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Baby names in District of Columbia

What parents in District of Columbia actually named their children in 2025, and which names the state uses far more than the country does.

Top 20 girls' names in District of Columbia, 2025

#NameBirths
1 Emma 36
2 Sophia 36
3 Charlotte 34
4 Lucy 31
5 Zoe 31
6 Eleanor 30
7 Ava 29
8 Sofia 29
9 Amelia 27
10 Olivia 27
11 Chloe 26
12 Josephine 26
13 Lily 25
14 Mia 24
15 Elizabeth 22
16 Eliana 21
17 Naomi 21
18 Evelyn 20
19 Isabella 20
20 Sophie 20

Top 20 boys' names in District of Columbia, 2025

#NameBirths
1 Noah 58
2 Theodore 53
3 Henry 49
4 Liam 49
5 William 43
6 James 37
7 Charles 34
8 John 34
9 Mateo 34
10 George 33
11 Oliver 33
12 Samuel 33
13 Julian 28
14 Leo 27
15 Lucas 27
16 Daniel 26
17 Thomas 26
18 Amir 25
19 Jack 25
20 Luca 25

The most distinctive names in District of Columbia

These are the names District of Columbia uses most out of proportion to the rest of the country. The location quotient is the state's share of births going to a name divided by the national share, over 2016–2025. A quotient of 3.0 means the name is three times as common here as it is nationally.

NameBirths in District of ColumbiaLocation quotient
Zora 52 9.9×
Nasir 129 8.8×
Sincere 78 8.4×
Louisa 56 8.0×
Samir 57 7.7×
Dior 59 6.2×
Demi 87 6.2×
Madeleine 87 5.9×
Beatrice 56 5.6×
Hugo 76 5.5×
Nina 99 5.5×
George 283 5.3×
Simon 138 5.2×
Mira 67 5.2×
Margaret 214 5.2×
Zuri 114 5.2×
Margot 137 5.1×
Frances 71 5.0×
Eve 56 4.9×
Ari 124 4.9×

The number one name in District of Columbia, year by year

Twenty years of first-place names.
YearGirlsBirthsBoysBirths
2025 Sophia 36 Noah 58
2024 Charlotte 48 James 58
2023 Charlotte 46 Liam 62
2022 Charlotte 46 Henry 68
2021 Charlotte 49 Henry 76
2020 Olivia 54 William 63
2019 Olivia 53 William 86
2018 Ava 54 William 84
2017 Ava 56 James 93
2016 Ava 51 William 94
2015 Genesis 50 William 78
2014 Elizabeth 51 Alexander 75
2013 Charlotte 53 William 87
2012 Sophia 50 William 94
2011 Sophia 50 William 73
2010 Madison 50 William 71
2009 Sophia 43 William 87
2008 Ashley 47 William 95
2007 Ashley 58 William 99
2006 Katherine 53 William 109

State files start in 1910 and use the same five-birth reporting floor as the national data, applied per state, year and sex — so small states show fewer distinct names, not fewer names in use.