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Top names in District of Columbia

The names most likely to appear on 1997 District of Columbia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 8,438 District of Columbia births in 1997 across 539 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.

#24Imanioutside the national top 200
#11Diamond#181 nationally
#41Niaoutside the national top 200
#46Indiaoutside the national top 200
#50Dejaoutside the national top 200
#34Maya#182 nationally
#49Asia#195 nationally
#62Davonoutside the national top 200
#66Babyoutside the national top 200
#67Camilleoutside the national top 200
#67Mauriceoutside the national top 200
#50Andre#183 nationally

Girls

#1Jasmine71US #24
#2Alexis63US #8
#3Kayla62US #12
#4Sarah59US #4
#5Katherine51US #32
#6Taylor50US #7
#7Hannah47US #5
#8Jessica45US #2
#9Ashley41US #3
#10Elizabeth41US #9
#11Diamond40US #181
#12Emma38US #36
#13Caroline37US #75
#14Jennifer37US #18
#15Emily36US #1
#16Briana35US #72
#17Rachel35US #13
#18Alexandra32US #30
#19Grace32US #69
#20Sophia32US #94
#21Lauren31US #14
#22Olivia31US #27
#23Brianna29US #17
#24Imani29
#25Jordan29US #40
#26Julia29US #37
#27Anna28US #33
#28Danielle28US #34
#29Gabrielle27US #51
#30Rebecca26US #25
#31Samantha26US #6
#32Victoria26US #19
#33Madeline25US #59
#34Maya25US #182
#35Stephanie25US #23
#36Angel24US #144
#37Brittany24US #20
#38Dominique24US #118
#39Erin24US #52
#40Jada24US #165
#41Nia24
#42Nicole24US #21
#43Amanda23US #16
#44Jacqueline23US #77
#45Courtney22US #28
#46India22
#47Claire21US #108
#48Jade21US #129
#49Asia20US #195
#50Deja20
#51Madison20US #10
#52Michelle20US #55
#53Destiny19US #42
#54Mary19US #46
#55Mia19US #128
#56Christina18US #62
#57Erica18US #84
#58Tiffany18US #61
#59Amber17US #29
#60Catherine17US #96
#61Megan17US #11
#62Ana16US #139
#63Margaret16US #110
#64Mariah16US #67
#65Allison15US #39
#66Baby15
#67Camille15
#68Janae15
#69Sydney15US #35
#70Andrea14US #58
#71Isabelle14
#72Kathleen14US #175
#73Kimberly14US #49
#74Natalie14US #48
#75Sabrina14US #53
#76Tiara14
#77Abigail13US #26
#78Anne13
#79Christine13US #159
#80Claudia13US #168
#81Laura13US #66
#82Leslie13US #115
#83Madeleine13
#84Melissa13US #44
#85Alexus12US #183
#86Babygirl12
#87Charlotte12
#88Isabel12US #141
#89Kathryn12US #86
#90Maria12US #38
#91Melanie12US #127
#92Morgan12US #22
#93Sara12US #50
#94Shayla12
#95Alyssa11US #15
#96Ariana11US #138
#97Bria11
#98Brooke11US #45
#99Gabriela11US #120
#100Gabriella11US #123

Boys

#1Michael131US #1
#2John102US #15
#3William91US #19
#4David90US #14
#5James88US #17
#6Christopher86US #4
#7Anthony84US #18
#8Joshua84US #5
#9Kevin81US #28
#10Joseph78US #12
#11Andrew73US #7
#12Daniel73US #11
#13Matthew72US #3
#14Alexander67US #22
#15Brandon66US #8
#16Nicholas66US #6
#17Brian60US #37
#18Samuel60US #27
#19Eric58US #35
#20Malik57US #111
#21Robert56US #23
#22Thomas56US #31
#23Jonathan54US #21
#24Jordan54US #26
#25Aaron51US #33
#26Justin51US #20
#27Christian49US #25
#28Benjamin48US #29
#29Jacob44US #2
#30Ryan44US #16
#31Charles42US #49
#32Marcus42US #93
#33Isaiah39US #60
#34Zachary39US #13
#35Antonio36US #75
#36Noah35US #38
#37Patrick33US #50
#38Mark32US #58
#39Nathaniel32US #65
#40Gregory31US #103
#41Jason31US #41
#42Paul30US #79
#43Sean30US #48
#44Tyler30US #10
#45Henry29US #139
#46Austin28US #9
#47Carlos28US #67
#48George28US #121
#49Kyle28US #24
#50Andre27US #183
#51Edward27US #100
#52Cameron25US #45
#53Devin25US #59
#54Peter25US #102
#55Darius23US #177
#56Ethan23US #46
#57Jose23US #32
#58Kenneth23US #83
#59Adam22US #39
#60Jeffrey21US #84
#61Nathan21US #34
#62Davon20
#63Dylan20US #30
#64Gabriel20US #57
#65Ian20US #70
#66Julian20US #131
#67Maurice20
#68Timothy20US #43
#69Jeremy19US #64
#70Bryan18US #69
#71Richard18US #51
#72Deandre17
#73Keith17US #169
#74Luis17US #53
#75Max17US #194
#76Reginald17
#77Brendan16US #107
#78Juwan16
#79Victor16US #105
#80Babyboy15
#81Daquan15
#82Darryl15
#83Evan15US #61
#84Jack15US #76
#85Liam15US #162
#86Lucas15US #98
#87Marquis15
#88Aidan14
#89Erick14US #197
#90Juan14US #54
#91Omar14US #154
#92Raymond14US #138
#93Stephen14US #68
#94Steven14US #40
#95Terrell14
#96Trevon14
#97Tyrone14
#98Dante13US #200
#99Deangelo13
#100Donovan13

On the move since 1996

Rising

↑55Nia#41
↑54Jada#40
↑47Henry#45
↑41Ethan#56
↑40Jason#41
↑39Madeline#33
↑37Claire#47
↑36Grace#19

Falling

↓58Steven#94
↓50Maria#90
↓45Natalie#74
↓45Laura#81
↓37Sara#93
↓32Melissa#84
↓30Stephen#93
↓28Catherine#60

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1996 rankings.