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Top names in District of Columbia

The names most likely to appear on 2002 District of Columbia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 8,187 District of Columbia births in 2002 across 536 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.

#41Diamondoutside the national top 200
#52Jaylaoutside the national top 200
#54Malikoutside the national top 200
#56Aniyahoutside the national top 200
#59Charlotteoutside the national top 200
#61Imanioutside the national top 200
#63Lucyoutside the national top 200
#68Khaliloutside the national top 200
#70Malachioutside the national top 200
#77Aniyaoutside the national top 200
#78Eleanoroutside the national top 200
#81Derrickoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Kayla52US #19
#2Sarah47US #8
#3Taylor47US #18
#4Elizabeth46US #11
#5Olivia45US #10
#6Emily44US #1
#7Katherine44US #36
#8Lauren43US #13
#9Samantha40US #9
#10Anna39US #20
#11Julia39US #33
#12Caroline38US #67
#13Alexandra36US #38
#14Grace36US #15
#15Jessica36US #16
#16Jordan36US #45
#17Sophia36US #27
#18Sydney36US #23
#19Abigail35US #7
#20Hannah35US #3
#21Ashley33US #6
#22Jennifer32US #28
#23Destiny31US #34
#24Jasmine31US #26
#25Isabella30US #14
#26Jada30US #78
#27Zoe30US #60
#28Emma28US #4
#29Aaliyah27US #64
#30Alexis27US #5
#31Madeline27US #56
#32Mary27US #49
#33Sophie27US #149
#34Maya26US #90
#35Catherine24US #101
#36Isabel24US #85
#37Madison24US #2
#38Mia24US #43
#39Trinity24US #70
#40Brianna23US #17
#41Diamond23
#42Margaret23US #129
#43Andrea22US #55
#44Ava22US #82
#45Danielle22US #71
#46Maria22US #40
#47Natalie22US #30
#48Rebecca22US #54
#49Sofia22US #112
#50Claire21US #95
#51Gabrielle21US #66
#52Jayla21
#53Nicole21US #37
#54Amelia20US #139
#55Angel20US #109
#56Aniyah18
#57Ella18US #89
#58Mya18US #145
#59Charlotte17
#60Christina17US #97
#61Imani17
#62Kelly17US #119
#63Lucy17
#64Makayla17US #50
#65Michelle17US #58
#66Paige17US #51
#67Rachel17US #24
#68Sara17US #59
#69Ashanti16US #115
#70Jacqueline16US #81
#71Jocelyn16US #92
#72Karen16US #150
#73Morgan16US #29
#74Chloe15US #25
#75Erin15US #72
#76Lily15US #79
#77Aniya14
#78Eleanor14
#79Kaitlyn14US #32
#80Laura14US #105
#81Mikayla14US #124
#82Gabriela13US #116
#83India13
#84Karina13US #168
#85Lillian13US #96
#86Melissa13US #80
#87Nia13
#88Stephanie13US #41
#89Allison12US #44
#90Amanda12US #46
#91Ana12US #134
#92Angela12US #83
#93Courtney12US #88
#94Heaven12
#95Kimberly12US #63
#96Leah12US #87
#97Megan12US #22
#98Victoria12US #21
#99Amber11US #65
#100Audrey11US #100

Boys

#1Michael113US #2
#2William105US #11
#3James82US #18
#4John78US #17
#5David76US #13
#6Alexander72US #15
#7Kevin70US #33
#8Joshua69US #3
#9Samuel68US #25
#10Christopher67US #8
#11Thomas65US #36
#12Daniel63US #10
#13Joseph62US #7
#14Jordan55US #37
#15Matthew55US #4
#16Andrew53US #6
#17Benjamin53US #27
#18Elijah52US #41
#19Charles51US #58
#20Christian51US #24
#21Jason47US #42
#22Nicholas45US #9
#23Anthony44US #12
#24Ethan44US #5
#25Robert43US #34
#26Gabriel41US #32
#27Jonathan41US #21
#28Brian40US #51
#29Aidan38US #60
#30Ryan38US #16
#31Aaron37US #43
#32Henry37US #115
#33Isaiah37US #45
#34Eric36US #52
#35Jacob35US #1
#36Zachary35US #19
#37Patrick33US #79
#38Brandon32US #20
#39Sean32US #59
#40Ian31US #67
#41Jalen31US #145
#42Cameron30US #39
#43Xavier30US #88
#44Justin29US #22
#45Luke29US #46
#46Nathan29US #28
#47Noah29US #31
#48Jeremiah28US #86
#49Dylan27US #23
#50Nathaniel26US #62
#51Jack25US #44
#52Peter25US #134
#53Adam24US #55
#54Malik24
#55Oscar24US #120
#56Tyler24US #14
#57Liam23US #113
#58Marcus23US #106
#59Carlos21US #65
#60Diego21US #98
#61Maxwell21US #129
#62Steven21US #68
#63Caleb20US #35
#64Jose20US #30
#65Nicolas20US #137
#66Richard20US #77
#67Emmanuel19US #184
#68Khalil19
#69Kyle19US #40
#70Malachi19
#71Jackson18US #50
#72Micah18US #173
#73Antonio17US #85
#74Bryan17US #64
#75Connor17US #47
#76Gregory17US #169
#77Jaden17US #87
#78Kenneth17US #104
#79Mark17US #93
#80Paul17US #118
#81Derrick16
#82Donald16
#83Julian16US #78
#84Lucas16US #75
#85Luis16US #57
#86Oliver16
#87Owen16US #94
#88Alex15US #63
#89Andre15
#90Angel15US #49
#91Brendan15US #124
#92Donovan15US #190
#93Isaac15US #48
#94Jaylen15
#95Josiah15US #154
#96Mekhi15
#97Miles15
#98Timothy15US #70
#99Victor15US #100
#100Devin14US #74

On the move since 2001

Rising

↑42Claire#50
↑41Maria#46
↑41Mya#58
↑40Gabriel#26
↑33Lucy#63
↑33Michelle#65
↑31Ian#40
↑30Oscar#55

Falling

↓60Leah#96
↓51Victoria#98
↓45Amanda#90
↓40Timothy#98
↓38Morgan#73
↓37Stephanie#88
↓36Rachel#67
↓34Antonio#73

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2001 rankings.