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Top names in District of Columbia

The names most likely to appear on 2009 District of Columbia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 7,248 District of Columbia births in 2009 across 523 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.

#22Margaret#187 nationally
#42Sashaoutside the national top 200
#27Catherine#176 nationally
#66Khaliloutside the national top 200
#69Heavenoutside the national top 200
#70Zionoutside the national top 200
#72Loganoutside the national top 200
#72Amarioutside the national top 200
#75Dakotaoutside the national top 200
#78Leooutside the national top 200
#79Malikoutside the national top 200
#73Malia#192 nationally

Girls

#1Sophia43US #4
#2Allison41US #30
#3Abigail36US #8
#4Ashley36US #20
#5Elizabeth36US #11
#6Katherine34US #60
#7Taylor34US #22
#8Zoe34US #47
#9Charlotte33US #68
#10Madison32US #7
#11Anna31US #28
#12Ava30US #5
#13Genesis29US #83
#14Madeline28US #64
#15Caroline27US #87
#16Olivia27US #3
#17Emma26US #2
#18Kimberly25US #66
#19Sofia25US #36
#20Evelyn23US #40
#21Julia23US #50
#22Margaret23US #187
#23Chloe22US #9
#24Emily22US #6
#25Kayla22US #35
#26Makayla22US #44
#27Catherine21US #176
#28Claire21US #53
#29Naomi21US #107
#30Alexandra20US #69
#31Isabella20US #1
#32Sarah20US #21
#33Amelia19US #55
#34Ella19US #15
#35Gabrielle19US #96
#36Grace19US #17
#37Sydney19US #48
#38London18US #122
#39Melissa18US #137
#40Morgan18US #57
#41Natalie18US #16
#42Sasha18
#43Sophie18US #65
#44Jennifer17US #110
#45Leah17US #29
#46Lily17US #18
#47Lucy17US #101
#48Nevaeh17US #34
#49Samantha17US #14
#50Gabriela16US #139
#51Lauren16US #46
#52Layla16US #45
#53Maria16US #70
#54Aaliyah15US #63
#55Audrey15US #49
#56Destiny15US #56
#57Eva15US #99
#58Jasmine15US #51
#59Kennedy15US #115
#60Laila15US #135
#61Lillian15US #27
#62Mia15US #10
#63Angel14US #177
#64Avery14US #32
#65Camila14US #80
#66Gabriella14US #33
#67Giselle14US #134
#68Hannah14US #23
#69Heaven14
#70Jayla14US #128
#71Khloe14US #95
#72Logan14
#73Malia14US #192
#74Trinity14US #74
#75Dakota13
#76Isabel13US #109
#77Maya13US #61
#78Valeria13US #72
#79Addison12US #12
#80Alexa12US #43
#81Andrea12US #73
#82Aniya12
#83Arianna12US #52
#84Autumn12US #81
#85Brianna12US #24
#86Emely12
#87Jada12US #113
#88Nora12US #198
#89Sara12US #106
#90Stella12US #126
#91Adriana11US #125
#92Alyssa11US #19
#93Amani11
#94Ana11US #180
#95Ashly11
#96Diana11US #166
#97Jade11US #129
#98Jessica11US #78
#99Mary11US #102
#100Molly11US #92

Boys

#1William87US #5
#2James70US #18
#3Michael70US #3
#4Alexander67US #4
#5Daniel60US #7
#6Christopher56US #10
#7John55US #26
#8Joshua53US #6
#9David47US #14
#10Elijah47US #21
#11Jacob47US #1
#12Anthony46US #11
#13Nicholas45US #32
#14Andrew44US #16
#15Henry44US #71
#16Jonathan44US #29
#17Samuel44US #24
#18Jayden43US #8
#19Noah43US #9
#20Charles42US #64
#21Christian42US #23
#22Kevin42US #44
#23Thomas41US #57
#24Benjamin40US #19
#25Bryan40US #92
#26Jack40US #42
#27Jason38US #66
#28Justin38US #46
#29Dylan37US #30
#30Matthew37US #13
#31Ryan37US #20
#32Robert36US #55
#33Joseph35US #15
#34Jeremiah33US #65
#35Ethan32US #2
#36Liam31US #49
#37Angel29US #37
#38Brandon29US #38
#39Gabriel29US #22
#40Isaac29US #40
#41Xavier29US #68
#42Brian28US #94
#43Cameron28US #58
#44Diego28US #76
#45Isaiah28US #41
#46Carlos27US #79
#47Caleb26US #31
#48Evan26US #35
#49Lucas26US #39
#50Jose24US #43
#51Ian23US #73
#52Jackson23US #27
#53Luke23US #47
#54Nathan23US #25
#55Oliver23US #98
#56Aaron22US #54
#57Jordan22US #45
#58Sean22US #97
#59Tyler22US #28
#60Adrian21US #59
#61Julian21US #62
#62Nathaniel20US #75
#63Owen20US #51
#64Aidan19US #72
#65Edward19US #137
#66Khalil19
#67Sebastian19US #70
#68Tristan19US #80
#69Zachary19US #53
#70Zion19
#71Aiden18US #12
#72Amari18
#73Antonio18US #105
#74Eli18US #90
#75Miles18US #161
#76Peter18US #190
#77Jaden17US #101
#78Leo17
#79Malik17
#80Mason17US #34
#81Steven17US #106
#82Emmanuel16US #144
#83Jeremy16US #140
#84Josiah16US #86
#85Juan16US #67
#86Max16US #104
#87Micah16US #118
#88Andy15
#89Carter15US #50
#90Devin15US #126
#91Josue15US #193
#92Nicolas15US #157
#93Oscar15US #131
#94Richard15US #114
#95Amir14
#96Colin14US #113
#97Connor14US #52
#98Dominic14US #81
#99Elias14US #158
#100Eric14US #95

On the move since 2008

Rising

↑53Leah#45
↑47Madeline#14
↑43Naomi#29
↑41Amelia#33
↑39Audrey#55
↑38Aaliyah#54
↑34Julian#61
↑27Alexandra#30

Falling

↓60Jada#87
↓54Maya#77
↓49Eric#100
↓45Antonio#73
↓38Jessica#98
↓37Mia#62
↓35Isabel#76
↓34Trinity#74

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2008 rankings.