State roster

Top names in District of Columbia

The names most likely to appear on 1990 District of Columbia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 13,930 District of Columbia births in 1990 across 642 distinct names.

Distinctively District of Columbia

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say District of Columbia more than they say America.

#34Tiaraoutside the national top 200
#47Jamaloutside the national top 200
#51Brittanyoutside the national top 200
#45Ebony#186 nationally
#60Tyroneoutside the national top 200
#62Delonteoutside the national top 200
#65Mauriceoutside the national top 200
#66Antoinetteoutside the national top 200
#66Reginaldoutside the national top 200
#69Davonoutside the national top 200
#72Indiaoutside the national top 200
#76Stephonoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Ashley158US #2
#2Brittany140US #3
#3Jasmine119US #28
#4Jessica100US #1
#5Sarah85US #6
#6Stephanie77US #7
#7Lauren71US #10
#8Elizabeth61US #9
#9Rachel57US #16
#10Jennifer56US #8
#11Danielle55US #18
#12Katherine53US #26
#13Amanda51US #4
#14Mary50US #35
#15Amber49US #15
#16Victoria49US #33
#17Alexandra48US #37
#18Michelle46US #22
#19Tiffany46US #23
#20Emily45US #12
#21Christina42US #25
#22Alexis40US #66
#23Samantha40US #5
#24Melissa39US #20
#25Nicole39US #13
#26Margaret38US #102
#27Laura37US #29
#28Rebecca37US #21
#29Dominique34US #153
#30Erica34US #36
#31Catherine33US #71
#32Julia33US #83
#33Sara32US #34
#34Tiara32
#35Brittney31US #44
#36Crystal31US #39
#37Anna30US #45
#38Gabrielle30US #99
#39Hannah30US #30
#40Maria29US #47
#41Caitlin28US #50
#42Kelly28US #41
#43Andrea27US #40
#44Bianca27US #84
#45Ebony27US #186
#46Courtney26US #17
#47Kimberly26US #31
#48Melanie26US #86
#49Taylor26US #46
#50Allison25US #48
#51Erin25US #43
#52Megan25US #11
#53Chelsea24US #24
#54Jacqueline24US #67
#55Olivia23US #72
#56Kathryn22US #57
#57Shannon22US #68
#58Caroline21US #116
#59Christine21US #62
#60Erika21US #74
#61Angela20US #52
#62Karen20US #120
#63Kathleen20US #92
#64Monica20US #76
#65Natalie20US #63
#66Antoinette19
#67Ariel19US #94
#68Kelsey19US #32
#69Veronica19US #96
#70Alison17US #132
#71Emma17US #130
#72India17
#73Kiara17US #171
#74Alicia16US #54
#75Claire16US #158
#76Kayla16US #14
#77Molly16US #80
#78Shaniqua16
#79Simone16
#80Amy15US #38
#81Heather15US #19
#82Kendra15US #117
#83Leah15US #82
#84Maya15
#85Mercedes15US #176
#86Whitney15US #60
#87Alyssa14US #27
#88Anne14US #155
#89Briana14US #109
#90Cindy14US #187
#91Jamie14US #55
#92Lindsey14US #51
#93Madeline14US #198
#94Mia14
#95Monique14US #133
#96Asia13
#97Brooke13US #70
#98Dana13US #114
#99Grace13US #140
#100Latoya13

Boys

#1Michael306US #1
#2Christopher254US #2
#3James178US #8
#4David163US #6
#5William154US #16
#6Matthew151US #3
#7Daniel145US #5
#8Andrew143US #7
#9Kevin139US #23
#10John138US #12
#11Robert135US #13
#12Anthony124US #15
#13Joshua110US #4
#14Brandon108US #19
#15Joseph107US #10
#16Brian99US #27
#17Charles95US #38
#18Nicholas94US #14
#19Jonathan91US #17
#20Eric85US #24
#21Thomas83US #26
#22Alexander80US #28
#23Antonio79US #77
#24Steven79US #25
#25Aaron78US #34
#26Samuel78US #45
#27Ryan75US #11
#28Marcus74US #72
#29Sean70US #37
#30Benjamin67US #33
#31Richard66US #35
#32Patrick65US #36
#33Andre64US #137
#34Timothy62US #30
#35Gregory60US #51
#36Jeffrey60US #43
#37Justin60US #9
#38Mark59US #47
#39Kenneth57US #52
#40Zachary54US #22
#41Edward52US #68
#42Stephen47US #39
#43Jose44US #41
#44Keith44US #80
#45Paul44US #49
#46Carlos43US #75
#47Jamal42
#48Kyle42US #18
#49Ronald42US #97
#50Adam41US #32
#51Brittany40
#52Peter40US #74
#53Bryan37US #57
#54George37US #79
#55Jason37US #46
#56Nathaniel37US #86
#57Derrick35US #106
#58Christian34US #60
#59Jeremy34US #40
#60Tyrone34
#61Darius33US #152
#62Delonte33
#63Jordan32US #29
#64Ian31US #70
#65Maurice31
#66Reginald31
#67Tyler30US #21
#68Vincent30US #78
#69Davon29
#70Jesse29US #48
#71Nathan29US #44
#72Phillip29US #81
#73Raymond29US #92
#74Travis29US #42
#75Brendan28US #155
#76Stephon28
#77Darnell27
#78Donald27US #87
#79Jacob27US #20
#80Luis27US #66
#81Devin26US #98
#82Dominic26US #188
#83Gabriel26US #100
#84Juan26US #61
#85Ashley25
#86Donte25
#87Gary25US #114
#88Micheal25US #175
#89Antoine24
#90Erik24US #96
#91Marvin24
#92Victor24US #82
#93Corey23US #56
#94Deandre23
#95Devon23US #151
#96Emily23
#97Jasmine23
#98Lawrence23US #174
#99Rodney23US #181
#100Cameron22US #62

On the move since 1989

Rising

↑69Margaret#26
↑48Hannah#39
↑48Melanie#48
↑44Alexis#22
↑34Gabrielle#38
↑33Michelle#18
↑33Kelly#42
↑32Carlos#46

Falling

↓71Ashley#85
↓62Latoya#100
↓60Kiara#73
↓58Jasmine#97
↓53Monique#95
↓47Kendra#82
↓34Emily#96
↓32Megan#52

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1989 rankings.