Popular baby names in District of Columbia, 2022

The most popular baby names in District of Columbia in 2022 were Charlotte for girls (46 babies) and Henry for boys (68). Charlotte ranked #3 nationally for girls. Henry ranked #7 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 5,578 babies born in District of Columbia in 2022 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 2022

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

Margaret: 22 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Maya: 30 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Madeline: 19 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Ayla: 17 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Eva: 16 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Zoe: 30 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Nora: 35 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Caroline: 17 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Maeve: 15 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Sophie: 19 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Simon: 16 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Patrick: 17 babies, 5.6× the national rate
George: 24 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Messiah: 17 babies, 4.7× the national rate
August: 27 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Max: 19 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Charles: 46 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Amari: 17 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Chase: 20 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Arthur: 18 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in District of Columbia, 2022

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2021	US rank
1	Charlotte	46	–	3
2	Ava	43	–	7
3	Olivia	39	↑6	1
4	Nora	35	↑4	28
5	Eleanor	33	↑5	16
6	Sophia	32	↓2	5
7	Chloe	30	↑6	19
8	Maya	30	↓5	51
9	Zoe	30	↓2	38
10	Elizabeth	29	↓4	15
11	Amelia	28	↑10	4
12	Emma	28	↓7	2
13	Isabella	27	↑5	6
14	Sofia	26	↑2	13
15	Mia	25	↓4	8
16	Penelope	24	↑8	21
17	Camila	23	new	12
18	Evelyn	23	↓1	9
19	Grace	23	↑8	35
20	Aria	22	↑26	23
21	Margaret	22	↓7	>100
22	Hazel	21	new	27
23	Abigail	20	↑8	24
24	Aurora	19	new	31
25	Eliana	19	↑12	41
26	Madeline	19	new	>100
27	Naomi	19	↓15	46
28	Sophie	19	↓3	63
29	Ella	18	↓7	25
30	Emilia	18	↓7	44
31	Stella	18	new	40
32	Ayla	17	new	98
33	Caroline	17	↑8	77
34	Cora	17	new	75
35	Mila	17	new	18
36	Emily	16	↓3	17
37	Eva	16	↑6	>100
38	Lily	16	new	30
39	Ruby	16	new	62
40	Skylar	16	↑5	87
41	Valentina	16	new	57
42	Anna	15	new	83
43	Hannah	15	new	47
44	Luna	15	new	10
45	Maeve	15	↑3	>100
46	Violet	15	new	20
47	Alice	14	↓27	64
48	Amira	14	new	>100
49	Josephine	14	↓21	70
50	Layla	14	↓21	29

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2021	US rank
1	Henry	68	–	7
2	Theodore	55	↑4	10
3	Liam	47	↑2	1
4	Charles	46	↑3	50
5	James	46	↓2	4
6	William	46	↓4	6
7	Noah	45	↓3	2
8	Alexander	40	↑3	17
9	John	39	↑1	26
10	Jack	37	↑2	15
11	Oliver	34	↑12	3
12	Samuel	34	↑2	19
13	Benjamin	32	↓5	9
14	Miles	32	↑6	56
15	Leo	30	↓6	22
16	Adrian	29	new	63
17	Kai	29	↑20	59
18	Luca	29	↑14	28
19	Lucas	29	↓1	8
20	Michael	29	↓1	16
21	Thomas	29	↑7	45
22	Dylan	28	↓7	42
23	Gabriel	28	↑8	36
24	August	27	↑17	>100
25	Julian	27	–	35
26	Ethan	25	↓10	21
27	Joseph	25	↓14	30
28	Mason	25	new	24
29	Owen	25	new	18
30	George	24	↓8	>100
31	Isaac	24	↓7	41
32	Daniel	23	↓6	14
33	Sebastian	23	↓6	13
34	David	22	↑13	31
35	Logan	22	↓18	33
36	Aiden	21	new	29
37	Ezra	21	↓1	25
38	Nathan	21	new	57
39	Adam	20	new	99
40	Chase	20	new	>100
41	Mateo	20	↓6	11
42	Wesley	20	new	70
43	Amir	19	↓14	>100
44	Elijah	19	↓23	5
45	Luke	19	↓2	34
46	Max	19	↓13	>100
47	Arthur	18	↓13	>100
48	Caleb	18	↓2	52
49	Jacob	18	–	32
50	Kayden	18	new	>100

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