Popular baby names in District of Columbia, 1998

The most popular baby names in District of Columbia in 1998 were Alexis for girls (65 babies) and Michael for boys (129). Alexis ranked #6 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 8,451 babies born in District of Columbia in 1998 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 1998

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

Nia: 29 babies, 16.4× the national rate
Imani: 25 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Precious: 15 babies, 10.2× the national rate
Deja: 22 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Camille: 19 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Diamond: 31 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Madeleine: 20 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Maya: 37 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Mya: 16 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Asia: 18 babies, 6× the national rate

Boys

Davon: 22 babies, 18.7× the national rate
Khalil: 19 babies, 12× the national rate
Marquis: 19 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Trevon: 19 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Jamal: 16 babies, 9× the national rate
Maurice: 18 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Malik: 54 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Deandre: 19 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Lawrence: 18 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Emmanuel: 23 babies, 5.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in District of Columbia, 1998

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1997	US rank
1	Alexis	65	↑1	6
2	Jasmine	62	↓1	26
3	Taylor	56	↑3	7
4	Kayla	54	↓1	12
5	Jessica	51	↑3	8
6	Ashley	50	↑3	5
7	Elizabeth	46	↑3	10
8	Olivia	46	↑14	21
9	Alexandra	45	↑9	27
10	Emma	45	↑2	22
11	Julia	43	↑15	32
12	Katherine	42	↓7	33
13	Sarah	42	↓9	4
14	Destiny	41	new	34
15	Lauren	39	↑6	14
16	Brianna	38	↑7	17
17	Jennifer	37	↓3	20
18	Maya	37	↑16	>100
19	Caroline	36	↓6	75
20	Jordan	36	↑5	42
21	Emily	34	↓6	1
22	Rachel	33	↓5	15
23	Diamond	31	↓12	>100
24	Hannah	31	↓17	2
25	Sophia	31	↓5	73
26	Sydney	31	new	28
27	Victoria	31	↑5	16
28	Anna	30	↓1	31
29	Nia	29	↑12	>100
30	Mary	28	new	44
31	Jada	27	↑9	>100
32	Danielle	26	↓4	41
33	Imani	25	↓9	>100
34	Rebecca	24	↓4	30
35	Claire	23	↑12	91
36	Grace	23	↓17	53
37	Megan	23	new	13
38	Natalie	23	new	40
39	Brittany	22	↓2	25
40	Deja	22	↑10	>100
41	Briana	20	↓25	79
42	Madeleine	20	new	>100
43	Madeline	20	↓10	50
44	Camille	19	new	>100
45	Catherine	19	new	>100
46	Erin	19	↓7	57
47	Angel	18	↓11	>100
48	Asia	18	↑1	>100
49	Erica	18	new	92
50	Gabrielle	18	↓21	47

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1997	US rank
1	Michael	129	–	1
2	Christopher	95	↑4	5
3	John	93	↓1	15
4	William	93	↓1	14
5	Matthew	88	↑8	3
6	David	80	↓2	13
7	Daniel	79	↑5	12
8	Joshua	79	–	4
9	James	78	↓4	18
10	Anthony	77	↓3	19
11	Kevin	75	↓2	32
12	Alexander	72	↑2	22
13	Nicholas	72	↑3	6
14	Andrew	69	↓3	9
15	Brandon	67	–	7
16	Joseph	64	↓6	11
17	Samuel	63	↑1	28
18	Jonathan	60	↑5	21
19	Justin	58	↑7	20
20	Robert	58	↑1	23
21	Jacob	57	↑8	2
22	Christian	56	↑5	26
23	Jordan	55	↑1	27
24	Benjamin	54	↑4	30
25	Malik	54	↓5	>100
26	Charles	52	↑5	48
27	Brian	51	↓10	41
28	Ryan	47	↑2	17
29	Thomas	45	↓7	31
30	Aaron	43	↓5	37
31	Marcus	43	↑1	96
32	Eric	39	↓13	39
33	Kyle	39	↑16	24
34	Jason	38	↑7	40
35	Sean	38	↑8	50
36	Zachary	36	↓2	16
37	Antonio	32	↓2	79
38	Adam	31	new	45
39	Isaiah	31	↓6	59
40	Cameron	29	new	35
41	Kenneth	29	new	87
42	Timothy	29	new	49
43	Darius	28	new	>100
44	Edward	28	new	>100
45	Noah	28	↓9	29
46	Patrick	28	↓9	57
47	Nathaniel	27	↓8	60
48	Tyler	26	↓4	8
49	Andre	25	↑1	>100
50	Derrick	25	new	>100

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