Popular baby names in District of Columbia, 2015

The most popular baby names in District of Columbia in 2015 were Genesis for girls (50 babies) and William for boys (78). Genesis ranked #65 nationally for girls. William ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 7,938 babies born in District of Columbia in 2015 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 2015

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: 21 babies, 12.6× the national rate
Zuri: 15 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Genesis: 50 babies, 6× the national rate
Vivienne: 15 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Ashley: 35 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Isabel: 21 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Caroline: 40 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Naomi: 32 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Eleanor: 36 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Alexandra: 24 babies, 4× the national rate

Boys

Anderson: 15 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Amir: 26 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Simon: 15 babies, 4× the national rate
George: 27 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Jonah: 26 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Sean: 16 babies, 3.7× the national rate
August: 17 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Max: 27 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Theodore: 31 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Jaden: 15 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in District of Columbia, 2015

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2014	US rank
1	Genesis	50	↑5	65
2	Ava	47	↑1	4
3	Charlotte	47	↑9	9
4	Sofia	45	↑21	14
5	Emma	41	↓1	1
6	Olivia	41	↓4	2
7	Caroline	40	↑19	62
8	Elizabeth	40	↓7	13
9	Sophia	40	↑7	3
10	Skylar	38	↑13	42
11	Eleanor	36	↑6	60
12	Ashley	35	↓2	86
13	Emily	35	↑11	8
14	Zoe	35	↓9	33
15	Abigail	33	↑6	7
16	Naomi	32	↑6	75
17	Grace	31	↑11	19
18	Mia	30	↑11	6
19	Madison	29	↓12	11
20	Allison	28	new	39
21	Isabella	27	↓2	5
22	Amelia	26	↓2	12
23	Evelyn	26	↓5	15
24	Katherine	26	↑13	84
25	Lily	25	new	25
26	Alexandra	24	↓15	100
27	Anna	24	↓18	44
28	Claire	23	↑8	49
29	Nora	23	↑3	41
30	Maya	22	↓22	68
31	Taylor	22	↑11	77
32	Audrey	21	↑13	37
33	Chloe	21	↓18	17
34	Eliana	21	new	>100
35	Isabel	21	new	>100
36	Logan	21	new	>100
37	Ariana	20	new	46
38	Harper	20	new	10
39	Khloe	20	↑9	>100
40	Layla	20	new	30
41	Victoria	20	↑2	20
42	Aaliyah	19	↓2	47
43	Clara	19	↓16	98
44	Leah	19	new	36
45	Madeline	19	new	91
46	Samantha	19	new	40
47	Avery	18	new	16
48	Brooklyn	18	new	31
49	Eva	18	new	76
50	Savannah	18	new	38

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2014	US rank
1	William	78	↑1	5
2	Henry	75	↑7	29
3	James	68	↑2	7
4	Alexander	64	↓3	8
5	Jacob	62	↑5	4
6	Noah	62	–	1
7	Michael	60	↑4	9
8	Samuel	60	↓1	23
9	Benjamin	57	↓5	10
10	Charles	49	↓2	50
11	Daniel	49	↑1	12
12	Matthew	49	↑27	15
13	Dylan	48	–	27
14	John	48	↓11	26
15	David	45	↑7	18
16	Liam	43	↓1	2
17	Aiden	40	↑4	13
18	Isaac	40	↑20	31
19	Jackson	39	↑13	17
20	Joseph	39	↑9	21
21	Thomas	39	↑6	51
22	Oliver	38	↓8	19
23	Christopher	37	↓7	32
24	Ethan	37	↓7	6
25	Mason	37	↓5	3
26	Sebastian	35	–	35
27	Nathan	34	↑9	38
28	Elijah	33	↑2	11
29	Josiah	33	↑21	57
30	Owen	32	↑1	36
31	Jack	31	↓6	40
32	Logan	31	↓8	14
33	Theodore	31	↓14	99
34	Anthony	30	↓6	25
35	Caleb	30	↑8	37
36	Gabriel	30	↓2	22
37	Joshua	30	↓14	33
38	Lucas	28	↓20	16
39	George	27	↑7	>100
40	Max	27	new	>100
41	Amir	26	new	>100
42	Jonah	26	new	>100
43	Julian	26	new	45
44	Christian	25	↑1	43
45	Luke	25	new	28
46	Miles	25	new	>100
47	Nicholas	25	↓6	62
48	Carter	24	↓4	24
49	Jayden	24	–	20
50	Mateo	24	new	85

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