Popular baby names in District of Columbia, 2017

The most popular baby names in District of Columbia in 2017 were Ava for girls (56 babies) and James for boys (93). Ava ranked #3 nationally for girls. James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 7,803 babies born in District of Columbia in 2017 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 2017

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

Demi: 23 babies, 17.9× the national rate
Dakota: 17 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Sydney: 22 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Margaret: 24 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Catherine: 16 babies, 5× the national rate
Genesis: 41 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Eleanor: 51 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Clara: 27 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Alexandra: 23 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Fiona: 15 babies, 4.4× the national rate

Boys

Major: 16 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Amir: 27 babies, 4.4× the national rate
George: 31 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Zion: 19 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Peter: 15 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Henry: 83 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Miles: 26 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Jayce: 21 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Antonio: 18 babies, 3.1× the national rate
August: 15 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in District of Columbia, 2017

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2016	US rank
1	Ava	56	–	3
2	Olivia	52	↑2	2
3	Eleanor	51	↑10	36
4	Genesis	41	↑13	56
5	Charlotte	39	↓2	7
6	Elizabeth	39	–	13
7	Emma	38	↓2	1
8	Sophia	38	↑11	5
9	Amelia	37	↑15	8
10	Isabella	35	–	4
11	Zoe	35	↓2	41
12	Evelyn	34	↑9	9
13	Sofia	33	↓11	15
14	Abigail	30	↓7	10
15	Caroline	30	↑5	55
16	Mia	29	↓5	6
17	Clara	27	↑16	95
18	Claire	26	↑25	49
19	Ella	26	new	16
20	Grace	26	↓8	21
21	Madison	26	↓7	17
22	Riley	26	↓14	25
23	Bella	25	new	50
24	Chloe	24	↓8	22
25	Emily	24	↑1	12
26	Margaret	24	↑21	>100
27	Mila	24	new	30
28	Skylar	24	↓6	48
29	Alexandra	23	↓2	>100
30	Demi	23	new	>100
31	Josephine	22	↓3	>100
32	Penelope	22	new	24
33	Sydney	22	new	>100
34	Anna	21	↑8	53
35	Eliana	21	↓5	88
36	Harper	21	↓1	11
37	Maya	21	↓19	60
38	Nora	21	↓15	29
39	Victoria	21	new	19
40	Vivian	21	new	97
41	Alice	20	↓26	70
42	Katherine	20	↓3	>100
43	Lucy	20	↑2	52
44	Sophie	20	↓3	>100
45	Zoey	20	new	28
46	Ashley	19	new	>100
47	Emilia	19	↓13	77
48	Julia	19	new	93
49	Eva	18	↓18	73
50	Hazel	18	new	43

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2016	US rank
1	James	93	↑6	4
2	Henry	83	↑1	19
3	William	80	↓2	3
4	Noah	76	–	2
5	Jacob	59	↑4	9
6	Benjamin	56	↓1	6
7	Samuel	56	↓1	21
8	Ethan	53	↑10	14
9	John	51	↑2	27
10	Liam	51	↑17	1
11	Lucas	50	↑8	11
12	Michael	49	↓2	12
13	Alexander	46	↓11	13
14	Daniel	41	↑3	15
15	Mateo	39	↑20	42
16	Thomas	39	↓4	49
17	Christopher	38	↑13	39
18	Matthew	38	↑3	16
19	Oliver	38	↑10	10
20	Aiden	37	↑2	17
21	Theodore	37	↓7	61
22	Logan	36	↑9	5
23	Sebastian	36	↑1	23
24	Dylan	35	↓16	29
25	Mason	35	↓9	7
26	Gabriel	34	↑21	31
27	Jack	34	↓4	36
28	Joshua	34	↑10	38
29	Leo	34	new	62
30	Ryan	34	↓4	44
31	Andrew	33	↑1	40
32	Charles	32	↓7	48
33	Christian	32	↑4	52
34	Nathan	32	↓6	45
35	David	31	↓20	22
36	Elijah	31	↓23	8
37	George	31	↑3	>100
38	Joseph	29	↓18	18
39	Owen	29	new	28
40	Jackson	28	new	20
41	Amir	27	↑1	>100
42	Jonathan	27	↑3	55
43	Josiah	27	↓9	51
44	Luke	27	new	30
45	Anthony	26	↓2	33
46	Miles	26	new	>100
47	Adam	25	new	77
48	Caleb	25	↓2	50
49	Isaiah	25	↓8	46
50	Carter	24	new	24

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