Popular baby names in District of Columbia, 1997

The most popular baby names in District of Columbia in 1997 were Jasmine for girls (71 babies) and Michael for boys (131). Jasmine ranked #24 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 8,438 babies born in District of Columbia in 1997 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 1997

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

Baby: 15 babies, 32.1× the national rate
India: 22 babies, 18.4× the national rate
Nia: 24 babies, 16.8× the national rate
Janae: 15 babies, 14.1× the national rate
Imani: 29 babies, 12.3× the national rate
Diamond: 40 babies, 12× the national rate
Maya: 25 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Camille: 15 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Deja: 20 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Asia: 20 babies, 6.6× the national rate

Boys

Babyboy: 15 babies, 49× the national rate
Davon: 20 babies, 17.6× the national rate
Darryl: 15 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Daquan: 15 babies, 11× the national rate
Juwan: 16 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Maurice: 20 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Reginald: 17 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Marquis: 15 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Malik: 57 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Deandre: 17 babies, 6.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in District of Columbia, 1997

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1996	US rank
1	Jasmine	71	↑5	24
2	Alexis	63	↓1	8
3	Kayla	62	↑6	12
4	Sarah	59	↑1	4
5	Katherine	51	↑3	32
6	Taylor	50	↓4	7
7	Hannah	47	↑20	5
8	Jessica	45	↓4	2
9	Ashley	41	↓2	3
10	Elizabeth	41	↑2	9
11	Diamond	40	↑2	>100
12	Emma	38	↑33	36
13	Caroline	37	↑6	75
14	Jennifer	37	↓3	18
15	Emily	36	↓12	1
16	Briana	35	↑15	72
17	Rachel	35	↑3	13
18	Alexandra	32	↓3	30
19	Grace	32	new	69
20	Sophia	32	↑26	94
21	Lauren	31	↑7	14
22	Olivia	31	↑16	27
23	Brianna	29	↓1	17
24	Imani	29	↓14	>100
25	Jordan	29	↑9	40
26	Julia	29	↓8	37
27	Anna	28	↓11	33
28	Danielle	28	↓11	34
29	Gabrielle	27	new	51
30	Rebecca	26	↓16	25
31	Samantha	26	↓6	6
32	Victoria	26	↑7	19
33	Madeline	25	new	59
34	Maya	25	↑14	>100
35	Stephanie	25	↓14	23
36	Angel	24	new	>100
37	Brittany	24	↓14	20
38	Dominique	24	↑12	>100
39	Erin	24	new	52
40	Jada	24	new	>100
41	Nia	24	new	>100
42	Nicole	24	↓12	21
43	Amanda	23	↓17	16
44	Jacqueline	23	new	77
45	Courtney	22	↓21	28
46	India	22	new	>100
47	Claire	21	new	>100
48	Jade	21	new	>100
49	Asia	20	↓14	>100
50	Deja	20	↓6	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1996	US rank
1	Michael	131	–	1
2	John	102	–	15
3	William	91	–	19
4	David	90	↑1	14
5	James	88	↑3	17
6	Christopher	86	↓2	4
7	Anthony	84	↑6	18
8	Joshua	84	↑3	5
9	Kevin	81	↑7	28
10	Joseph	78	↑4	12
11	Andrew	73	↑1	7
12	Daniel	73	↓3	11
13	Matthew	72	↓6	3
14	Alexander	67	↓4	22
15	Brandon	66	↑2	8
16	Nicholas	66	↓1	6
17	Brian	60	↑9	37
18	Samuel	60	↑1	27
19	Eric	58	↑1	35
20	Malik	57	↓14	>100
21	Robert	56	↓3	23
22	Thomas	56	↑1	31
23	Jonathan	54	↑1	21
24	Jordan	54	↑10	26
25	Aaron	51	↑5	33
26	Justin	51	↓1	20
27	Christian	49	↓5	25
28	Benjamin	48	↓7	29
29	Jacob	44	↓2	2
30	Ryan	44	↓2	16
31	Charles	42	↓2	49
32	Marcus	42	–	93
33	Isaiah	39	↑10	60
34	Zachary	39	↓1	13
35	Antonio	36	↓4	75
36	Noah	35	↓1	38
37	Patrick	33	↑3	50
38	Mark	32	↑12	58
39	Nathaniel	32	–	65
40	Gregory	31	new	>100
41	Jason	31	new	41
42	Paul	30	new	79
43	Sean	30	↑4	48
44	Tyler	30	new	10
45	Henry	29	new	>100
46	Austin	28	↓4	9
47	Carlos	28	new	67
48	George	28	↓7	>100
49	Kyle	28	–	24
50	Andre	27	↓4	>100

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