Popular baby names in District of Columbia, 1982

The most popular baby names in District of Columbia in 1982 were Jennifer for girls (162 babies) and Michael for boys (362). Social Security records list 13,487 babies born in District of Columbia in 1982 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 1982

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

Maya: 16 babies, 13.6× the national rate
Aisha: 21 babies, 12.9× the national rate
Patrice: 32 babies, 12.6× the national rate
Ebony: 64 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Tamika: 29 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Camille: 16 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Keisha: 15 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Tia: 20 babies, 5× the national rate
Monique: 40 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Alexandra: 24 babies, 4.6× the national rate

Boys

Donnell: 18 babies, 14.5× the national rate
Jamal: 24 babies, 10× the national rate
Antoine: 27 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Jamaal: 22 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Andre: 66 babies, 7× the national rate
Angelo: 17 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Jerome: 34 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Tyrone: 30 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Melvin: 21 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Maurice: 33 babies, 4.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in District of Columbia, 1982

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1981	US rank
1	Jennifer	162	–	1
2	Tiffany	142	↑2	13
3	Jessica	120	↓1	2
4	Nicole	116	↑3	6
5	Elizabeth	111	↑1	8
6	Sarah	103	↓3	4
7	Lauren	94	↑6	26
8	Stephanie	93	↑1	7
9	Katherine	92	↑5	36
10	Michelle	87	↓2	11
11	Crystal	86	–	9
12	Kimberly	76	↓7	14
13	Melissa	75	↑3	5
14	Christina	69	↓4	19
15	Erin	67	↑5	20
16	Emily	65	↓4	24
17	Ebony	64	↑8	>100
18	Amanda	58	↓3	3
19	Angela	58	↓1	16
20	Kelly	57	↑3	25
21	Rebecca	55	↓2	15
22	Danielle	54	↑8	31
23	Rachel	53	↓2	21
24	Ashley	52	new	17
25	Laura	52	↑1	22
26	Erica	50	↑9	35
27	Mary	50	↓10	30
28	Andrea	42	↓6	27
29	Julia	42	↑14	84
30	Kathleen	42	↑14	77
31	Shannon	42	↓2	38
32	Lisa	41	↓5	23
33	Monique	40	↓5	>100
34	Kristin	39	↑6	37
35	Amy	37	↑7	10
36	Kathryn	37	↓5	48
37	Latoya	37	↓13	91
38	Alexis	36	new	93
39	Courtney	36	↑6	43
40	Diana	35	new	63
41	Natalie	34	new	51
42	Catherine	33	↓10	73
43	Megan	33	↓2	34
44	Natasha	33	↓7	71
45	Anna	32	new	56
46	Jacqueline	32	↑1	54
47	Lindsay	32	new	39
48	Patrice	32	new	>100
49	Sara	32	new	28
50	April	31	↓12	32

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1981	US rank
1	Michael	362	–	1
2	Christopher	280	–	2
3	David	222	↑1	5
4	James	207	↓1	6
5	John	192	↑1	8
6	Robert	181	↑4	9
7	William	179	–	15
8	Matthew	177	↓3	3
9	Daniel	149	↑3	10
10	Jason	146	↓2	4
11	Kevin	134	↓2	25
12	Joseph	132	↑1	11
13	Andrew	116	↑2	17
14	Anthony	112	↑2	21
15	Brian	110	↓4	14
16	Jonathan	105	↓2	16
17	Eric	101	↑3	20
18	Justin	86	–	12
19	Richard	85	↑2	27
20	Aaron	78	↑3	30
21	Adam	78	↑9	19
22	Thomas	78	↓3	23
23	Charles	76	↓6	31
24	Patrick	76	↑15	37
25	Brandon	74	–	18
26	Gregory	74	↑1	40
27	Benjamin	73	↑6	33
28	Mark	72	–	32
29	Timothy	71	↓3	24
30	Joshua	69	↓6	7
31	Sean	67	↓9	44
32	Andre	66	↑10	>100
33	Marcus	66	↑1	63
34	Alexander	64	↓2	65
35	Jeffrey	62	↑5	29
36	Kenneth	62	↓5	45
37	Ryan	59	↓1	13
38	Stephen	59	↓1	38
39	Steven	59	↑2	26
40	Nicholas	58	↓5	22
41	Paul	52	↓12	35
42	Samuel	48	↑8	56
43	Antonio	47	↑4	76
44	Peter	45	–	57
45	Ronald	43	↑1	60
46	Edward	40	↓8	53
47	Bryan	39	new	49
48	Donald	39	new	58
49	George	38	↓1	62
50	Scott	37	new	34

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