Popular baby names in District of Columbia, 1978

The most popular baby names in District of Columbia in 1978 were Jennifer for girls (194 babies) and Michael for boys (352). Social Security records list 13,203 babies born in District of Columbia in 1978 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 1978

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: 17 babies, 20.2× the national rate
Quiana: 15 babies, 14.4× the national rate
Keisha: 38 babies, 10.7× the national rate
Lakisha: 38 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Aisha: 23 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Tamika: 45 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Monique: 33 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Latisha: 20 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Lakeisha: 17 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Ebony: 27 babies, 5.7× the national rate

Boys

Rashad: 17 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Jamal: 26 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Antoine: 27 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Darnell: 20 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Lamont: 15 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Andre: 50 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Darryl: 18 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Bernard: 18 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Jerome: 32 babies, 5× the national rate
Maurice: 34 babies, 4.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in District of Columbia, 1978

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1977	US rank
1	Jennifer	194	–	1
2	Jessica	117	↑4	3
3	Nicole	110	↑1	10
4	Elizabeth	109	↓1	14
5	Michelle	107	–	9
6	Sarah	98	↑2	8
7	Christina	91	↑3	15
8	Melissa	82	↑5	2
9	Stephanie	79	↑5	16
10	Angela	71	↓1	7
11	Kimberly	69	↓9	13
12	Katherine	66	↑10	38
13	Erin	64	↑5	21
14	Lisa	61	↓2	11
15	Kelly	59	↓8	12
16	Tiffany	59	↑1	32
17	Heather	58	↓2	5
18	Emily	55	↑12	33
19	Danielle	53	↑31	31
20	Mary	53	↓4	24
21	Laura	50	↑3	19
22	Amanda	48	↑3	6
23	Crystal	48	↓3	18
24	Erica	48	↑9	34
25	April	45	↑17	27
26	Christine	45	↓5	29
27	Tamika	45	↑17	>100
28	Shannon	44	↓17	22
29	Lauren	43	new	80
30	Rachel	41	↓2	25
31	Rebecca	40	↓5	17
32	Karen	39	↓5	39
33	Andrea	38	↑13	23
34	Keisha	38	↓11	>100
35	Lakisha	38	↑2	>100
36	Sara	37	↓4	28
37	Catherine	33	↓8	72
38	Monica	33	–	42
39	Monique	33	↑9	>100
40	Amy	31	↓21	4
41	Jamie	31	new	20
42	Latoya	31	↓11	>100
43	Megan	31	new	41
44	Natasha	31	↓5	>100
45	Dana	30	↓10	71
46	Kathleen	30	↓10	79
47	Yolanda	30	new	>100
48	Dawn	28	↓1	52
49	Margaret	28	↓6	>100
50	Samantha	28	new	74

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1977	US rank
1	Michael	352	–	1
2	James	233	–	5
3	David	228	–	4
4	Christopher	219	↑1	3
5	John	203	↓1	7
6	Robert	187	↑1	8
7	Brian	168	↑1	9
8	Jason	168	↓2	2
9	Kevin	158	↑2	15
10	William	156	↓1	13
11	Matthew	136	↑2	6
12	Joseph	132	↓2	10
13	Daniel	126	↓1	11
14	Charles	121	↑3	27
15	Anthony	105	–	20
16	Andrew	95	–	22
17	Eric	91	↓3	16
18	Thomas	89	–	23
19	Gregory	81	↑3	38
20	Sean	77	↑4	45
21	Richard	72	↑2	21
22	Timothy	72	↓2	17
23	Jeffrey	71	↑13	19
24	Jonathan	71	↓3	31
25	Mark	70	↓6	26
26	Steven	65	↓1	24
27	Patrick	64	↑6	42
28	Paul	64	↑2	33
29	Aaron	63	↑9	32
30	Kenneth	63	↑2	41
31	Ryan	61	↓5	14
32	Derrick	60	↑9	76
33	Joshua	60	↓5	12
34	Stephen	59	–	37
35	Nicholas	57	new	25
36	Marcus	56	↑3	70
37	Benjamin	52	↓10	34
38	Justin	52	↓3	28
39	Andre	50	↑3	>100
40	Shawn	50	new	39
41	Keith	46	↑6	49
42	Adam	45	↑3	29
43	Edward	44	↓6	47
44	Antonio	43	↓13	79
45	Ronald	43	↓16	55
46	Peter	40	↑3	54
47	Scott	38	new	30
48	Donald	37	–	48
49	George	37	↓9	58
50	Jeremy	36	new	18

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