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Top names in District of Columbia

The names most likely to appear on 2007 District of Columbia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 7,864 District of Columbia births in 2007 across 559 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.

#45Londonoutside the national top 200
#57Eleanoroutside the national top 200
#57Malikoutside the national top 200
#60Andreoutside the national top 200
#62Emelyoutside the national top 200
#63Imanioutside the national top 200
#39Margaret#173 nationally
#72Angieoutside the national top 200
#76Ruthoutside the national top 200
#76Zionoutside the national top 200
#78Aniyaoutside the national top 200
#80Heavenoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Ashley58US #13
#2Sophia53US #6
#3Katherine43US #39
#4Elizabeth41US #10
#5Caroline39US #99
#6Kayla37US #26
#7Madison37US #5
#8Olivia37US #7
#9Isabella36US #2
#10Zoe33US #56
#11Abigail32US #8
#12Anna32US #25
#13Emily31US #1
#14Hannah31US #9
#15Jennifer31US #64
#16Maya30US #62
#17Chloe29US #16
#18Claire29US #66
#19Charlotte27US #101
#20Julia27US #34
#21Kimberly27US #54
#22Alexandra26US #49
#23Lauren26US #28
#24Grace25US #20
#25Kennedy25US #110
#26Maria25US #53
#27Mia25US #15
#28Nevaeh25US #31
#29Sarah25US #18
#30Andrea24US #60
#31Brianna24US #22
#32Emma24US #3
#33Sofia23US #36
#34Sydney23US #37
#35Catherine22US #142
#36Jasmine21US #32
#37Lily21US #27
#38Morgan21US #43
#39Margaret20US #173
#40Allison19US #46
#41Amelia19US #77
#42Ava19US #4
#43Gabriela19US #118
#44Gabrielle19US #68
#45London19
#46Madeline19US #61
#47Mary19US #93
#48Natalie19US #17
#49Samantha19US #12
#50Sophie19US #82
#51Ella18US #21
#52Isabel18US #87
#53Makayla18US #47
#54Taylor18US #24
#55Victoria18US #29
#56Audrey17US #51
#57Eleanor17
#58Genesis17US #140
#59Karen17US #165
#60Alyssa16US #14
#61Avery16US #48
#62Emely16
#63Imani16
#64Jada16US #95
#65Jessica16US #42
#66Michelle16US #94
#67Ana15US #161
#68Destiny15US #41
#69Gabriella15US #38
#70Laila15US #148
#71Angel14US #152
#72Angie14
#73Erin14US #141
#74Jocelyn14US #50
#75Jordan14US #100
#76Ruth14
#77Stephanie14US #88
#78Aniya13
#79Diana13US #106
#80Heaven13
#81Jasmin13
#82Jayla13US #131
#83Leah13US #67
#84Leslie13US #127
#85Rachel13US #59
#86Trinity13US #72
#87Aaliyah12US #83
#88Alexa12US #40
#89Arianna12US #70
#90Camille12
#91Fiona12
#92Logan12
#93Megan12US #78
#94Nora12
#95Sara12US #80
#96Autumn11US #90
#97Diamond11
#98Eva11US #117
#99Evelyn11US #55
#100Kendall11US #166

Boys

#1William99US #8
#2John90US #19
#3Christopher88US #6
#4Michael79US #2
#5Anthony77US #7
#6Alexander74US #11
#7Daniel71US #5
#8Kevin64US #39
#9Noah61US #14
#10Andrew60US #10
#11James56US #15
#12Jonathan56US #23
#13Samuel56US #25
#14David52US #12
#15Joshua50US #4
#16Matthew47US #9
#17Benjamin45US #26
#18Henry45US #90
#19Brandon42US #31
#20Charles41US #62
#21Christian41US #22
#22Jason40US #59
#23Justin40US #45
#24Jeremiah38US #67
#25Jacob37US #1
#26Dylan36US #29
#27Elijah36US #30
#28Ethan36US #3
#29Gabriel36US #28
#30Nathan36US #24
#31Nicholas35US #20
#32Thomas34US #52
#33Joseph33US #13
#34Isaiah32US #43
#35Jose32US #35
#36Ryan32US #16
#37Brian31US #81
#38Bryan31US #78
#39Zachary30US #42
#40Carlos29US #70
#41Robert28US #47
#42Ian27US #75
#43Jack27US #38
#44Xavier27US #68
#45Eric26US #83
#46Jordan25US #44
#47Nicolas25US #144
#48Oliver25US #140
#49Aaron24US #51
#50Lucas24US #53
#51Cameron23US #50
#52Evan23US #40
#53Jaden23US #74
#54Jayden22US #18
#55Diego21US #58
#56Malachi21US #155
#57Malik21
#58Steven21US #97
#59Aidan20US #54
#60Andre20
#61Caleb20US #36
#62Connor20US #55
#63Edward20US #145
#64Jackson20US #33
#65Liam20US #89
#66Nathaniel20US #82
#67Patrick20US #116
#68Cristian19US #139
#69Isaac19US #41
#70Luke19US #46
#71Sebastian19US #73
#72Angel18US #34
#73Antonio18US #95
#74George18US #148
#75Sean18US #76
#76Zion18
#77Edwin17US #171
#78Jaylen17US #193
#79Joel17US #123
#80Josue17US #181
#81Juan17US #63
#82Julian17US #66
#83Kenneth17US #135
#84Oscar17US #121
#85Owen17US #56
#86Richard17US #101
#87Tyler17US #21
#88Adrian16US #61
#89Erick16US #166
#90Jeffrey16US #191
#91Miles16US #189
#92Peter16US #177
#93Theodore16
#94Chase15US #79
#95Emmanuel15US #154
#96Josiah15US #105
#97Khalil15
#98Luis15US #60
#99Marcus15US #117
#100Max15US #141

On the move since 2006

Rising

↑52Margaret#39
↑47Brandon#19
↑43Lily#37
↑37Karen#59
↑36Maria#26
↑36Dylan#26
↑33Emely#62
↑30Eric#45

Falling

↓50Luis#98
↓49Diana#79
↓43Jayla#82
↓38Ava#42
↓37Trinity#86
↓36Destiny#68
↓35Taylor#54
↓35Peter#92

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State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2006 rankings.