Popular baby names in District of Columbia, 2011

The most popular baby names in District of Columbia in 2011 were Sophia for girls (50 babies) and William for boys (73). William ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 6,988 babies born in District of Columbia in 2011 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 2011

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

Eleanor: 25 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Margaret: 18 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Angel: 15 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Lila: 18 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Maya: 34 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Elise: 16 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Katherine: 33 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Alexandra: 28 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Caroline: 26 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Naomi: 23 babies, 4.3× the national rate

Boys

Khalil: 29 babies, 23.5× the national rate
Zion: 32 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Malik: 17 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Amir: 21 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Theodore: 21 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Leo: 24 babies, 5× the national rate
George: 20 babies, 4× the national rate
Mateo: 18 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Henry: 56 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Declan: 16 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in District of Columbia, 2011

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2010	US rank
1	Sophia	50	↑5	1
2	Ava	41	↑3	5
3	Elizabeth	38	↑7	11
4	Madison	35	↓3	8
5	Olivia	35	↓3	4
6	Maya	34	↑13	64
7	Sofia	34	↑7	19
8	Katherine	33	↑32	61
9	Ashley	31	↓5	42
10	Isabella	31	↑2	2
11	Zoe	30	↓3	31
12	Abigail	29	↓3	7
13	Alexandra	28	–	76
14	Emma	28	↓7	3
15	Anna	27	↑1	38
16	Chloe	27	↓1	10
17	Julia	27	↑11	58
18	Caroline	26	↓7	87
19	Eleanor	25	new	>100
20	Lauren	24	new	62
21	Taylor	24	↑3	44
22	Claire	23	new	50
23	Ella	23	↑2	12
24	Naomi	23	new	93
25	Charlotte	22	↓22	27
26	Evelyn	22	↑7	24
27	Kennedy	22	↑14	91
28	Leah	22	new	29
29	Nevaeh	22	new	33
30	Emily	21	↓13	6
31	London	21	↓1	94
32	Mia	21	↑5	9
33	Sophie	21	↓12	51
34	Aaliyah	20	new	46
35	Grace	20	↓17	16
36	Kayla	20	new	59
37	Stella	20	new	74
38	Allison	19	new	40
39	Hannah	19	↑11	25
40	Layla	19	↑7	35
41	Natalie	19	↑8	14
42	Genesis	18	↓8	81
43	Lila	18	new	>100
44	Margaret	18	↓24	>100
45	Morgan	18	↓19	75
46	Victoria	18	↓2	23
47	Lillian	17	new	22
48	Zoey	17	↓16	28
49	Camila	16	new	48
50	Elise	16	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2010	US rank
1	William	73	–	3
2	Alexander	63	–	8
3	James	63	↑3	17
4	Daniel	61	↑9	10
5	Christopher	60	–	20
6	Benjamin	57	↑4	19
7	Henry	56	↓4	57
8	John	53	↓4	27
9	Joshua	52	–	14
10	Elijah	51	↑1	13
11	Jayden	51	↑3	4
12	Anthony	50	↓5	11
13	Ryan	45	↑11	25
14	Michael	44	↓6	6
15	Christian	42	↑7	30
16	Ethan	42	↓1	7
17	Kevin	42	–	67
18	Noah	42	↓6	5
19	Aiden	41	↑13	9
20	Samuel	41	↑10	26
21	David	40	↓3	18
22	Andrew	39	↑3	16
23	Matthew	39	↓3	12
24	Jeremiah	38	↑18	49
25	Jacob	36	↓6	1
26	Isaiah	35	↑9	43
27	Luke	34	new	39
28	Justin	33	↑11	59
29	Thomas	33	↑2	63
30	Oliver	32	new	78
31	Zion	32	new	>100
32	Joseph	31	↑4	22
33	Charles	30	↓12	61
34	Owen	30	↑6	44
35	Robert	30	↑12	62
36	Jack	29	new	45
37	Jonathan	29	↓21	31
38	Khalil	29	new	>100
39	Mason	29	↑7	2
40	Nathan	29	↓17	28
41	Ian	28	new	72
42	Nicholas	28	↓13	42
43	Xavier	28	↑5	76
44	Evan	27	new	40
45	Gabriel	27	↓17	24
46	Max	27	↑3	96
47	Dylan	26	↓13	33
48	Jason	26	↓5	71
49	Caleb	25	↓12	32
50	Julian	25	new	50

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