Popular baby names in District of Columbia, 1974

The most popular baby names in District of Columbia in 1974 were Jennifer for girls (244 babies) and Michael for boys (372). Social Security records list 13,771 babies born in District of Columbia in 1974 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 1974

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: 38 babies, 24.7× the national rate
Lakisha: 39 babies, 15.5× the national rate
Kisha: 21 babies, 12× the national rate
Dionne: 16 babies, 11.9× the national rate
Patrice: 19 babies, 10.7× the national rate
Ebony: 16 babies, 8× the national rate
Nakia: 32 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Monique: 34 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Keisha: 21 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Latasha: 21 babies, 4.4× the national rate

Boys

Antoine: 20 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Reginald: 49 babies, 6× the national rate
Duane: 34 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Bernard: 22 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Damien: 17 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Andre: 50 babies, 5× the national rate
Tyrone: 45 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Jerome: 33 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Dwayne: 28 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Lamont: 19 babies, 4.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in District of Columbia, 1974

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1973	US rank
1	Jennifer	244	–	1
2	Kimberly	133	–	6
3	Lisa	113	↑2	8
4	Michelle	113	↓1	3
5	Nicole	103	↓1	11
6	Elizabeth	87	↑2	12
7	Angela	84	–	5
8	Amy	81	↓2	2
9	Heather	75	↑1	4
10	Karen	74	↑2	26
11	Stephanie	74	↓2	9
12	Jessica	68	↑10	17
13	Rebecca	68	↑2	10
14	Melissa	63	↓3	7
15	Christina	59	↑5	16
16	Christine	56	↓2	19
17	Sarah	53	↓1	20
18	Laura	51	↑1	21
19	Mary	50	↑4	13
20	Dawn	49	new	22
21	Andrea	47	↓4	35
22	Katherine	47	↑3	62
23	Kelly	42	↓5	15
24	Monica	42	↓11	43
25	Tanya	41	↑12	46
26	Susan	40	↑4	27
27	Tiffany	40	↑11	41
28	Tracy	40	–	23
29	Lakisha	39	new	>100
30	Shannon	39	↓9	18
31	Kathleen	38	new	76
32	Lashawn	38	↓6	>100
33	Crystal	37	↑6	49
34	Patricia	36	↓1	29
35	Rachel	36	new	36
36	Pamela	35	↓4	54
37	Barbara	34	new	77
38	Cynthia	34	↑5	33
39	Erin	34	↑3	47
40	Monique	34	↓4	>100
41	Catherine	33	↓12	73
42	Erica	33	↓8	74
43	Julie	33	↓19	14
44	Kristen	33	new	45
45	Alicia	32	new	90
46	Amanda	32	new	34
47	Nakia	32	new	>100
48	Natasha	32	new	>100
49	Danielle	31	↓9	40
50	Deborah	31	↓19	68

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1973	US rank
1	Michael	372	–	1
2	David	287	–	4
3	James	266	↑2	5
4	Christopher	236	↓1	3
5	John	218	↓1	6
6	Robert	201	–	7
7	William	171	–	10
8	Jason	167	↑6	2
9	Matthew	149	↑4	9
10	Brian	147	↓2	8
11	Kevin	147	↓1	14
12	Daniel	144	↑3	11
13	Anthony	131	↓2	21
14	Eric	121	↓5	13
15	Joseph	113	↓3	12
16	Charles	106	–	23
17	Mark	104	↑2	16
18	Richard	91	↓1	17
19	Andrew	88	↑3	28
20	Thomas	88	↓2	20
21	Gregory	87	↓1	31
22	Sean	79	↓1	37
23	Steven	79	↑4	19
24	Paul	75	↑6	27
25	Jeffrey	74	–	15
26	Kenneth	73	–	34
27	Stephen	72	↑1	35
28	Jonathan	70	↓5	33
29	Edward	69	↑4	40
30	Timothy	66	↓6	22
31	Aaron	64	↑9	32
32	Joshua	53	↑7	29
33	Derrick	52	↑4	87
34	Andre	50	–	>100
35	Scott	50	↓3	18
36	Reginald	49	↑8	>100
37	Ronald	49	↓8	42
38	Ryan	48	new	25
39	Keith	47	↓8	44
40	Antonio	46	new	82
41	Patrick	45	↓5	38
42	Shawn	45	–	30
43	Tyrone	45	↑3	>100
44	Damon	43	new	>100
45	Adam	42	new	36
46	Samuel	42	new	60
47	Alexander	40	new	>100
48	Donald	40	↓1	41
49	George	40	↓14	49
50	Justin	38	↓2	43

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