Popular baby names in District of Columbia, 2020

The most popular baby names in District of Columbia in 2020 were Olivia for girls (54 babies) and William for boys (63). William ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 6,410 babies born in District of Columbia in 2020 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 2020

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

Margot: 19 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Margaret: 26 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Rose: 26 babies, 6.1× the national rate
June: 17 babies, 6× the national rate
Alexandra: 21 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Maya: 36 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Lucia: 16 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Quinn: 27 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Eloise: 17 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Caroline: 26 babies, 4.3× the national rate

Boys

Felix: 25 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Rafael: 16 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Maxwell: 25 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Amir: 30 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Nicolas: 18 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Max: 23 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Arthur: 22 babies, 4.6× the national rate
George: 25 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Edward: 17 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Amari: 15 babies, 4.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in District of Columbia, 2020

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2019	US rank
1	Olivia	54	–	1
2	Ava	51	↑3	3
3	Charlotte	47	↓1	5
4	Emma	40	–	2
5	Eleanor	37	↑1	22
6	Maya	36	↑1	61
7	Elizabeth	35	↓4	16
8	Isabella	34	↑7	7
9	Evelyn	32	↑17	9
10	Nora	29	↑37	30
11	Sofia	29	↑10	17
12	Sophia	29	↓2	4
13	Abigail	28	↓2	12
14	Quinn	27	↑16	84
15	Caroline	26	↓2	71
16	Margaret	26	↑3	>100
17	Rose	26	new	>100
18	Zoe	26	↓10	40
19	Amelia	23	↓2	6
20	Avery	23	↑19	19
21	Sophie	23	↓5	75
22	Lucy	22	↑2	50
23	Mila	22	↑21	20
24	Victoria	22	new	34
25	Alexandra	21	new	>100
26	Anna	21	↑6	68
27	Naomi	21	↓7	52
28	Penelope	21	↑6	26
29	Emilia	19	↑11	41
30	Genesis	19	↓5	62
31	Lily	19	↑12	35
32	Margot	19	new	>100
33	Mia	19	↓19	8
34	Clara	17	↓7	>100
35	Ella	17	↓17	15
36	Eloise	17	new	>100
37	Eva	17	↓15	93
38	Grace	17	↓29	28
39	Hannah	17	↓16	39
40	Josephine	17	↓12	87
41	June	17	new	>100
42	Layla	17	↓5	24
43	Alice	16	↑6	76
44	Claire	16	new	58
45	Eliana	16	new	53
46	Leah	16	↓4	45
47	Lucia	16	new	>100
48	Madeline	16	new	96
49	Riley	16	↓1	33
50	Skylar	16	new	64

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2019	US rank
1	William	63	–	5
2	Noah	62	↑1	2
3	James	60	↓1	6
4	John	60	↑4	27
5	Henry	57	–	9
6	Theodore	51	–	23
7	Jack	50	–	21
8	Liam	48	↑2	1
9	Charles	45	↑6	46
10	Benjamin	43	↓6	7
11	Leo	42	↑7	36
12	Jacob	39	↑4	15
13	Alexander	38	↓4	10
14	Ethan	36	↓3	13
15	Oliver	35	↓3	3
16	Julian	34	↑7	34
17	Aiden	33	↑8	24
18	Samuel	33	↑8	25
19	Daniel	32	↑2	14
20	Christopher	31	new	47
21	Dylan	31	↓4	42
22	Amir	30	new	>100
23	Miles	29	new	59
24	Thomas	29	↓5	45
25	Elijah	28	↑7	4
26	Isaac	27	new	39
27	Joseph	27	↑10	26
28	Michael	27	↓8	12
29	Owen	27	new	22
30	David	26	↓8	28
31	Felix	25	new	>100
32	Gabriel	25	↓18	38
33	George	25	↑2	>100
34	Lucas	25	↓4	8
35	Maxwell	25	new	>100
36	Robert	25	↑11	80
37	Sebastian	25	↓24	19
38	Anthony	24	↑4	41
39	Mateo	23	↓8	20
40	Max	23	new	>100
41	Arthur	22	new	>100
42	Cameron	22	↓3	65
43	Ezra	21	↓16	44
44	Ian	21	new	83
45	Kai	21	new	93
46	Levi	21	new	18
47	Logan	21	↓19	16
48	Luke	21	↓14	31
49	Matthew	21	↓3	30
50	Jackson	20	↓17	17

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