Popular baby names in District of Columbia, 1979

The most popular baby names in District of Columbia in 1979 were Jennifer for girls (195 babies) and Michael for boys (339). Social Security records list 13,452 babies born in District of Columbia in 1979 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 1979

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, 26.7× the national rate
Ebony: 43 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Tamika: 41 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Tia: 15 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Tameka: 20 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Aisha: 15 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Lakisha: 23 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Monique: 31 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Latisha: 18 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Alexis: 15 babies, 4.3× the national rate

Boys

Donnell: 18 babies, 15.8× the national rate
Antoine: 32 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Darnell: 18 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Julius: 17 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Maurice: 48 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Jamal: 16 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Jerome: 35 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Melvin: 27 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Demetrius: 17 babies, 5× the national rate
Jermaine: 29 babies, 4.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in District of Columbia, 1979

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1978	US rank
1	Jennifer	195	–	1
2	Nicole	110	↑1	9
3	Sarah	103	↑3	6
4	Melissa	102	↑4	2
5	Elizabeth	101	↓1	11
6	Kimberly	98	↑5	12
7	Jessica	90	↓5	4
8	Stephanie	86	↑1	15
9	Christina	85	↓2	14
10	Michelle	83	↓5	10
11	Lisa	76	↑3	13
12	Tiffany	72	↑4	28
13	Angela	71	↓3	8
14	Heather	64	↑3	7
15	Amanda	63	↑7	3
16	Kelly	63	↓1	16
17	Katherine	60	↓5	36
18	Crystal	58	↑5	18
19	Danielle	54	–	33
20	Mary	54	–	24
21	Rebecca	53	↑10	17
22	Laura	52	↓1	20
23	Shannon	48	↑5	25
24	Emily	47	↓6	34
25	Amy	44	↑15	5
26	Erin	44	↓13	21
27	Ebony	43	new	>100
28	Lauren	43	↑1	45
29	Erica	42	↓5	32
30	Karen	41	↑2	46
31	Sara	41	↑5	30
32	Tamika	41	↓5	>100
33	Rachel	37	↓3	27
34	Kathleen	36	↑12	84
35	Christine	34	↓9	35
36	April	33	↓11	23
37	Megan	33	↑6	31
38	Monica	33	–	40
39	Jamie	32	↑2	19
40	Alicia	31	new	47
41	Dana	31	↑4	54
42	Monique	31	↓3	>100
43	Margaret	30	↑6	>100
44	Catherine	29	↓7	78
45	Kathryn	29	new	50
46	Natalie	29	new	68
47	Natasha	29	↓3	>100
48	Andrea	28	↓15	26
49	Dawn	26	↓1	57
50	Leslie	26	new	65

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1978	US rank
1	Michael	339	–	1
2	Christopher	255	↑2	2
3	David	230	–	4
4	James	220	↓2	5
5	John	212	–	7
6	Jason	184	↑2	3
7	Robert	174	↓1	8
8	William	162	↑2	13
9	Brian	148	↓2	10
10	Kevin	141	↓1	19
11	Matthew	141	–	6
12	Anthony	131	↑3	21
13	Daniel	126	–	12
14	Joseph	123	↓2	11
15	Charles	113	↓1	28
16	Andrew	110	–	20
17	Eric	104	–	17
18	Thomas	93	–	26
19	Timothy	87	↑3	18
20	Jonathan	81	↑4	31
21	Mark	81	↑4	30
22	Steven	81	↑4	27
23	Paul	73	↑5	34
24	Kenneth	71	↑6	41
25	Nicholas	71	↑10	15
26	Aaron	69	↑3	32
27	Ryan	68	↑4	14
28	Edward	67	↑15	48
29	Justin	66	↑9	22
30	Antonio	65	↑14	79
31	Gregory	65	↓12	42
32	Joshua	63	↑1	9
33	Patrick	63	↓6	39
34	Stephen	62	–	40
35	Ronald	60	↑10	54
36	Sean	60	↓16	49
37	Richard	58	↓16	25
38	Benjamin	56	↓1	33
39	Jeffrey	56	↓16	24
40	Derrick	52	↓8	80
41	Alexander	50	new	94
42	Marcus	49	↓6	76
43	Adam	48	↓1	23
44	Keith	48	↓3	52
45	Maurice	48	new	>100
46	George	44	↑3	57
47	Donald	40	↑1	51
48	Andre	38	↓9	>100
49	Scott	38	↓2	29
50	Brandon	37	new	35

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