Name Yearbook

Top baby names in District of Columbia, 1950

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Linda	531
2	Mary	519
3	Patricia	434
4	Barbara	340
5	Susan	278
6	Deborah	277
7	Sharon	241
8	Kathleen	206
9	Nancy	196
10	Diane	191
10	Karen	191
12	Margaret	187
13	Sandra	180
14	Carol	174
15	Brenda	169
16	Carolyn	157
16	Donna	157
18	Elizabeth	145
19	Cynthia	133
20	Janet	125
21	Joyce	114
22	Janice	107
22	Pamela	107
22	Shirley	107
25	Judith	105
26	Christine	104
26	Joan	104
28	Catherine	89
29	Beverly	88
30	Cheryl	86
30	Katherine	86
32	Jacqueline	84
33	Gail	83
33	Sheila	83
35	Gloria	77
36	Ann	75
37	Bonnie	73
38	Frances	72
39	Wanda	70
39	Yvonne	70
41	Anne	68
41	Kathryn	68
43	Helen	66
44	Denise	65
44	Jean	65
46	Jane	62
47	Virginia	60
48	Betty	59
48	Dorothy	59
50	Ellen	58

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	John	808
2	James	701
3	Robert	668
4	Michael	649
5	William	614
6	David	378
6	Richard	378
8	Thomas	344
9	Charles	338
10	Joseph	277
11	Ronald	252
12	Stephen	223
13	Paul	212
14	Donald	192
15	George	190
16	Edward	183
17	Gary	181
18	Steven	175
19	Larry	169
20	Kenneth	162
21	Gregory	148
22	Dennis	138
23	Mark	123
24	Lawrence	122
25	Bruce	112
26	Daniel	108
27	Anthony	94
28	Raymond	93
29	Douglas	92
30	Peter	87
31	Patrick	80
32	Gerald	76
33	Christopher	74
34	Arthur	73
35	Alan	70
35	Walter	70
37	Eric	69
38	Frank	68
39	Wayne	67
40	Timothy	65
41	Roger	64
42	Harold	60
43	Jerome	59
43	Philip	59
45	Andrew	58
45	Carl	58
47	Jeffrey	57
48	Samuel	56
48	Tyrone	56
50	Harry	55