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Top names in District of Columbia

The names most likely to appear on 2020 District of Columbia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 6,409 District of Columbia births in 2020 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.

#31Felixoutside the national top 200
#32Margotoutside the national top 200
#57Nicolasoutside the national top 200
#41June#182 nationally
#60Edward#195 nationally
#70Rafaeloutside the national top 200
#72Amarioutside the national top 200
#76Taliaoutside the national top 200
#77Adonisoutside the national top 200
#41Arthur#163 nationally
#80Ninaoutside the national top 200
#61Sloane#181 nationally

Girls

#1Olivia53US #1
#2Ava51US #3
#3Charlotte47US #5
#4Emma40US #2
#5Eleanor37US #22
#6Maya36US #61
#7Elizabeth35US #16
#8Isabella34US #7
#9Evelyn32US #9
#10Nora29US #30
#11Sofia29US #17
#12Sophia29US #4
#13Abigail28US #12
#14Quinn27US #84
#15Caroline26US #71
#16Margaret26US #126
#17Rose26US #112
#18Zoe26US #40
#19Amelia23US #6
#20Avery23US #19
#21Sophie23US #75
#22Lucy22US #50
#23Mila22US #20
#24Victoria22US #34
#25Alexandra21US #138
#26Anna21US #68
#27Naomi21US #52
#28Penelope21US #26
#29Emilia19US #41
#30Genesis19US #62
#31Lily19US #35
#32Margot19
#33Mia19US #8
#34Clara17US #103
#35Ella17US #15
#36Eloise17US #137
#37Eva17US #93
#38Grace17US #28
#39Hannah17US #39
#40Josephine17US #87
#41June17US #182
#42Layla17US #24
#43Alice16US #76
#44Claire16US #58
#45Eliana16US #53
#46Leah16US #45
#47Lucia16US #160
#48Madeline16US #96
#49Riley16US #33
#50Skylar16US #64
#51Aurora15US #36
#52Autumn15US #82
#53Camila15US #11
#54Chloe15US #25
#55Gianna15US #13
#56Mary15US #123
#57Katherine14US #136
#58Luna14US #14
#59Maeve14US #174
#60Scarlett14US #21
#61Sloane14US #181
#62Zoey14US #32
#63Aria13US #27
#64Aubrey13US #56
#65Bella13US #63
#66Brielle13US #100
#67Brooklyn13US #54
#68Cecilia13US #147
#69Emily13US #18
#70Isabel13US #157
#71Natalie13US #51
#72Violet13US #37
#73Audrey12US #60
#74Serenity12US #69
#75Stella12US #42
#76Talia12
#77Cora11US #88
#78Harper11US #10
#79Lillian11US #46
#80Nina11
#81Ruby11US #74
#82Tori11
#83Zuri11
#84Allison10US #80
#85Amara10US #142
#86Amira10
#87Demi10
#88Genevieve10US #169
#89Isla10US #44
#90Kennedy10US #72
#91Khloe10US #161
#92Madison10US #23
#93Samantha10US #90
#94Vivian10US #101
#95Amina9
#96Ayla9US #131
#97Camille9
#98Daphne9
#99Dior9
#100Elena9US #55

Boys

#1William63US #5
#2Noah62US #2
#3James60US #6
#4John60US #27
#5Henry57US #9
#6Theodore51US #23
#7Jack50US #21
#8Liam47US #1
#9Charles45US #46
#10Benjamin43US #7
#11Leo42US #36
#12Jacob39US #15
#13Alexander38US #10
#14Ethan36US #13
#15Oliver35US #3
#16Julian34US #34
#17Aiden33US #24
#18Samuel33US #25
#19Daniel32US #14
#20Christopher31US #47
#21Dylan31US #42
#22Amir30US #117
#23Miles29US #59
#24Thomas29US #45
#25Elijah28US #4
#26Isaac27US #39
#27Joseph27US #26
#28Michael27US #12
#29Owen27US #22
#30David26US #28
#31Felix25
#32Gabriel25US #38
#33George25US #132
#34Lucas25US #8
#35Maxwell25US #146
#36Robert25US #80
#37Sebastian25US #19
#38Anthony24US #41
#39Mateo23US #20
#40Max23US #147
#41Arthur22US #163
#42Cameron22US #65
#43Ezra21US #44
#44Ian21US #83
#45Kai21US #93
#46Levi21US #18
#47Logan21US #16
#48Luke21US #31
#49Matthew21US #30
#50Jackson20US #17
#51Adam19US #97
#52King19US #171
#53Nicholas19US #87
#54Christian18US #62
#55Eli18US #60
#56Luca18US #67
#57Nicolas18
#58Wesley18US #98
#59Carter17US #33
#60Edward17US #195
#61Jayden17US #37
#62Jordan17US #82
#63Andrew16US #52
#64Evan16US #105
#65Jeremiah16US #74
#66Josiah16US #49
#67Legend16US #127
#68Mason16US #11
#69Milo16US #134
#70Rafael16
#71Ryan16US #57
#72Amari15
#73Calvin15US #144
#74Grayson15US #35
#75Isaiah15US #51
#76Aaron14US #63
#77Adonis14
#78Asher14US #32
#79August14US #155
#80Chase14US #123
#81Elliot14US #164
#82Joshua14US #53
#83Nolan14US #61
#84Simon14
#85Zion14US #143
#86Adrian13US #58
#87Austin13US #88
#88Bennett13US #101
#89Caleb13US #56
#90Everett13US #90
#91Jonah13US #128
#92Justin13US #166
#93Messiah13US #190
#94Micah13US #106
#95Nathaniel13US #125
#96Patrick13
#97Angel12US #76
#98Brooks12US #92
#99Cole12US #133
#100Dominic12US #89

On the move since 2019

Rising

↑61Christopher#20
↑58June#41
↑50Claire#44
↑43Maxwell#35
↑42Levi#46
↑41Alexandra#25
↑41Felix#31
↑37Nora#10

Falling

↓63Madison#92
↓51Aria#63
↓45Adrian#86
↓42Asher#78
↓40Samantha#93
↓40Caleb#89
↓37Harper#78
↓37Zion#85

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2019 rankings.