Popular baby names in District of Columbia, 2010

The most popular baby names in District of Columbia in 2010 were Madison for girls (50 babies) and William for boys (71). Madison ranked #8 nationally for girls. William ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 6,875 babies born in District of Columbia in 2010 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 2010

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: 16 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Margaret: 25 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Penelope: 20 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Josephine: 18 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Laila: 21 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Caroline: 30 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Nora: 16 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Eleanor: 15 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Gabrielle: 24 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Mckenzie: 16 babies, 4.5× the national rate

Boys

Jamari: 17 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Amari: 18 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Malik: 16 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Zion: 19 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Henry: 62 babies, 4.8× the national rate
George: 22 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Edwin: 16 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Leo: 15 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Peter: 15 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Max: 24 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in District of Columbia, 2010

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2009	US rank
1	Madison	50	↑9	8
2	Olivia	43	↑14	4
3	Charlotte	37	↑6	46
4	Ashley	35	–	29
5	Ava	34	↑7	5
6	Sophia	34	↓5	2
7	Emma	33	↑10	3
8	Zoe	32	–	31
9	Abigail	31	↓6	7
10	Elizabeth	31	↓5	12
11	Caroline	30	↑4	88
12	Isabella	30	↑19	1
13	Alexandra	29	↑17	64
14	Sofia	29	↑5	28
15	Chloe	28	↑8	9
16	Anna	26	↓5	27
17	Emily	26	↑7	6
18	Grace	26	↑18	18
19	Maya	26	new	66
20	Margaret	25	↑2	>100
21	Sophie	25	↑22	59
22	Amelia	24	↑11	41
23	Gabrielle	24	↑12	94
24	Taylor	24	↓17	37
25	Ella	23	↑9	13
26	Morgan	23	↑14	63
27	Sarah	22	↑5	26
28	Julia	21	↓7	55
29	Laila	21	new	>100
30	London	21	↑8	>100
31	Samantha	21	↑18	15
32	Zoey	21	new	47
33	Evelyn	20	↓13	39
34	Genesis	20	↓21	89
35	Penelope	20	new	>100
36	Brianna	19	new	30
37	Mia	19	new	10
38	Jasmine	18	new	62
39	Josephine	18	new	>100
40	Katherine	18	↓34	70
41	Kennedy	18	new	>100
42	Lily	18	↑4	17
43	Riley	18	new	40
44	Victoria	18	new	32
45	Gabriella	17	new	33
46	Khloe	17	new	42
47	Layla	17	new	36
48	Mary	17	new	>100
49	Natalie	17	↓8	14
50	Hannah	16	new	20

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2009	US rank
1	William	71	–	5
2	Alexander	67	↑2	6
3	Henry	62	↑12	67
4	John	58	↑3	26
5	Christopher	56	↑1	13
6	James	56	↓4	19
7	Anthony	52	↑5	10
8	Michael	50	↓5	3
9	Joshua	48	↓1	11
10	Benjamin	47	↑14	22
11	Elijah	47	↓1	18
12	Noah	47	↑7	7
13	Daniel	44	↓8	8
14	Jayden	44	↑4	4
15	Ethan	42	↑20	2
16	Jonathan	42	–	28
17	Kevin	42	↑5	59
18	David	41	↓9	15
19	Jacob	38	↓8	1
20	Matthew	38	↑10	16
21	Charles	37	↓1	63
22	Christian	35	↓1	29
23	Nathan	35	new	27
24	Ryan	35	↑7	23
25	Andrew	34	↓11	14
26	Brandon	34	↑12	44
27	Angel	33	↑10	42
28	Gabriel	33	↑11	21
29	Nicholas	33	↓16	37
30	Samuel	33	↓13	24
31	Thomas	32	↓8	62
32	Aiden	30	new	9
33	Nathaniel	30	new	81
34	Dylan	29	↓5	31
35	Isaiah	29	↑10	43
36	Joseph	29	↓3	20
37	Caleb	28	↑10	32
38	Jackson	28	new	25
39	Justin	28	↓11	50
40	Owen	28	new	47
41	Tyler	28	new	34
42	Jeremiah	27	↓8	51
43	Jason	26	↓16	69
44	Liam	26	↓8	30
45	Cameron	25	↓2	60
46	Mason	25	new	12
47	Robert	25	↓15	54
48	Xavier	25	↓7	71
49	Max	24	new	98
50	Lucas	23	↓1	35

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