Popular baby names in District of Columbia, 2014

The most popular baby names in District of Columbia in 2014 were Elizabeth for girls (51 babies) and Alexander for boys (75). Elizabeth ranked #13 nationally for girls. Alexander ranked #8 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 7,667 babies born in District of Columbia in 2014 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 2014

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

Lyric: 20 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Lucia: 21 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Madeleine: 16 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Nina: 15 babies, 7× the national rate
Catherine: 20 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Ashley: 35 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Alexandra: 32 babies, 5× the national rate
Genesis: 38 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Maya: 36 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Clara: 25 babies, 4.5× the national rate

Boys

Amir: 24 babies, 6× the national rate
Theodore: 41 babies, 5.8× the national rate
King: 27 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Nicolas: 20 babies, 4.4× the national rate
George: 27 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Peter: 16 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Charles: 60 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Patrick: 21 babies, 3.6× the national rate
John: 71 babies, 3× the national rate
Henry: 60 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in District of Columbia, 2014

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2013	US rank
1	Elizabeth	51	↑10	13
2	Olivia	50	↑1	2
3	Ava	44	↑12	5
4	Emma	40	↑1	1
5	Zoe	39	↑2	32
6	Genesis	38	↓2	68
7	Madison	38	↑6	9
8	Maya	36	↑4	74
9	Anna	35	↑13	34
10	Ashley	35	↑4	87
11	Alexandra	32	↑23	92
12	Charlotte	31	↓11	10
13	Ella	31	new	17
14	Zoey	31	new	22
15	Chloe	30	↑15	18
16	Sophia	30	↑2	3
17	Eleanor	29	↓7	78
18	Evelyn	29	↑5	16
19	Isabella	29	↓3	4
20	Amelia	28	↓12	15
21	Abigail	27	↓1	8
22	Naomi	27	↑19	80
23	Skylar	27	↑10	48
24	Emily	26	↓15	7
25	Sofia	26	↓23	12
26	Caroline	25	↓5	59
27	Clara	25	↑8	>100
28	Grace	25	↓1	20
29	Mia	23	↓23	6
30	Sydney	23	new	>100
31	Aria	22	new	31
32	Nora	22	–	49
33	Lucia	21	new	>100
34	Peyton	21	new	56
35	Catherine	20	↑12	>100
36	Claire	20	↑12	44
37	Katherine	20	↓18	82
38	Lucy	20	↑2	61
39	Lyric	20	new	>100
40	Aaliyah	19	new	45
41	Hailey	19	new	51
42	Taylor	19	new	77
43	Victoria	19	↓26	19
44	Aubrey	18	new	21
45	Audrey	18	new	36
46	Camila	18	new	41
47	Hannah	18	↓4	28
48	Khloe	18	new	88
49	Morgan	18	↓13	>100
50	Alice	17	new	98

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2013	US rank
1	Alexander	75	↑1	8
2	William	73	↓1	5
3	John	71	–	26
4	Benjamin	64	↑23	12
5	James	61	↑3	9
6	Noah	61	–	1
7	Samuel	61	↓2	23
8	Charles	60	↑14	51
9	Henry	60	↓5	33
10	Jacob	55	↓1	4
11	Michael	50	–	7
12	Daniel	48	↓2	10
13	Dylan	48	↑3	29
14	Oliver	45	↑12	32
15	Liam	43	↑5	2
16	Christopher	42	↓3	30
17	Ethan	42	↓2	6
18	Lucas	42	↑15	19
19	Theodore	41	↑11	>100
20	Mason	40	↑5	3
21	Aiden	39	↓14	14
22	David	39	↓4	17
23	Joshua	38	↓4	25
24	Logan	38	↑21	13
25	Jack	37	new	41
26	Sebastian	37	↑3	34
27	Thomas	37	↓15	54
28	Anthony	36	↓7	21
29	Joseph	35	↓5	20
30	Elijah	34	↑2	11
31	Owen	34	new	36
32	Jackson	32	↑5	18
33	Ryan	32	↓5	37
34	Gabriel	31	↑6	24
35	Jonathan	31	new	44
36	Nathan	31	new	38
37	Andrew	30	↓6	22
38	Isaac	30	↑12	31
39	Matthew	29	↓25	16
40	Jeremiah	28	↑1	56
41	Nicholas	28	↑5	57
42	Aaron	27	↓7	50
43	Caleb	27	↓7	35
44	Carter	27	↑4	27
45	Christian	27	↓22	42
46	George	27	new	>100
47	Isaiah	27	new	48
48	King	27	new	>100
49	Jayden	26	↓32	15
50	Josiah	25	new	64

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