Popular baby names in District of Columbia

In 2025, District of Columbia's top baby names were Emma for girls and Noah for boys. Below: this year's top 20, the names District of Columbia likes far more than the rest of the country, the number-one names decade by decade, and every year's list back to 1910.

Top 20 names in District of Columbia, 2025

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	US rank
1	Emma	36	3
2	Sophia	36	5
3	Charlotte	34	2
4	Lucy	31	25
5	Zoe	31	31
6	Eleanor	30	12
7	Ava	29	11
8	Sofia	29	9
9	Amelia	27	4
10	Olivia	27	1
11	Chloe	26	23
12	Josephine	26	53
13	Lily	25	18
14	Mia	24	6
15	Elizabeth	22	17
16	Eliana	21	10
17	Naomi	21	47
18	Evelyn	20	8
19	Isabella	20	7
20	Sophie	20	55

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	US rank
1	Noah	58	2
2	Theodore	53	4
3	Henry	49	5
4	Liam	49	1
5	William	43	9
6	James	37	6
7	Charles	34	48
8	John	34	23
9	Mateo	34	8
10	George	33	>100
11	Oliver	33	3
12	Samuel	33	18
13	Julian	28	25
14	Leo	27	19
15	Lucas	27	10
16	Daniel	26	22
17	Thomas	26	34
18	Amir	25	>100
19	Jack	25	15
20	Luca	25	14

Full 2025 top 50 and standout names

Names District of Columbia likes more than the rest of the country

District of Columbia favorites

Among the state's 100 most-given names in 2021–2025 and at least twice as common there as in the rest of the US.

Nasir (boys): #86 in District of Columbia, 8.3× the rest-of-US rate
Nina (girls): #75 in District of Columbia, 7.3× the rest-of-US rate
Simon (boys): #53 in District of Columbia, 6.2× the rest-of-US rate
Margaret (girls): #19 in District of Columbia, 6.1× the rest-of-US rate
Alexandra (girls): #57 in District of Columbia, 5.6× the rest-of-US rate
George (boys): #22 in District of Columbia, 5.6× the rest-of-US rate
Zuri (girls): #74 in District of Columbia, 5.4× the rest-of-US rate
Margot (girls): #33 in District of Columbia, 5.3× the rest-of-US rate
Kairo (boys): #70 in District of Columbia, 5.3× the rest-of-US rate
Maya (girls): #7 in District of Columbia, 4.9× the rest-of-US rate
Max (boys): #41 in District of Columbia, 4.8× the rest-of-US rate
Amira (girls): #67 in District of Columbia, 4.3× the rest-of-US rate

Number-one baby names in District of Columbia by decade

Year	Girls	Boys
2025	Emma	Noah
2020	Olivia	William
2010	Madison	William
2000	Kayla	John
1990	Ashley	Michael
1980	Jennifer	Michael
1970	Jennifer	Michael
1960	Mary	Michael
1950	Linda	John
1940	Mary	John
1930	Mary	William
1920	Mary	William
1910	Mary	James

Top 20 names in District of Columbia, 2025

Names District of Columbia likes more than the rest of the country

District of Columbia favorites

Number-one baby names in District of Columbia by decade

District of Columbia baby names by year