Popular baby names in District of Columbia, 1984

The most popular baby names in District of Columbia in 1984 were Jessica for girls (147 babies) and Michael for boys (320). Jessica ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 13,247 babies born in District of Columbia in 1984 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 1984

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: 25 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Patrice: 16 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Ebony: 47 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Marquita: 28 babies, 6× the national rate
Dominique: 23 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Monique: 37 babies, 5× the national rate
Caroline: 27 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Latoya: 73 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Alexandra: 41 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Julia: 45 babies, 4× the national rate

Boys

Antoine: 36 babies, 11× the national rate
Dante: 15 babies, 9× the national rate
Jamal: 17 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Tyrone: 32 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Vernon: 16 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Reginald: 34 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Jerome: 30 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Leon: 20 babies, 6× the national rate
Andre: 56 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Maurice: 37 babies, 5.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in District of Columbia, 1984

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1983	US rank
1	Jessica	147	↑1	2
2	Jennifer	145	↓1	1
3	Elizabeth	108	↑1	10
4	Ashley	107	↑6	3
5	Tiffany	98	↓2	14
6	Nicole	97	↑2	7
7	Lauren	95	↓1	21
8	Stephanie	95	↓1	6
9	Danielle	94	↑5	16
10	Sarah	92	↓1	5
11	Michelle	88	↑6	17
12	Katherine	75	–	30
13	Latoya	73	↑16	60
14	Amanda	68	↑22	4
15	Kimberly	67	↓10	22
16	Christina	64	↑6	20
17	Rachel	63	↑4	15
18	Emily	60	↓5	24
19	Laura	57	↓3	19
20	Megan	57	↑4	11
21	Crystal	55	↓10	12
22	Erica	55	↓4	34
23	Mary	54	↑8	33
24	Shannon	52	↑2	37
25	Ebony	47	↓6	>100
26	Kelly	47	↑2	27
27	Andrea	45	–	28
28	Erin	45	↓13	25
29	Julia	45	↑11	87
30	Rebecca	45	↓7	23
31	Alexandra	41	new	96
32	Lisa	40	–	29
33	Melissa	40	↓8	8
34	April	39	↑15	42
35	Kathleen	38	↓1	71
36	Kristin	38	new	47
37	Christine	37	↑4	43
38	Monique	37	↓5	>100
39	Kathryn	36	new	48
40	Heather	35	↓3	9
41	Alicia	33	new	40
42	Catherine	33	new	69
43	Angela	32	↓23	26
44	Alexis	31	↑1	89
45	Lindsay	31	new	36
46	Monica	31	new	58
47	Sara	31	new	32
48	Victoria	31	↓5	59
49	Amy	30	↓1	13
50	Allison	29	↓3	51

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1983	US rank
1	Michael	320	–	1
2	Christopher	308	–	2
3	James	217	↑2	7
4	David	180	↓1	5
5	Matthew	157	↓1	3
6	Daniel	152	↑4	6
7	John	147	↓1	8
8	Robert	138	↓1	9
9	William	138	↓1	16
10	Anthony	130	↑3	21
11	Jonathan	128	↑5	19
12	Kevin	127	↑2	24
13	Joseph	124	↓1	10
14	Brian	120	↓3	17
15	Andrew	110	–	14
16	Brandon	98	↑4	15
17	Jason	98	↓8	11
18	Marcus	93	↑3	57
19	Eric	90	↑3	22
20	Joshua	90	↑5	4
21	Charles	89	↓4	33
22	Justin	82	↓4	13
23	Patrick	82	↑8	36
24	Thomas	77	↓1	25
25	Adam	76	↑9	18
26	Steven	76	↑1	23
27	Mark	74	↑1	32
28	Ryan	73	↑16	12
29	Sean	70	↑13	43
30	Stephen	67	↑3	35
31	Alexander	66	↑14	54
32	Nicholas	66	↓8	20
33	Gregory	65	↓7	44
34	Timothy	64	↑5	26
35	Benjamin	63	–	30
36	Richard	63	↓7	27
37	Ronald	59	↑6	67
38	Andre	56	–	>100
39	Kenneth	54	↓9	46
40	Jeffrey	53	↓8	28
41	Aaron	52	↓22	29
42	Antonio	52	↓6	77
43	Paul	51	↓6	40
44	Edward	48	↓4	58
45	Samuel	42	↑2	55
46	Peter	40	–	60
47	Keith	39	↑1	61
48	Carlos	38	new	74
49	Donald	38	new	63
50	Maurice	37	new	>100

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