Popular baby names in District of Columbia, 1958

The most popular baby names in District of Columbia in 1958 were Mary for girls (435 babies) and Michael for boys (845). Social Security records list 28,439 babies born in District of Columbia in 1958 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 1958

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: 17 babies, 74.4× the national rate
Laverne: 31 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Ernestine: 19 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Caroline: 29 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Adrienne: 17 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Yvette: 19 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Tanya: 28 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Antoinette: 19 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Patrice: 32 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Gwendolyn: 54 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Andre: 60 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Darnell: 20 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Tyrone: 77 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Derrick: 32 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Maurice: 37 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Geoffrey: 19 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Reginald: 60 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Ricardo: 30 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Derek: 20 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Carlton: 18 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in District of Columbia, 1958

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1957	US rank
1	Mary	435	–	1
2	Deborah	373	–	7
3	Patricia	340	–	5
4	Karen	335	–	4
5	Linda	318	↑1	3
6	Susan	268	↓1	2
7	Sharon	265	–	17
8	Cynthia	246	↑1	8
9	Barbara	202	↑1	9
10	Donna	200	↓2	10
11	Pamela	190	↑2	11
12	Cheryl	187	↑7	13
13	Elizabeth	177	↓1	22
14	Debra	173	↓3	6
15	Nancy	166	↑1	12
16	Denise	165	↓1	27
17	Lisa	161	↑10	19
18	Diane	159	↓1	18
19	Kathleen	159	↓1	21
20	Carol	144	↑1	20
21	Robin	141	↓1	32
22	Brenda	137	↓8	16
23	Margaret	134	–	31
24	Sandra	127	–	15
25	Catherine	120	↑3	38
26	Carolyn	118	↓4	37
27	Darlene	118	↑7	49
28	Teresa	111	↓2	26
29	Michelle	107	↑3	56
30	Janet	106	↓1	28
31	Kathy	105	↑6	14
32	Laura	105	↑4	29
33	Joyce	101	↓2	46
34	Sheila	100	↓9	59
35	Theresa	98	↓5	33
36	Ann	96	↓3	47
37	Jacqueline	91	↑2	99
38	Katherine	88	new	74
39	Angela	84	↑1	83
40	Debbie	84	↑4	24
41	Valerie	81	↑9	64
42	Wanda	80	↓4	66
43	Christine	79	–	43
44	Julie	77	new	23
45	Janice	76	↓10	35
46	Renee	73	–	>100
47	Stephanie	71	new	>100
48	Anne	70	↓1	87
49	Joan	68	↓7	68
50	Lynn	68	new	60

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1957	US rank
1	Michael	845	–	1
2	John	660	↑1	5
3	James	651	↓1	3
4	David	556	↑1	2
5	Robert	553	↓1	4
6	William	504	–	6
7	Richard	362	↑1	8
8	Mark	335	↑1	7
9	Thomas	330	↓2	9
10	Charles	295	–	11
11	Joseph	282	–	12
12	Anthony	238	–	27
13	Kevin	236	–	20
14	Gregory	215	↑1	23
15	Paul	213	↓1	15
16	Ronald	210	↑4	19
17	Kenneth	205	↑2	14
18	Steven	199	↓1	10
19	Timothy	194	↑3	13
20	Stephen	192	↓2	26
21	Donald	172	↓5	18
22	Daniel	171	↑3	16
23	Jeffrey	164	↑1	21
24	Christopher	149	↑4	39
25	Gary	147	↓4	17
26	George	144	↓3	31
27	Larry	130	–	22
28	Edward	128	↓2	28
29	Brian	124	–	24
30	Peter	118	↑3	41
31	Eric	113	↑5	50
32	Keith	108	↓2	37
33	Patrick	106	↑6	42
34	Dennis	105	↑6	29
35	Wayne	105	–	48
36	Douglas	103	↓4	30
37	Lawrence	89	↓6	52
38	Bruce	88	↓4	36
39	Raymond	82	↓2	43
40	Andrew	79	↑2	55
41	Tyrone	77	–	>100
42	Scott	76	↑4	25
43	Gerald	67	↑7	58
44	Matthew	66	new	60
45	Frank	63	↓2	38
46	Philip	63	new	67
47	Andre	60	new	>100
48	Reginald	60	↓10	>100
49	Walter	60	↓5	63
50	Rodney	57	new	65

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