Popular baby names in District of Columbia, 1971

The most popular baby names in District of Columbia in 1971 were Jennifer for girls (323 babies) and Michael for boys (537). Social Security records list 19,579 babies born in District of Columbia in 1971 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 1971

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

Lashawn: 52 babies, 20.5× the national rate
Dionne: 38 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Latanya: 20 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Adrienne: 29 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Patrice: 23 babies, 5× the national rate
Latonya: 29 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Ericka: 23 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Courtney: 21 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Antoinette: 23 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Nichole: 22 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Boys

Donnell: 17 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Lamont: 25 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Darnell: 20 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Antoine: 17 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Andre: 73 babies, 5× the national rate
Reginald: 64 babies, 5× the national rate
Maurice: 47 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Bernard: 32 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Nathaniel: 29 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Antonio: 67 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in District of Columbia, 1971

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1970	US rank
1	Jennifer	323	–	1
2	Michelle	225	↑1	2
3	Lisa	198	↑1	3
4	Angela	196	↑1	6
5	Kimberly	185	↓3	4
6	Nicole	129	↑2	27
7	Karen	123	↓1	15
8	Stephanie	123	↑1	11
9	Amy	116	↑1	5
10	Elizabeth	106	↓3	19
11	Mary	103	↑1	9
12	Christine	82	↑3	18
13	Heather	82	↑9	12
14	Melissa	82	↑3	7
15	Tracy	82	↓4	13
16	Laura	81	↓3	16
17	Monica	81	↑2	48
18	Susan	79	↑3	17
19	Christina	77	↓3	30
20	Cynthia	77	↓2	24
21	Crystal	72	↓1	79
22	Denise	70	↑17	36
23	Dawn	69	↑1	14
24	Pamela	69	↓10	28
25	Sarah	68	↑23	58
26	Sharon	67	↑6	40
27	Andrea	66	↑6	35
28	Patricia	64	↓2	26
29	Robin	61	↑16	51
30	Tonya	61	↓7	45
31	Julie	59	↑3	10
32	Deborah	55	↓5	33
33	Dana	53	new	44
34	Kelly	53	↓9	22
35	Lashawn	52	↑7	>100
36	Catherine	51	↑2	65
37	Theresa	51	new	61
38	Yolanda	51	↓8	98
39	Erica	50	new	>100
40	Rebecca	50	↑1	23
41	Tina	49	new	20
42	Donna	48	↓14	38
43	Renee	48	–	73
44	Stacey	48	↓4	41
45	Wendy	48	↓9	29
46	Maria	47	↑1	37
47	Tara	47	new	49
48	Jacqueline	46	new	75
49	Kathleen	46	new	53
50	Tammy	46	↓13	8

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1970	US rank
1	Michael	537	–	1
2	James	363	–	2
3	John	347	↑1	4
4	David	324	↓1	3
5	Christopher	310	↑1	6
6	Robert	298	↓1	5
7	William	263	–	7
8	Kevin	219	–	14
9	Anthony	213	–	23
10	Eric	192	–	18
11	Joseph	179	↑4	15
12	Brian	173	↑5	9
13	Charles	171	↓2	22
14	Mark	160	↓2	13
15	Richard	159	↓1	11
16	Matthew	152	↑9	19
17	Thomas	149	↓4	17
18	Sean	137	↑2	36
19	Gregory	135	↑4	26
20	Jeffrey	135	↓4	12
21	Andrew	132	↑7	33
22	Kenneth	119	↓3	25
23	Steven	118	↓2	16
24	Timothy	117	–	21
25	Jason	115	↑1	8
26	Scott	115	↑3	10
27	Daniel	107	↓5	20
28	Paul	102	↓10	24
29	Keith	98	↑4	37
30	Patrick	88	↑6	35
31	Stephen	86	↓4	27
32	Ronald	85	↓1	31
33	George	80	↑7	42
34	Edward	77	↓2	32
35	Jonathan	75	–	40
36	Andre	73	↓6	>100
37	Donald	71	↓3	34
38	Antonio	67	↑11	>100
39	Aaron	66	new	41
40	Marcus	65	↓1	65
41	Reginald	64	↑1	>100
42	Adam	56	new	57
43	Peter	55	↓2	47
44	Shawn	54	↑1	28
45	Derrick	53	↓8	84
46	Larry	51	new	44
47	Lawrence	51	–	85
48	Marc	51	new	70
49	Douglas	50	↓11	39
50	Gary	48	new	38

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