Popular baby names in District of Columbia, 1999

The most popular baby names in District of Columbia in 1999 were Kayla for girls (85 babies) and Michael for boys (119). Kayla ranked #13 nationally for girls. Michael ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 8,113 babies born in District of Columbia in 1999 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 1999

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

Tania: 15 babies, 13.4× the national rate
Imani: 24 babies, 12× the national rate
Eleanor: 16 babies, 12× the national rate
Tamia: 15 babies, 11× the national rate
Nia: 16 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Diamond: 41 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Deja: 19 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Jayla: 16 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Asia: 22 babies, 8× the national rate
Jada: 35 babies, 6.2× the national rate

Boys

Daquan: 15 babies, 16.8× the national rate
Marquis: 15 babies, 10× the national rate
Malik: 51 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Jamal: 18 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Deandre: 16 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Andre: 25 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Derrick: 22 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Darius: 19 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Xavier: 29 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Henry: 24 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in District of Columbia, 1999

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1998	US rank
1	Kayla	85	↑3	13
2	Jasmine	54	–	26
3	Taylor	53	–	8
4	Destiny	50	↑10	28
5	Sarah	48	↑8	4
6	Lauren	44	↑9	12
7	Emily	43	↑14	1
8	Diamond	41	↑15	>100
9	Ashley	40	↓3	6
10	Jessica	40	↓5	9
11	Olivia	37	↓3	20
12	Brianna	36	↑4	14
13	Jada	35	↑18	>100
14	Anna	34	↑14	29
15	Caroline	34	↑4	71
16	Katherine	34	↓4	36
17	Maya	34	↑1	>100
18	Elizabeth	33	↓11	10
19	Emma	32	↓9	17
20	Hannah	32	↑4	2
21	Julia	32	↓10	30
22	Alexandra	31	↓13	32
23	Mary	31	↑7	45
24	Victoria	31	↑3	16
25	Grace	30	↑11	27
26	Rachel	30	↓4	19
27	Alexis	28	↓26	3
28	Jennifer	27	↓11	21
29	Jordan	27	↓9	48
30	Madison	27	new	7
31	Maria	27	new	39
32	Kiara	26	new	78
33	Michelle	25	new	56
34	Sophia	25	↓9	53
35	Sydney	25	↓9	23
36	Catherine	24	↑9	98
37	Imani	24	↓4	>100
38	Danielle	23	↓6	43
39	Rebecca	23	↓5	38
40	Asia	22	↑8	>100
41	Gabrielle	22	↑9	46
42	Megan	22	↓5	15
43	Claire	21	↓8	86
44	Nicole	21	new	25
45	Brittany	20	↓6	35
46	Faith	20	new	76
47	Isabel	20	new	97
48	Margaret	20	new	>100
49	Natalie	20	↓11	34
50	Stephanie	20	new	37

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1998	US rank
1	Michael	119	–	2
2	William	107	↑2	14
3	Christopher	92	↓1	6
4	John	89	↓1	15
5	David	82	↑1	16
6	James	82	↑3	19
7	Matthew	82	↓2	3
8	Alexander	81	↑4	21
9	Joshua	80	↓1	4
10	Kevin	80	↑1	34
11	Nicholas	71	↑2	5
12	Anthony	64	↓2	18
13	Benjamin	61	↑11	29
14	Joseph	60	↑2	8
15	Robert	60	↑5	26
16	Samuel	60	↑1	27
17	Andrew	58	↓3	7
18	Daniel	58	↓11	9
19	Thomas	58	↑10	31
20	Jonathan	55	↓2	22
21	Christian	52	↑1	25
22	Eric	51	↑10	39
23	Malik	51	↑2	>100
24	Jordan	48	↓1	30
25	Justin	47	↓6	20
26	Ryan	43	↑2	12
27	Isaiah	42	↑12	51
28	Aaron	41	↑2	38
29	Antonio	41	↑8	80
30	Brandon	39	↓15	11
31	Jacob	38	↓10	1
32	Charles	37	↓6	50
33	Jason	35	↑1	40
34	Noah	34	↑11	24
35	Zachary	33	↑1	17
36	Cameron	32	↑4	33
37	Devin	32	new	68
38	Nathan	32	new	32
39	Elijah	31	new	60
40	Marcus	31	↓9	98
41	Nathaniel	31	↑6	62
42	Carlos	30	new	59
43	Xavier	29	new	>100
44	Patrick	28	↑2	63
45	Gabriel	27	new	53
46	Tyler	27	↑2	10
47	Brian	26	↓20	43
48	Andre	25	↑1	>100
49	Kenneth	25	↓8	89
50	Steven	25	new	47

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