56	new	>100
50	Harry	55	–	61

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