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Top names in District of Columbia

The names most likely to appear on 1998 District of Columbia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 8,450 District of Columbia births in 1998 across 543 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.

#29Niaoutside the national top 200
#33Imanioutside the national top 200
#40Dejaoutside the national top 200
#42Madeleineoutside the national top 200
#44Camilleoutside the national top 200
#48Asiaoutside the national top 200
#56Emmanueloutside the national top 200
#49Andre#193 nationally
#50Derrick#194 nationally
#57Davonoutside the national top 200
#23Diamond#164 nationally
#61Myaoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Alexis65US #6
#2Jasmine62US #26
#3Taylor56US #7
#4Kayla54US #12
#5Jessica51US #8
#6Ashley50US #5
#7Elizabeth46US #10
#8Olivia46US #21
#9Alexandra45US #27
#10Emma45US #22
#11Julia43US #32
#12Katherine42US #33
#13Sarah42US #4
#14Destiny40US #34
#15Lauren39US #14
#16Brianna38US #17
#17Jennifer37US #20
#18Maya37US #123
#19Caroline36US #75
#20Jordan36US #42
#21Emily34US #1
#22Rachel33US #15
#23Diamond31US #164
#24Hannah31US #2
#25Sophia31US #73
#26Sydney31US #28
#27Victoria31US #16
#28Anna30US #31
#29Nia29
#30Mary28US #44
#31Jada27US #119
#32Danielle26US #41
#33Imani25
#34Rebecca24US #30
#35Claire23US #91
#36Grace23US #53
#37Megan23US #13
#38Natalie23US #40
#39Brittany22US #25
#40Deja22
#41Briana20US #79
#42Madeleine20
#43Madeline20US #50
#44Camille19
#45Catherine19US #101
#46Erin19US #57
#47Angel18US #138
#48Asia18
#49Erica18US #92
#50Gabrielle18US #47
#51Jade18US #125
#52Laura18US #74
#53Madison18US #9
#54Margaret18US #114
#55Leah17US #106
#56Michelle17US #55
#57Abigail16US #18
#58Amber16US #37
#59Dominique16US #146
#60Mia16US #130
#61Mya16
#62Samantha16US #3
#63Sara16US #48
#64Allison15US #38
#65Amanda15US #19
#66Andrea15US #61
#67Precious15
#68Tiffany15US #67
#69Angela14US #100
#70Bria14
#71Chloe14US #87
#72Christina14US #69
#73Isabel14US #118
#74Maria14US #43
#75Stephanie14US #29
#76Tamia14
#77Ayanna13
#78Jayla13
#79Kathleen13US #171
#80Leslie13US #111
#81Nicole13US #24
#82Paige13US #63
#83Tyra13
#84Zoe13US #122
#85Alyssa12US #11
#86Courtney12US #39
#87Eleanor12
#88Gabriela12US #129
#89Gabriella12US #116
#90Melissa12US #59
#91Monica12US #105
#92Morgan12US #23
#93Sofia12
#94Sophie12
#95Charlotte11
#96Diana11US #83
#97Frances11
#98Jacqueline11US #95
#99Jamia11
#100Jazmine11

Boys

#1Michael129US #1
#2Christopher95US #5
#3John93US #15
#4William93US #14
#5Matthew88US #3
#6David80US #13
#7Daniel79US #12
#8Joshua79US #4
#9James78US #18
#10Anthony77US #19
#11Kevin75US #32
#12Alexander72US #22
#13Nicholas72US #6
#14Andrew69US #9
#15Brandon67US #7
#16Joseph64US #11
#17Samuel63US #28
#18Jonathan60US #21
#19Justin58US #20
#20Robert58US #23
#21Jacob57US #2
#22Christian56US #26
#23Jordan55US #27
#24Benjamin54US #30
#25Malik54US #138
#26Charles52US #48
#27Brian51US #41
#28Ryan47US #17
#29Thomas45US #31
#30Aaron43US #37
#31Marcus43US #96
#32Eric39US #39
#33Kyle39US #24
#34Jason38US #40
#35Sean38US #50
#36Zachary36US #16
#37Antonio32US #79
#38Adam31US #45
#39Isaiah31US #59
#40Cameron29US #35
#41Kenneth29US #87
#42Timothy29US #49
#43Darius28US #162
#44Edward28US #105
#45Noah28US #29
#46Patrick28US #57
#47Nathaniel27US #60
#48Tyler26US #8
#49Andre25US #193
#50Derrick25US #194
#51Nathan25US #34
#52Gabriel24US #54
#53Gregory24US #109
#54Henry24US #135
#55Richard24US #56
#56Emmanuel23
#57Davon22
#58Mark22US #64
#59Devin21US #62
#60Jack21US #61
#61Ethan20US #38
#62Jeremiah20US #114
#63Jose20US #33
#64Alex19US #55
#65Deandre19
#66Dylan19US #25
#67Elijah19US #66
#68Evan19US #63
#69Khalil19
#70Marquis19
#71Trevon19
#72Ian18US #73
#73Jeffrey18US #91
#74Lawrence18
#75Maurice18
#76Paul18US #89
#77Nicolas17US #132
#78Adrian16US #71
#79George16US #125
#80Jamal16
#81Jeremy16US #68
#82Aidan15US #196
#83Brendan15US #99
#84Bryan15US #74
#85Carlos15US #69
#86Jared15US #51
#87Juan15US #52
#88Julian15US #124
#89Ronald15US #182
#90Stephen15US #78
#91Peter14US #111
#92Steven14US #46
#93Xavier14US #131
#94Austin13US #10
#95Caleb13US #42
#96Cole13US #77
#97Colin13US #122
#98Donald13US #180
#99Shawn13US #113
#100Spencer13US #84

On the move since 1997

Rising

↑43Sydney#26
↑41Madeleine#42
↑39Destiny#14
↑36Natalie#38
↑30Sara#63
↑29Laura#52
↑27Bria#70
↑26Timothy#42

Falling

↓54Jacqueline#98
↓48Austin#94
↓41Courtney#86
↓40Stephanie#75
↓39Nicole#81
↓38Carlos#85
↓37Peter#91
↓34Paul#76

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1997 rankings.