Popular baby names in District of Columbia, 1954

The most popular baby names in District of Columbia in 1954 were Mary for girls (517 babies) and Michael for boys (808). Social Security records list 27,840 babies born in District of Columbia in 1954 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 1954

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

Saundra: 15 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Adrienne: 25 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Cecelia: 20 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Laverne: 15 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Tanya: 17 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Veronica: 45 babies, 4× the national rate
Bernadette: 26 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Cassandra: 16 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Antoinette: 22 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Dale: 24 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Tyrone: 79 babies, 9× the national rate
Andre: 31 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Carlton: 31 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Ricardo: 38 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Reginald: 61 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Maurice: 40 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Derrick: 15 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Clifton: 24 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Darryl: 28 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Eric: 85 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in District of Columbia, 1954

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1953	US rank
1	Mary	517	–	1
2	Deborah	510	↑1	3
3	Patricia	457	↓1	4
4	Linda	389	–	2
5	Susan	319	–	5
6	Karen	288	↑1	8
7	Barbara	262	↓1	7
8	Pamela	241	↑4	12
9	Debra	231	↑4	6
10	Sharon	228	↓2	16
11	Donna	207	↓1	11
12	Cynthia	201	↓1	10
13	Nancy	201	↑3	9
14	Diane	196	↓5	17
15	Kathleen	184	–	14
16	Brenda	167	↓2	18
17	Elizabeth	165	↑3	20
18	Denise	156	–	24
19	Janet	153	↑4	19
20	Margaret	144	↑1	21
21	Carol	141	↓2	15
22	Sandra	141	↓5	13
23	Joyce	140	↑1	28
24	Carolyn	127	↓2	27
25	Jacqueline	114	–	68
26	Robin	112	↑7	41
27	Sheila	102	↑1	60
28	Gail	98	↓1	37
29	Catherine	93	–	32
30	Anne	92	↑12	80
31	Janice	89	↓1	25
32	Joan	86	↓1	40
33	Ann	84	↑1	44
34	Wanda	84	↑2	58
35	Shirley	83	↑6	33
36	Theresa	83	↑2	47
37	Judith	78	↓2	30
38	Beverly	75	↑1	31
39	Cheryl	73	↓13	22
40	Gloria	71	↑3	42
41	Valerie	71	↑5	87
42	Laura	70	↑3	45
43	Teresa	70	↑7	34
44	Martha	69	–	46
45	Jean	63	new	56
46	Katherine	63	↓6	64
47	Michelle	63	new	94
48	Kathryn	60	–	51
49	Marilyn	60	new	35
50	Christine	59	↓18	43

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1953	US rank
1	Michael	808	–	1
2	James	726	↑1	3
3	John	711	↓1	4
4	Robert	686	–	2
5	William	568	–	6
6	David	545	–	5
7	Richard	370	↑1	7
8	Thomas	336	↓1	8
9	Charles	333	–	10
10	Joseph	307	↑2	13
11	Stephen	254	↑2	20
12	Mark	249	↑4	12
13	Gary	244	↓3	9
14	Steven	237	↓3	11
15	Ronald	234	↓1	15
16	Gregory	232	↑1	25
17	Paul	221	↑2	16
18	Donald	196	↓3	14
19	George	189	↓1	24
20	Kenneth	181	↑2	17
21	Edward	159	↓1	22
22	Kevin	158	↑5	28
23	Anthony	145	↓2	32
24	Jeffrey	143	↑1	23
25	Larry	142	↓2	19
26	Daniel	140	↓2	18
27	Douglas	126	↑6	29
28	Lawrence	119	↓2	39
29	Timothy	111	↓1	26
30	Wayne	111	↑4	41
31	Dennis	105	↓2	21
32	Bruce	94	↑3	30
33	Christopher	89	↑3	64
34	Peter	86	↓3	37
35	Eric	85	↑4	89
36	Raymond	85	↓4	35
37	Patrick	79	↓7	38
38	Tyrone	79	↑2	>100
39	Keith	78	new	45
40	Brian	77	↑2	48
41	Frank	75	↑2	36
42	Alan	69	↓1	43
43	Gerald	66	new	44
44	Stanley	63	↓6	58
45	Walter	62	↑1	49
46	Reginald	61	↓2	>100
47	Samuel	61	new	71
48	Carl	60	↓3	47
49	Philip	59	new	62
50	Arthur	56	↓3	52

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