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Names of District of Columbia

1,497,731 births across 2,832 different names since 1910. No name belongs to the District of Columbia more than Lashawn.

Most concentrated in District of Columbia

Names given far more often here than in the country as a whole. The multiplier is how much more concentrated the name is than the state’s size alone would predict.

Name Born here Concentration
Lashawn 661 20.5×
Donnell 707 14.4×
Tawana 257 11.5×
Tawanda 120 8.9×
Lolita 183 8.9×
Kia 209 8.4×
Davon 417 8.2×
Stephon 216 7.7×
Dionne 249 7.5×
Antoine 797 7.3×
Lakisha 361 7.2×
Tyrone 2,439 7.1×
Cornell 226 6.9×
Kisha 156 6.7×
Darnell 766 6.7×
Donte 398 6.6×
Marcellus 139 6.5×
Nichelle 90 6.1×
Lamont 545 6.1×
Demarco 95 6.1×

Most given, girls

#NameBirths
1Mary22,461
2Patricia12,807
3Barbara11,369
4Elizabeth10,247
5Linda9,137
6Margaret9,119
7Karen7,703
8Susan7,601
9Deborah6,913
10Jennifer6,503
11Nancy6,069
12Sharon6,038
13Lisa5,937
14Catherine5,433
15Dorothy5,420

Most given, boys

#NameBirths
1John34,675
2James33,287
3Robert29,706
4Michael29,670
5William29,316
6David21,777
7Charles17,344
8Thomas15,349
9Joseph15,059
10Richard14,942
11Christopher11,718
12Anthony10,333
13George9,930
14Kevin9,554
15Daniel9,256

Other states

Source: US Social Security Administration state baby-name files, 1910 onwards. A name given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year is not published, so a name can be more common here than the table shows. Concentration is measured against the other state files, not against national totals, which cover more years and more names.