Popular baby names in District of Columbia, 2009

The most popular baby names in District of Columbia in 2009 were Sophia for girls (43 babies) and William for boys (87). Sophia ranked #4 nationally for girls. William ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 7,248 babies born in District of Columbia in 2009 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 2009

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

Sasha: 18 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Margaret: 23 babies, 8× the national rate
Catherine: 21 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Charlotte: 33 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Genesis: 29 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Katherine: 34 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Melissa: 18 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Caroline: 27 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Gabriela: 16 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Naomi: 21 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Boys

Khalil: 19 babies, 16× the national rate
Amari: 18 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Zion: 19 babies, 6× the national rate
Malik: 17 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Leo: 17 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Peter: 18 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Andy: 15 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Bryan: 40 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Henry: 44 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Miles: 18 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in District of Columbia, 2009

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2008	US rank
1	Sophia	43	↑2	4
2	Allison	41	↑11	30
3	Abigail	36	↑6	8
4	Ashley	36	↓3	20
5	Elizabeth	36	↑6	11
6	Katherine	34	↓2	60
7	Taylor	34	↑12	22
8	Zoe	34	↑7	47
9	Charlotte	33	↑8	68
10	Madison	32	↓3	7
11	Anna	31	↑9	28
12	Ava	30	↑4	5
13	Genesis	29	↑5	83
14	Madeline	28	new	64
15	Caroline	27	↑14	87
16	Olivia	27	↓8	3
17	Emma	26	↓12	2
18	Kimberly	25	↑3	66
19	Sofia	25	↓7	36
20	Evelyn	23	↑18	40
21	Julia	23	↑9	50
22	Margaret	23	new	>100
23	Chloe	22	↓21	9
24	Emily	22	↓18	6
25	Kayla	22	↑6	35
26	Makayla	22	↓4	44
27	Catherine	21	↑17	>100
28	Claire	21	↑17	53
29	Naomi	21	new	>100
30	Alexandra	20	new	69
31	Isabella	20	↓17	1
32	Sarah	20	↓8	21
33	Amelia	19	new	55
34	Ella	19	↑3	15
35	Gabrielle	19	↓9	96
36	Grace	19	↓26	17
37	Sydney	19	↓3	48
38	London	18	new	>100
39	Melissa	18	new	>100
40	Morgan	18	↓4	57
41	Natalie	18	new	16
42	Sasha	18	new	>100
43	Sophie	18	↓10	65
44	Jennifer	17	new	>100
45	Leah	17	new	29
46	Lily	17	new	18
47	Lucy	17	↓1	>100
48	Nevaeh	17	↓16	34
49	Samantha	17	new	14
50	Gabriela	16	↓15	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2008	US rank
1	William	87	–	5
2	James	70	↑8	18
3	Michael	70	–	3
4	Alexander	67	↓2	4
5	Daniel	60	↑2	7
6	Christopher	56	↓1	10
7	John	55	↓3	26
8	Joshua	53	↑3	6
9	David	47	↑4	14
10	Elijah	47	↓2	21
11	Jacob	47	↑25	1
12	Anthony	46	↑3	11
13	Nicholas	45	↑27	32
14	Andrew	44	↑4	16
15	Henry	44	↓1	71
16	Jonathan	44	↑8	29
17	Samuel	44	↓11	24
18	Jayden	43	↑3	8
19	Noah	43	↑15	9
20	Charles	42	↓1	64
21	Christian	42	↓5	23
22	Kevin	42	↓13	44
23	Thomas	41	↑2	57
24	Benjamin	40	↓12	19
25	Bryan	40	↑5	92
26	Jack	40	↑12	42
27	Jason	38	↑6	66
28	Justin	38	↓6	46
29	Dylan	37	↑12	30
30	Matthew	37	↓10	13
31	Ryan	37	↓4	20
32	Robert	36	↑3	55
33	Joseph	35	↓16	15
34	Jeremiah	33	↑9	65
35	Ethan	32	↓6	2
36	Liam	31	new	49
37	Angel	29	↑8	37
38	Brandon	29	↓6	38
39	Gabriel	29	↓16	22
40	Isaac	29	↓14	40
41	Xavier	29	↓4	68
42	Brian	28	↑2	94
43	Cameron	28	new	58
44	Diego	28	↑6	76
45	Isaiah	28	↓3	41
46	Carlos	27	new	79
47	Caleb	26	new	31
48	Evan	26	new	35
49	Lucas	26	↓2	39
50	Jose	24	new	43

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