Popular baby names in District of Columbia, 2016

The most popular baby names in District of Columbia in 2016 were Ava for girls (51 babies) and William for boys (94). Ava ranked #3 nationally for girls. William ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 8,047 babies born in District of Columbia in 2016 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 2016

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

Royal: 15 babies, 15.6× the national rate
Madeleine: 15 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Cecilia: 19 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Morgan: 23 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Daniela: 15 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Alice: 32 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Josephine: 23 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Alexandra: 23 babies, 4× the national rate
Margaret: 18 babies, 4× the national rate
Isabel: 17 babies, 4× the national rate

Boys

Felix: 20 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Amari: 16 babies, 5× the national rate
Amir: 28 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Messiah: 18 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Theodore: 47 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Zion: 18 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Max: 32 babies, 4× the national rate
George: 29 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Oscar: 18 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Patrick: 18 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in District of Columbia, 2016

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2015	US rank
1	Ava	51	↑1	3
2	Sofia	47	↑2	14
3	Charlotte	45	–	7
4	Olivia	44	↑2	2
5	Emma	43	–	1
6	Elizabeth	41	↑2	13
7	Abigail	40	↑8	8
8	Riley	40	new	22
9	Zoe	40	↑5	35
10	Isabella	39	↑11	5
11	Mia	35	↑7	6
12	Grace	34	↑5	19
13	Eleanor	33	↓2	41
14	Madison	33	↑5	15
15	Alice	32	new	76
16	Chloe	32	↑17	20
17	Genesis	31	↓16	58
18	Maya	31	↑12	64
19	Sophia	31	↓10	4
20	Caroline	30	↓13	56
21	Evelyn	30	↑2	12
22	Skylar	30	↓12	42
23	Nora	29	↑6	36
24	Amelia	27	↓2	10
25	Naomi	27	↓9	75
26	Emily	26	↓13	9
27	Alexandra	23	↓1	>100
28	Josephine	23	new	>100
29	Morgan	23	new	>100
30	Eliana	22	↑4	93
31	Eva	22	↑18	74
32	Layla	22	↑8	30
33	Clara	21	↑10	100
34	Emilia	20	new	>100
35	Harper	20	↑3	11
36	Taylor	20	↓5	89
37	Camila	19	new	32
38	Cecilia	19	new	>100
39	Katherine	19	↓15	91
40	Lillian	19	new	28
41	Sophie	19	new	>100
42	Anna	18	↓15	49
43	Claire	18	↓15	40
44	Hannah	18	new	33
45	Lucy	18	new	55
46	Madeline	18	↓1	90
47	Margaret	18	new	>100
48	Brooklyn	17	–	34
49	Elena	17	new	94
50	Isabel	17	↓15	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2015	US rank
1	William	94	–	3
2	Alexander	76	↑2	11
3	Henry	75	↓1	22
4	Noah	65	↑2	1
5	Benjamin	63	↑4	6
6	Samuel	63	↑2	21
7	James	61	↓4	5
8	Dylan	54	↑5	32
9	Jacob	53	↓4	7
10	Michael	50	↓3	8
11	John	49	↑3	28
12	Thomas	48	↑9	48
13	Elijah	47	↑15	9
14	Theodore	47	↑19	83
15	David	45	–	19
16	Mason	45	↑9	4
17	Daniel	44	↓6	13
18	Ethan	43	↑6	10
19	Lucas	43	↑19	14
20	Joseph	42	–	20
21	Matthew	42	↓9	15
22	Aiden	41	↓5	16
23	Jack	38	↑8	38
24	Sebastian	37	↑2	23
25	Charles	36	↓15	52
26	Ryan	35	new	40
27	Liam	34	↓11	2
28	Nathan	34	↓1	43
29	Oliver	34	↓7	12
30	Christopher	33	↓7	36
31	Logan	33	↑1	18
32	Andrew	32	new	34
33	Isaac	32	↓15	31
34	Josiah	32	↓5	55
35	Mateo	32	↑15	59
36	Max	32	↑4	>100
37	Christian	30	↑7	46
38	Joshua	30	↓1	35
39	Julian	30	↑4	39
40	George	29	↓1	>100
41	Isaiah	29	new	47
42	Amir	28	↓1	>100
43	Anthony	28	↓9	30
44	Jayden	28	↑5	27
45	Jonathan	28	new	56
46	Caleb	27	↓11	44
47	Gabriel	27	↓11	25
48	Chase	25	new	86
49	Eli	25	new	50
50	Kevin	25	new	90

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