Popular baby names in District of Columbia, 2025

The most popular baby names in District of Columbia in 2025 were Emma for girls (36 babies) and Noah for boys (58). Emma ranked #3 nationally for girls. Noah ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 4,546 babies born in District of Columbia in 2025 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 2025

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

June: 15 babies, 6× the national rate
Margaret: 18 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Caroline: 18 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Josephine: 26 babies, 5× the national rate
Zoe: 31 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Autumn: 15 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Lucia: 16 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Lucy: 31 babies, 4× the national rate
Sophie: 20 babies, 4× the national rate
Naomi: 21 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

George: 33 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Max: 18 babies, 6× the national rate
Peter: 16 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Amir: 25 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Nico: 15 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Connor: 15 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Charles: 34 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Arthur: 22 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Graham: 16 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Joshua: 22 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in District of Columbia, 2025

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2024	US rank
1	Emma	36	↑3	3
2	Sophia	36	↑3	5
3	Charlotte	34	↓2	2
4	Lucy	31	↑29	25
5	Zoe	31	↓2	31
6	Eleanor	30	↑7	12
7	Ava	29	↓1	11
8	Sofia	29	↑3	9
9	Amelia	27	↑10	4
10	Olivia	27	↓8	1
11	Chloe	26	↑7	23
12	Josephine	26	↑17	53
13	Lily	25	new	18
14	Mia	24	↓6	6
15	Elizabeth	22	↓6	17
16	Eliana	21	↑11	10
17	Naomi	21	↓7	47
18	Evelyn	20	↑20	8
19	Isabella	20	↑1	7
20	Sophie	20	↓8	55
21	Caroline	18	↑5	96
22	Margaret	18	↑8	>100
23	Camila	17	new	19
24	Maya	17	↓17	62
25	Nora	17	↓10	20
26	Ailany	16	new	14
27	Aria	16	↑8	26
28	Aurora	16	new	15
29	Grace	16	↓15	38
30	Layla	16	new	36
31	Lucia	16	new	83
32	Madison	16	↑8	40
33	Penelope	16	↑9	22
34	Alice	15	↓9	65
35	Autumn	15	new	88
36	Eloise	15	new	49
37	Emilia	15	new	45
38	June	15	new	>100
39	Riley	15	↑4	48
40	Margot	14	↑1	>100
41	Nova	14	new	46
42	Phoebe	14	new	>100
43	Abigail	13	↓19	41
44	Clara	13	↓7	63
45	Genesis	13	↓29	66
46	Hazel	13	↓1	21
47	Lillian	13	↓8	57
48	Maeve	13	↓27	76
49	Rose	13	new	>100
50	Ruby	13	new	64

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2024	US rank
1	Noah	58	↑3	2
2	Theodore	53	↑3	4
3	Henry	49	–	5
4	Liam	49	↓2	1
5	William	43	↑2	9
6	James	37	↓5	6
7	Charles	34	↑14	48
8	John	34	↑6	23
9	Mateo	34	↑10	8
10	George	33	↑29	>100
11	Oliver	33	↓2	3
12	Samuel	33	↑33	18
13	Julian	28	↓5	25
14	Leo	27	↑1	19
15	Lucas	27	↑7	10
16	Daniel	26	↑2	22
17	Thomas	26	↑8	34
18	Amir	25	↑19	>100
19	Jack	25	↓6	15
20	Luca	25	↓9	14
21	Sebastian	25	↑28	16
22	Benjamin	23	↓16	11
23	Isaac	23	↑17	47
24	Jacob	23	↑18	43
25	Anthony	22	↑6	46
26	Arthur	22	new	87
27	Gabriel	22	↓3	37
28	Joshua	22	↑19	66
29	Owen	22	↓2	31
30	Aiden	21	↓7	62
31	Alexander	21	↓1	30
32	Miles	21	↓16	44
33	Logan	20	new	53
34	Luke	20	new	33
35	David	19	↓18	35
36	Elijah	19	↓10	7
37	Ethan	19	↓27	24
38	Santiago	19	↑8	26
39	Caleb	18	new	58
40	Dylan	18	↓20	41
41	Max	18	↑7	>100
42	August	17	↓10	81
43	Ezra	16	↓15	20
44	Graham	16	new	>100
45	Michael	16	↓33	21
46	Peter	16	new	>100
47	Robert	16	↓12	92
48	Thiago	16	new	50
49	Bennett	15	new	40
50	Connor	15	new	>100

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