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Top names in District of Columbia

The names most likely to appear on 2014 District of Columbia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 7,667 District of Columbia births in 2014 across 565 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.

#33Luciaoutside the national top 200
#39Lyricoutside the national top 200
#51Amiroutside the national top 200
#62Madeleineoutside the national top 200
#35Catherine#170 nationally
#68Ninaoutside the national top 200
#65Nicolas#196 nationally
#48King#175 nationally
#76Dakotaoutside the national top 200
#77Heavenoutside the national top 200
#78Janeoutside the national top 200
#79Peteroutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Elizabeth51US #13
#2Olivia50US #2
#3Ava44US #5
#4Emma40US #1
#5Zoe39US #32
#6Genesis38US #68
#7Madison38US #9
#8Maya36US #74
#9Anna35US #34
#10Ashley35US #87
#11Alexandra32US #92
#12Charlotte31US #10
#13Ella31US #17
#14Zoey31US #22
#15Chloe30US #18
#16Sophia30US #3
#17Eleanor29US #78
#18Evelyn29US #16
#19Isabella29US #4
#20Amelia28US #15
#21Abigail27US #8
#22Naomi27US #80
#23Skylar27US #48
#24Emily26US #7
#25Sofia26US #12
#26Caroline25US #59
#27Clara25US #108
#28Grace25US #20
#29Mia23US #6
#30Sydney23US #109
#31Aria22US #31
#32Nora22US #49
#33Lucia21
#34Peyton21US #56
#35Catherine20US #170
#36Claire20US #44
#37Katherine20US #82
#38Lucy20US #61
#39Lyric20
#40Aaliyah19US #45
#41Hailey19US #51
#42Taylor19US #77
#43Victoria19US #19
#44Aubrey18US #21
#45Audrey18US #36
#46Camila18US #41
#47Hannah18US #28
#48Khloe18US #88
#49Morgan18US #102
#50Alice17US #98
#51Allison17US #39
#52Ariana17US #37
#53Cora17US #103
#54Harper17US #11
#55Mary17US #120
#56Penelope17US #43
#57Alexa16US #64
#58Avery16US #14
#59Destiny16US #156
#60Lillian16US #25
#61Lily16US #27
#62Madeleine16
#63Margaret16US #169
#64Savannah16US #38
#65Eva15US #83
#66Josephine15US #147
#67Mila15US #72
#68Nina15
#69Samantha15US #33
#70Arianna14US #40
#71Faith14US #79
#72Jasmine14US #99
#73Nevaeh14US #63
#74Rose14US #194
#75Brooklyn13US #26
#76Dakota13
#77Heaven13
#78Jane13
#79Julia13US #86
#80London13US #93
#81Paris13
#82Sadie13US #46
#83Valentina13US #112
#84Zara13
#85Amy12US #148
#86Annabelle12US #57
#87Eliana12US #117
#88Gabriella12US #42
#89Genevieve12
#90Isabel12US #144
#91Kennedy12US #54
#92Logan12
#93Mackenzie12US #69
#94Maria12US #114
#95Molly12US #122
#96Nylah12
#97Paige12US #134
#98Riley12US #47
#99Sarah12US #50
#100Vivian12US #97

Boys

#1Alexander75US #8
#2William73US #5
#3John71US #26
#4Benjamin64US #12
#5James61US #9
#6Noah61US #1
#7Samuel61US #23
#8Charles60US #51
#9Henry60US #33
#10Jacob55US #4
#11Michael50US #7
#12Daniel48US #10
#13Dylan48US #29
#14Oliver45US #32
#15Liam43US #2
#16Christopher42US #30
#17Ethan42US #6
#18Lucas42US #19
#19Theodore41US #126
#20Mason40US #3
#21Aiden39US #14
#22David39US #17
#23Joshua38US #25
#24Logan38US #13
#25Jack37US #41
#26Sebastian37US #34
#27Thomas37US #54
#28Anthony36US #21
#29Joseph35US #20
#30Elijah34US #11
#31Owen34US #36
#32Jackson32US #18
#33Ryan32US #37
#34Gabriel31US #24
#35Jonathan31US #44
#36Nathan31US #38
#37Andrew30US #22
#38Isaac30US #31
#39Matthew29US #16
#40Jeremiah28US #56
#41Nicholas28US #57
#42Aaron27US #50
#43Caleb27US #35
#44Carter27US #27
#45Christian27US #42
#46George27US #135
#47Isaiah27US #48
#48King27US #175
#49Jayden26US #15
#50Josiah25US #64
#51Amir24
#52Connor24US #52
#53Jason24US #75
#54Kevin24US #70
#55Luke24US #28
#56Nathaniel24US #94
#57Austin22US #66
#58Jordan22US #55
#59Leo22US #97
#60Maxwell22US #107
#61Miles21US #108
#62Patrick21US #152
#63Bryce20US #131
#64Julian20US #47
#65Nicolas20US #196
#66Robert20US #60
#67Mateo19US #106
#68Tyler19US #72
#69Cameron18US #53
#70Kayden18US #90
#71Chase17US #78
#72Justin17US #96
#73Micah17US #109
#74Zachary17US #82
#75Adam16US #79
#76Ashton16US #143
#77Declan16US #123
#78Jeremy16US #169
#79Peter16
#80Edward15US #162
#81Eli15US #49
#82Evan15US #58
#83Ian15US #77
#84Jose15US #76
#85Max15US #112
#86Roman15US #113
#87Adrian14US #59
#88Angel14US #67
#89Asher14US #92
#90Elias14US #103
#91Eric14US #122
#92Ezra14US #119
#93Jeffrey14
#94Kenneth14US #191
#95Nasir14
#96Oscar14US #184
#97Axel13US #145
#98Ayden13US #74
#99Emmett13US #156
#100Felix13

On the move since 2013

Rising

↑63Zoey#14
↑53Lyric#39
↑48Connor#52
↑47Ella#13
↑45Ariana#52
↑44Owen#31
↑42Aubrey#44
↑42Audrey#45

Falling

↓67Kennedy#91
↓61Eliana#87
↓40Julia#79
↓39Ian#83
↓37Riley#98
↓35Josephine#66
↓33Justin#72
↓33Angel#88

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2013 rankings.