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Top names in District of Columbia

The names most likely to appear on 2005 District of Columbia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 7,518 District of Columbia births in 2005 across 503 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.

#51Malikoutside the national top 200
#55Aniyahoutside the national top 200
#60Eleanoroutside the national top 200
#65Theodoreoutside the national top 200
#66Luciaoutside the national top 200
#71Lailaoutside the national top 200
#71Andreoutside the national top 200
#73Camilleoutside the national top 200
#74Claraoutside the national top 200
#46Lucy#172 nationally
#75Jalenoutside the national top 200
#78Josephineoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Sophia51US #12
#2Olivia45US #5
#3Elizabeth43US #11
#4Kayla43US #25
#5Katherine42US #36
#6Emily41US #1
#7Alexandra36US #37
#8Anna36US #22
#9Ashley36US #10
#10Ava36US #9
#11Emma36US #2
#12Abigail34US #4
#13Grace34US #14
#14Lauren34US #21
#15Destiny33US #32
#16Caroline31US #83
#17Sarah31US #15
#18Isabella29US #6
#19Julia29US #31
#20Natalie29US #18
#21Sofia28US #52
#22Hannah27US #7
#23Jennifer27US #42
#24Maya27US #73
#25Sydney27US #30
#26Taylor27US #24
#27Charlotte26US #135
#28Madison26US #3
#29Jasmine25US #29
#30Zoe25US #58
#31Gabrielle23US #55
#32Aaliyah22US #93
#33Jada22US #76
#34Makayla22US #44
#35Mia22US #17
#36Samantha22US #8
#37Victoria22US #28
#38Catherine21US #109
#39Chloe21US #19
#40Naomi21US #138
#41Trinity21US #48
#42Maria20US #46
#43Sophie20US #136
#44Jessica19US #27
#45Kennedy19US #118
#46Lucy19US #172
#47Nevaeh19US #69
#48Sara19US #75
#49Allison18US #45
#50Audrey18US #77
#51Brianna18US #20
#52Daniela18US #122
#53Stephanie18US #64
#54Angel17US #143
#55Aniyah17
#56Brooke17US #47
#57Claire17US #95
#58Michelle17US #74
#59Amelia16US #84
#60Eleanor16
#61Ella16US #23
#62Kimberly16US #63
#63Mary16US #72
#64Morgan16US #33
#65Gabriela15US #115
#66Lucia15
#67Margaret15US #151
#68Faith14US #49
#69Isabel14US #89
#70Jordan14US #86
#71Laila14
#72Andrea13US #65
#73Camille13
#74Clara13
#75Diana13US #100
#76Eva13US #129
#77Evelyn13US #71
#78Josephine13
#79Kiara13US #159
#80Melanie13US #92
#81Rachel13US #38
#82Alexis12US #13
#83Alyssa12US #16
#84Erin12US #112
#85Jayla12US #197
#86Kyla12US #194
#87Nia12
#88Vanessa12US #80
#89India11
#90Karen11US #164
#91Leah11US #68
#92Lesly11
#93Lydia11US #119
#94Madeline11US #70
#95Nicole11US #56
#96Nina11
#97Rebecca11US #81
#98Sabrina11US #169
#99Stella11
#100Amanda10US #79

Boys

#1William111US #11
#2John97US #18
#3James81US #17
#4Michael80US #2
#5Alexander78US #13
#6Kevin74US #33
#7Daniel72US #7
#8Anthony63US #8
#9Charles61US #56
#10Christopher60US #10
#11Joshua59US #3
#12Benjamin56US #25
#13Henry56US #102
#14David55US #12
#15Matthew54US #4
#16Joseph51US #9
#17Samuel51US #21
#18Andrew50US #6
#19Ethan46US #5
#20Christian44US #22
#21Nicholas44US #15
#22Brandon43US #27
#23Jacob43US #1
#24Bryan42US #72
#25Elijah42US #31
#26Thomas42US #40
#27Jordan38US #46
#28Isaiah37US #45
#29Jackson37US #44
#30Jason36US #51
#31Jonathan36US #19
#32Noah36US #23
#33Brian35US #63
#34Robert35US #37
#35Jack34US #34
#36Ryan33US #14
#37Zachary33US #29
#38Aaron32US #57
#39Jeremiah32US #78
#40Antonio31US #92
#41Gabriel31US #28
#42Luke29US #41
#43Sean29US #75
#44Tyler29US #16
#45Adam27US #64
#46Lucas26US #58
#47Aidan25US #43
#48Evan25US #39
#49Ian25US #68
#50Juan25US #55
#51Malik24
#52Owen24US #60
#53Eric23US #66
#54Justin23US #36
#55Nathaniel23US #67
#56Malachi22US #162
#57Nathan22US #20
#58Marcus21US #116
#59Max21US #165
#60Patrick21US #108
#61Dylan20US #24
#62Jayden20US #54
#63Diego19US #62
#64Paul19US #130
#65Theodore19
#66Devin18US #90
#67Jose18US #30
#68Richard18US #94
#69Sebastian18US #86
#70Victor18US #105
#71Andre17
#72Angel17US #32
#73Cameron17US #52
#74Edward17US #134
#75Jalen17
#76Julian17US #74
#77Kyle17US #69
#78Liam17US #104
#79Carlos16US #70
#80Jeffrey16US #171
#81Caleb15US #35
#82Damari15
#83Darius15
#84Edwin15US #178
#85Jaden15US #88
#86Jeremy15US #115
#87Khalil15
#88Luis15US #59
#89Nicolas15US #136
#90Oliver15
#91Alex14US #71
#92Cristian14US #142
#93Davon14
#94Franklin14
#95George14US #139
#96Gregory14
#97Isaac14US #49
#98Jaylen14US #194
#99Jonah14US #184
#100Kenneth14US #122

On the move since 2004

Rising

↑39Luke#42
↑38Jennifer#23
↑38Sophie#43
↑35Natalie#20
↑35Allison#49
↑35Evan#48
↑32Gabriela#65
↑31Lucas#46

Falling

↓54Nicole#95
↓49Ella#61
↓49Rachel#81
↓49Madeline#94
↓46Alexis#82
↓44Amanda#100
↓36Morgan#64
↓34Erin#84

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2004 rankings.