Name Yearbook

Top baby names in District of Columbia, 1957

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	468
2	Deborah	418
3	Patricia	367
4	Karen	335
5	Susan	313
6	Linda	302
7	Sharon	301
8	Donna	239
9	Cynthia	226
10	Barbara	204
10	Debra	204
12	Elizabeth	178
13	Pamela	175
14	Brenda	173
15	Denise	172
16	Nancy	170
17	Diane	160
17	Kathleen	160
19	Cheryl	152
20	Robin	139
21	Carol	138
22	Carolyn	131
23	Margaret	128
23	Sandra	128
25	Sheila	127
26	Teresa	117
27	Lisa	114
28	Catherine	113
29	Janet	107
30	Theresa	105
31	Joyce	103
32	Michelle	100
33	Ann	97
34	Darlene	90
34	Janice	90
34	Laura	90
37	Kathy	89
37	Wanda	89
39	Jacqueline	88
40	Angela	82
41	Kim	78
42	Joan	76
43	Christine	75
44	Debbie	70
44	Leslie	70
44	Renee	70
47	Anne	68
47	Shirley	68
49	Gail	67
49	Valerie	67

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	824
2	James	734
3	John	669
4	Robert	643
5	David	539
6	William	521
7	Thomas	377
8	Richard	358
9	Mark	319
10	Charles	306
11	Joseph	297
12	Anthony	252
13	Kevin	239
14	Paul	235
15	Gregory	230
16	Donald	216
16	Steven	216
18	Stephen	215
19	Kenneth	213
20	Ronald	209
21	Gary	180
22	Timothy	179
23	George	166
24	Jeffrey	157
25	Daniel	152
26	Edward	146
27	Larry	131
28	Christopher	130
29	Brian	129
30	Keith	121
31	Lawrence	100
32	Douglas	97
33	Peter	93
34	Bruce	92
35	Wayne	88
36	Eric	87
37	Raymond	81
37	Reginald	81
39	Patrick	79
40	Dennis	78
40	Tyrone	78
42	Andrew	71
42	Frank	71
44	Walter	65
45	Carl	63
45	Scott	63
47	Melvin	59
48	Harry	57
49	Stanley	56
50	Gerald	54