Popular baby names in District of Columbia, 1990

The most popular baby names in District of Columbia in 1990 were Ashley for girls (158 babies) and Michael for boys (306). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 13,931 babies born in District of Columbia in 1990 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 1990

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: 17 babies, 13.9× the national rate
Tiara: 32 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Antoinette: 19 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Maya: 15 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Simone: 16 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Shaniqua: 16 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Dominique: 34 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Ebony: 27 babies, 7× the national rate
Margaret: 38 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Jasmine: 119 babies, 4.4× the national rate

Boys

Delonte: 33 babies, 101.4× the national rate
Emily: 23 babies, 96× the national rate
Brittany: 40 babies, 79× the national rate
Tiffany: 15 babies, 70.6× the national rate
Alexandra: 16 babies, 69.4× the national rate
Sarah: 17 babies, 66× the national rate
Jasmine: 23 babies, 51.9× the national rate
Danielle: 16 babies, 49.2× the national rate
Elizabeth: 20 babies, 48.6× the national rate
Lauren: 20 babies, 47.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in District of Columbia, 1990

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1989	US rank
1	Ashley	158	–	2
2	Brittany	140	–	3
3	Jasmine	119	↑1	28
4	Jessica	100	↓1	1
5	Sarah	85	↑3	6
6	Stephanie	77	↑18	7
7	Lauren	71	–	10
8	Elizabeth	61	↓3	9
9	Rachel	57	↑12	16
10	Jennifer	56	–	8
11	Danielle	55	↑1	18
12	Katherine	53	↓3	26
13	Amanda	51	↑5	4
14	Mary	50	↓3	35
15	Amber	49	↑31	15
16	Victoria	49	↑12	33
17	Alexandra	48	↓3	37
18	Michelle	46	new	22
19	Tiffany	46	↓13	23
20	Emily	45	↓1	12
21	Christina	42	↓6	25
22	Alexis	40	new	66
23	Samantha	40	↓1	5
24	Melissa	39	↑6	20
25	Nicole	39	↑1	13
26	Margaret	38	new	>100
27	Laura	37	new	29
28	Rebecca	37	↑15	21
29	Dominique	34	↑4	>100
30	Erica	34	↓13	36
31	Catherine	33	↑16	71
32	Julia	33	↑17	83
33	Sara	32	↑11	34
34	Tiara	32	new	>100
35	Brittney	31	↓12	44
36	Crystal	31	↓9	39
37	Anna	30	new	45
38	Gabrielle	30	new	99
39	Hannah	30	new	30
40	Maria	29	↓15	47
41	Caitlin	28	↓12	50
42	Kelly	28	new	41
43	Andrea	27	new	40
44	Bianca	27	↓12	84
45	Ebony	27	↓9	>100
46	Courtney	26	↓30	17
47	Kimberly	26	↓10	31
48	Melanie	26	new	86
49	Taylor	26	new	46
50	Allison	25	↓5	48

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1989	US rank
1	Michael	306	–	1
2	Christopher	254	–	2
3	James	178	–	8
4	David	163	–	6
5	William	154	–	16
6	Matthew	151	↑2	3
7	Daniel	145	↑5	5
8	Andrew	143	↑5	7
9	Kevin	139	–	23
10	John	138	↓3	12
11	Robert	135	–	13
12	Anthony	124	↓6	15
13	Joshua	110	↑5	4
14	Brandon	108	↑1	19
15	Joseph	107	↓5	10
16	Brian	99	↑3	27
17	Charles	95	↑8	38
18	Nicholas	94	↑9	14
19	Jonathan	91	↑1	17
20	Eric	85	↓4	24
21	Thomas	83	↑5	26
22	Alexander	80	↓5	28
23	Antonio	79	↑6	77
24	Steven	79	↑16	25
25	Aaron	78	↑3	34
26	Samuel	78	↑6	45
27	Ryan	75	↑4	11
28	Marcus	74	↓4	72
29	Sean	70	↑4	37
30	Benjamin	67	↓8	33
31	Richard	66	↑16	35
32	Patrick	65	↑2	36
33	Andre	64	new	>100
34	Timothy	62	↑1	30
35	Gregory	60	↑10	51
36	Jeffrey	60	↑7	43
37	Justin	60	↓7	9
38	Mark	59	↑8	47
39	Kenneth	57	new	52
40	Zachary	54	new	22
41	Edward	52	new	68
42	Stephen	47	↓6	39
43	Jose	44	new	41
44	Keith	44	new	80
45	Paul	44	new	49
46	Carlos	43	new	75
47	Jamal	42	new	>100
48	Kyle	42	new	18
49	Ronald	42	new	97
50	Adam	41	new	32

← District of Columbia 1989 District of Columbia: all years · US 1990 District of Columbia 1991 →