Popular baby names in District of Columbia, 1991

The most popular baby names in District of Columbia in 1991 were Ashley for girls (175 babies) and Michael for boys (265). Social Security records list 13,762 babies born in District of Columbia in 1991 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 1991

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

Diamond: 38 babies, 14.7× the national rate
Tiara: 43 babies, 12× the national rate
Janae: 15 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Tierra: 19 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Ebony: 26 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Asia: 19 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Charlotte: 17 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Kiara: 28 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Monique: 31 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Caroline: 40 babies, 4.5× the national rate

Boys

Delonte: 41 babies, 131× the national rate
Stephon: 24 babies, 17× the national rate
Deangelo: 30 babies, 16.9× the national rate
Davon: 28 babies, 14.8× the national rate
Darnell: 23 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Jamal: 45 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Donte: 17 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Deandre: 33 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Andre: 66 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Tyrone: 25 babies, 6.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in District of Columbia, 1991

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1990	US rank
1	Ashley	175	–	1
2	Jasmine	149	↑1	24
3	Brittany	132	↓1	3
4	Jessica	107	–	2
5	Sarah	89	–	6
6	Katherine	79	↑6	25
7	Elizabeth	76	↑1	9
8	Lauren	72	↓1	13
9	Jennifer	69	↑1	8
10	Emily	67	↑10	10
11	Alexandra	66	↑6	36
12	Stephanie	65	↓6	7
13	Amanda	62	–	4
14	Danielle	62	↓3	17
15	Nicole	60	↑10	15
16	Alexis	59	↑6	47
17	Rachel	58	↓8	14
18	Michelle	53	–	22
19	Tiffany	51	–	27
20	Erica	50	↑10	40
21	Christina	49	–	31
22	Samantha	49	↑1	5
23	Mary	48	↓9	38
24	Melissa	47	–	20
25	Julia	46	↑7	67
26	Courtney	45	↑20	19
27	Rebecca	45	↑1	21
28	Victoria	45	↓12	28
29	Tiara	43	↑5	>100
30	Catherine	42	↑1	72
31	Andrea	41	↑12	39
32	Hannah	41	↑7	29
33	Caroline	40	new	>100
34	Anna	39	↑3	46
35	Diamond	38	new	>100
36	Bianca	36	↑8	89
37	Kimberly	35	↑10	34
38	Taylor	34	↑11	32
39	Dominique	33	↓10	>100
40	Laura	33	↓13	35
41	Margaret	33	↓15	>100
42	Kathleen	32	new	>100
43	Olivia	32	new	61
44	Brittney	31	↓9	58
45	Monique	31	new	>100
46	Briana	30	new	95
47	Chelsea	30	new	18
48	Megan	30	new	11
49	Amber	28	↓34	16
50	Christine	28	new	73

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1990	US rank
1	Michael	265	–	1
2	Christopher	212	–	2
3	James	175	–	7
4	William	162	↑1	19
5	John	148	↑5	10
6	David	143	↓2	8
7	Anthony	126	↑5	18
8	Robert	119	↑3	13
9	Matthew	118	↓3	3
10	Alexander	116	↑12	26
11	Kevin	114	↓2	23
12	Daniel	113	↓5	6
13	Joshua	112	–	4
14	Andrew	110	↓6	5
15	Brandon	110	↓1	15
16	Jonathan	107	↑3	20
17	Joseph	106	↓2	9
18	Eric	91	↑2	25
19	Marcus	91	↑9	76
20	Charles	79	↓3	38
21	Brian	78	↓5	30
22	Nicholas	77	↓4	12
23	Antonio	76	–	79
24	Thomas	76	↓3	28
25	Ryan	75	↑2	11
26	Andre	66	↑7	>100
27	Samuel	65	↓1	39
28	Aaron	62	↓3	31
29	Patrick	61	↑3	35
30	Gregory	59	↑5	55
31	Justin	59	↑6	14
32	Kenneth	59	↑7	54
33	Timothy	59	↑1	32
34	Christian	57	new	48
35	Sean	57	↓6	40
36	Benjamin	55	↓6	33
37	Mark	51	↑1	47
38	Jose	49	↑5	37
39	Stephen	49	↑3	41
40	Jacob	45	new	17
41	Jamal	45	↑6	>100
42	Zachary	44	↓2	22
43	Peter	43	new	77
44	Richard	43	↓13	34
45	Kyle	42	↑3	21
46	Delonte	41	new	>100
47	Adam	40	↑3	36
48	Steven	40	↓24	27
49	Paul	39	↓4	53
50	Ronald	39	↓1	>100

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