Popular baby names in District of Columbia, 2008

The most popular baby names in District of Columbia in 2008 were Ashley for girls (47 babies) and William for boys (95). Ashley ranked #18 nationally for girls. William ranked #8 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 7,435 babies born in District of Columbia in 2008 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 2008

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

Madeleine: 17 babies, 8× the national rate
Kennedy: 23 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Charlotte: 28 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Genesis: 27 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Gabriela: 20 babies, 4.5× the national rate
London: 16 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Katherine: 39 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Jada: 23 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Catherine: 17 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Angel: 15 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Boys

Jefferson: 18 babies, 20.7× the national rate
Khalil: 16 babies, 13.8× the national rate
Jamari: 15 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Amari: 15 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Malik: 17 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Zion: 22 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Edwin: 22 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Henry: 49 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Antonio: 35 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Emmanuel: 21 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in District of Columbia, 2008

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2007	US rank
1	Ashley	47	–	18
2	Chloe	43	↑15	10
3	Sophia	41	↓1	7
4	Katherine	39	↓1	45
5	Emma	36	↑27	1
6	Emily	35	↑7	3
7	Madison	35	–	6
8	Olivia	35	–	4
9	Abigail	33	↑2	8
10	Grace	33	↑14	21
11	Elizabeth	32	↓7	9
12	Sofia	32	↑21	36
13	Allison	29	↑27	32
14	Isabella	29	↓5	2
15	Zoe	29	↓5	58
16	Ava	28	↑26	5
17	Charlotte	28	↑2	86
18	Genesis	27	new	95
19	Taylor	27	new	22
20	Anna	26	↓8	26
21	Kimberly	25	–	57
22	Makayla	25	new	37
23	Maya	25	↓7	71
24	Sarah	25	↑5	20
25	Mia	24	↑2	14
26	Gabrielle	23	↑18	79
27	Jada	23	new	>100
28	Kennedy	23	↓3	>100
29	Caroline	22	↓24	94
30	Julia	22	↓10	41
31	Kayla	21	↓25	28
32	Nevaeh	21	↓4	34
33	Sophie	21	↑17	75
34	Sydney	21	–	49
35	Gabriela	20	↑8	>100
36	Morgan	20	↑2	46
37	Ella	19	new	19
38	Evelyn	19	new	54
39	Lauren	19	↓16	30
40	Trinity	19	new	70
41	Isabel	18	new	97
42	Jasmine	18	↓6	43
43	Jocelyn	18	new	67
44	Catherine	17	↓9	>100
45	Claire	17	↓27	62
46	Lucy	17	new	>100
47	Madeleine	17	new	>100
48	Victoria	17	new	27
49	Andrea	16	↓19	72
50	Camila	16	new	83

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2007	US rank
1	William	95	–	8
2	Alexander	79	↑4	6
3	Michael	76	↑1	2
4	John	74	↓2	20
5	Christopher	68	↓2	9
6	Samuel	58	↑7	27
7	Daniel	55	–	5
8	Elijah	54	↑19	22
9	Kevin	54	↓1	41
10	James	52	↑1	17
11	Joshua	52	↑4	4
12	Benjamin	51	↑5	25
13	David	49	↑1	14
14	Henry	49	↑4	78
15	Anthony	47	↓10	7
16	Christian	46	↑5	23
17	Joseph	46	↑16	13
18	Andrew	45	↓8	12
19	Charles	44	↑1	63
20	Matthew	43	↓4	10
21	Jayden	42	new	11
22	Justin	39	↑1	44
23	Gabriel	38	↑6	24
24	Jonathan	38	↓12	26
25	Thomas	38	↑7	52
26	Isaac	37	new	37
27	Ryan	37	↑9	18
28	Antonio	35	new	>100
29	Ethan	35	↓1	3
30	Bryan	33	↑8	82
31	Sean	33	new	83
32	Brandon	32	↓13	33
33	Jason	32	↓11	60
34	Noah	32	↓25	15
35	Robert	32	↑6	49
36	Jacob	31	↓11	1
37	Xavier	31	↑7	71
38	Jack	30	↑5	39
39	Nathan	30	↓9	21
40	Nicholas	30	↓9	29
41	Dylan	29	↓15	31
42	Isaiah	29	↓8	42
43	Jeremiah	29	↓19	68
44	Brian	28	↓7	87
45	Angel	27	new	36
46	Jackson	27	new	32
47	Lucas	25	↑3	46
48	Nathaniel	25	new	77
49	Sebastian	25	new	74
50	Diego	24	new	69

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