Popular baby names in District of Columbia, 1981

The most popular baby names in District of Columbia in 1981 were Jennifer for girls (172 babies) and Michael for boys (360). Social Security records list 13,725 babies born in District of Columbia in 1981 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 1981

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

Tamika: 41 babies, 10× the national rate
Ebony: 53 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Patrice: 20 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Caitlin: 21 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Claire: 18 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Aisha: 15 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Bianca: 15 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Tia: 19 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Latisha: 18 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Alexandra: 21 babies, 5× the national rate

Boys

Lamont: 16 babies, 9× the national rate
Antoine: 26 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Jamar: 15 babies, 7× the national rate
Darnell: 15 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Reginald: 39 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Tyrone: 31 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Darryl: 24 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Andre: 51 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Bernard: 17 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Maurice: 36 babies, 4.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in District of Columbia, 1981

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1980	US rank
1	Jennifer	172	–	1
2	Jessica	136	↑1	2
3	Sarah	105	↑4	4
4	Tiffany	104	–	14
5	Kimberly	102	↑1	13
6	Elizabeth	101	↓1	9
7	Nicole	100	↓5	7
8	Michelle	87	↑2	11
9	Stephanie	87	↓1	8
10	Christina	75	↑3	17
11	Crystal	73	–	16
12	Emily	72	↑10	29
13	Lauren	72	↑2	35
14	Katherine	69	↑4	39
15	Amanda	68	↑8	3
16	Melissa	64	↓7	5
17	Mary	60	↑8	27
18	Angela	58	↓4	15
19	Rebecca	57	↓3	12
20	Erin	56	↓8	19
21	Rachel	56	↑8	22
22	Andrea	54	↑8	24
23	Kelly	54	↑4	23
24	Latoya	54	new	69
25	Ebony	53	↑17	>100
26	Laura	52	↓7	21
27	Lisa	48	↓6	18
28	Monique	48	↑3	>100
29	Shannon	46	↓1	32
30	Danielle	45	↓10	30
31	Kathryn	45	↑2	48
32	Catherine	41	↑9	73
33	Christine	41	new	42
34	Tamika	41	↑1	>100
35	Erica	40	↓18	36
36	Heather	40	↓10	10
37	Natasha	40	↑12	85
38	April	39	↓14	25
39	Anne	38	new	>100
40	Kristin	37	↑10	31
41	Megan	37	↓7	33
42	Amy	36	new	6
43	Julia	34	↑1	88
44	Kathleen	32	↓12	82
45	Courtney	31	↓2	43
46	Latasha	31	↓1	>100
47	Jacqueline	28	–	67
48	Karen	28	new	64
49	Margaret	28	↓12	>100
50	Maria	28	new	40

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1980	US rank
1	Michael	360	–	1
2	Christopher	250	↑2	2
3	James	206	–	7
4	David	202	↓2	5
5	Matthew	180	↑4	3
6	John	178	–	8
7	William	157	↑1	15
8	Jason	147	↓1	4
9	Kevin	143	↑1	25
10	Robert	142	↓5	9
11	Brian	137	↑1	14
12	Daniel	131	↓1	10
13	Joseph	130	↑5	11
14	Jonathan	127	↑3	16
15	Andrew	121	↓2	18
16	Anthony	117	↓1	23
17	Charles	108	↓3	31
18	Justin	99	↑1	12
19	Thomas	97	↑4	26
20	Eric	91	↓4	17
21	Richard	82	↑10	27
22	Sean	81	↑6	44
23	Aaron	79	↑14	30
24	Joshua	79	↑3	6
25	Brandon	77	↑25	19
26	Timothy	77	↓5	24
27	Gregory	76	↓7	46
28	Mark	76	↑1	33
29	Paul	76	↓5	35
30	Adam	72	↑8	20
31	Kenneth	70	↑5	41
32	Alexander	66	↑3	70
33	Benjamin	65	↓1	32
34	Marcus	64	↑9	67
35	Nicholas	64	↓5	21
36	Ryan	61	↓14	13
37	Stephen	61	↓4	39
38	Edward	60	↑3	51
39	Patrick	57	↓13	38
40	Jeffrey	56	↓6	29
41	Steven	53	↓16	28
42	Andre	51	↓3	>100
43	Keith	50	new	58
44	Peter	50	↑1	55
45	Derrick	48	↑1	78
46	Ronald	48	↓6	59
47	Antonio	46	–	75
48	George	44	new	61
49	Jeremy	44	new	22
50	Samuel	43	new	54

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