Popular baby names in District of Columbia, 2005

The most popular baby names in District of Columbia in 2005 were Sophia for girls (51 babies) and William for boys (111). Sophia ranked #12 nationally for girls. William ranked #11 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 7,518 babies born in District of Columbia in 2005 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 2005

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

Lucia: 15 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Eleanor: 16 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Aniyah: 17 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Charlotte: 26 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Lucy: 19 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Naomi: 21 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Sophie: 20 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Caroline: 31 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Angel: 17 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Catherine: 21 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Boys

Damari: 15 babies, 34.2× the national rate
Khalil: 15 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Malik: 24 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Theodore: 19 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Henry: 56 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Darius: 15 babies, 6× the national rate
Jalen: 17 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Andre: 17 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Malachi: 22 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Max: 21 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in District of Columbia, 2005

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2004	US rank
1	Sophia	51	–	12
2	Olivia	45	↑6	5
3	Elizabeth	43	↑1	11
4	Kayla	43	↓1	25
5	Katherine	42	↓3	36
6	Emily	41	↑19	1
7	Alexandra	36	↑6	37
8	Anna	36	↑6	22
9	Ashley	36	↑2	10
10	Ava	36	↑6	9
11	Emma	36	↓6	2
12	Abigail	34	↓5	4
13	Grace	34	↑5	14
14	Lauren	34	↑16	21
15	Destiny	33	↑6	32
16	Caroline	31	↓10	83
17	Sarah	31	↓8	15
18	Isabella	29	↑8	6
19	Julia	29	↑8	31
20	Natalie	29	new	18
21	Sofia	28	↑12	52
22	Hannah	27	↑15	7
23	Jennifer	27	new	42
24	Maya	27	↓2	73
25	Sydney	27	↓15	30
26	Taylor	27	↓2	24
27	Charlotte	26	↑7	>100
28	Madison	26	↓13	3
29	Jasmine	25	↓12	29
30	Zoe	25	↓11	58
31	Gabrielle	23	new	55
32	Aaliyah	22	↑11	93
33	Jada	22	↑14	76
34	Makayla	22	↑12	44
35	Mia	22	↑5	17
36	Samantha	22	↓13	8
37	Victoria	22	↑5	28
38	Catherine	21	↓18	>100
39	Chloe	21	new	19
40	Naomi	21	new	>100
41	Trinity	21	new	48
42	Maria	20	new	46
43	Sophie	20	new	>100
44	Jessica	19	↓15	27
45	Kennedy	19	↑3	>100
46	Lucy	19	new	>100
47	Nevaeh	19	new	69
48	Sara	19	new	75
49	Allison	18	new	45
50	Audrey	18	new	77

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2004	US rank
1	William	111	–	11
2	John	97	–	18
3	James	81	↑9	17
4	Michael	80	↑2	2
5	Alexander	78	↓2	13
6	Kevin	74	↑3	33
7	Daniel	72	–	7
8	Anthony	63	↓3	8
9	Charles	61	↑13	56
10	Christopher	60	↑3	10
11	Joshua	59	↓7	3
12	Benjamin	56	↓1	25
13	Henry	56	↑27	>100
14	David	55	↓4	12
15	Matthew	54	↑1	4
16	Joseph	51	↑4	9
17	Samuel	51	↑1	21
18	Andrew	50	↓10	6
19	Ethan	46	↑8	5
20	Christian	44	↓6	22
21	Nicholas	44	↓4	15
22	Brandon	43	↑9	27
23	Jacob	43	↓4	1
24	Bryan	42	↑13	72
25	Elijah	42	↓1	31
26	Thomas	42	–	40
27	Jordan	38	↑8	46
28	Isaiah	37	↑4	45
29	Jackson	37	new	44
30	Jason	36	↓2	51
31	Jonathan	36	↑2	19
32	Noah	36	↓9	23
33	Brian	35	↑1	63
34	Robert	35	↓13	37
35	Jack	34	↑3	34
36	Ryan	33	↓21	14
37	Zachary	33	↑6	29
38	Aaron	32	↑11	57
39	Jeremiah	32	↓9	78
40	Antonio	31	↑5	92
41	Gabriel	31	–	28
42	Luke	29	new	41
43	Sean	29	new	75
44	Tyler	29	↓2	16
45	Adam	27	new	64
46	Lucas	26	new	58
47	Aidan	25	↓11	43
48	Evan	25	new	39
49	Ian	25	new	68
50	Juan	25	new	55

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