Most Popular Baby Names in District of Columbia (2025)

The most popular baby names in District of Columbia in 2025 were Emma for girls and Noah for boys, based on Social Security data for babies born in the state.

Names that rank much higher in District of Columbia than in the country as a whole include Josephine, Caroline, Margaret, Charles, George, and Amir.

State data is published a year behind the national list, and it only includes names given to at least five babies of one sex in the state.

Top 100 baby names in District of Columbia

Girls

Girls
#	Name	Babies	Change
1	Emma	36	↑ 3
2	Sophia	36	↑ 3
3	Charlotte	34	↓ 2
4	Lucy	31	↑ 29
5	Zoe	31	↓ 2
6	Eleanor	30	↑ 7
7	Ava	29	↓ 1
8	Sofia	29	↑ 3
9	Amelia	27	↑ 10
10	Olivia	27	↓ 8
11	Chloe	26	↑ 7
12	Josephine	26	↑ 17
13	Lily	25	↑ 70
14	Mia	24	↓ 6
15	Elizabeth	22	↓ 6
16	Eliana	21	↑ 11
17	Naomi	21	↓ 7
18	Evelyn	20	↑ 20
19	Isabella	20	↑ 1
20	Sophie	20	↓ 8
21	Caroline	18	↑ 5
22	Margaret	18	↑ 8
23	Camila	17	↑ 39
24	Maya	17	↓ 17
25	Nora	17	↓ 10
26	Ailany	16	↑ 32
27	Aria	16	↑ 8
28	Aurora	16	new
29	Grace	16	↓ 15
30	Layla	16	↑ 23
31	Lucia	16	↑ 53
32	Madison	16	↑ 8
33	Penelope	16	↑ 9
34	Alice	15	↓ 9
35	Autumn	15	new
36	Eloise	15	↑ 56
37	Emilia	15	↑ 56
38	June	15	new
39	Riley	15	↑ 4
40	Margot	14	↑ 1
41	Nova	14	↑ 15
42	Phoebe	14	↑ 26
43	Abigail	13	↓ 19
44	Clara	13	↓ 7
45	Genesis	13	↓ 29
46	Hazel	13	↓ 1
47	Lillian	13	↓ 8
48	Maeve	13	↓ 27
49	Rose	13	↑ 20
50	Ruby	13	↑ 20
51	Amira	12	↑ 8
52	Elena	12	↑ 39
53	Hannah	12	↑ 11
54	Maria	12	new
55	Mila	12	↓ 33
56	Violet	12	↓ 25
57	Claire	11	↓ 21
58	Emily	11	new
59	Eva	11	↓ 8
60	Harper	11	↑ 5
61	Lila	11	↑ 21
62	Vivienne	11	↑ 12
63	Zuri	11	new
64	Audrey	10	new
65	Ayla	10	↓ 5
66	Camille	10	↑ 23
67	Celine	10	new
68	Cora	10	↑ 22
69	Ella	10	↓ 41
70	Frances	10	↑ 25
71	Genevieve	10	↓ 39
72	Valentina	10	–
73	Aaliyah	9	new
74	Amara	9	new
75	Anna	9	↓ 27
76	Anne	9	new
77	Ariyah	9	new
78	Daphne	9	↓ 29
79	Harmony	9	new
80	Helen	9	new
81	Isabel	9	↑ 15
82	Isla	9	↓ 65
83	Katherine	9	↓ 2
84	Madeleine	9	↓ 18
85	Madeline	9	new
86	Mary	9	↓ 31
87	Mira	9	new
88	Nina	9	↓ 21
89	Sage	9	new
90	Sydney	9	↓ 4
91	Victoria	9	↓ 18
92	Zora	9	new
93	Alexandra	8	↓ 6
94	Alina	8	new
95	Ashley	8	↓ 7
96	Avery	8	new
97	Catherine	8	new
98	Gianna	8	↓ 46
99	Jane	8	new
100	Julia	8	↓ 20

