Popular baby names in District of Columbia, 2002

The most popular baby names in District of Columbia in 2002 were Kayla for girls (52 babies) and Michael for boys (113). Kayla ranked #19 nationally for girls. Michael ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 8,187 babies born in District of Columbia in 2002 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 2002

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

Aniyah: 18 babies, 13.3× the national rate
Imani: 17 babies, 9× the national rate
Diamond: 23 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Lucy: 17 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Jayla: 21 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Sophie: 27 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Charlotte: 17 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Margaret: 23 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Caroline: 38 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Amelia: 20 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Boys

Mekhi: 15 babies, 15.3× the national rate
Khalil: 19 babies, 13.5× the national rate
Malik: 24 babies, 6× the national rate
Oliver: 16 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Donald: 16 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Jalen: 31 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Malachi: 19 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Henry: 37 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Derrick: 16 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Miles: 15 babies, 4.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in District of Columbia, 2002

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2001	US rank
1	Kayla	52	↑2	19
2	Sarah	47	↑10	8
3	Taylor	47	↑2	18
4	Elizabeth	46	↑5	11
5	Olivia	45	↑14	10
6	Emily	44	↓5	1
7	Katherine	44	↓3	36
8	Lauren	43	↑15	13
9	Samantha	40	↑28	9
10	Anna	39	–	20
11	Julia	39	↑5	33
12	Caroline	38	↑5	67
13	Alexandra	36	↑1	38
14	Grace	36	↓7	15
15	Jessica	36	↓2	16
16	Jordan	36	↑14	45
17	Sophia	36	↓11	27
18	Sydney	36	↓10	23
19	Abigail	35	↑10	7
20	Hannah	35	–	3
21	Ashley	33	↓10	6
22	Jennifer	32	↑11	28
23	Destiny	31	↓2	34
24	Jasmine	31	↓2	26
25	Isabella	30	–	14
26	Jada	30	↓8	78
27	Zoe	30	↓3	60
28	Emma	28	↓26	4
29	Aaliyah	27	↑9	64
30	Alexis	27	↓4	5
31	Madeline	27	↑19	56
32	Mary	27	↑2	49
33	Sophie	27	↑7	>100
34	Maya	26	↓7	90
35	Catherine	24	↑6	>100
36	Isabel	24	↓4	85
37	Madison	24	↓9	2
38	Mia	24	↑6	43
39	Trinity	24	new	70
40	Brianna	23	↓25	17
41	Diamond	23	↓2	>100
42	Margaret	23	new	>100
43	Andrea	22	new	55
44	Ava	22	new	82
45	Danielle	22	↓3	71
46	Maria	22	new	40
47	Natalie	22	↓1	30
48	Rebecca	22	new	54
49	Sofia	22	new	>100
50	Claire	21	new	95

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2001	US rank
1	Michael	113	–	2
2	William	105	↑1	11
3	James	82	↑4	18
4	John	78	↓2	17
5	David	76	↑7	13
6	Alexander	72	↑8	15
7	Kevin	70	↑1	33
8	Joshua	69	↓3	3
9	Samuel	68	↑7	25
10	Christopher	67	↓6	8
11	Thomas	65	↑6	36
12	Daniel	63	↓3	10
13	Joseph	62	–	7
14	Jordan	55	↑11	37
15	Matthew	55	–	4
16	Andrew	53	↑2	6
17	Benjamin	53	↑6	27
18	Elijah	52	↑12	41
19	Charles	51	↑7	58
20	Christian	51	↑9	24
21	Jason	47	↑14	42
22	Nicholas	45	↓12	9
23	Anthony	44	↓17	12
24	Ethan	44	↑10	5
25	Robert	43	↓14	34
26	Gabriel	41	new	32
27	Jonathan	41	↑5	21
28	Brian	40	↓1	51
29	Aidan	38	↑12	60
30	Ryan	38	↑1	16
31	Aaron	37	↓3	43
32	Henry	37	↑11	>100
33	Isaiah	37	↓14	45
34	Eric	36	↓12	52
35	Jacob	35	↓15	1
36	Zachary	35	↑8	19
37	Patrick	33	↑1	79
38	Brandon	32	↓14	20
39	Sean	32	↓3	59
40	Ian	31	new	67
41	Jalen	31	↓8	>100
42	Cameron	30	–	39
43	Xavier	30	new	88
44	Justin	29	↓23	22
45	Luke	29	new	46
46	Nathan	29	new	28
47	Noah	29	↓1	31
48	Jeremiah	28	↓11	86
49	Dylan	27	–	23
50	Nathaniel	26	new	62

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