Popular baby names in District of Columbia, 1969

The most popular baby names in District of Columbia in 1969 were Lisa for girls (281 babies) and Michael for boys (605). Social Security records list 22,164 babies born in District of Columbia in 1969 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 1969

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

Lashaun: 15 babies, 36.5× the national rate
Lashawn: 32 babies, 13.9× the national rate
Lolita: 15 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Alexandra: 21 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Patrice: 19 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Nichole: 22 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Paulette: 16 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Latonya: 18 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Erica: 33 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Courtney: 15 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Donnell: 23 babies, 13.5× the national rate
Darnell: 21 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Andre: 86 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Maurice: 45 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Reginald: 66 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Bernard: 35 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Darryl: 41 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Tyrone: 53 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Jerome: 40 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Derrick: 63 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in District of Columbia, 1969

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1968	US rank
1	Lisa	281	–	1
2	Kimberly	272	↑1	4
3	Jennifer	270	↑1	3
4	Michelle	250	↓2	2
5	Karen	167	–	13
6	Angela	162	–	7
7	Mary	137	–	8
8	Stephanie	134	↑6	19
9	Tracy	128	↑2	17
10	Pamela	116	↑2	24
11	Laura	115	↓1	10
12	Susan	115	↓4	11
13	Elizabeth	111	↓4	16
14	Christine	108	↓1	14
15	Patricia	106	↑6	18
16	Nicole	102	new	47
17	Deborah	97	↑3	27
18	Cynthia	93	↑12	23
19	Christina	88	↑8	37
20	Amy	86	↓2	6
21	Julie	83	↑15	12
22	Theresa	78	↑15	49
23	Dawn	77	↑8	21
24	Melissa	77	↓8	5
25	Sharon	77	↓10	36
26	Monica	76	↓9	59
27	Kelly	74	↑1	15
28	Cheryl	73	↑15	41
29	Jacqueline	72	↑12	62
30	Kathleen	72	↑2	42
31	Teresa	70	new	32
32	Tonya	70	↓6	54
33	Donna	69	↓11	26
34	Denise	68	↑1	35
35	Heather	66	new	34
36	Andrea	65	↓13	48
37	Linda	64	↓12	33
38	Tina	62	new	22
39	Catherine	59	↑1	58
40	Katherine	59	↑10	70
41	Leslie	59	↓2	64
42	Maria	59	↓4	40
43	Michele	59	↓19	30
44	Tracey	59	↑2	65
45	Yolanda	59	new	98
46	Tammy	58	↑2	9
47	Sandra	57	↓18	25
48	Barbara	56	↓14	39
49	Rhonda	55	new	44
50	Robin	55	↓31	46

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1968	US rank
1	Michael	605	–	1
2	James	459	↑2	3
3	David	444	–	2
4	John	409	↓2	4
5	Robert	406	–	5
6	Christopher	313	–	7
7	William	275	↑1	6
8	Anthony	258	↓1	20
9	Eric	240	↑9	21
10	Mark	237	↓1	8
11	Kevin	231	↓1	16
12	Joseph	209	–	15
13	Charles	199	–	19
14	Brian	188	↑3	9
15	Thomas	176	↓1	13
16	Gregory	165	↑8	26
17	Richard	165	↓6	10
18	Jeffrey	153	↓3	11
19	Matthew	151	↑7	24
20	Kenneth	139	–	23
21	Timothy	137	↓5	17
22	Steven	134	↓3	14
23	Andrew	133	↑4	33
24	Paul	132	↓3	22
25	Daniel	128	↑3	18
26	Stephen	128	↓3	27
27	Sean	125	↓5	37
28	Scott	121	↑1	12
29	Edward	114	↓4	32
30	Keith	110	↑2	36
31	Ronald	105	↓1	29
32	Patrick	101	↑2	31
33	Donald	98	–	30
34	George	91	↓3	38
35	Andre	86	–	>100
36	Jason	85	new	25
37	Jonathan	72	↓1	46
38	Reginald	66	–	>100
39	Derrick	63	↑3	>100
40	Peter	62	↓1	43
41	Gary	61	↓1	35
42	Rodney	61	↓1	49
43	Douglas	60	↓6	34
44	Lawrence	59	↑3	71
45	Marc	57	new	63
46	Tyrone	53	↓2	>100
47	Vincent	53	new	70
48	Antonio	51	new	>100
49	Raymond	49	↓6	50
50	Corey	46	new	58

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