Popular baby names in District of Columbia, 2006

The most popular baby names in District of Columbia in 2006 were Katherine for girls (53 babies) and William for boys (109). Katherine ranked #37 nationally for girls. William ranked #10 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 7,965 babies born in District of Columbia in 2006 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 2006

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: 17 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Aniya: 18 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Josephine: 16 babies, 6× the national rate
Charlotte: 28 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Catherine: 27 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Naomi: 25 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Caroline: 34 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Katherine: 53 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Diana: 24 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Angel: 18 babies, 4.7× the national rate

Boys

Khalil: 15 babies, 11× the national rate
Franklin: 15 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Andre: 23 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Malachi: 29 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Peter: 24 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Jalen: 15 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Henry: 41 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Edwin: 22 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Jaylen: 16 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Bryan: 47 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in District of Columbia, 2006

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2005	US rank
1	Katherine	53	↑4	37
2	Elizabeth	48	↑1	11
3	Ashley	46	↑6	12
4	Ava	41	↑6	5
5	Sophia	38	↓4	9
6	Olivia	37	↓4	7
7	Sofia	37	↑14	55
8	Caroline	34	↑8	89
9	Hannah	34	↑13	8
10	Abigail	33	↑2	6
11	Emily	33	↓5	1
12	Maya	33	↑12	57
13	Anna	32	↓5	22
14	Madison	32	↑14	3
15	Nevaeh	31	↑32	43
16	Kayla	30	↓12	26
17	Morgan	30	new	35
18	Sarah	29	↓1	15
19	Taylor	29	↑7	23
20	Charlotte	28	↑7	>100
21	Isabella	28	↓3	4
22	Catherine	27	↑16	>100
23	Emma	27	↓12	2
24	Jennifer	27	↓1	51
25	Alexandra	26	↓18	40
26	Julia	26	↓7	31
27	Grace	25	↓14	16
28	Naomi	25	↑12	>100
29	Chloe	24	↑10	18
30	Diana	24	new	>100
31	Sydney	24	↓6	34
32	Destiny	23	↓17	36
33	Gabrielle	23	↓2	63
34	Gabriela	22	new	>100
35	Jasmine	22	↓6	29
36	Zoe	22	↓6	54
37	Faith	21	new	62
38	Mia	21	↓3	13
39	Jayla	20	new	99
40	Kimberly	20	new	58
41	Natalie	20	↓21	17
42	Makayla	19	↓8	45
43	Samantha	19	↓7	10
44	Angel	18	new	>100
45	Aniya	18	new	>100
46	Claire	18	new	86
47	Kennedy	18	↓2	>100
48	Lauren	18	↓34	24
49	Trinity	18	↓8	64
50	Amelia	17	new	83

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2005	US rank
1	William	109	–	10
2	Michael	89	↑2	2
3	Christopher	79	↑7	8
4	Anthony	71	↑4	9
5	Alexander	70	–	12
6	Daniel	70	↑1	6
7	John	69	↓5	19
8	Kevin	68	↓2	37
9	James	67	↓6	16
10	Joshua	66	↑1	3
11	Samuel	64	↑6	25
12	David	62	↑2	13
13	Jonathan	58	↑18	22
14	Nicholas	53	↑7	17
15	Jason	50	↑15	55
16	Matthew	50	↓1	5
17	Thomas	48	↑9	51
18	Bryan	47	↑6	66
19	Benjamin	46	↓7	24
20	Joseph	46	↓4	11
21	Andrew	45	↓3	7
22	Ryan	43	↑14	14
23	Charles	42	↓14	60
24	Henry	41	↓11	95
25	Noah	39	↑7	15
26	Isaiah	38	↑2	39
27	Christian	37	↓7	21
28	Elijah	36	↓3	29
29	Justin	36	new	45
30	Xavier	36	new	78
31	Gabriel	33	↑10	28
32	Jacob	33	↓9	1
33	Lucas	32	↑13	59
34	Carlos	31	new	70
35	Jeremiah	31	↑4	71
36	Robert	31	↓2	47
37	Zachary	31	–	33
38	Jack	30	↓3	36
39	Jordan	30	↓12	46
40	Jose	30	new	30
41	Antonio	29	↓1	94
42	Brian	29	↓9	72
43	Ethan	29	↓24	4
44	Malachi	29	new	>100
45	Nathan	29	new	23
46	Caleb	27	new	34
47	Jackson	27	↓18	35
48	Luis	27	new	62
49	Aaron	26	↓11	57
50	Aidan	26	↓3	44

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