Popular baby names in District of Columbia, 1975

The most popular baby names in District of Columbia in 1975 were Jennifer for girls (239 babies) and Michael for boys (359). Social Security records list 13,547 babies born in District of Columbia in 1975 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 1975

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

Kia: 22 babies, 29.3× the national rate
Lashawn: 27 babies, 20.1× the national rate
Lakisha: 43 babies, 12.7× the national rate
Kisha: 22 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Dionne: 15 babies, 11× the national rate
Ebony: 27 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Lakeisha: 21 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Keisha: 29 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Tia: 16 babies, 7× the national rate
Nakia: 25 babies, 6.4× the national rate

Boys

Darnell: 21 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Antoine: 23 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Lamont: 23 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Duane: 32 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Darryl: 19 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Jermaine: 34 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Andre: 54 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Reginald: 35 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Maurice: 31 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Kelvin: 15 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in District of Columbia, 1975

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1974	US rank
1	Jennifer	239	–	1
2	Amy	126	↑6	2
3	Michelle	118	↑1	6
4	Kimberly	116	↓2	7
5	Nicole	112	–	10
6	Elizabeth	88	–	15
7	Heather	86	↑2	3
8	Lisa	83	↓5	8
9	Stephanie	81	↑2	9
10	Jessica	75	↑2	13
11	Melissa	74	↑3	4
12	Christina	71	↑3	12
13	Tiffany	69	↑14	37
14	Angela	68	↓7	5
15	Mary	65	↑4	19
16	Sarah	64	↑1	17
17	Kelly	63	↑6	16
18	Karen	61	↓8	27
19	Rebecca	60	↓6	11
20	Andrea	52	↑1	28
21	Laura	52	↓3	20
22	Tamika	52	new	>100
23	Crystal	47	↑10	43
24	Erica	45	↑18	63
25	Lakisha	43	↑4	>100
26	Christine	42	↓10	22
27	Susan	41	↓1	32
28	Monica	40	↓4	49
29	Katherine	39	↓7	58
30	Rachel	38	↑5	26
31	Amanda	37	↑15	14
32	Erin	37	↑7	38
33	Danielle	36	↑16	42
34	Dawn	36	↓14	23
35	Margaret	35	new	98
36	Robin	35	new	65
37	Shannon	35	↓7	21
38	Tracy	35	↓10	24
39	Maria	34	new	30
40	Cynthia	33	↓2	40
41	Patricia	33	↓7	36
42	Catherine	31	↓1	73
43	Dana	30	new	62
44	Julie	29	↓1	18
45	Kathryn	29	new	99
46	Keisha	29	new	>100
47	Monique	28	↓7	>100
48	Sharon	28	new	75
49	Theresa	28	new	78
50	Yolanda	28	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1974	US rank
1	Michael	359	–	1
2	James	235	↑1	4
3	David	222	↓1	5
4	Robert	221	↑2	6
5	Christopher	216	↓1	3
6	Brian	191	↑4	8
7	John	187	↓2	7
8	William	175	↓1	10
9	Jason	154	↓1	2
10	Matthew	152	↓1	9
11	Anthony	138	↑2	21
12	Eric	132	↑2	13
13	Kevin	130	↓2	15
14	Charles	121	↑2	25
15	Daniel	120	↓3	11
16	Joseph	114	↓1	12
17	Thomas	99	↑3	20
18	Gregory	93	↑3	33
19	Jeffrey	85	↑6	14
20	Mark	85	↓3	19
21	Andrew	79	↓2	28
22	Timothy	78	↑8	22
23	Richard	73	↓5	16
24	Jonathan	69	↑4	30
25	Paul	68	↓1	29
26	Stephen	65	↑1	34
27	Kenneth	63	↓1	35
28	Steven	61	↓5	18
29	Ronald	60	↑8	46
30	Ryan	60	↑8	23
31	Sean	59	↓9	40
32	Edward	57	↓3	41
33	Scott	57	↑2	17
34	Andre	54	–	>100
35	Joshua	53	↓3	26
36	Keith	51	↑3	49
37	Benjamin	50	new	36
38	George	49	↑11	53
39	Aaron	48	↓8	32
40	Patrick	48	↑1	39
41	Shawn	47	↑1	31
42	Antonio	46	↓2	77
43	Derrick	46	↓10	90
44	Adam	45	↑1	38
45	Donald	43	↑3	42
46	Larry	42	new	56
47	Damon	41	↓3	>100
48	Jeremy	41	new	24
49	Marcus	39	new	68
50	Raymond	39	new	63

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