Popular baby names in District of Columbia, 1993

The most popular baby names in District of Columbia in 1993 were Ashley for girls (124 babies) and Michael for boys (211). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 11,908 babies born in District of Columbia in 1993 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 1993

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: 62 babies, 14.6× the national rate
Imani: 20 babies, 13.3× the national rate
Sade: 18 babies, 12.1× the national rate
India: 21 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Tiara: 37 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Maya: 30 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Tierra: 21 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Regina: 15 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Mia: 15 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Bria: 31 babies, 6.6× the national rate

Boys

Delonte: 31 babies, 104.1× the national rate
Tavon: 22 babies, 48.3× the national rate
Davon: 34 babies, 18.1× the national rate
Stephon: 15 babies, 15.6× the national rate
Deangelo: 15 babies, 14.1× the national rate
Tyrone: 36 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Donte: 20 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Jamal: 49 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Antoine: 15 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Malik: 23 babies, 8.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in District of Columbia, 1993

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1992	US rank
1	Ashley	124	–	2
2	Jasmine	110	–	23
3	Sarah	82	↑3	3
4	Jessica	80	↓1	1
5	Alexis	75	↑5	27
6	Elizabeth	68	↓1	9
7	Emily	68	↑1	5
8	Lauren	63	↑3	12
9	Brittany	62	↓5	6
10	Diamond	62	↑7	>100
11	Rachel	57	↓2	14
12	Danielle	56	↓5	18
13	Taylor	56	↑13	7
14	Alexandra	52	–	28
15	Katherine	52	–	29
16	Julia	49	↑24	72
17	Nicole	49	↑14	13
18	Mary	46	↑4	36
19	Samantha	46	↑2	4
20	Andrea	45	↑7	44
21	Briana	45	↑7	71
22	Jennifer	45	↓2	15
23	Michelle	45	↓5	31
24	Stephanie	44	↓12	10
25	Amber	43	↓2	17
26	Victoria	42	↓7	19
27	Caroline	41	↑14	>100
28	Hannah	40	↑10	21
29	Courtney	39	↓16	20
30	Megan	39	↑6	11
31	Christina	38	↑8	35
32	Olivia	37	↑18	50
33	Tiara	37	↑15	>100
34	Dominique	36	↓2	>100
35	Margaret	35	new	>100
36	Amanda	34	↓20	8
37	Erica	34	↓13	49
38	Anna	33	new	47
39	Tiffany	32	↓9	33
40	Bria	31	new	>100
41	Erin	31	new	48
42	Emma	30	–	80
43	Maya	30	new	>100
44	Rebecca	30	↓19	22
45	Brianna	29	new	32
46	Crystal	29	new	57
47	Kelly	28	new	51
48	Natalie	28	new	62
49	Shannon	28	↓4	53
50	Laura	27	↓17	43

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1992	US rank
1	Michael	211	–	1
2	Christopher	154	–	2
3	James	141	↑1	14
4	Kevin	137	↑3	25
5	John	133	↓2	16
6	Anthony	129	↑5	19
7	Robert	120	↑3	17
8	David	117	↓3	11
9	Brandon	114	↑4	6
10	Joshua	112	↑7	4
11	Daniel	111	↑3	7
12	William	106	↓6	18
13	Matthew	104	↓4	3
14	Alexander	103	↓2	21
15	Joseph	91	–	12
16	Charles	82	↑9	44
17	Thomas	82	↑7	27
18	Andrew	81	↓10	10
19	Ryan	76	↑4	13
20	Marcus	75	↑1	74
21	Jonathan	72	↓1	22
22	Samuel	70	↓3	37
23	Aaron	69	↓1	30
24	Eric	69	↓6	29
25	Nicholas	68	↓9	8
26	Zachary	62	↑4	15
27	Justin	57	–	20
28	Antonio	56	↓2	89
29	Brian	56	↑4	34
30	Benjamin	55	↓1	32
31	Jamal	49	new	>100
32	Steven	47	↑3	31
33	Andre	45	↓1	>100
34	Sean	45	↓6	42
35	Keith	44	new	>100
36	Paul	44	↑9	56
37	Patrick	42	↑2	43
38	Gregory	41	↓7	65
39	Jacob	39	↑7	9
40	Jordan	39	↑7	28
41	Richard	38	↓4	40
42	Christian	36	↓4	35
43	Peter	36	new	82
44	Timothy	36	↓10	38
45	Tyrone	36	new	>100
46	Kyle	35	new	23
47	Nathaniel	35	new	75
48	Adam	34	↓12	39
49	Davon	34	new	>100
50	Mark	33	↓6	49

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