Popular baby names in District of Columbia, 2018

The most popular baby names in District of Columbia in 2018 were Ava for girls (54 babies) and William for boys (84). Ava ranked #3 nationally for girls. William ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 6,985 babies born in District of Columbia in 2018 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 2018

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

Catherine: 16 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Daniela: 15 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Margaret: 19 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Naomi: 29 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Madeline: 22 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Josephine: 22 babies, 4× the national rate
Clara: 19 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Alexandra: 16 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Emilia: 26 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Rose: 16 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Nasir: 25 babies, 12.6× the national rate
George: 39 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Oscar: 18 babies, 4.2× the national rate
King: 23 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Edward: 20 babies, 4× the national rate
Zion: 19 babies, 4× the national rate
Max: 24 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Amir: 21 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Theodore: 51 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Luca: 26 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in District of Columbia, 2018

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2017	US rank
1	Ava	54	–	3
2	Olivia	47	–	2
3	Elizabeth	45	↑3	13
4	Emma	42	↑3	1
5	Charlotte	36	–	6
6	Eleanor	35	↓3	32
7	Sophia	35	↑1	5
8	Isabella	34	↑2	4
9	Naomi	29	new	64
10	Nora	29	↑28	30
11	Abigail	28	↑3	11
12	Ella	28	↑7	15
13	Chloe	27	↑11	25
14	Sofia	27	↓1	17
15	Emilia	26	↑32	58
16	Grace	25	↑4	24
17	Mia	25	↓1	7
18	Skylar	25	↑10	49
19	Bella	24	↑4	48
20	Maya	24	↑17	62
21	Zoe	24	↓10	40
22	Alice	23	↑19	71
23	Amelia	23	↓14	8
24	Aria	23	new	19
25	Lillian	23	new	34
26	Penelope	23	↑6	26
27	Zoey	23	↑18	29
28	Josephine	22	↑3	91
29	Madeline	22	new	100
30	Caroline	20	↓15	56
31	Evelyn	20	↓19	10
32	Genesis	20	↓28	57
33	Hannah	20	new	33
34	Madison	20	↓13	22
35	Clara	19	↓18	>100
36	Leah	19	new	41
37	Lily	19	new	31
38	Margaret	19	↓12	>100
39	Victoria	19	–	21
40	Eliana	18	↓5	84
41	Julia	18	↑7	93
42	Camila	17	new	18
43	Claire	17	↓25	50
44	Eva	17	↑5	76
45	Isla	17	new	82
46	Kennedy	17	new	59
47	Mila	17	↓20	14
48	Alexandra	16	↓19	>100
49	Avery	16	new	16
50	Catherine	16	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2017	US rank
1	William	84	↑2	3
2	James	79	↓1	4
3	Henry	64	↓1	16
4	Alexander	61	↑9	11
5	Benjamin	59	↑1	6
6	John	55	↑3	26
7	Theodore	51	↑14	44
8	Daniel	48	↑6	15
9	Thomas	48	↑7	49
10	Samuel	47	↓3	21
11	Noah	46	↓7	2
12	Leo	44	↑17	50
13	Gabriel	43	↑13	35
14	Michael	43	↓2	14
15	Charles	39	↑17	53
16	George	39	↑21	>100
17	Jack	38	↑10	28
18	Liam	38	↓8	1
19	Oliver	38	–	5
20	Logan	37	↑2	10
21	Nathan	37	↑13	48
22	Dylan	36	↑2	31
23	Elijah	36	↑13	7
24	Ethan	35	↓16	12
25	Joshua	35	↑3	40
26	Mateo	35	↓11	37
27	Jacob	33	↓22	13
28	Aiden	32	↓8	19
29	Christopher	31	↓12	42
30	Lucas	31	↓19	8
31	Joseph	30	↑7	23
32	David	29	↑3	22
33	Julian	29	new	36
34	Mason	29	↓9	9
35	Sebastian	29	↓12	18
36	Owen	28	↑3	25
37	Anthony	27	↑8	38
38	Isaac	27	new	34
39	Robert	27	new	71
40	Carter	26	↑10	24
41	Josiah	26	↑2	52
42	Luca	26	new	>100
43	Aaron	25	new	60
44	Caleb	25	↑4	45
45	Nasir	25	new	>100
46	Max	24	new	>100
47	Connor	23	new	58
48	Ian	23	new	79
49	King	23	new	>100
50	Luke	23	↓6	30

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