Popular baby names in District of Columbia, 1995
The most popular baby names in District of Columbia in 1995 were Ashley for girls (75 babies) and Michael for boys (161). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 9,559 babies born in District of Columbia in 1995 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 1995
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: 23 babies, 16.8× the national rate
- Diamond: 48 babies, 12.5× the national rate
- Nora: 15 babies, 12× the national rate
- Imani: 27 babies, 11.4× the national rate
- Asia: 32 babies, 10.8× the national rate
- Bria: 19 babies, 10.7× the national rate
- Maya: 26 babies, 9.1× the national rate
- Deja: 29 babies, 8.9× the national rate
- Alexus: 17 babies, 6.1× the national rate
- Angel: 24 babies, 6× the national rate
Boys
- Delonte: 16 babies, 153× the national rate
- Juwan: 15 babies, 21.5× the national rate
- Daquan: 24 babies, 13.7× the national rate
- Malik: 84 babies, 10.7× the national rate
- Jaquan: 15 babies, 10.2× the national rate
- Maurice: 23 babies, 8.9× the national rate
- Deandre: 28 babies, 8.4× the national rate
- Jamal: 22 babies, 7.2× the national rate
- Trevon: 16 babies, 6.8× the national rate
- Andre: 34 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Top 50 girls' and boys' names in District of Columbia, 1995
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 1994 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ashley | 75 | ↑1 | 2 |
| 2 | Jasmine | 72 | ↓1 | 25 |
| 3 | Alexis | 63 | ↑5 | 14 |
| 4 | Danielle | 59 | ↑8 | 24 |
| 5 | Jessica | 58 | ↑1 | 1 |
| 6 | Alexandra | 55 | ↓3 | 26 |
| 7 | Katherine | 55 | ↑7 | 30 |
| 8 | Rachel | 54 | ↓1 | 12 |
| 9 | Sarah | 50 | ↓4 | 5 |
| 10 | Brittany | 49 | ↓6 | 8 |
| 11 | Brianna | 48 | ↑5 | 21 |
| 12 | Diamond | 48 | ↓3 | >100 |
| 13 | Elizabeth | 48 | – | 10 |
| 14 | Jennifer | 47 | ↑10 | 18 |
| 15 | Taylor | 45 | ↓4 | 6 |
| 16 | Emily | 44 | ↓6 | 3 |
| 17 | Caroline | 43 | ↑5 | 92 |
| 18 | Emma | 42 | ↑2 | 67 |
| 19 | Julia | 40 | ↑10 | 62 |
| 20 | Victoria | 38 | ↓2 | 20 |
| 21 | Kayla | 37 | ↑9 | 11 |
| 22 | Nicole | 37 | ↑9 | 19 |
| 23 | Anna | 36 | ↑3 | 31 |
| 24 | Hannah | 33 | ↓3 | 7 |
| 25 | Asia | 32 | ↑13 | >100 |
| 26 | Olivia | 32 | new | 39 |
| 27 | Amber | 30 | ↑5 | 22 |
| 28 | Grace | 30 | new | 97 |
| 29 | Lauren | 30 | ↓12 | 15 |
| 30 | Margaret | 30 | new | >100 |
| 31 | Mary | 30 | ↓16 | 40 |
| 32 | Deja | 29 | new | >100 |
| 33 | Erica | 29 | new | 69 |
| 34 | Michelle | 29 | ↓1 | 41 |
| 35 | Morgan | 29 | new | 23 |
| 36 | Rebecca | 29 | ↓2 | 28 |
| 37 | Amanda | 28 | ↓10 | 9 |
| 38 | Christina | 28 | new | 45 |
| 39 | Stephanie | 28 | new | 16 |
| 40 | Imani | 27 | ↓17 | >100 |
| 41 | Briana | 26 | ↓16 | 74 |
| 42 | Catherine | 26 | – | 90 |
| 43 | Jordan | 26 | new | 50 |
| 44 | Maya | 26 | ↓3 | >100 |
| 45 | Samantha | 26 | ↓26 | 4 |
| 46 | Crystal | 25 | ↑3 | 80 |
| 47 | Angel | 24 | new | >100 |
| 48 | Madeline | 24 | new | 79 |
| 49 | Megan | 24 | ↓1 | 13 |
| 50 | India | 23 | new | >100 |
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 1994 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 161 | – | 1 |
| 2 | Christopher | 128 | ↑1 | 3 |
| 3 | John | 128 | ↑4 | 13 |
| 4 | William | 110 | – | 20 |
| 5 | David | 105 | ↑4 | 16 |
| 6 | James | 100 | ↓4 | 17 |
| 7 | Anthony | 97 | ↓2 | 19 |
| 8 | Kevin | 96 | – | 25 |
| 9 | Daniel | 87 | ↑3 | 9 |
| 10 | Malik | 84 | ↑26 | >100 |
| 11 | Joshua | 83 | ↑4 | 5 |
| 12 | Matthew | 83 | ↓6 | 2 |
| 13 | Joseph | 82 | ↑1 | 12 |
| 14 | Nicholas | 80 | ↓3 | 7 |
| 15 | Brandon | 78 | ↑1 | 8 |
| 16 | Andrew | 77 | ↓3 | 11 |
| 17 | Thomas | 70 | ↑3 | 27 |
| 18 | Alexander | 68 | ↓8 | 21 |
| 19 | Robert | 68 | ↓1 | 22 |
| 20 | Marcus | 64 | ↓3 | 81 |
| 21 | Aaron | 62 | ↓2 | 30 |
| 22 | Eric | 57 | ↓1 | 32 |
| 23 | Zachary | 56 | ↑4 | 14 |
| 24 | Jonathan | 55 | ↓2 | 23 |
| 25 | Samuel | 54 | ↑1 | 33 |
| 26 | Benjamin | 53 | ↓2 | 31 |
| 27 | Justin | 53 | ↑1 | 18 |
| 28 | Christian | 51 | ↑6 | 28 |
| 29 | Patrick | 51 | ↑8 | 43 |
| 30 | Charles | 50 | ↓5 | 44 |
| 31 | Ryan | 49 | ↓8 | 15 |
| 32 | Antonio | 47 | – | 85 |
| 33 | Brian | 46 | – | 36 |
| 34 | Sean | 43 | ↓5 | 45 |
| 35 | Andre | 34 | ↑10 | >100 |
| 36 | Stephen | 34 | ↑11 | 57 |
| 37 | Gregory | 33 | ↑6 | 84 |
| 38 | Steven | 33 | new | 37 |
| 39 | Kenneth | 32 | ↑5 | 72 |
| 40 | Jordan | 31 | ↓9 | 29 |
| 41 | Peter | 31 | new | 89 |
| 42 | Tyler | 31 | ↓12 | 6 |
| 43 | Richard | 30 | ↑7 | 42 |
| 44 | Carlos | 29 | ↑4 | 68 |
| 45 | Jose | 29 | new | 35 |
| 46 | Timothy | 29 | new | 40 |
| 47 | Adam | 28 | ↓1 | 38 |
| 48 | Deandre | 28 | ↓7 | >100 |
| 49 | Ian | 28 | new | 67 |
| 50 | Jason | 28 | new | 41 |
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