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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Most popular in DC:

1	William	  Allison
2	Michael	  Sophia
3	James	  Ashley
4	Alexander	  Katherine
5	Daniel	  Abigail
6	Christopher  Elizabeth
7	John            Taylor
8	Joshua	  Charlotte
9	Elijah	          Zoe
10	Jacob	 Anna

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That list of names for DC sounds odd to me.   Isn't DC majority African American?  The AA families I know do NOT name their girls Ashley, Katherine and Zoe.[/quote]

Allison looks like it's on the rise in DC: #40 in 2007, #13 in 2008, then #1 in 2009.  Total numbers of babies born in DC are small though--that's 41 Allisons versus 40 Sophias for 2009.

Also, the most popular names do not necessary represent the majority population--just group think that may be occurring in a smaller population.  If you look at the top 100 list, you might see more names that suggest the large African-American population that DC has, but I'm not personally in a position to label particular names as white or African-American.

That said, I some of the names listed are more race neutral--Ashley comes to mind.  In "Beyond Jennifer and Jason" (a book that is a bit dated), "many of the same names—Taylor and Ashley for girls, for instance, and Christopher and Michael for boys—are most popular for children of all races." [/quote]

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