Popular baby names in District of Columbia, 2023

The most popular baby names in District of Columbia in 2023 were Charlotte for girls (46 babies) and Liam for boys (62). Charlotte ranked #3 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 5,261 babies born in District of Columbia in 2023 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 2023

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: 16 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Cecilia: 16 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Margaret: 16 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Maya: 31 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Naomi: 33 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Julia: 17 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Genesis: 25 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Ariana: 17 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Alice: 20 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Claire: 19 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Boys

Kairo: 16 babies, 6.2× the national rate
George: 27 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Amir: 31 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Felix: 16 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Maxwell: 16 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Graham: 18 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Charles: 38 babies, 4× the national rate
Leo: 54 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Arthur: 18 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Nathaniel: 15 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in District of Columbia, 2023

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2022	US rank
1	Charlotte	46	–	3
2	Olivia	34	↑1	1
3	Naomi	33	↑24	44
4	Sophia	32	↑2	5
5	Maya	31	↑3	49
6	Mia	30	↑9	6
7	Zoe	29	↑2	36
8	Ava	28	↓6	8
9	Elizabeth	28	↑1	15
10	Emma	27	↑2	2
11	Grace	26	↑8	39
12	Nora	26	↓8	24
13	Genesis	25	new	57
14	Emilia	24	↑16	42
15	Eleanor	23	↓10	14
16	Sofia	23	↓2	12
17	Camila	22	–	13
18	Lily	22	↑20	20
19	Isabella	21	↓6	7
20	Alice	20	↑27	66
21	Aria	20	↓1	25
22	Hannah	20	↑21	48
23	Luna	20	↑21	10
24	Chloe	19	↓17	26
25	Claire	19	new	68
26	Evelyn	19	↓8	9
27	Lucy	19	new	40
28	Penelope	19	↓12	23
29	Josephine	18	↑20	64
30	Violet	18	↑16	16
31	Ariana	17	new	97
32	Eloise	17	new	81
33	Julia	17	new	>100
34	Amelia	16	↓23	4
35	Cecilia	16	new	>100
36	Clara	16	new	98
37	Elena	16	new	47
38	Emily	16	↓2	19
39	Harper	16	new	11
40	Madeline	16	↓14	95
41	Margaret	16	↓20	>100
42	Margot	16	new	>100
43	Aurora	15	↓19	22
44	Caroline	15	↓11	83
45	Quinn	15	new	86
46	Skylar	15	↓6	>100
47	Abigail	14	↓24	31
48	Avery	14	new	29
49	Summer	14	new	>100
50	Eliana	13	↓25	34

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2022	US rank
1	Liam	62	↑2	1
2	Noah	56	↑5	2
3	Leo	54	↑12	18
4	Theodore	54	↓2	7
5	James	53	–	4
6	Henry	49	↓5	8
7	Oliver	48	↑4	3
8	Benjamin	47	↑5	11
9	William	44	↓3	10
10	Charles	38	↓6	54
11	Samuel	37	↑1	19
12	Sebastian	36	↑21	13
13	Ethan	35	↑13	24
14	John	34	↓5	26
15	Lucas	33	↑4	9
16	Owen	32	↑13	20
17	Amir	31	↑26	99
18	Jack	30	↓8	14
19	Julian	29	↑6	33
20	Michael	29	–	16
21	Thomas	29	–	41
22	George	27	↑8	>100
23	Alexander	26	↓15	22
24	Daniel	26	↑8	17
25	Elijah	26	↑19	5
26	Joseph	24	↑1	29
27	Luca	24	↓9	25
28	Dylan	23	↓6	34
29	Isaac	23	↑2	42
30	Mateo	23	↑11	6
31	Matthew	23	new	32
32	David	22	↑2	27
33	Josiah	22	new	53
34	Robert	21	new	88
35	Jacob	20	↑14	35
36	Kai	20	↓19	61
37	Logan	20	↓2	39
38	Miles	20	↓24	43
39	Ezra	19	↓2	15
40	Micah	19	new	87
41	Arthur	18	↑6	>100
42	Asher	18	new	23
43	Graham	18	new	>100
44	Wesley	17	↓2	70
45	Anthony	16	new	46
46	Caleb	16	↑2	51
47	Christopher	16	new	55
48	Eli	16	new	79
49	Felix	16	new	>100
50	Kairo	16	new	>100

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