Popular baby names in District of Columbia, 1977

The most popular baby names in District of Columbia in 1977 were Jennifer for girls (231 babies) and Michael for boys (390). Social Security records list 13,944 babies born in District of Columbia in 1977 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 1977

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: 19 babies, 20× the national rate
Kia: 17 babies, 19.9× the national rate
Kisha: 26 babies, 13.9× the national rate
Keisha: 51 babies, 12.3× the national rate
Nakia: 17 babies, 11.8× the national rate
Jamila: 15 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Lakisha: 35 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Camille: 16 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Alexandra: 21 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Lakeisha: 22 babies, 7× the national rate

Boys

Donnell: 17 babies, 15.6× the national rate
Rashad: 15 babies, 10× the national rate
Maurice: 43 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Demetrius: 16 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Marco: 19 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Andre: 44 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Duane: 23 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Brendan: 17 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Tyrone: 34 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Reginald: 33 babies, 4.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in District of Columbia, 1977

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1976	US rank
1	Jennifer	231	–	1
2	Kimberly	125	↑1	8
3	Elizabeth	92	↑2	13
4	Nicole	89	↓2	15
5	Michelle	88	↓1	7
6	Jessica	87	↑6	4
7	Kelly	87	↑25	10
8	Sarah	85	↑5	11
9	Angela	79	↓1	6
10	Christina	78	↓3	16
11	Shannon	75	↑13	19
12	Lisa	72	↓1	12
13	Melissa	72	↓4	2
14	Stephanie	65	↓4	14
15	Heather	64	↓1	5
16	Mary	59	↑11	21
17	Tiffany	59	↓1	34
18	Erin	57	↑2	23
19	Amy	54	↓13	3
20	Crystal	54	↑18	25
21	Christine	53	↑9	30
22	Katherine	53	↓4	44
23	Keisha	51	↓8	>100
24	Laura	51	↓1	20
25	Amanda	50	↑1	9
26	Rebecca	48	↓9	17
27	Karen	47	↓2	32
28	Rachel	43	↑6	26
29	Catherine	42	↑12	75
30	Emily	40	↑9	37
31	Latoya	38	↑6	>100
32	Sara	38	↑15	27
33	Erica	37	↑10	38
34	Julie	36	↑11	22
35	Dana	35	new	62
36	Kathleen	35	↑13	80
37	Lakisha	35	↓15	>100
38	Monica	35	↓10	39
39	Natasha	35	new	>100
40	Allison	34	new	66
41	Patricia	34	new	47
42	April	33	↑2	29
43	Margaret	33	new	>100
44	Tamika	33	↓15	>100
45	Aisha	32	new	>100
46	Andrea	32	↓27	24
47	Dawn	32	↓16	43
48	Monique	32	↑2	>100
49	Natalie	32	↓16	69
50	Danielle	31	↓15	31

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1976	US rank
1	Michael	390	–	1
2	James	272	↑1	5
3	David	251	↓1	4
4	John	214	↑1	7
5	Christopher	213	↓1	3
6	Jason	191	–	2
7	Robert	188	↑1	6
8	Brian	184	↓1	8
9	William	157	–	12
10	Joseph	145	↑3	10
11	Kevin	143	–	13
12	Daniel	138	↑2	11
13	Matthew	135	↓3	9
14	Eric	128	↑1	17
15	Anthony	113	↓3	21
16	Andrew	110	↑3	24
17	Charles	109	↑3	26
18	Thomas	107	↑6	22
19	Mark	84	↑11	25
20	Timothy	84	↓4	18
21	Jonathan	78	↓3	28
22	Gregory	77	↑3	35
23	Richard	73	↓1	20
24	Sean	73	↓7	43
25	Steven	71	↓4	23
26	Ryan	68	↑22	16
27	Benjamin	64	↑2	29
28	Joshua	64	↓1	14
29	Ronald	63	↑9	53
30	Paul	62	↑3	31
31	Antonio	54	↑10	77
32	Kenneth	54	↓4	39
33	Patrick	54	↑12	40
34	Stephen	54	↓11	38
35	Justin	53	↑7	30
36	Jeffrey	52	↑4	19
37	Edward	50	↓3	47
38	Aaron	49	↓12	32
39	Marcus	49	↓8	72
40	George	48	new	57
41	Derrick	46	↓2	80
42	Andre	44	↓7	>100
43	Alexander	43	new	96
44	Maurice	43	new	>100
45	Adam	42	↑1	33
46	Damon	42	↓9	>100
47	Keith	41	↓15	48
48	Donald	39	↓4	46
49	Peter	39	↓6	55
50	Bryan	38	new	42

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