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Top names in District of Columbia

The names most likely to appear on 2008 District of Columbia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 7,434 District of Columbia births in 2008 across 547 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.

#47Madeleineoutside the national top 200
#57Zionoutside the national top 200
#66Aniyaoutside the national top 200
#67Asiaoutside the national top 200
#70Jeffersonoutside the national top 200
#74Malikoutside the national top 200
#78Khaliloutside the national top 200
#56Edwin#175 nationally
#84Amarioutside the national top 200
#87Eleanoroutside the national top 200
#87Jamarioutside the national top 200
#88Jazminoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Ashley47US #18
#2Chloe43US #10
#3Sophia41US #7
#4Katherine39US #45
#5Emma36US #1
#6Emily35US #3
#7Madison35US #6
#8Olivia35US #4
#9Abigail33US #8
#10Grace33US #21
#11Elizabeth32US #9
#12Sofia32US #36
#13Allison29US #32
#14Isabella29US #2
#15Zoe29US #58
#16Ava28US #5
#17Charlotte28US #86
#18Genesis27US #95
#19Taylor27US #22
#20Anna26US #26
#21Kimberly25US #57
#22Makayla25US #37
#23Maya25US #71
#24Sarah25US #20
#25Mia24US #14
#26Gabrielle23US #79
#27Jada23US #110
#28Kennedy23US #115
#29Caroline22US #94
#30Julia22US #41
#31Kayla21US #28
#32Nevaeh21US #34
#33Sophie21US #75
#34Sydney21US #49
#35Gabriela20US #131
#36Morgan20US #46
#37Ella19US #19
#38Evelyn19US #54
#39Lauren19US #30
#40Trinity19US #70
#41Isabel18US #97
#42Jasmine18US #43
#43Jocelyn18US #67
#44Catherine17US #148
#45Claire17US #62
#46Lucy17US #112
#47Madeleine17
#48Victoria17US #27
#49Andrea16US #72
#50Camila16US #83
#51Destiny16US #47
#52Jayla16US #117
#53Jennifer16US #84
#54London16US #156
#55Nicole16US #106
#56Samantha16US #11
#57Alexandra15US #61
#58Angel15US #159
#59Hannah15US #17
#60Jessica15US #59
#61Madeline15US #56
#62Michelle15US #101
#63Natalie15US #13
#64Sara15US #92
#65Ana14US #170
#66Aniya14
#67Asia14
#68Brianna14US #23
#69Daniela14US #121
#70Maria14US #63
#71Mariah14US #77
#72Naomi14US #119
#73Alexis13US #15
#74Amelia13US #68
#75Angela13US #132
#76Gabriella13US #35
#77Laila13US #140
#78Lila13US #180
#79Madelyn13US #64
#80Mary13US #96
#81Rachel13US #74
#82Alana12US #166
#83Alexa12US #50
#84Angelina12US #69
#85Aniyah12US #184
#86Avery12US #38
#87Eleanor12
#88Jazmin12
#89Melanie12US #85
#90Nora12
#91Rebecca12US #118
#92Aaliyah11US #76
#93Angie11
#94Audrey11US #44
#95Brooke11US #52
#96Erin11US #164
#97Jade11US #130
#98Leah11US #40
#99Makenzie11US #162
#100Mckenzie11US #151

Boys

#1William95US #8
#2Alexander79US #6
#3Michael76US #2
#4John74US #20
#5Christopher68US #9
#6Samuel58US #27
#7Daniel55US #5
#8Elijah54US #22
#9Kevin54US #41
#10James52US #17
#11Joshua52US #4
#12Benjamin51US #25
#13David49US #14
#14Henry49US #78
#15Anthony47US #7
#16Christian46US #23
#17Joseph46US #13
#18Andrew45US #12
#19Charles44US #63
#20Matthew43US #10
#21Jayden42US #11
#22Justin39US #44
#23Gabriel38US #24
#24Jonathan38US #26
#25Thomas38US #52
#26Isaac37US #37
#27Ryan37US #18
#28Antonio35US #102
#29Ethan35US #3
#30Bryan33US #82
#31Sean33US #83
#32Brandon32US #33
#33Jason32US #60
#34Noah32US #15
#35Robert32US #49
#36Jacob31US #1
#37Xavier31US #71
#38Jack30US #39
#39Nathan30US #21
#40Nicholas30US #29
#41Dylan29US #31
#42Isaiah29US #42
#43Jeremiah29US #68
#44Brian28US #87
#45Angel27US #36
#46Jackson27US #32
#47Lucas25US #46
#48Nathaniel25US #77
#49Sebastian25US #74
#50Diego24US #69
#51Eric24US #86
#52Evan24US #38
#53Jordan23US #48
#54Luke23US #43
#55Zachary23US #47
#56Edwin22US #175
#57Zion22
#58Emmanuel21US #145
#59Jaden21US #88
#60Jose21US #40
#61Liam21US #75
#62Carlos20US #73
#63Aaron19US #50
#64Aiden19US #16
#65Cameron19US #53
#66Colin19US #114
#67Ian19US #80
#68Adrian18US #56
#69Caleb18US #34
#70Jefferson18
#71Tyler18US #28
#72Adam17US #72
#73Edward17US #148
#74Malik17
#75Max17US #126
#76Owen17US #58
#77Steven17US #104
#78Khalil16
#79Luis16US #64
#80Malachi16US #160
#81Nicolas16US #151
#82Oliver16US #118
#83Aidan15US #59
#84Amari15
#85Connor15US #57
#86Erick15US #179
#87Jamari15
#88Jaylen15US #185
#89Josue15US #183
#90Miles15US #167
#91Patrick15US #127
#92Gavin14US #30
#93Ivan14US #132
#94Jeffrey14US #198
#95Julian14US #61
#96Kenneth14US #137
#97Micah14US #121
#98Andre13
#99Calvin13
#100Demetrius13

On the move since 2007

Rising

↑61Evelyn#38
↑46Trinity#40
↑45Antonio#28
↑44Sean#31
↑43Isaac#26
↑40Genesis#18
↑37Jada#27
↑37Emmanuel#58

Falling

↓45Hannah#59
↓44Maria#70
↓38Jennifer#53
↓38Audrey#94
↓38Andre#98
↓37Brianna#68
↓35Alexandra#57
↓34Nicolas#81

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2007 rankings.