Popular baby names in District of Columbia, 1960

The most popular baby names in District of Columbia in 1960 were Mary for girls (368 babies) and Michael for boys (755). Michael ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 28,091 babies born in District of Columbia in 1960 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 1960

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

Tawana: 18 babies, 32.4× the national rate
Cecelia: 18 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Antoinette: 26 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Adrienne: 16 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Yvette: 33 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Cassandra: 29 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Bonita: 18 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Tonya: 26 babies, 3× the national rate
Sabrina: 19 babies, 3× the national rate
Jacqueline: 103 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Boys

Donnell: 15 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Darnell: 19 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Andre: 57 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Tyrone: 62 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Carlton: 23 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Derrick: 31 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Geoffrey: 20 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Reginald: 57 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Maurice: 30 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Nathaniel: 25 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in District of Columbia, 1960

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1959	US rank
1	Mary	368	–	1
2	Karen	322	↑3	4
3	Patricia	271	–	7
4	Susan	254	–	2
5	Lisa	249	↑10	6
6	Donna	248	–	5
7	Sharon	233	↑1	16
8	Linda	229	↓1	3
9	Deborah	226	↓7	10
10	Cynthia	200	↓1	9
11	Barbara	184	↑2	12
12	Pamela	180	↓2	14
13	Sandra	170	↑11	11
14	Brenda	161	↑6	13
15	Cheryl	156	↓4	17
16	Elizabeth	151	↓4	18
17	Denise	149	↓3	29
18	Robin	145	↑4	33
19	Laura	139	↑20	25
20	Carol	132	↓2	23
21	Debra	128	↓4	8
22	Angela	126	↑15	50
23	Catherine	125	↑2	42
24	Nancy	124	↓5	15
25	Kathleen	120	↓4	27
26	Diane	119	↓10	22
27	Michelle	117	↓1	39
28	Theresa	117	↑1	35
29	Margaret	113	↓6	36
30	Teresa	109	↑1	19
31	Kimberly	108	new	26
32	Carolyn	107	↓4	43
33	Jacqueline	103	↑5	85
34	Kathy	97	↓1	21
35	Kim	97	↑6	34
36	Janet	96	↓6	32
37	Janice	95	↑5	41
38	Sheila	90	↓11	56
39	Debbie	81	↓5	24
40	Valerie	81	↑9	65
41	Stephanie	77	new	91
42	Darlene	75	↓2	75
43	Anne	74	↓7	88
44	Maria	71	new	59
45	Renee	71	–	93
46	Wanda	69	↓14	66
47	Ann	68	↓3	51
48	Terri	68	new	49
49	Jennifer	67	new	61
50	Joan	67	new	80

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1959	US rank
1	Michael	755	–	2
2	John	632	–	4
3	David	612	↑1	1
4	James	610	↓1	3
5	Robert	581	–	5
6	William	466	–	7
7	Thomas	346	↑1	9
8	Mark	345	↓1	6
9	Richard	319	–	8
10	Kevin	297	↑3	15
11	Anthony	291	↑1	25
12	Charles	262	↓2	13
13	Joseph	242	↓2	12
14	Kenneth	221	–	16
15	Timothy	212	↑2	11
16	Paul	211	–	18
17	Steven	205	↓2	10
18	Christopher	198	↑4	29
19	Gregory	184	↓1	24
20	Jeffrey	177	↑3	14
21	Stephen	173	–	27
22	Ronald	171	↓3	21
23	Donald	146	↓3	19
24	Brian	141	↑3	20
25	George	141	↓1	33
26	Daniel	140	↑2	17
27	Edward	134	↓2	26
28	Eric	133	↑1	44
29	Gary	133	↓3	22
30	Andrew	124	↑12	51
31	Keith	123	–	35
32	Peter	115	↑3	42
33	Darryl	92	new	96
34	Patrick	90	↓2	45
35	Douglas	89	↑2	30
36	Larry	89	↓6	28
37	Bruce	86	↓4	39
38	Scott	82	↑3	23
39	Raymond	81	↓1	46
40	Wayne	80	↑7	58
41	Dennis	75	↓1	31
42	Frank	75	↑1	40
43	Craig	73	↑1	41
44	Lawrence	66	↓10	64
45	Matthew	66	↑1	61
46	Tyrone	62	↓7	>100
47	Carl	61	new	53
48	Alan	60	–	50
49	Walter	58	–	70
50	Andre	57	–	>100

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