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Top names in District of Columbia

The names most likely to appear on 2018 District of Columbia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 6,984 District of Columbia births in 2018 across 526 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.

#45Nasiroutside the national top 200
#50Catherineoutside the national top 200
#55Daniela#195 nationally
#62Francesoutside the national top 200
#66Journeyoutside the national top 200
#66Oscaroutside the national top 200
#72Amiraoutside the national top 200
#77Summer#199 nationally
#80Zurioutside the national top 200
#82Maeveoutside the national top 200
#64Zion#181 nationally
#86Adaoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Ava54US #3
#2Olivia47US #2
#3Elizabeth45US #13
#4Emma42US #1
#5Charlotte36US #6
#6Eleanor35US #32
#7Sophia35US #5
#8Isabella34US #4
#9Naomi29US #64
#10Nora29US #30
#11Abigail28US #11
#12Ella28US #15
#13Chloe27US #25
#14Sofia27US #17
#15Emilia26US #58
#16Grace25US #24
#17Mia25US #7
#18Skylar25US #49
#19Bella24US #48
#20Maya24US #62
#21Zoe24US #40
#22Alice23US #71
#23Amelia23US #8
#24Aria23US #19
#25Lillian23US #34
#26Penelope23US #26
#27Zoey23US #29
#28Josephine22US #91
#29Madeline22US #100
#30Caroline20US #56
#31Evelyn20US #10
#32Genesis20US #57
#33Hannah20US #33
#34Madison20US #22
#35Clara19US #103
#36Leah19US #41
#37Lily19US #31
#38Margaret19US #127
#39Victoria19US #21
#40Eliana18US #84
#41Julia18US #93
#42Camila17US #18
#43Claire17US #50
#44Eva17US #76
#45Isla17US #82
#46Kennedy17US #59
#47Mila17US #14
#48Alexandra16US #125
#49Avery16US #16
#50Catherine16
#51Luna16US #23
#52Rose16US #123
#53Sophie16US #98
#54Anna15US #54
#55Daniela15US #195
#56Isabelle15US #113
#57Mary15US #126
#58Peyton15US #102
#59Quinn15US #85
#60Audrey14US #46
#61Emily14US #12
#62Frances14
#63Hailey14US #79
#64Harper14US #9
#65Jordyn14US #166
#66Journey14
#67Katherine14US #112
#68Laila14US #182
#69Sarah14US #66
#70Stella14US #38
#71Taylor14US #121
#72Amira13
#73Ariana13US #68
#74Cora13US #73
#75Elena13US #67
#76Hazel13US #42
#77Summer13US #199
#78Valentina13US #81
#79Violet13US #43
#80Zuri13
#81Autumn12US #77
#82Maeve12
#83Molly12US #158
#84Reagan12US #107
#85Riley12US #28
#86Ada11
#87Allison11US #70
#88Ashley11US #130
#89Cecilia11US #155
#90Isabel11US #139
#91Liliana11US #109
#92Logan11
#93Mackenzie11US #106
#94Noa11
#95Parker11US #162
#96Reign11
#97Savannah11US #45
#98Serenity11US #75
#99Adeline10US #78
#100Cali10

Boys

#1William84US #3
#2James79US #4
#3Henry64US #16
#4Alexander61US #11
#5Benjamin59US #6
#6John55US #26
#7Theodore51US #44
#8Daniel48US #15
#9Thomas48US #49
#10Samuel47US #21
#11Noah46US #2
#12Leo44US #50
#13Gabriel43US #35
#14Michael43US #14
#15Charles39US #53
#16George39US #127
#17Jack38US #28
#18Liam38US #1
#19Oliver38US #5
#20Logan37US #10
#21Nathan37US #48
#22Dylan36US #31
#23Elijah36US #7
#24Ethan35US #12
#25Joshua35US #40
#26Mateo35US #37
#27Jacob33US #13
#28Aiden32US #19
#29Christopher31US #42
#30Lucas31US #8
#31Joseph30US #23
#32David29US #22
#33Julian29US #36
#34Mason29US #9
#35Sebastian29US #18
#36Owen28US #25
#37Anthony27US #38
#38Isaac27US #34
#39Robert27US #71
#40Carter26US #24
#41Josiah26US #52
#42Luca26US #106
#43Aaron25US #60
#44Caleb25US #45
#45Nasir25
#46Max24US #136
#47Connor23US #58
#48Ian23US #79
#49King23US #149
#50Luke23US #30
#51Miles23US #98
#52Adam22US #78
#53Asher22US #47
#54Jeremiah22US #64
#55Matthew22US #20
#56Adrian21US #62
#57Amir21US #150
#58Jackson21US #17
#59Edward20US #170
#60Angel19US #72
#61Chase19US #113
#62Isaiah19US #51
#63Micah19US #103
#64Zion19US #181
#65Jayden18US #29
#66Oscar18
#67Andrew17US #43
#68Bryson17US #92
#69Eli17US #57
#70Nathaniel17US #116
#71Ryan17US #46
#72August16US #169
#73Christian16US #54
#74Diego16US #135
#75Ezra16US #59
#76Jonathan16US #63
#77Tyler16US #119
#78Austin15US #81
#79Evan15US #85
#80Kai15US #112
#81Kevin15US #125
#82Wesley15US #105
#83Xavier15US #88
#84Brandon14US #124
#85Calvin14US #144
#86Harrison14US #115
#87Jason14US #99
#88Legend14
#89Leonardo14US #93
#90Maxwell14US #134
#91Nicholas14US #74
#92Zachary14US #107
#93Amari13
#94Ashton13US #128
#95Axel13US #94
#96Felix13
#97Finn13US #166
#98Karter13US #176
#99Messiah13
#100Nicolas13US #195

On the move since 2017

Rising

↑63Lillian#25
↑62Aria#24
↑54Naomi#9
↑35Robert#39
↑34King#49
↑34Asher#53
↑33Ian#48
↑33Oscar#66

Falling

↓63Riley#85
↓42Ashley#88
↓41Ryan#71
↓40Christian#73
↓37Matthew#55
↓36Emily#61
↓36Andrew#67
↓34Jonathan#76

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State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2017 rankings.