Name Legacy

Baby names in District of Columbia

2025 · 4,546 recorded births

Noah was the most common name given in District of Columbia in 2025, with 58 births. The state recorded 4,546 births across 400 distinct names that year.

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Most distinctive to District of Columbia

Names given far more often here than nationally. The multiplier is how much more common the name is in District of Columbia than in the country as a whole.

NameBirthsvs national
George337.1×
Amir254.6×
Josephine263.8×
Charles343.5×
Zoe313.4×
Lucy313.1×
John342.6×
Chloe262.6×

Top 50 names in District of Columbia, 2025

RankNameBirths
#1Noah58
#2Theodore53
#3Henry49
#3Liam49
#5William43
#6James37
#7Emma36
#7Sophia36
#9Charles34
#9Charlotte34
#9John34
#9Mateo34
#13George33
#13Oliver33
#13Samuel33
#16Lucy31
#16Zoe31
#18Eleanor30
#19Ava29
#19Sofia29
#21Julian28
#22Amelia27
#22Leo27
#22Lucas27
#22Olivia27
#26Chloe26
#26Daniel26
#26Josephine26
#26Thomas26
#30Amir25
#30Jack25
#30Lily25
#30Luca25
#30Sebastian25
#35Mia24
#36Benjamin23
#36Dylan23
#36Isaac23
#36Jacob23
#40Anthony22
#40Arthur22
#40Elizabeth22
#40Gabriel22
#40Joshua22
#40Owen22
#40Riley22
#47Aiden21
#47Alexander21
#47Eliana21
#47Miles21

Other states

Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. State records begin in 1910. Names given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year are withheld at source. namelegacy.org