Popular baby names in District of Columbia, 1986

The most popular baby names in District of Columbia in 1986 were Ashley for girls (182 babies) and Michael for boys (318). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 13,147 babies born in District of Columbia in 1986 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in District of Columbia in 1986

Names given at least 15 times in District of Columbia that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

India: 24 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Tamika: 19 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Tiara: 17 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Patrice: 15 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Sade: 32 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Ebony: 39 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Dominique: 49 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Latoya: 34 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Claire: 17 babies, 4× the national rate
Monique: 25 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Boys

Antwan: 18 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Dante: 19 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Antoine: 27 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Jamal: 25 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Dominique: 16 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Darnell: 20 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Andre: 57 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Reginald: 37 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Melvin: 19 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Darryl: 23 babies, 5.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in District of Columbia, 1986

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1985	US rank
1	Ashley	182	–	2
2	Jessica	148	–	1
3	Jennifer	113	–	4
4	Sarah	113	↑3	5
5	Lauren	110	–	14
6	Elizabeth	104	↓2	10
7	Tiffany	100	↑2	17
8	Danielle	87	↑3	16
9	Christina	85	↑4	19
10	Brittany	79	↑14	8
11	Stephanie	76	↓3	6
12	Amanda	74	↓6	3
13	Kimberly	74	↑10	18
14	Rachel	73	↓2	15
15	Emily	72	↓1	24
16	Erica	69	↑4	31
17	Laura	64	↑1	20
18	Nicole	64	↓3	7
19	Katherine	62	↓9	28
20	Crystal	59	↓4	25
21	Michelle	54	↓4	23
22	Shannon	52	↑10	44
23	Sara	50	new	27
24	Dominique	49	↓5	98
25	Kelly	48	↑5	29
26	Rebecca	47	↓4	26
27	Lisa	46	↑13	40
28	Alexandra	45	↓2	72
29	Melissa	45	↓2	12
30	Mary	44	↓9	37
31	Andrea	43	↑3	36
32	Ebony	39	↓3	>100
33	Megan	39	↓8	11
34	Allison	38	↑11	42
35	Erin	38	↓4	30
36	Maria	38	new	49
37	Catherine	36	↑2	67
38	Samantha	36	↑9	21
39	Whitney	36	new	32
40	Jasmine	35	new	95
41	Julia	35	↓4	88
42	Angela	34	new	33
43	April	34	new	53
44	Latoya	34	↓9	>100
45	Sade	32	new	>100
46	Anna	30	↓3	51
47	Christine	30	↓11	47
48	Courtney	30	new	35
49	Victoria	30	new	54
50	Lindsay	29	new	46

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1985	US rank
1	Michael	318	–	1
2	Christopher	252	–	2
3	David	202	↑2	5
4	James	193	↓1	7
5	Daniel	172	↑1	6
6	Matthew	166	↓2	3
7	Andrew	151	↑4	8
8	William	148	↑1	15
9	Robert	145	↓2	9
10	John	138	↓2	10
11	Brandon	127	↑4	13
12	Anthony	125	–	19
13	Joseph	125	↑1	12
14	Kevin	111	↓1	21
15	Alexander	103	↑12	41
16	Charles	95	↑2	34
17	Jonathan	93	↓7	16
18	Joshua	92	↑1	4
19	Eric	90	↑2	22
20	Brian	83	↓4	20
21	Marcus	82	↑2	63
22	Jason	79	↓5	18
23	Sean	78	↑1	37
24	Thomas	78	↓4	26
25	Justin	77	↑4	14
26	Nicholas	76	↓4	17
27	Richard	71	↑5	29
28	Stephen	70	↑5	36
29	Timothy	70	↑11	27
30	Patrick	69	↑1	39
31	Benjamin	67	↑4	30
32	Kenneth	67	↓2	50
33	Ryan	65	↓8	11
34	Aaron	59	↑5	33
35	Mark	58	↑1	35
36	Andre	57	↑6	>100
37	Gregory	57	↓9	46
38	Samuel	56	↑11	52
39	Jeremy	54	↑11	28
40	Jeffrey	53	↑1	32
41	Paul	53	↓4	45
42	Steven	51	↓16	25
43	Antonio	50	↓9	73
44	Edward	49	↑2	61
45	Adam	41	↓7	24
46	Derrick	40	↓1	87
47	Peter	40	↓3	60
48	Bryan	39	new	47
49	Keith	38	↓6	66
50	Kyle	38	new	23

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