Popular baby names in District of Columbia, 1973

The most popular baby names in District of Columbia in 1973 were Jennifer for girls (260 babies) and Michael for boys (428). Social Security records list 14,729 babies born in District of Columbia in 1973 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 1973

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: 47 babies, 25.5× the national rate
Tia: 17 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Dionne: 17 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Keisha: 27 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Alexandra: 16 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Monique: 41 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Adrienne: 18 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Nina: 15 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Katrina: 41 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Sabrina: 26 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Boys

Donnell: 15 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Antoine: 23 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Lamont: 30 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Carlton: 15 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Andre: 58 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Reginald: 43 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Maurice: 34 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Marlon: 21 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Melvin: 31 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Duane: 30 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in District of Columbia, 1973

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1972	US rank
1	Jennifer	260	–	1
2	Kimberly	151	↑2	4
3	Michelle	129	↓1	3
4	Nicole	126	↑2	11
5	Lisa	117	↓2	5
6	Amy	102	↑3	2
7	Angela	87	↓2	7
8	Elizabeth	87	–	13
9	Stephanie	78	↓2	9
10	Heather	76	↑11	8
11	Melissa	73	↓1	6
12	Karen	72	–	23
13	Monica	67	↑12	40
14	Christine	63	↓3	17
15	Rebecca	62	↑1	10
16	Sarah	60	↑1	35
17	Andrea	58	↓2	30
18	Kelly	56	↑4	18
19	Laura	55	↑1	19
20	Christina	52	↑19	16
21	Shannon	52	↑24	22
22	Jessica	51	↑18	34
23	Mary	50	↓10	14
24	Julie	49	↓1	12
25	Katherine	48	↑19	64
26	Lashawn	47	↑8	>100
27	Tamara	46	new	66
28	Tracy	46	↑8	20
29	Catherine	45	↑9	67
30	Susan	45	↑1	25
31	Deborah	44	↑18	56
32	Pamela	43	↑3	47
33	Patricia	42	↓1	27
34	Erica	41	↑7	81
35	Katrina	41	↓2	>100
36	Monique	41	↑11	>100
37	Tanya	39	↓19	50
38	Tiffany	39	new	52
39	Crystal	38	↓25	48
40	Danielle	38	new	49
41	Denise	38	↑9	38
42	Erin	38	new	79
43	Cynthia	37	↓17	26
44	Yolanda	37	↓25	>100
45	April	36	new	33
46	Theresa	36	↑2	69
47	Dana	34	↓20	59
48	Katina	34	↓19	>100
49	Tara	34	↓12	37
50	Wendy	34	↓8	29

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1972	US rank
1	Michael	428	–	1
2	David	270	↑3	5
3	Christopher	241	↑1	2
4	John	235	↓1	6
5	James	231	↓3	4
6	Robert	207	–	7
7	William	184	↑1	9
8	Brian	182	↓1	8
9	Eric	159	–	13
10	Kevin	149	–	14
11	Anthony	137	–	21
12	Joseph	136	↑1	12
13	Matthew	133	↓1	10
14	Jason	131	↑4	3
15	Daniel	123	↑1	11
16	Charles	119	↓2	23
17	Richard	115	↑2	16
18	Thomas	112	↓1	19
19	Mark	109	↓4	15
20	Gregory	101	–	26
21	Sean	95	↑1	36
22	Andrew	94	↑6	29
23	Jonathan	83	↑6	31
24	Timothy	82	↑1	22
25	Jeffrey	78	↓4	17
26	Kenneth	77	↑1	28
27	Steven	76	↓3	20
28	Stephen	72	↓5	32
29	Ronald	71	↑4	40
30	Paul	69	–	24
31	Keith	67	↓5	41
32	Scott	66	–	18
33	Edward	65	↑6	39
34	Andre	58	–	>100
35	George	58	↓4	46
36	Patrick	55	–	37
37	Derrick	54	↑8	87
38	Marcus	54	↑2	72
39	Joshua	52	↑3	42
40	Aaron	46	↓3	34
41	Peter	46	↑3	52
42	Shawn	46	↑5	27
43	Jermaine	43	↓2	>100
44	Reginald	43	↑2	>100
45	Benjamin	41	↑4	55
46	Tyrone	39	new	>100
47	Donald	38	↓12	38
48	Justin	37	↑2	51
49	Marc	37	new	81
50	Bryan	36	new	43

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