Popular baby names in District of Columbia, 1957

The most popular baby names in District of Columbia in 1957 were Mary for girls (468 babies) and Michael for boys (824). Social Security records list 28,560 babies born in District of Columbia in 1957 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 1957

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

Tawanna: 18 babies, 81.8× the national rate
Tawana: 18 babies, 48.2× the national rate
Jocelyn: 16 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Yvette: 20 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Cecelia: 17 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Laverne: 15 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Antoinette: 22 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Iris: 21 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Tanya: 27 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Cassandra: 22 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Tyrone: 78 babies, 8× the national rate
Andre: 46 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Maurice: 47 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Derek: 23 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Reginald: 81 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Carlton: 24 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Laurence: 15 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Derrick: 22 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Kelvin: 18 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Darryl: 38 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in District of Columbia, 1957

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1956	US rank
1	Mary	468	↑1	1
2	Deborah	418	↓1	6
3	Patricia	367	–	8
4	Karen	335	–	5
5	Susan	313	–	2
6	Linda	302	–	3
7	Sharon	301	–	14
8	Donna	239	↑1	10
9	Cynthia	226	↑2	7
10	Barbara	204	↓2	9
11	Debra	204	↓1	4
12	Elizabeth	178	↑5	22
13	Pamela	175	↑1	12
14	Brenda	173	↑9	13
15	Denise	172	↓2	25
16	Nancy	170	↓1	11
17	Diane	160	↓5	17
18	Kathleen	160	↓2	21
19	Cheryl	152	↑3	16
20	Robin	139	–	30
21	Carol	138	↓2	18
22	Carolyn	131	↑4	33
23	Margaret	128	↓2	29
24	Sandra	128	↓6	15
25	Sheila	127	↓1	58
26	Teresa	117	↑9	24
27	Lisa	114	↑5	26
28	Catherine	113	↓3	37
29	Janet	107	↓2	23
30	Theresa	105	↓1	36
31	Joyce	103	↓3	40
32	Michelle	100	↑16	79
33	Ann	97	–	44
34	Darlene	90	↑10	57
35	Janice	90	↓5	32
36	Laura	90	↓2	31
37	Kathy	89	new	20
38	Wanda	89	↓7	59
39	Jacqueline	88	–	91
40	Angela	82	↓4	89
41	Kim	78	new	35
42	Joan	76	↓4	60
43	Christine	75	new	41
44	Debbie	70	new	27
45	Leslie	70	–	77
46	Renee	70	↓4	>100
47	Anne	68	↓6	86
48	Shirley	68	↓5	46
49	Gail	67	↓12	54
50	Valerie	67	↓4	76

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1956	US rank
1	Michael	824	–	1
2	James	734	↑1	2
3	John	669	↓1	5
4	Robert	643	–	4
5	David	539	↑1	3
6	William	521	↓1	6
7	Thomas	377	↑1	9
8	Richard	358	↓1	8
9	Mark	319	↑2	7
10	Charles	306	↓1	11
11	Joseph	297	↓1	12
12	Anthony	252	↑6	27
13	Kevin	239	↑3	20
14	Paul	235	↓1	18
15	Gregory	230	↓3	23
16	Donald	216	↑4	15
17	Steven	216	–	10
18	Stephen	215	↓3	24
19	Kenneth	213	↑2	14
20	Ronald	209	↓6	17
21	Gary	180	↑1	13
22	Timothy	179	↑4	19
23	George	166	↓4	29
24	Jeffrey	157	↑4	21
25	Daniel	152	↓2	16
26	Edward	146	↓1	25
27	Larry	131	–	22
28	Christopher	130	↑2	43
29	Brian	129	↓5	26
30	Keith	121	↓1	36
31	Lawrence	100	–	46
32	Douglas	97	↑2	30
33	Peter	93	↑4	37
34	Bruce	92	↓1	34
35	Wayne	88	↓3	47
36	Eric	87	–	60
37	Raymond	81	↑2	39
38	Reginald	81	↑6	>100
39	Patrick	79	↓4	41
40	Dennis	78	–	28
41	Tyrone	78	↓3	>100
42	Andrew	71	↓1	56
43	Frank	71	↓1	38
44	Walter	65	↑3	58
45	Carl	63	↑3	49
46	Scott	63	new	32
47	Melvin	59	↑2	>100
48	Harry	57	new	100
49	Stanley	56	↓6	81
50	Gerald	54	new	51

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