Popular baby names in District of Columbia, 1970

The most popular baby names in District of Columbia in 1970 were Jennifer for girls (302 babies) and Michael for boys (601). Social Security records list 22,095 babies born in District of Columbia in 1970 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 1970

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

Lajuan: 16 babies, 100.2× the national rate
Lashawn: 62 babies, 22× the national rate
Dionne: 37 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Antoinette: 31 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Alexandra: 18 babies, 5× the national rate
Patrice: 22 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Lauren: 30 babies, 4× the national rate
Crystal: 84 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Adrienne: 22 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Latonya: 20 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Boys

Donnell: 24 babies, 13.6× the national rate
Antoine: 18 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Andre: 99 babies, 6× the national rate
Maurice: 60 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Lorenzo: 19 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Darnell: 15 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Carlton: 17 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Reginald: 65 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Brendan: 16 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Nathaniel: 31 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in District of Columbia, 1970

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1969	US rank
1	Jennifer	302	↑2	1
2	Kimberly	286	–	3
3	Michelle	240	↑1	4
4	Lisa	235	↓3	2
5	Angela	194	↑1	6
6	Karen	152	↓1	12
7	Elizabeth	138	↑6	18
8	Nicole	137	↑8	30
9	Stephanie	124	↓1	17
10	Amy	116	↑10	5
11	Tracy	116	↓2	10
12	Mary	112	↓5	9
13	Laura	107	↓2	13
14	Pamela	101	↓4	26
15	Christine	94	↓1	14
16	Christina	87	↑3	35
17	Melissa	87	↑7	7
18	Cynthia	85	–	25
19	Monica	85	↑7	56
20	Crystal	84	new	>100
21	Susan	83	↓9	15
22	Heather	81	↑13	19
23	Tonya	80	↑9	49
24	Dawn	79	↓1	16
25	Kelly	79	↑2	20
26	Patricia	78	↓11	24
27	Deborah	75	↓10	33
28	Donna	75	↑5	32
29	Michele	73	↑14	31
30	Yolanda	73	↑15	>100
31	Shannon	72	new	22
32	Sharon	72	↓7	37
33	Andrea	71	↑3	43
34	Julie	71	↓13	11
35	Sabrina	71	new	>100
36	Wendy	68	new	28
37	Tammy	67	↑9	8
38	Catherine	65	↑1	59
39	Denise	65	↓5	36
40	Stacey	64	new	48
41	Rebecca	63	new	29
42	Lashawn	62	new	>100
43	Renee	61	new	68
44	Katherine	60	↓4	67
45	Robin	58	↑5	51
46	Tracey	57	↓2	55
47	Maria	56	↓5	39
48	Sarah	54	new	65
49	Cheryl	51	↓21	44
50	Linda	51	↓13	38

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1969	US rank
1	Michael	601	–	1
2	James	426	–	2
3	David	418	–	3
4	John	387	–	4
5	Robert	379	–	5
6	Christopher	338	–	6
7	William	301	–	7
8	Kevin	258	↑3	14
9	Anthony	235	↓1	22
10	Eric	226	↓1	18
11	Charles	200	↑2	21
12	Mark	200	↓2	9
13	Thomas	186	↑2	17
14	Richard	176	↑3	10
15	Joseph	170	↓3	16
16	Jeffrey	168	↑2	11
17	Brian	167	↓3	8
18	Paul	142	↑6	23
19	Kenneth	141	↑1	25
20	Sean	140	↑7	37
21	Steven	139	↑1	15
22	Daniel	138	↑3	19
23	Gregory	136	↓7	26
24	Timothy	134	↓3	20
25	Matthew	123	↓6	24
26	Jason	119	↑10	13
27	Stephen	112	↓1	27
28	Andrew	111	↓5	32
29	Scott	102	↓1	12
30	Andre	99	↑5	>100
31	Ronald	96	–	29
32	Edward	92	↓3	31
33	Keith	90	↓3	38
34	Donald	87	↓1	30
35	Jonathan	82	↑2	42
36	Patrick	78	↓4	33
37	Derrick	77	↑2	96
38	Douglas	72	↑5	36
39	Marcus	72	new	71
40	George	70	↓6	40
41	Peter	69	↓1	44
42	Reginald	65	↓4	>100
43	Todd	61	new	28
44	Maurice	60	new	>100
45	Shawn	58	new	34
46	Rodney	57	↓4	55
47	Lawrence	55	↓3	83
48	Tyrone	53	↓2	>100
49	Antonio	52	↓1	>100
50	Craig	52	new	39

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