Popular baby names in District of Columbia, 1959

The most popular baby names in District of Columbia in 1959 were Mary for girls (409 babies) and Michael for boys (767). Social Security records list 28,015 babies born in District of Columbia in 1959 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 1959

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, 63.8× the national rate
Antoinette: 28 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Cecelia: 20 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Yvette: 30 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Cassandra: 23 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Adrienne: 15 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Veronica: 47 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Tanya: 30 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Jacqueline: 84 babies, 3× the national rate
Gwendolyn: 51 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Andre: 57 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Tyrone: 78 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Maurice: 52 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Reginald: 83 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Carlton: 22 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Everett: 19 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Kelvin: 26 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Derrick: 29 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Ricardo: 29 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Derek: 21 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in District of Columbia, 1959

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1958	US rank
1	Mary	409	–	1
2	Deborah	329	–	9
3	Patricia	305	–	6
4	Susan	297	↑2	2
5	Karen	286	↓1	4
6	Donna	274	↑4	5
7	Linda	272	↓2	3
8	Sharon	244	↓1	17
9	Cynthia	216	↓1	8
10	Pamela	210	↑1	12
11	Cheryl	185	↑1	18
12	Elizabeth	180	↑1	21
13	Barbara	174	↓4	11
14	Denise	172	↑2	29
15	Lisa	157	↑2	10
16	Diane	148	↑2	19
17	Debra	147	↓3	7
18	Carol	140	↑2	22
19	Nancy	140	↓4	14
20	Brenda	131	↑2	16
21	Kathleen	131	↓2	23
22	Robin	129	↓1	32
23	Margaret	127	–	36
24	Sandra	125	–	13
25	Catherine	119	–	40
26	Michelle	118	↑3	47
27	Sheila	117	↑7	52
28	Carolyn	110	↓2	42
29	Theresa	106	↑6	34
30	Janet	103	–	28
31	Teresa	103	↓3	24
32	Wanda	99	↑10	65
33	Kathy	98	↓2	15
34	Debbie	93	↑6	20
35	Joyce	91	↓2	50
36	Anne	89	↑12	82
37	Angela	86	↑2	68
38	Jacqueline	84	↓1	>100
39	Laura	84	↓7	30
40	Darlene	83	↓13	66
41	Kim	80	new	35
42	Janice	78	↑3	37
43	Cathy	75	new	39
44	Ann	72	↓8	44
45	Renee	70	↑1	100
46	Tina	68	new	53
47	Julie	66	↓3	26
48	Leslie	66	new	84
49	Valerie	66	↓8	60
50	Christine	65	↓7	43

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1958	US rank
1	Michael	767	–	1
2	John	651	–	4
3	James	629	–	3
4	David	583	–	2
5	Robert	564	–	5
6	William	464	–	7
7	Mark	375	↑1	6
8	Thomas	323	↑1	9
9	Richard	315	↓2	8
10	Charles	300	–	11
11	Joseph	272	–	13
12	Anthony	267	–	26
13	Kevin	250	–	14
14	Kenneth	232	↑3	15
15	Steven	232	↑3	10
16	Paul	225	↓1	17
17	Timothy	190	↑2	12
18	Gregory	185	↓4	23
19	Ronald	183	↓3	21
20	Donald	172	↑1	19
21	Stephen	168	↓1	28
22	Christopher	165	↑2	35
23	Jeffrey	161	–	16
24	George	160	↑2	32
25	Edward	157	↑3	27
26	Gary	143	↓1	20
27	Brian	142	↑2	22
28	Daniel	136	↓6	18
29	Eric	119	↑2	46
30	Larry	119	↓3	25
31	Keith	102	↑1	39
32	Patrick	93	↑1	43
33	Bruce	90	↑5	38
34	Lawrence	89	↑3	62
35	Peter	85	↓5	40
36	Reginald	83	↑12	>100
37	Douglas	81	↓1	30
38	Raymond	78	↑1	45
39	Tyrone	78	↑2	>100
40	Dennis	77	↓6	29
41	Scott	76	↑1	24
42	Andrew	71	↓2	58
43	Frank	71	↑2	42
44	Craig	70	new	44
45	Philip	70	↑1	68
46	Matthew	67	↓2	63
47	Wayne	66	↓12	51
48	Alan	65	new	50
49	Walter	58	–	66
50	Andre	57	↓3	>100

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