Popular baby names in District of Columbia, 2021

The most popular baby names in District of Columbia in 2021 were Charlotte for girls (49 babies) and Henry for boys (76). Charlotte ranked #3 nationally for girls. Henry ranked #9 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 6,135 babies born in District of Columbia in 2021 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 2021

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

Dream: 15 babies, 10× the national rate
Alexandra: 24 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Margaret: 27 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Margot: 18 babies, 7× the national rate
Maya: 39 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Lucia: 17 babies, 5× the national rate
Eloise: 18 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Zoe: 33 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Julia: 17 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Naomi: 29 babies, 4× the national rate

Boys

Simon: 20 babies, 7.3× the national rate
George: 30 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Max: 23 babies, 5× the national rate
Felix: 18 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Arthur: 22 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Amari: 17 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Amir: 26 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Charles: 51 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Graham: 19 babies, 4.2× the national rate
King: 16 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in District of Columbia, 2021

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2020	US rank
1	Charlotte	49	↑2	3
2	Ava	41	–	5
3	Maya	39	↑3	55
4	Sophia	36	↑8	6
5	Emma	35	↓1	2
6	Elizabeth	33	↑1	14
7	Zoe	33	↑11	42
8	Nora	32	↑2	27
9	Olivia	32	↓8	1
10	Eleanor	31	↓5	15
11	Mia	29	↑22	8
12	Naomi	29	↑15	54
13	Chloe	27	new	25
14	Margaret	27	↑2	>100
15	Lucy	26	↑7	48
16	Sofia	26	↓5	18
17	Evelyn	25	↓8	9
18	Isabella	25	↓10	7
19	Alexandra	24	↑6	>100
20	Alice	23	↑23	65
21	Amelia	23	↓2	4
22	Ella	23	↑13	16
23	Emilia	22	↑6	40
24	Penelope	22	↑4	23
25	Sophie	22	↓4	76
26	Claire	21	↑18	59
27	Grace	20	↑11	33
28	Josephine	20	↑12	72
29	Layla	20	↑13	24
30	Gianna	19	new	13
31	Abigail	18	↓18	17
32	Eloise	18	↑4	>100
33	Emily	18	new	21
34	Margot	18	↓2	>100
35	Riley	18	↑14	37
36	Avery	17	↓16	19
37	Eliana	17	↑8	47
38	Julia	17	new	>100
39	Lucia	17	↑8	>100
40	Madison	17	new	29
41	Caroline	16	↓26	80
42	Clara	16	↓8	>100
43	Eva	16	↓6	93
44	Nova	16	new	32
45	Skylar	16	↑5	74
46	Aria	15	new	22
47	Dream	15	new	>100
48	Maeve	15	new	>100
49	Maria	15	new	>100
50	Victoria	15	↓26	43

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2020	US rank
1	Henry	76	↑4	9
2	William	71	↓1	6
3	James	64	–	5
4	Noah	59	↓2	2
5	Liam	58	↑3	1
6	Theodore	57	–	10
7	Charles	51	↑2	50
8	Benjamin	45	↑2	7
9	Leo	45	↑2	31
10	John	41	↓6	27
11	Alexander	38	↑2	13
12	Jack	37	↓5	11
13	Joseph	37	↑14	28
14	Samuel	34	↑4	23
15	Dylan	33	↑6	44
16	Ethan	32	↓2	20
17	Logan	32	↑30	21
18	Lucas	32	↑16	8
19	Michael	32	↑9	17
20	Miles	32	↑3	55
21	Elijah	31	↑4	4
22	George	30	↑11	>100
23	Oliver	30	↓8	3
24	Isaac	29	↑2	40
25	Julian	29	↓9	33
26	Daniel	27	↓7	16
27	Sebastian	27	↑10	19
28	Thomas	27	↓4	46
29	Amir	26	↓7	>100
30	Jackson	25	↑20	14
31	Gabriel	23	↑1	38
32	Luca	23	new	42
33	Max	23	↑7	>100
34	Arthur	22	↑7	>100
35	Mateo	22	↑4	15
36	Ezra	21	↑7	37
37	Kai	21	↑8	70
38	Christopher	20	↓18	52
39	Simon	20	new	>100
40	Asher	19	new	25
41	August	19	new	>100
42	Graham	19	new	>100
43	Luke	19	↑5	32
44	Robert	19	↓8	79
45	Zion	19	new	>100
46	Caleb	18	new	51
47	David	18	↓17	30
48	Felix	18	↓17	>100
49	Jacob	18	↓37	24
50	Jude	18	new	>100

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