Popular baby names in District of Columbia, 2019

The most popular baby names in District of Columbia in 2019 were Olivia for girls (53 babies) and William for boys (86). William ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 6,926 babies born in District of Columbia in 2019 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 2019

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

Zuri: 16 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Margaret: 27 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Maya: 39 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Sophie: 30 babies, 5× the national rate
Caroline: 32 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Eva: 26 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Isabel: 16 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Zoe: 38 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Clara: 22 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Josephine: 22 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Boys

Simon: 15 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Nicolas: 20 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Felix: 15 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Zion: 22 babies, 4.1× the national rate
George: 26 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Luca: 32 babies, 3.5× the national rate
King: 18 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Theodore: 55 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Arthur: 15 babies, 3.3× the national rate
August: 16 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in District of Columbia, 2019

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2018	US rank
1	Olivia	53	↑1	1
2	Charlotte	47	↑3	6
3	Elizabeth	44	–	14
4	Emma	42	–	2
5	Ava	40	↓4	3
6	Eleanor	39	–	27
7	Maya	39	↑13	64
8	Zoe	38	↑13	38
9	Grace	35	↑7	28
10	Sophia	35	↓3	4
11	Abigail	32	–	11
12	Aria	32	↑12	20
13	Caroline	32	↑17	61
14	Mia	31	↑3	8
15	Isabella	30	↓7	5
16	Sophie	30	new	85
17	Amelia	28	↑6	7
18	Ella	28	↓6	13
19	Margaret	27	↑19	>100
20	Naomi	27	↓11	59
21	Sofia	27	↓7	17
22	Eva	26	↑22	86
23	Hannah	26	↑10	32
24	Lucy	26	new	48
25	Genesis	25	↑7	58
26	Evelyn	24	↑5	10
27	Clara	22	↑8	95
28	Josephine	22	–	90
29	Madison	21	↑5	26
30	Quinn	21	new	83
31	Valentina	21	new	65
32	Anna	20	new	63
33	Bella	20	↓14	50
34	Penelope	20	↓8	22
35	Zoey	20	↓8	31
36	Chloe	19	↓23	24
37	Layla	19	new	23
38	Arya	18	new	92
39	Avery	18	↑10	18
40	Emilia	18	↓25	44
41	Harper	18	new	9
42	Leah	18	↓6	43
43	Lily	18	↓6	34
44	Mila	18	↑3	19
45	Aaliyah	17	new	70
46	Camila	17	↓4	15
47	Nora	17	↓37	29
48	Riley	17	new	30
49	Alice	16	↓27	73
50	Cora	16	new	71

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2018	US rank
1	William	86	–	4
2	James	71	–	6
3	Noah	62	↑8	2
4	Benjamin	60	↑1	7
5	Henry	60	↓2	13
6	Theodore	55	↑1	36
7	Jack	51	↑10	19
8	John	51	↓2	28
9	Alexander	49	↓5	10
10	Liam	45	↑8	1
11	Ethan	44	↑13	11
12	Oliver	44	↑7	3
13	Sebastian	44	↑22	18
14	Gabriel	41	↓1	37
15	Charles	40	–	52
16	Jacob	40	↑11	12
17	Dylan	39	↑5	39
18	Leo	38	↓6	40
19	Thomas	37	↓10	47
20	Michael	34	↓6	14
21	Daniel	33	↓13	15
22	David	33	↑10	27
23	Julian	32	↑10	31
24	Luca	32	↑18	87
25	Aiden	31	↑3	20
26	Samuel	31	↓16	22
27	Ezra	29	new	49
28	Logan	29	↓8	16
29	Andrew	28	new	46
30	Lucas	28	–	8
31	Mateo	28	↓5	26
32	Elijah	27	↓9	5
33	Jackson	27	new	17
34	Luke	27	↑16	32
35	George	26	↓19	>100
36	Asher	25	new	43
37	Joseph	25	↓6	24
38	Ryan	25	new	54
39	Cameron	24	new	67
40	Nathan	24	↓19	55
41	Adrian	23	new	56
42	Anthony	23	↓5	38
43	Carter	23	↓3	30
44	Josiah	23	↓3	45
45	Mason	23	↓11	9
46	Matthew	23	new	23
47	Robert	22	↓8	76
48	Zion	22	new	>100
49	Caleb	20	↓5	51
50	Nicolas	20	new	>100

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