Popular baby names in District of Columbia, 2024

The most popular baby names in District of Columbia in 2024 were Charlotte for girls (48 babies) and James for boys (58). Charlotte ranked #4 nationally for girls. James ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 5,094 babies born in District of Columbia in 2024 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 2024

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

Sloane: 18 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Genevieve: 16 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Margaret: 17 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Zoe: 39 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Sophie: 24 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Maya: 27 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Caroline: 17 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Maeve: 18 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Naomi: 26 babies, 4× the national rate
Genesis: 22 babies, 4× the national rate

Boys

Simon: 16 babies, 7× the national rate
Maxwell: 19 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Legend: 20 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Max: 18 babies, 5.2× the national rate
George: 19 babies, 4× the national rate
Julian: 39 babies, 3.2× the national rate
August: 20 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Robert: 20 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Amir: 19 babies, 3.2× the national rate
James: 58 babies, 3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in District of Columbia, 2024

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2023	US rank
1	Charlotte	48	–	4
2	Olivia	43	–	1
3	Zoe	39	↑4	29
4	Emma	36	↑6	2
5	Sophia	31	↓1	6
6	Ava	28	↑2	9
7	Maya	27	↓2	51
8	Mia	27	↓2	5
9	Elizabeth	26	–	17
10	Naomi	26	↓7	44
11	Sofia	24	↑5	10
12	Sophie	24	new	60
13	Eleanor	23	↑2	14
14	Grace	23	↓3	40
15	Nora	23	↓3	22
16	Genesis	22	↓3	55
17	Isla	22	new	35
18	Chloe	19	↑6	20
19	Amelia	18	↑15	3
20	Isabella	18	↓1	7
21	Maeve	18	new	75
22	Mila	18	new	33
23	Sloane	18	new	>100
24	Abigail	17	↑23	32
25	Alice	17	↓5	63
26	Caroline	17	↑18	92
27	Eliana	17	↑23	18
28	Ella	17	new	30
29	Josephine	17	–	56
30	Margaret	17	↑11	>100
31	Violet	17	↓1	15
32	Genevieve	16	new	>100
33	Lucy	16	↓6	34
34	Luna	15	↓11	13
35	Aria	14	↓14	26
36	Claire	14	↓11	67
37	Clara	14	↓1	78
38	Evelyn	14	↓12	8
39	Lillian	14	new	54
40	Madison	14	new	45
41	Margot	14	↑1	>100
42	Penelope	14	↓14	28
43	Riley	14	new	42
44	Zoey	14	new	59
45	Hazel	13	new	19
46	Scarlett	13	new	27
47	Serenity	13	new	>100
48	Anna	12	new	94
49	Daphne	12	new	>100
50	Dream	12	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2023	US rank
1	James	58	↑4	5
2	Liam	56	↓1	1
3	Henry	51	↑3	6
4	Noah	48	↓2	2
5	Theodore	48	↓1	4
6	Benjamin	40	↑2	11
7	William	40	↑2	10
8	Julian	39	↑11	30
9	Oliver	37	↓2	3
10	Ethan	36	↑3	19
11	Luca	35	↑16	23
12	Michael	33	↑8	18
13	Jack	32	↑5	15
14	John	32	–	21
15	Leo	31	↓12	24
16	Miles	31	↑22	37
17	David	30	↑15	31
18	Daniel	28	↑6	16
19	Mateo	27	↑11	7
20	Dylan	26	↑8	28
21	Charles	25	↓11	51
22	Lucas	25	↓7	9
23	Aiden	24	new	47
24	Gabriel	23	new	43
25	Thomas	23	↓4	39
26	Elijah	22	↓1	8
27	Owen	22	↓11	26
28	Ezra	21	↑11	13
29	Ian	21	new	75
30	Alexander	20	↓7	27
31	Anthony	20	↑14	44
32	August	20	new	88
33	Legend	20	new	>100
34	Nathan	20	new	62
35	Robert	20	↓1	90
36	Adrian	19	new	72
37	Amir	19	↓20	95
38	Cameron	19	new	66
39	George	19	↓17	>100
40	Isaac	19	↓11	41
41	Jackson	19	new	35
42	Jacob	19	↓7	40
43	Joseph	19	↓17	32
44	Maxwell	19	new	>100
45	Samuel	19	↓34	17
46	Santiago	19	new	29
47	Joshua	18	new	57
48	Max	18	new	>100
49	Sebastian	18	↓37	14
50	Christopher	17	↓3	61

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