Popular baby names in District of Columbia, 2000

The most popular baby names in District of Columbia in 2000 were Kayla for girls (74 babies) and John for boys (113). Kayla ranked #13 nationally for girls. John ranked #14 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 8,414 babies born in District of Columbia in 2000 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 2000

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

London: 15 babies, 28.4× the national rate
Tamia: 15 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Imani: 23 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Nia: 19 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Camille: 21 babies, 9× the national rate
Diamond: 34 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Asia: 19 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Sophie: 20 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Sofia: 17 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Jordan: 45 babies, 4× the national rate

Boys

Kevon: 16 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Deandre: 25 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Malik: 50 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Jamal: 15 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Trevon: 15 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Maurice: 16 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Darius: 27 babies, 7× the national rate
Andre: 20 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Keith: 16 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Jalen: 34 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in District of Columbia, 2000

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1999	US rank
1	Kayla	74	–	13
2	Katherine	56	↑14	33
3	Elizabeth	51	↑15	9
4	Destiny	49	–	24
5	Jordan	45	↑24	50
6	Grace	44	↑19	19
7	Taylor	40	↓4	10
8	Alexandra	39	↑14	36
9	Sarah	39	↓4	5
10	Hannah	38	↑10	2
11	Jasmine	38	↓9	27
12	Julia	38	↑9	29
13	Olivia	38	↓2	16
14	Sydney	38	↑21	23
15	Emma	37	↑4	17
16	Lauren	37	↓10	11
17	Caroline	36	↓2	65
18	Diamond	34	↓10	>100
19	Brianna	33	↓7	15
20	Emily	33	↓13	1
21	Alexis	32	↑6	6
22	Danielle	32	↑16	48
23	Jennifer	32	↑5	26
24	Jessica	32	↓14	8
25	Ashley	31	↓16	4
26	Rachel	31	–	21
27	Anna	30	↓13	22
28	Sophia	28	↑6	42
29	Victoria	25	↓5	20
30	Imani	23	↑7	>100
31	Jada	23	↓18	84
32	Morgan	23	new	25
33	Nicole	22	↑11	31
34	Camille	21	new	>100
35	Diana	21	new	>100
36	Gabrielle	21	↑5	49
37	Madison	21	↓7	3
38	Maya	21	↓21	>100
39	Andrea	20	new	55
40	Catherine	20	↓4	81
41	Mary	20	↓18	46
42	Sophie	20	new	>100
43	Zoe	20	new	82
44	Abigail	19	new	14
45	Asia	19	↓5	>100
46	Claire	19	↓3	86
47	Courtney	19	new	59
48	Margaret	19	–	>100
49	Michelle	19	↓16	52
50	Nia	19	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1999	US rank
1	John	113	↑3	14
2	Christopher	106	↑1	5
3	William	105	↓1	11
4	Michael	104	↓3	2
5	Anthony	88	↑7	17
6	David	86	↓1	16
7	Joshua	82	↑2	4
8	James	81	↓2	18
9	Alexander	75	↓1	20
10	Andrew	74	↑7	7
11	Nicholas	69	–	6
12	Matthew	66	↓5	3
13	Daniel	65	↑5	9
14	Kevin	65	↓4	32
15	Justin	63	↑10	19
16	Thomas	58	↑3	33
17	Robert	57	↓2	29
18	Benjamin	56	↓5	26
19	Jordan	56	↑5	36
20	Samuel	53	↓4	28
21	Brandon	52	↑9	12
22	Joseph	50	↓8	8
23	Malik	50	–	>100
24	Jonathan	47	↓4	21
25	Isaiah	45	↑2	47
26	Ryan	45	–	13
27	Aaron	44	↑1	41
28	Christian	44	↓7	22
29	Charles	43	↑3	51
30	Jacob	43	↑1	1
31	Eric	40	↓9	42
32	Antonio	39	↓3	82
33	Jason	39	–	39
34	Elijah	37	↑5	52
35	Brian	35	↑12	43
36	Noah	35	↓2	27
37	Jalen	34	new	>100
38	Ethan	31	new	25
39	Jack	30	new	46
40	Tyler	30	↑6	10
41	Zachary	29	↓6	15
42	Carlos	28	–	66
43	Darius	27	new	>100
44	Sean	27	new	57
45	Kenneth	26	↑4	94
46	Nathaniel	26	↓5	61
47	Deandre	25	new	>100
48	Henry	25	new	>100
49	Stephen	24	new	95
50	Timothy	24	new	58

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