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Top names in District of Columbia

The names most likely to appear on 1996 District of Columbia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 8,569 District of Columbia births in 1996 across 533 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.

#10Imanioutside the national top 200
#13Diamond#179 nationally
#35Asia#200 nationally
#38Jamaloutside the national top 200
#48Mayaoutside the national top 200
#48Deandreoutside the national top 200
#58Juwanoutside the national top 200
#59Charlotteoutside the national top 200
#44Deja#182 nationally
#63Tatianaoutside the national top 200
#64Tiaraoutside the national top 200
#65Tyleroutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Alexis70US #8
#2Taylor60US #6
#3Emily59US #1
#4Jessica59US #2
#5Sarah57US #4
#6Jasmine54US #28
#7Ashley53US #3
#8Katherine52US #31
#9Kayla51US #11
#10Imani49
#11Jennifer49US #19
#12Elizabeth48US #10
#13Diamond45US #179
#14Rebecca45US #24
#15Alexandra44US #26
#16Anna42US #33
#17Danielle42US #29
#18Julia40US #48
#19Caroline36US #78
#20Rachel34US #9
#21Stephanie34US #20
#22Brianna31US #17
#23Brittany31US #14
#24Courtney29US #21
#25Samantha29US #5
#26Amanda28US #13
#27Hannah28US #7
#28Lauren27US #16
#29Natalie27US #46
#30Nicole27US #22
#31Briana26US #72
#32Catherine26US #95
#33Mary26US #44
#34Jordan25US #49
#35Asia24US #200
#36Laura24US #66
#37Margaret24US #105
#38Olivia24US #34
#39Victoria24US #18
#40Maria23US #37
#41Destiny22US #56
#42Megan22US #12
#43Sydney22US #39
#44Deja21US #182
#45Emma21US #53
#46Sophia21US #125
#47Christina20US #57
#48Maya20
#49Amber19US #27
#50Dominique19US #122
#51Crystal18US #92
#52Melissa18US #42
#53Andrea17US #61
#54Gabrielle17US #54
#55Grace17US #94
#56Sara17US #50
#57Sierra17US #62
#58Angel16US #162
#59Charlotte16
#60Kelly16US #73
#61Leah16US #98
#62Shannon16US #80
#63Tatiana16
#64Tiara16
#65Tyler16
#66Bianca15US #123
#67Erica15US #79
#68Erika15US #106
#69Erin15US #51
#70Jacqueline15US #69
#71Kimberly15US #41
#72Madeline15US #67
#73Michelle15US #47
#74Monica15US #82
#75Morgan15US #25
#76Naomi15
#77Tiffany15US #52
#78Jocelyn14US #127
#79Mia14US #180
#80Abigail13US #32
#81Ariel13US #163
#82Bria13
#83Cindy13US #195
#84Claire13US #116
#85Diana13US #107
#86Madeleine13
#87Raven13US #184
#88Vanessa13US #60
#89Zoe13US #155
#90Amy12US #88
#91Angela12US #90
#92Ariana12US #156
#93Helen12
#94Jada12
#95London12
#96Nia12
#97Sabrina12US #58
#98Shayla12
#99Sophie12
#100Chloe11US #112

Boys

#1Michael138US #1
#2John120US #15
#3William115US #18
#4Christopher99US #4
#5David98US #13
#6Malik88US #97
#7Matthew86US #2
#8James82US #17
#9Daniel81US #11
#10Alexander80US #22
#11Joshua80US #5
#12Andrew79US #10
#13Anthony79US #19
#14Joseph79US #12
#15Nicholas78US #6
#16Kevin73US #26
#17Brandon66US #8
#18Robert65US #23
#19Samuel65US #30
#20Eric59US #35
#21Benjamin55US #29
#22Christian53US #24
#23Thomas52US #28
#24Jonathan51US #21
#25Justin47US #20
#26Brian45US #36
#27Jacob45US #3
#28Ryan45US #16
#29Charles39US #43
#30Aaron38US #34
#31Antonio37US #80
#32Marcus37US #87
#33Zachary37US #14
#34Jordan35US #27
#35Noah34US #50
#36Steven34US #38
#37Adam32US #39
#38Jamal32
#39Nathaniel31US #69
#40Patrick31US #44
#41George30US #118
#42Austin29US #9
#43Isaiah29US #71
#44Kenneth28US #77
#45Nathan28US #37
#46Andre26US #173
#47Sean26US #46
#48Deandre25
#49Kyle25US #25
#50Mark25US #55
#51Richard25US #45
#52Tyler25US #7
#53Ian24US #70
#54Jeremy24US #56
#55Carlos23US #67
#56Elijah23US #81
#57Edward22US #96
#58Juwan22
#59Peter22US #95
#60Timothy22US #40
#61Jeffrey21US #72
#62Jose21US #32
#63Stephen21US #59
#64Gabriel20US #61
#65Lawrence20
#66Ronald20US #156
#67Derrick19US #169
#68Julian19US #129
#69Maxwell19US #177
#70Micheal19
#71Bryan18US #66
#72Davon18
#73Devin18US #60
#74Gregory18US #98
#75Maurice18
#76Paul18US #78
#77Darius17US #182
#78Evan17US #65
#79Jack17US #89
#80Jackson17US #136
#81Jason17US #41
#82Trevon17
#83Victor17US #100
#84Daquan16
#85Cameron15US #49
#86Dangelo15
#87Dylan15US #33
#88Jesse15US #51
#89Reginald15
#90Tyree15
#91Brendan14US #131
#92Henry14US #139
#93Tyrone14
#94Xavier14US #141
#95Alex13US #53
#96Donte13
#97Ethan13US #62
#98Keith13US #159
#99Omar13US #140
#100Carl12

On the move since 1995

Rising

↑41Noah#35
↑39Leah#61
↑39George#41
↑35Sierra#57
↑34Juwan#58
↑33Lawrence#65
↑30Imani#10
↑30Nathan#45

Falling

↓40Morgan#75
↓39Michelle#73
↓37Gregory#74
↓34Erica#67
↓32Claire#84
↓31Jason#81
↓27Emma#45
↓27Grace#55

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1995 rankings.