Popular baby names in District of Columbia, 1994

The most popular baby names in District of Columbia in 1994 were Jasmine for girls (102 babies) and Michael for boys (172). Jasmine ranked #23 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 10,936 babies born in District of Columbia in 1994 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 1994

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

Imani: 39 babies, 16.6× the national rate
Diamond: 62 babies, 13.4× the national rate
Bria: 35 babies, 12.2× the national rate
India: 19 babies, 11.9× the national rate
Janae: 16 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Ebony: 25 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Asia: 29 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Maya: 27 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Tiara: 25 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Alexus: 18 babies, 6.2× the national rate

Boys

Delonte: 24 babies, 116.8× the national rate
Tavon: 21 babies, 46× the national rate
Davon: 35 babies, 18.9× the national rate
Malik: 41 babies, 14.7× the national rate
Stephon: 16 babies, 13.3× the national rate
Darnell: 18 babies, 11.8× the national rate
Terrell: 25 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Jamal: 39 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Deandre: 35 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Reginald: 28 babies, 9.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in District of Columbia, 1994

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1993	US rank
1	Jasmine	102	↑1	23
2	Ashley	89	↓1	2
3	Alexandra	74	↑11	28
4	Brittany	72	↑5	7
5	Sarah	70	↓2	5
6	Jessica	69	↓2	1
7	Rachel	68	↑4	13
8	Alexis	66	↓3	18
9	Diamond	62	↑1	>100
10	Emily	58	↓3	3
11	Taylor	53	↑2	6
12	Danielle	51	–	20
13	Elizabeth	50	↓7	9
14	Katherine	50	↑1	30
15	Mary	48	↑3	37
16	Brianna	47	↑29	27
17	Lauren	46	↓9	14
18	Victoria	46	↑8	19
19	Samantha	43	–	4
20	Emma	42	↑22	74
21	Hannah	41	↑7	16
22	Caroline	39	↑5	94
23	Imani	39	new	>100
24	Jennifer	39	↓2	17
25	Briana	38	↓4	68
26	Anna	36	↑12	41
27	Amanda	35	↑9	8
28	Bria	35	↑12	>100
29	Julia	35	↓13	72
30	Kayla	35	new	12
31	Nicole	34	↓14	11
32	Amber	33	↓7	21
33	Michelle	32	↓10	33
34	Rebecca	32	↑10	24
35	Andrea	31	↓15	49
36	Tiffany	31	↑3	35
37	Shannon	30	↑12	60
38	Asia	29	new	>100
39	Courtney	28	↓10	22
40	Laura	27	↑10	46
41	Maya	27	↑2	>100
42	Catherine	25	new	84
43	Claire	25	new	>100
44	Ebony	25	new	>100
45	Maria	25	new	47
46	Tiara	25	↓13	>100
47	Gabrielle	24	new	67
48	Megan	24	↓18	10
49	Crystal	23	↓3	64
50	Jacqueline	23	new	65

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1993	US rank
1	Michael	172	–	1
2	James	143	↑1	14
3	Christopher	131	↓1	2
4	William	125	↑8	19
5	Anthony	123	↑1	18
6	Matthew	115	↑7	3
7	John	108	↓2	15
8	Kevin	106	↓4	26
9	David	105	↓1	13
10	Alexander	104	↑4	22
11	Nicholas	92	↑14	9
12	Daniel	91	↓1	8
13	Andrew	88	↑5	10
14	Joseph	88	↑1	11
15	Joshua	83	↓5	4
16	Brandon	78	↓7	6
17	Marcus	74	↑3	75
18	Robert	74	↓11	21
19	Aaron	73	↑4	28
20	Thomas	71	↓3	27
21	Eric	67	↑3	30
22	Jonathan	67	↓1	23
23	Ryan	67	↓4	16
24	Benjamin	63	↑6	31
25	Charles	58	↓9	43
26	Samuel	58	↓4	33
27	Zachary	58	↓1	12
28	Justin	54	↓1	20
29	Sean	53	↑5	44
30	Tyler	49	new	5
31	Jordan	46	↑9	29
32	Antonio	45	↓4	88
33	Brian	45	↓4	37
34	Christian	41	↑8	35
35	Jacob	41	↑4	7
36	Malik	41	new	>100
37	Patrick	41	–	42
38	Mark	40	↑12	48
39	Jamal	39	↓8	>100
40	Davon	35	↑9	>100
41	Deandre	35	new	>100
42	Kyle	35	↑4	24
43	Gregory	34	↓5	76
44	Kenneth	34	new	65
45	Andre	33	↓12	>100
46	Adam	32	↑2	38
47	Stephen	32	new	49
48	Carlos	31	new	72
49	Darius	31	new	>100
50	Richard	31	↓9	41

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