Name Yearbook

Top baby names in District of Columbia, 1924

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	345
2	Dorothy	195
3	Margaret	170
4	Helen	121
5	Betty	99
6	Elizabeth	96
7	Doris	90
8	Ruth	83
9	Catherine	77
10	Frances	74
11	Jean	68
12	Evelyn	63
13	Alice	56
14	Louise	55
14	Mildred	55
14	Patricia	55
17	Virginia	52
18	Barbara	51
19	Florence	50
19	Marie	50
21	Gloria	47
22	Anna	45
23	Thelma	43
24	June	42
25	Jane	41
26	Marion	40
27	Lillian	38
27	Nancy	38
29	Shirley	37
30	Lois	35
31	Eleanor	33
32	Bernice	32
32	Gladys	32
32	Marjorie	32
35	Audrey	30
35	Katherine	30
37	Ann	28
37	Juanita	28
39	Josephine	26
39	Norma	26
41	Marguerite	25
42	Anne	24
42	Ethel	24
44	Edith	23
44	Esther	23
44	Martha	23
47	Edna	22
47	Rose	22
49	Lucille	20
49	Pauline	20

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	William	286
2	John	285
3	James	232
4	Robert	227
5	Charles	162
6	Joseph	128
7	George	95
8	Richard	90
9	Thomas	78
10	Edward	73
11	Paul	54
12	David	53
12	Frank	53
14	Bernard	48
15	Albert	47
16	Francis	46
16	Raymond	46
18	Walter	43
19	Donald	42
20	Henry	40
21	Harry	33
22	Lawrence	32
23	Arthur	30
24	Jack	29
25	Clarence	28
25	Louis	28
27	Carl	27
27	Ralph	27
27	Samuel	27
30	Howard	26
31	Daniel	25
31	Theodore	25
33	Calvin	24
33	Melvin	24
35	Kenneth	23
36	Ernest	22
36	Harold	22
36	Stanley	22
39	Benjamin	20
39	Herbert	20
41	Earl	19
41	Eugene	19
41	Frederick	19
41	Leonard	19
45	Andrew	18
45	Anthony	18
45	Milton	18
48	Norman	17
49	Elmer	16
49	Fred	16