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Top names in District of Columbia

The names most likely to appear on 2013 District of Columbia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 7,622 District of Columbia births in 2013 across 558 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.

#43Amiroutside the national top 200
#49Dakotaoutside the national top 200
#52Madeleineoutside the national top 200
#30Theodore#167 nationally
#65Kai#199 nationally
#67Zionoutside the national top 200
#31Josephine#160 nationally
#73Leilaoutside the national top 200
#53Margaret#180 nationally
#47Catherine#170 nationally
#73King#193 nationally
#90Jayceonoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Charlotte53US #11
#2Sofia48US #13
#3Olivia41US #3
#4Genesis40US #55
#5Emma37US #2
#6Mia35US #6
#7Zoe35US #31
#8Amelia34US #17
#9Emily34US #7
#10Eleanor33US #106
#11Elizabeth32US #10
#12Maya32US #72
#13Madison30US #9
#14Ashley29US #67
#15Ava29US #5
#16Isabella28US #4
#17Victoria28US #25
#18Sophia27US #1
#19Katherine26US #77
#20Abigail25US #8
#21Caroline25US #63
#22Anna24US #35
#23Evelyn24US #20
#24Kennedy24US #65
#25Brianna23US #71
#26Eliana23US #125
#27Grace23US #22
#28Madeline23US #90
#29Allison22US #34
#30Chloe22US #14
#31Josephine22US #160
#32Nora22US #83
#33Skylar22US #73
#34Alexandra21US #82
#35Clara21US #131
#36Morgan21US #100
#37Serenity21US #52
#38Harper20US #16
#39Julia20US #75
#40Lucy20US #66
#41Naomi20US #86
#42Eva19US #88
#43Hannah19US #23
#44Leah19US #32
#45Reagan19US #104
#46Layla18US #30
#47Catherine17US #170
#48Claire17US #50
#49Dakota17
#50Kimberly17US #101
#51Lily17US #27
#52Madeleine17
#53Margaret17US #180
#54Samantha17US #29
#55Sophie17US #76
#56Sydney17US #98
#57Taylor17US #59
#58Aaliyah16US #37
#59Alice16US #107
#60Ella16US #15
#61Riley16US #45
#62Alexa15US #60
#63Arianna15US #44
#64Avery15US #12
#65Kayla15US #96
#66Laila15US #144
#67Lillian15US #26
#68Mila15US #79
#69Natalie15US #21
#70Quinn15US #119
#71Violet15US #69
#72Khloe14US #78
#73Leila14
#74Mary14US #118
#75Peyton14US #51
#76Sarah14US #48
#77Zoey14US #24
#78Andrea13US #112
#79Annabelle13US #81
#80Eden13US #158
#81Elena13US #132
#82Faith13US #89
#83Isabel13US #136
#84London13US #85
#85Amy12US #139
#86Aubrey12US #18
#87Audrey12US #33
#88Elise12US #159
#89Fiona12US #197
#90Kaylee12US #40
#91Logan12
#92Lyric12
#93Nina12
#94Ruby12US #93
#95Sadie12US #49
#96Vivian12US #120
#97Ariana11US #54
#98Brooklyn11US #28
#99Cecilia11
#100Diana11

Boys

#1William87US #5
#2Alexander77US #8
#3John70US #27
#4Henry69US #37
#5Samuel61US #25
#6Noah59US #1
#7Aiden58US #12
#8James58US #13
#9Jacob53US #2
#10Daniel52US #10
#11Michael50US #7
#12Thomas49US #61
#13Christopher48US #26
#14Matthew45US #15
#15Ethan43US #6
#16Dylan42US #29
#17Jayden42US #9
#18David41US #17
#19Joshua41US #21
#20Liam41US #3
#21Anthony40US #19
#22Charles40US #57
#23Christian40US #35
#24Joseph40US #20
#25Mason39US #4
#26Oliver38US #52
#27Benjamin37US #14
#28Ryan36US #30
#29Sebastian35US #46
#30Theodore35US #167
#31Andrew34US #22
#32Elijah34US #11
#33Lucas33US #23
#34Kevin31US #72
#35Aaron30US #51
#36Caleb30US #32
#37Jackson30US #16
#38Brandon28US #70
#39Justin28US #85
#40Gabriel27US #24
#41Jeremiah26US #58
#42Tyler26US #63
#43Amir25
#44Ian25US #80
#45Logan25US #18
#46Nicholas25US #54
#47Xavier25US #83
#48Carter24US #33
#49Eli24US #43
#50Isaac24US #28
#51Isaiah24US #44
#52Jack24US #40
#53Josiah24US #69
#54Leo24US #112
#55Angel23US #67
#56Miles23US #115
#57Nathan23US #31
#58Robert23US #62
#59Chase22US #78
#60Eric22US #118
#61Adrian21US #60
#62Bryce21US #117
#63Dominic21US #68
#64Jonathan21US #41
#65Kai21US #199
#66Mateo21US #109
#67Zion21
#68George20US #157
#69Max20US #111
#70Emmanuel19US #171
#71Evan19US #55
#72Julian19US #47
#73King18US #193
#74Luke18US #34
#75Owen18US #38
#76Patrick18US #154
#77Adam17US #82
#78Carlos17US #106
#79Jordan17US #53
#80Maxwell17US #108
#81Zachary17US #73
#82Blake16US #75
#83Cameron16US #59
#84Grant16US #169
#85Malachi16US #174
#86Nathaniel16US #91
#87Santiago16US #126
#88Antonio15US #127
#89Jason15US #79
#90Jayceon15
#91Jose15US #76
#92Khalil15
#93Luca15
#94Oscar15US #178
#95Peter15
#96Colin14US #125
#97Elias14US #113
#98Kaleb14US #137
#99Aidan13US #146
#100Connor13US #56

On the move since 2012

Rising

↑69Brianna#25
↑69Eliana#26
↑53Madeline#28
↑36Leah#44
↑34Clara#35
↑33Layla#46
↑33Logan#45
↑32Ian#44

Falling

↓68London#84
↓52Zoey#77
↓47Logan#91
↓44Carlos#78
↓44Nathaniel#86
↓42Ella#60
↓37Jonathan#64
↓36Claire#48

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2012 rankings.