Popular Names in Washington, DC
Popular Washington, DC names 2023 are headed by Charlotte and Liam. Charlotte and Liam are also among the popular baby names of 2023 nationally, ranking at Numbers 3 and 1, respectively. Top national girls' name Olivia ranks at Number 2 in DC, while DC's top boy name Liam also tops the national charts.
Many of the most popular DC baby names are particularly unique. Naomi, Maya, Zoe, and Elizabeth rank among the Top 10 girl names in DC but not in the US as a whole. For boys, Leo and Charles are particularly common in our nation's capital.
Other DC favorites include traditional names such as Julia, Margaret, Daphne, Catherine, and Noelle for girls, and George, Arthur, Felix, Oscar, and Edward for boys. Newer names are hot in Washington, DC as well, including Dream and Dior, Kairo and Zayden.
Nameberry's internal count of the top Washington, DC baby names features names outside of the official DC and national Top 100s. These are Aurelia, Ophelia, Daphne, and Evangeline for girls, and Felix, Soren, Caspian, and Atticus for boys.
Theodore and Oliver are the only two names to make the official DC, Nameberry DC, and national Top 10 lists.
For popular names lists from the US and around the world, visit our main Popular Names page. You might also want to browse Nameberry's real-time lists of Popular Girl Names and Popular Boy Names.
For more local data, search the full lists of Popular Names by State.
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