Popular baby names in District of Columbia, 1996

The most popular baby names in District of Columbia in 1996 were Alexis for girls (70 babies) and Michael for boys (138). Alexis ranked #8 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 8,570 babies born in District of Columbia in 1996 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 1996

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: 49 babies, 20.5× the national rate
Diamond: 45 babies, 13× the national rate
Tyler: 16 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Charlotte: 16 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Asia: 24 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Tiara: 16 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Maya: 20 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Deja: 21 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Tatiana: 16 babies, 6× the national rate
Naomi: 15 babies, 5.3× the national rate

Boys

Juwan: 22 babies, 19.4× the national rate
Davon: 18 babies, 14.6× the national rate
Jamal: 32 babies, 12.3× the national rate
Tyree: 15 babies, 12.3× the national rate
Daquan: 16 babies, 11.9× the national rate
Trevon: 17 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Dangelo: 15 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Deandre: 25 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Maurice: 18 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Malik: 88 babies, 8.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in District of Columbia, 1996

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1995	US rank
1	Alexis	70	↑2	8
2	Taylor	60	↑13	6
3	Emily	59	↑13	1
4	Jessica	59	↑1	2
5	Sarah	57	↑4	4
6	Jasmine	54	↓4	28
7	Ashley	53	↓6	3
8	Katherine	52	↓1	31
9	Kayla	51	↑12	11
10	Imani	49	↑30	>100
11	Jennifer	49	↑3	19
12	Elizabeth	48	↑1	10
13	Diamond	45	↓1	>100
14	Rebecca	45	↑22	24
15	Alexandra	44	↓9	26
16	Anna	42	↑7	33
17	Danielle	42	↓13	29
18	Julia	40	↑1	48
19	Caroline	36	↓2	78
20	Rachel	34	↓12	9
21	Stephanie	34	↑18	20
22	Brianna	31	↓11	17
23	Brittany	31	↓13	14
24	Courtney	29	new	21
25	Samantha	29	↑20	5
26	Amanda	28	↑11	13
27	Hannah	28	↓3	7
28	Lauren	27	↑1	16
29	Natalie	27	new	46
30	Nicole	27	↓8	22
31	Briana	26	↑10	72
32	Catherine	26	↑10	95
33	Mary	26	↓2	44
34	Jordan	25	↑9	49
35	Asia	24	↓10	>100
36	Laura	24	new	66
37	Margaret	24	↓7	>100
38	Olivia	24	↓12	34
39	Victoria	24	↓19	18
40	Maria	23	new	37
41	Destiny	22	new	56
42	Megan	22	↑7	12
43	Sydney	22	new	39
44	Deja	21	↓12	>100
45	Emma	21	↓27	53
46	Sophia	21	new	>100
47	Christina	20	↓9	57
48	Maya	20	↓4	>100
49	Amber	19	↓22	27
50	Dominique	19	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1995	US rank
1	Michael	138	–	1
2	John	120	↑1	15
3	William	115	↑1	18
4	Christopher	99	↓2	4
5	David	98	–	13
6	Malik	88	↑4	97
7	Matthew	86	↑5	2
8	James	82	↓2	17
9	Daniel	81	–	11
10	Alexander	80	↑8	22
11	Joshua	80	–	5
12	Andrew	79	↑4	10
13	Anthony	79	↓6	19
14	Joseph	79	↓1	12
15	Nicholas	78	↓1	6
16	Kevin	73	↓8	26
17	Brandon	66	↓2	8
18	Robert	65	↑1	23
19	Samuel	65	↑6	30
20	Eric	59	↑2	35
21	Benjamin	55	↑5	29
22	Christian	53	↑6	24
23	Thomas	52	↓6	28
24	Jonathan	51	–	21
25	Justin	47	↑2	20
26	Brian	45	↑7	36
27	Jacob	45	new	3
28	Ryan	45	↑3	16
29	Charles	39	↑1	43
30	Aaron	38	↓9	34
31	Antonio	37	↑1	80
32	Marcus	37	↓12	87
33	Zachary	37	↓10	14
34	Jordan	35	↑6	27
35	Noah	34	new	50
36	Steven	34	↑2	38
37	Adam	32	↑10	39
38	Jamal	32	new	>100
39	Nathaniel	31	new	69
40	Patrick	31	↓11	44
41	George	30	new	>100
42	Austin	29	new	9
43	Isaiah	29	new	71
44	Kenneth	28	↓5	77
45	Nathan	28	new	37
46	Andre	26	↓11	>100
47	Sean	26	↓13	46
48	Deandre	25	–	>100
49	Kyle	25	new	25
50	Mark	25	new	55

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