Popular baby names in District of Columbia, 1980

The most popular baby names in District of Columbia in 1980 were Jennifer for girls (170 babies) and Michael for boys (367). Social Security records list 13,500 babies born in District of Columbia in 1980 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 1980

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

Patrice: 22 babies, 10.2× the national rate
Tamika: 39 babies, 9× the national rate
Alexandra: 24 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Lakisha: 24 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Mia: 17 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Tameka: 20 babies, 7× the national rate
Ebony: 34 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Keisha: 19 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Latisha: 20 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Tia: 19 babies, 5× the national rate

Boys

Delonte: 15 babies, 161.7× the national rate
Donnell: 18 babies, 15× the national rate
Antoine: 26 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Darryl: 24 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Andre: 57 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Jamal: 16 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Jermaine: 48 babies, 6× the national rate
Reginald: 37 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Kelvin: 15 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Tyrone: 28 babies, 5.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in District of Columbia, 1980

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1979	US rank
1	Jennifer	170	–	1
2	Nicole	123	–	7
3	Jessica	114	↑4	3
4	Tiffany	114	↑8	14
5	Elizabeth	105	–	9
6	Kimberly	95	–	11
7	Sarah	94	↓4	5
8	Stephanie	89	–	13
9	Melissa	80	↓5	4
10	Michelle	77	–	10
11	Crystal	72	↑7	18
12	Erin	70	↑14	20
13	Christina	67	↓4	15
14	Angela	65	↓1	12
15	Lauren	65	↑13	38
16	Rebecca	58	↑5	17
17	Erica	55	↑12	34
18	Katherine	54	↓1	35
19	Laura	53	↑3	21
20	Danielle	52	↓1	33
21	Lisa	52	↓10	16
22	Emily	51	↑2	31
23	Amanda	50	↓8	2
24	April	50	↑12	26
25	Mary	50	↓5	25
26	Heather	49	↓12	6
27	Kelly	49	↓11	19
28	Shannon	49	↓5	29
29	Rachel	45	↑4	23
30	Andrea	43	↑18	28
31	Monique	43	↑11	93
32	Kathleen	41	↑2	82
33	Kathryn	40	↑12	50
34	Megan	39	↑3	30
35	Tamika	39	↓3	>100
36	Dana	37	↑5	68
37	Margaret	37	↑6	>100
38	Kristen	36	new	39
39	Monica	36	↓1	45
40	Sara	36	↓9	27
41	Catherine	34	↑3	77
42	Ebony	34	↓15	>100
43	Courtney	31	new	48
44	Julia	31	new	98
45	Latasha	31	new	>100
46	Carolyn	30	new	>100
47	Jacqueline	30	new	81
48	Julie	30	new	32
49	Natasha	30	↓2	89
50	Kristin	29	new	37

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1979	US rank
1	Michael	367	–	1
2	David	250	↑1	4
3	James	237	↑1	5
4	Christopher	199	↓2	2
5	Robert	190	↑2	9
6	John	184	↓1	8
7	Jason	180	↓1	3
8	William	172	–	14
9	Matthew	161	↑2	6
10	Kevin	154	–	23
11	Daniel	142	↑2	11
12	Brian	131	↓3	12
13	Andrew	124	↑3	19
14	Charles	117	↑1	29
15	Anthony	107	↓3	24
16	Eric	103	↑1	16
17	Jonathan	101	↑3	21
18	Joseph	101	↓4	10
19	Justin	83	↑10	13
20	Gregory	82	↑11	42
21	Timothy	80	↓2	20
22	Ryan	79	↑5	15
23	Thomas	79	↓5	25
24	Paul	78	↓1	35
25	Steven	77	↓3	28
26	Patrick	75	↑7	38
27	Joshua	74	↑5	7
28	Sean	73	↑8	48
29	Mark	72	↓8	30
30	Nicholas	72	↓5	17
31	Richard	70	↑6	26
32	Benjamin	67	↑6	32
33	Stephen	64	↑1	40
34	Jeffrey	63	↑5	27
35	Alexander	61	↑6	91
36	Kenneth	61	↓12	41
37	Aaron	58	↓11	34
38	Adam	57	↑5	22
39	Andre	57	↑9	>100
40	Ronald	50	↓5	58
41	Edward	49	↓13	52
42	Jermaine	48	new	>100
43	Marcus	48	↓1	71
44	Scott	48	↑5	33
45	Peter	46	new	55
46	Derrick	44	↓6	74
47	Antonio	41	↓17	77
48	Derek	40	new	50
49	Lawrence	40	new	>100
50	Brandon	39	–	31

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