Popular baby names in District of Columbia, 2007

The most popular baby names in District of Columbia in 2007 were Ashley for girls (58 babies) and William for boys (99). Ashley ranked #13 nationally for girls. William ranked #8 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 7,864 babies born in District of Columbia in 2007 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 2007

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

Imani: 16 babies, 11× the national rate
London: 19 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Emely: 16 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Eleanor: 17 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Caroline: 39 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Margaret: 20 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Catherine: 22 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Kennedy: 25 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Charlotte: 27 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Karen: 17 babies, 4.6× the national rate

Boys

Khalil: 15 babies, 12.3× the national rate
Malik: 21 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Theodore: 16 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Zion: 18 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Andre: 20 babies, 5× the national rate
Henry: 45 babies, 4× the national rate
Nicolas: 25 babies, 4× the national rate
Oliver: 25 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Jaylen: 17 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Malachi: 21 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in District of Columbia, 2007

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2006	US rank
1	Ashley	58	↑2	13
2	Sophia	53	↑3	6
3	Katherine	43	↓2	39
4	Elizabeth	41	↓2	10
5	Caroline	39	↑3	99
6	Kayla	37	↑10	26
7	Madison	37	↑7	5
8	Olivia	37	↓2	7
9	Isabella	36	↑12	2
10	Zoe	33	↑26	56
11	Abigail	32	↓1	8
12	Anna	32	↑1	25
13	Emily	31	↓2	1
14	Hannah	31	↓5	9
15	Jennifer	31	↑9	64
16	Maya	30	↓4	62
17	Chloe	29	↑12	16
18	Claire	29	↑28	66
19	Charlotte	27	↑1	>100
20	Julia	27	↑6	34
21	Kimberly	27	↑19	54
22	Alexandra	26	↑3	49
23	Lauren	26	↑25	28
24	Grace	25	↑3	20
25	Kennedy	25	↑22	>100
26	Maria	25	new	53
27	Mia	25	↑11	15
28	Nevaeh	25	↓13	31
29	Sarah	25	↓11	18
30	Andrea	24	new	60
31	Brianna	24	new	22
32	Emma	24	↓9	3
33	Sofia	23	↓26	36
34	Sydney	23	↓3	37
35	Catherine	22	↓13	>100
36	Jasmine	21	↓1	32
37	Lily	21	new	27
38	Morgan	21	↓21	43
39	Margaret	20	new	>100
40	Allison	19	new	46
41	Amelia	19	↑9	77
42	Ava	19	↓38	4
43	Gabriela	19	↓9	>100
44	Gabrielle	19	↓11	68
45	London	19	new	>100
46	Madeline	19	new	61
47	Mary	19	new	93
48	Natalie	19	↓7	17
49	Samantha	19	↓6	12
50	Sophie	19	new	82

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2006	US rank
1	William	99	–	8
2	John	90	↑5	19
3	Christopher	88	–	6
4	Michael	79	↓2	2
5	Anthony	77	↓1	7
6	Alexander	74	↓1	11
7	Daniel	71	↓1	5
8	Kevin	64	–	39
9	Noah	61	↑16	14
10	Andrew	60	↑11	10
11	James	56	↓2	15
12	Jonathan	56	↑1	23
13	Samuel	56	↓2	25
14	David	52	↓2	12
15	Joshua	50	↓5	4
16	Matthew	47	–	9
17	Benjamin	45	↑2	26
18	Henry	45	↑6	90
19	Brandon	42	new	31
20	Charles	41	↑3	62
21	Christian	41	↑6	22
22	Jason	40	↓7	59
23	Justin	40	↑6	45
24	Jeremiah	38	↑11	67
25	Jacob	37	↑7	1
26	Dylan	36	new	29
27	Elijah	36	↑1	30
28	Ethan	36	↑15	3
29	Gabriel	36	↑2	28
30	Nathan	36	↑15	24
31	Nicholas	35	↓17	20
32	Thomas	34	↓15	52
33	Joseph	33	↓13	13
34	Isaiah	32	↓8	43
35	Jose	32	↑5	35
36	Ryan	32	↓14	16
37	Brian	31	↑5	81
38	Bryan	31	↓20	78
39	Zachary	30	↓2	42
40	Carlos	29	↓6	70
41	Robert	28	↓5	47
42	Ian	27	new	75
43	Jack	27	↓5	38
44	Xavier	27	↓14	68
45	Eric	26	new	83
46	Jordan	25	↓7	44
47	Nicolas	25	new	>100
48	Oliver	25	new	>100
49	Aaron	24	–	51
50	Lucas	24	↓17	53

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