Popular baby names in District of Columbia, 2003

The most popular baby names in District of Columbia in 2003 were Kayla for girls (51 babies) and Michael for boys (100). Kayla ranked #16 nationally for girls. Michael ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 8,020 babies born in District of Columbia in 2003 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 2003

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: 17 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Aniya: 18 babies, 10× the national rate
Fiona: 15 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Imani: 16 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Charlotte: 23 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Laila: 15 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Caroline: 43 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Maya: 36 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Kennedy: 26 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Sophie: 21 babies, 5.1× the national rate

Boys

Khalil: 17 babies, 13.2× the national rate
Maurice: 15 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Malik: 28 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Malachi: 26 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Jalen: 29 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Miles: 16 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Peter: 29 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Gregory: 22 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Andre: 18 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Maxwell: 30 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in District of Columbia, 2003

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2002	US rank
1	Kayla	51	–	16
2	Emily	50	↑4	1
3	Katherine	50	↑4	35
4	Elizabeth	45	–	9
5	Sophia	45	↑12	20
6	Abigail	43	↑13	6
7	Caroline	43	↑5	68
8	Sarah	42	↓6	11
9	Anna	39	↑1	21
10	Emma	38	↑18	2
11	Grace	38	↑3	13
12	Ashley	37	↑9	8
13	Olivia	37	↓8	5
14	Sydney	37	↑4	25
15	Taylor	37	↓12	19
16	Maya	36	↑18	84
17	Isabella	35	↑8	12
18	Alexandra	33	↓5	38
19	Ella	32	new	44
20	Zoe	31	↑7	57
21	Isabel	28	↑15	83
22	Julia	27	↓11	33
23	Chloe	26	new	24
24	Jada	26	↑2	79
25	Kennedy	26	new	>100
26	Madison	26	↑11	3
27	Sofia	26	↑22	97
28	Alexis	25	↑2	7
29	Jasmine	25	↓5	27
30	Rachel	25	new	28
31	Jessica	24	↓16	18
32	Lauren	24	↓24	15
33	Makayla	24	new	51
34	Catherine	23	↑1	>100
35	Charlotte	23	new	>100
36	Lily	23	new	69
37	Madeline	23	↓6	61
38	Mary	22	↓6	59
39	Natalie	22	↑8	23
40	Samantha	21	↓31	10
41	Sophie	21	↓8	>100
42	Brianna	20	↓2	17
43	Claire	20	↑7	92
44	Destiny	20	↓21	37
45	Gabrielle	20	new	66
46	Hannah	20	↓26	4
47	Margaret	20	↓5	>100
48	Mia	20	↓10	36
49	Nicole	20	new	40
50	Victoria	20	new	22

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2002	US rank
1	Michael	100	–	2
2	William	93	–	11
3	Alexander	80	↑3	16
4	John	80	–	17
5	David	73	–	14
6	Daniel	71	↑6	8
7	James	71	↓4	18
8	Joshua	71	–	3
9	Christopher	66	↑1	9
10	Matthew	64	↑5	4
11	Samuel	62	↓2	23
12	Andrew	61	↑4	5
13	Ryan	60	↑17	13
14	Nicholas	59	↑8	12
15	Benjamin	58	↑2	24
16	Kevin	56	↓9	32
17	Jonathan	55	↑10	22
18	Anthony	54	↑5	10
19	Thomas	50	↓8	36
20	Jacob	49	↑15	1
21	Joseph	49	↓8	6
22	Aidan	42	↑7	39
23	Elijah	42	↓5	37
24	Isaiah	41	↑9	49
25	Robert	41	–	35
26	Ethan	40	↓2	7
27	Brandon	39	↑11	21
28	Christian	39	↓8	25
29	Jack	38	new	45
30	Jeremiah	35	↑18	90
31	Justin	35	↑13	27
32	Charles	33	↓13	57
33	Eric	33	↑1	56
34	Henry	33	↓2	>100
35	Jackson	33	new	52
36	Zachary	33	–	20
37	Bryan	31	new	64
38	Noah	31	↑9	31
39	Sean	31	–	61
40	Antonio	30	new	92
41	Jose	30	new	30
42	Maxwell	30	new	>100
43	Aaron	29	↓12	50
44	Jalen	29	↓3	>100
45	Jason	29	↓24	42
46	Jordan	29	↓32	38
47	Peter	29	new	>100
48	Malik	28	new	>100
49	Luke	27	↓4	46
50	Adam	26	new	58

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