Popular baby names in District of Columbia, 1972

The most popular baby names in District of Columbia in 1972 were Jennifer for girls (321 babies) and Michael for boys (480). Social Security records list 16,750 babies born in District of Columbia in 1972 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 1972

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: 48 babies, 21.6× the national rate
Patrice: 22 babies, 7× the national rate
Alexandra: 19 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Latanya: 16 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Dionne: 15 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Keisha: 19 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Ericka: 19 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Monique: 39 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Nina: 16 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Katina: 52 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Boys

Donnell: 28 babies, 20.4× the national rate
Antoine: 20 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Andre: 68 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Maurice: 51 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Lamont: 31 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Jermaine: 53 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Reginald: 48 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Nathaniel: 29 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Ivan: 16 babies, 4× the national rate
Tyrone: 39 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in District of Columbia, 1972

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1971	US rank
1	Jennifer	321	–	1
2	Michelle	160	–	2
3	Lisa	159	–	3
4	Kimberly	155	↑1	4
5	Angela	150	↓1	6
6	Nicole	135	–	10
7	Stephanie	115	↑1	8
8	Elizabeth	94	↑2	15
9	Amy	88	–	5
10	Melissa	83	↑4	7
11	Christine	79	↑1	16
12	Karen	79	↓5	21
13	Mary	72	↓2	13
14	Crystal	69	↑7	59
15	Andrea	68	↑12	30
16	Rebecca	67	↑24	14
17	Sarah	64	↑8	49
18	Tanya	63	new	54
19	Yolanda	63	↑19	89
20	Laura	62	↓4	17
21	Heather	61	↓8	9
22	Kelly	60	↑12	23
23	Julie	57	↑8	12
24	Sharon	56	↑2	50
25	Monica	53	↓8	47
26	Cynthia	52	↓6	25
27	Dana	52	↑6	52
28	Dawn	52	↓5	20
29	Katina	52	new	>100
30	Tonya	52	–	37
31	Susan	51	↓13	24
32	Patricia	50	↓4	27
33	Katrina	48	new	>100
34	Lashawn	48	↑1	>100
35	Pamela	48	↓11	34
36	Tracy	47	↓21	19
37	Tara	46	↑10	38
38	Catherine	45	↓2	65
39	Christina	45	↓20	26
40	Jessica	45	new	46
41	Erica	44	↓2	87
42	Wendy	43	↑3	29
43	Cheryl	42	new	56
44	Katherine	42	new	69
45	Shannon	42	new	22
46	Michele	39	new	36
47	Monique	39	new	>100
48	Theresa	39	↓11	68
49	Deborah	38	↓17	43
50	Denise	38	↓28	35

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1971	US rank
1	Michael	480	–	1
2	James	306	–	3
3	John	303	–	5
4	Christopher	287	↑1	2
5	David	258	↓1	4
6	Robert	248	–	6
7	Brian	221	↑5	8
8	William	206	↓1	9
9	Eric	184	↑1	16
10	Kevin	166	↓2	13
11	Anthony	165	↓2	22
12	Matthew	162	↑4	10
13	Joseph	143	↓2	12
14	Charles	139	↓1	23
15	Mark	132	↓1	18
16	Daniel	131	↑11	15
17	Thomas	123	–	20
18	Jason	120	↑7	7
19	Richard	119	↓4	14
20	Gregory	111	↓1	26
21	Jeffrey	104	↓1	17
22	Sean	97	↓4	33
23	Stephen	92	↑8	29
24	Steven	91	↓1	19
25	Timothy	88	↓1	21
26	Keith	87	↑3	38
27	Kenneth	86	↓5	27
28	Andrew	84	↓7	30
29	Jonathan	82	↑6	37
30	Paul	74	↓2	24
31	George	73	↑2	44
32	Scott	71	↓6	11
33	Ronald	69	↓1	32
34	Andre	68	↑2	>100
35	Donald	65	↑2	36
36	Patrick	64	↓6	35
37	Aaron	63	↑2	40
38	Antonio	59	–	93
39	Edward	59	↓5	34
40	Marcus	56	–	71
41	Jermaine	53	new	>100
42	Joshua	52	new	59
43	Maurice	51	new	>100
44	Peter	51	↓1	48
45	Derrick	48	–	91
46	Reginald	48	↓5	>100
47	Shawn	46	↓3	28
48	Douglas	45	↑1	43
49	Benjamin	43	new	64
50	Justin	43	new	60

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