Popular baby names in District of Columbia, 2012

The most popular baby names in District of Columbia in 2012 were Sophia for girls (50 babies) and William for boys (94). William ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 7,324 babies born in District of Columbia in 2012 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 2012

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

Logan: 19 babies, 15.3× the national rate
Madeleine: 25 babies, 12.6× the national rate
Emely: 15 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Eleanor: 26 babies, 6× the national rate
Margaret: 17 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Laila: 20 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Catherine: 17 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Naomi: 30 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Josephine: 17 babies, 4.8× the national rate
London: 26 babies, 4.5× the national rate

Boys

Khalil: 16 babies, 11.9× the national rate
Amari: 19 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Zion: 21 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Anderson: 17 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Theodore: 24 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Amir: 18 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Peter: 19 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Luca: 15 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Kai: 16 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Henry: 65 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in District of Columbia, 2012

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2011	US rank
1	Sophia	50	–	1
2	Emma	42	↑12	2
3	Olivia	40	↑2	4
4	Charlotte	38	↑21	19
5	Genesis	34	↑37	56
6	Sofia	34	↑1	18
7	Ava	33	↓5	5
8	Chloe	32	↑8	11
9	Madison	32	↓5	9
10	Zoe	32	↑1	30
11	Naomi	30	↑13	79
12	Claire	27	↑10	45
13	Anna	26	↑2	34
14	Eleanor	26	↑5	>100
15	Elizabeth	26	↓12	10
16	London	26	↑15	94
17	Mia	26	↑15	8
18	Ella	25	↑5	12
19	Madeleine	25	new	>100
20	Victoria	25	↑26	28
21	Abigail	24	↓9	7
22	Grace	24	↑13	21
23	Julia	24	↓6	65
24	Taylor	24	↓3	46
25	Zoey	24	↑23	20
26	Ashley	23	↓17	50
27	Emily	23	↑3	6
28	Isabella	23	↓18	3
29	Maya	23	↓23	63
30	Sydney	23	new	78
31	Allison	22	↑7	38
32	Amelia	22	new	23
33	Caroline	22	↓15	80
34	Lillian	21	↑13	25
35	Lucy	21	new	66
36	Eva	20	new	86
37	Evelyn	20	↓11	27
38	Katherine	20	↓30	64
39	Kayla	20	↓3	69
40	Laila	20	new	>100
41	Nora	20	new	>100
42	Aaliyah	19	↓8	36
43	Kennedy	19	↓16	84
44	Logan	19	new	>100
45	Alexandra	18	↓32	76
46	Avery	18	new	13
47	Kimberly	18	new	88
48	Mary	18	new	>100
49	Sarah	18	new	42
50	Sophie	18	↓17	52

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2011	US rank
1	William	94	–	5
2	Alexander	67	–	9
3	Henry	65	↑4	44
4	John	64	↑4	28
5	James	59	↓2	14
6	Daniel	58	↓2	11
7	Benjamin	52	↓1	16
8	Samuel	52	↑12	25
9	David	51	↑12	20
10	Jacob	51	↑15	1
11	Christopher	49	↓6	23
12	Anthony	48	–	15
13	Elijah	45	↓3	13
14	Ryan	45	↓1	26
15	Michael	44	↓1	7
16	Noah	44	↑2	4
17	Ethan	43	↓1	3
18	Dylan	39	↑29	31
19	Liam	38	new	6
20	Christian	37	↓5	33
21	Thomas	37	↑8	63
22	Aiden	36	↓3	10
23	Charles	36	↑10	62
24	Kevin	36	↓7	69
25	Mason	36	↑14	2
26	Matthew	36	↓3	12
27	Jonathan	33	↑10	34
28	Lucas	33	new	27
29	Brandon	32	new	56
30	Joshua	32	↓21	17
31	Nathan	32	↑9	29
32	Nicholas	31	↑10	49
33	Sebastian	31	new	64
34	Carlos	30	new	95
35	Gabriel	30	↑10	24
36	Jayden	30	↓25	8
37	Andrew	29	↓15	18
38	Joseph	29	↓6	19
39	Caleb	28	↑10	32
40	Jackson	28	new	21
41	Justin	28	↓13	74
42	Nathaniel	28	new	84
43	Carter	27	new	36
44	Isaac	27	new	30
45	Jack	26	↓9	46
46	Jeremiah	26	↓22	52
47	Oliver	25	↓17	73
48	Robert	25	↓13	60
49	Zachary	25	new	67
50	Cameron	24	new	54

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