Boys

Boys
#	Name	Babies	Change
1	Noah	58	↑ 3
2	Theodore	53	↑ 3
3	Henry	49	–
4	Liam	49	↓ 2
5	William	43	↑ 2
6	James	37	↓ 5
7	Charles	34	↑ 14
8	John	34	↑ 6
9	Mateo	34	↑ 10
10	George	33	↑ 29
11	Oliver	33	↓ 2
12	Samuel	33	↑ 33
13	Julian	28	↓ 5
14	Leo	27	↑ 1
15	Lucas	27	↑ 7
16	Daniel	26	↑ 2
17	Thomas	26	↑ 8
18	Amir	25	↑ 19
19	Jack	25	↓ 6
20	Luca	25	↓ 9
21	Sebastian	25	↑ 28
22	Benjamin	23	↓ 16
23	Isaac	23	↑ 17
24	Jacob	23	↑ 18
25	Anthony	22	↑ 6
26	Arthur	22	↑ 34
27	Gabriel	22	↓ 3
28	Joshua	22	↑ 19
29	Owen	22	↓ 2
30	Aiden	21	↓ 7
31	Alexander	21	↓ 1
32	Miles	21	↓ 16
33	Logan	20	↑ 19
34	Luke	20	↑ 23
35	David	19	↓ 18
36	Elijah	19	↓ 10
37	Ethan	19	↓ 27
38	Santiago	19	↑ 8
39	Caleb	18	↑ 31
40	Dylan	18	↓ 20
41	Max	18	↑ 7
42	August	17	↓ 10
43	Ezra	16	↓ 15
44	Graham	16	↑ 34
45	Michael	16	↓ 33
46	Peter	16	new
47	Robert	16	↓ 12
48	Thiago	16	↑ 11
49	Bennett	15	↑ 6
50	Connor	15	↑ 49
51	Jayden	15	↑ 14
52	Nico	15	↑ 30
53	Nolan	15	↑ 41
54	Wesley	15	new
55	Carter	14	↑ 17
56	Joseph	14	↓ 13
57	Maxwell	14	↓ 13
58	Rafael	14	new
59	Theo	14	↑ 4
60	Amari	13	↑ 17
61	Christopher	13	↓ 11
62	Felix	13	new
63	Levi	13	↑ 3
64	Messiah	13	new
65	Simon	13	↓ 7
66	Andrew	12	↓ 2
67	Callum	12	↑ 16
68	Jonah	12	new
69	Kairo	12	↑ 5
70	Legend	12	↓ 37
71	Nathaniel	12	new
72	Saint	12	↑ 4
73	Xavier	12	new
74	Adrian	11	↓ 38
75	Asher	11	↓ 14
76	Austin	11	new
77	Calvin	11	↓ 6
78	Edward	11	new
79	Everett	11	new
80	Josiah	11	↓ 29
81	Roman	11	↓ 28
82	Adam	10	↓ 13
83	Beau	10	new
84	Cairo	10	↑ 14
85	Cameron	10	↓ 47
86	Declan	10	new
87	Elliott	10	↓ 1
88	Enzo	10	new
89	Khalil	10	new
90	Martin	10	new
91	Micah	10	↓ 10
92	Milo	10	new
93	Parker	10	new
94	Richard	10	new
95	Rowan	10	new
96	Ryan	10	new
97	Ari	9	new
98	Axel	9	↓ 44
99	Dominic	9	↑ 1
100	Elias	9	↓ 44

Names more popular in District of Columbia

Names in the state's top 50 that rank far higher in District of Columbia than across the US.

Girls

Name	District of Columbia	US
Josephine	#12	#53
Caroline	#21	#96
Margaret	#22	#112
Lucia	#31	#83
Autumn	#35	#88
June	#38	#150
Margot	#40	#102
Phoebe	#42	#157

Boys

Name	District of Columbia	US
Charles	#7	#48
George	#10	#126
Amir	#18	#105
Arthur	#26	#87
Max	#41	#180
Graham	#44	#120
Peter	#46	#187
Robert	#47	#92

Number-one names in District of Columbia by year

Year	Girls	Boys
2025	Emma (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)

Source: US Social Security Administration state files. A name only appears in a state list if at least five babies of one sex received it there that year.

Top 100 baby names in District of Columbia

Girls

Boys

Names more popular in District of Columbia

Girls

Boys

Number-one names in District of Columbia by year

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