Popular baby names in District of Columbia, 2001

The most popular baby names in District of Columbia in 2001 were Emily for girls (57 babies) and Michael for boys (108). Michael ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 8,241 babies born in District of Columbia in 2001 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 2001

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

India: 17 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Asia: 19 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Nina: 16 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Jayla: 17 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Diamond: 22 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Sophie: 22 babies, 5× the national rate
Maya: 29 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Jada: 37 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Ella: 15 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Caroline: 37 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Boys

Jamal: 15 babies, 8× the national rate
Trevon: 15 babies, 8× the national rate
Malik: 26 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Jalen: 35 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Ronald: 16 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Henry: 29 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Peter: 23 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Gregory: 19 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Jeremiah: 31 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Marcus: 25 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in District of Columbia, 2001

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2000	US rank
1	Emily	57	↑19	1
2	Emma	53	↑13	13
3	Kayla	53	↓2	17
4	Katherine	51	↓2	35
5	Taylor	51	↑2	12
6	Sophia	49	↑22	37
7	Grace	46	↓1	16
8	Sydney	46	↑6	23
9	Elizabeth	45	↓6	9
10	Anna	41	↑17	19
11	Ashley	40	↑14	4
12	Sarah	40	↓3	6
13	Jessica	39	↑11	11
14	Alexandra	38	↓6	38
15	Brianna	38	↑4	18
16	Julia	38	↓4	27
17	Caroline	37	–	62
18	Jada	37	↑13	75
19	Olivia	36	↓6	10
20	Hannah	35	↓10	3
21	Destiny	34	↓17	22
22	Jasmine	34	↓11	25
23	Lauren	34	↓7	15
24	Zoe	31	↑19	65
25	Isabella	30	new	28
26	Alexis	29	↓5	5
27	Maya	29	↑11	>100
28	Madison	28	↑9	2
29	Abigail	27	↑15	8
30	Jordan	27	↓25	47
31	Rachel	27	↓5	24
32	Isabel	26	new	88
33	Jennifer	26	↓10	26
34	Mary	26	↑7	48
35	Morgan	25	↓3	29
36	Leah	24	new	87
37	Samantha	24	new	7
38	Aaliyah	22	new	96
39	Diamond	22	↓21	>100
40	Sophie	22	↑2	>100
41	Catherine	21	↓1	81
42	Danielle	21	↓20	63
43	Gabrielle	21	↓7	50
44	Mia	21	new	76
45	Amanda	20	new	39
46	Natalie	20	new	32
47	Victoria	20	↓18	21
48	Asia	19	↓3	>100
49	Nicole	19	↓16	36
50	Madeline	18	new	56

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2000	US rank
1	Michael	108	↑3	2
2	John	100	↓1	14
3	William	96	–	10
4	Christopher	79	↓2	5
5	Joshua	79	↑2	4
6	Anthony	78	↓1	11
7	James	78	↑1	19
8	Kevin	77	↑6	32
9	Daniel	76	↑4	9
10	Nicholas	73	↑1	6
11	Robert	72	↑6	30
12	David	70	↓6	12
13	Joseph	65	↑9	8
14	Alexander	58	↓5	20
15	Matthew	56	↓3	3
16	Samuel	56	↑4	26
17	Thomas	55	↓1	33
18	Andrew	51	↓8	7
19	Isaiah	50	↑6	43
20	Jacob	50	↑10	1
21	Justin	50	↓6	22
22	Eric	48	↑9	44
23	Benjamin	47	↓5	27
24	Brandon	47	↓3	18
25	Jordan	47	↓6	39
26	Charles	44	↑3	55
27	Brian	43	↑8	46
28	Aaron	42	↓1	42
29	Christian	41	↓1	24
30	Elijah	39	↑4	45
31	Ryan	38	↓5	15
32	Jonathan	36	↓8	23
33	Jalen	35	↑4	>100
34	Ethan	34	↑4	17
35	Jason	32	↓2	41
36	Sean	32	↑8	57
37	Jeremiah	31	new	90
38	Patrick	31	new	72
39	Antonio	30	↓7	85
40	Adam	29	new	51
41	Aidan	29	new	86
42	Cameron	29	new	35
43	Henry	29	↑5	>100
44	Zachary	29	↓3	16
45	Caleb	28	new	37
46	Noah	28	↓10	28
47	Tyler	28	↓7	13
48	Carlos	27	↓6	59
49	Dylan	27	new	21
50	Jack	26	↓11	48

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