Name Yearbook

Top baby names in District of Columbia, 1958

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	435
2	Deborah	373
3	Patricia	340
4	Karen	335
5	Linda	318
6	Susan	268
7	Sharon	265
8	Cynthia	246
9	Barbara	202
10	Donna	200
11	Pamela	190
12	Cheryl	187
13	Elizabeth	177
14	Debra	173
15	Nancy	166
16	Denise	165
17	Lisa	161
18	Diane	159
18	Kathleen	159
20	Carol	144
21	Robin	141
22	Brenda	137
23	Margaret	134
24	Sandra	127
25	Catherine	120
26	Carolyn	118
26	Darlene	118
28	Teresa	111
29	Michelle	107
30	Janet	106
31	Kathy	105
31	Laura	105
33	Joyce	101
34	Sheila	100
35	Theresa	98
36	Ann	96
37	Jacqueline	91
38	Katherine	88
39	Angela	84
39	Debbie	84
41	Valerie	81
42	Wanda	80
43	Christine	79
44	Julie	77
45	Janice	76
46	Renee	73
47	Stephanie	71
48	Anne	70
49	Joan	68
49	Lynn	68

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	845
2	John	660
3	James	651
4	David	556
5	Robert	553
6	William	504
7	Richard	362
8	Mark	335
9	Thomas	330
10	Charles	295
11	Joseph	282
12	Anthony	238
13	Kevin	236
14	Gregory	215
15	Paul	213
16	Ronald	210
17	Kenneth	205
18	Steven	199
19	Timothy	194
20	Stephen	192
21	Donald	172
22	Daniel	171
23	Jeffrey	164
24	Christopher	149
25	Gary	147
26	George	144
27	Larry	130
28	Edward	128
29	Brian	124
30	Peter	118
31	Eric	113
32	Keith	108
33	Patrick	106
34	Dennis	105
34	Wayne	105
36	Douglas	103
37	Lawrence	89
38	Bruce	88
39	Raymond	82
40	Andrew	79
41	Tyrone	77
42	Scott	76
43	Gerald	67
44	Matthew	66
45	Frank	63
45	Philip	63
47	Andre	60
47	Reginald	60
47	Walter	60
50	Rodney	57