Last week I talked about names that are also states. Today, I’m listing the girls’ names that were in the top 100 in only one state or Washington, D.C. in 2016! Compare them to the ones in the 2015 list, which had more names because of a difference in formatting (it seems to me that lists for 2015 reflected more ties at the bottom, while the 2016 lists cut off exactly at the 100th name). Anyways, I’ll post the list of boys’ names later this week.
Alaska: Anastasia, Heidi, Laura, River
Arizona: Jocelyn
Arkansas: Maggie
California: Alina, Angela, Giselle
Connecticut: Vivienne
D.C.: Madeleine, Royal, Catherine, Margot, Logan, Talia, Bridget
Georgia: Ansley
Hawaii: Kalea, Anela, Mahina, Malia, Kiana, Leila, Marley, Emi, Skye, Alana, Anuhea, Kaila, Kenzie, Naia, Alexandria, Jordan, Journey, Kailani
Idaho: Remington
Louisiana: Camille, Demi, Lyric
Maryland: Dakota
Minnesota: Aisha
Mississippi: Malaysia, Kayleigh, Makenzie, Jada
Montana: Lexi, Sage
New Hampshire: Delaney, Tessa
New Jersey: Sienna
New Mexico: Lilliana, Aliyah, Aviana, Avianna
North Dakota: Briella
Rhode Island: Gia
South Dakota: Reese, Berkley, Elaina
Utah: Millie
Vermont: Wren, Ayla, Genevieve, Rowan, Willa, Emelia, Hope
West Virginia: Alivia, Braelynn, Gracelynn, Mckenna, Baylee
Wyoming: Felicity, Emmy, Madilynn, Brinley, Brylee
A few names that reached the top 100 in a state list aren’t even in the top 1000 nationally! In 2016, these were Anela, Anuhea, Berkley, Emi, Kalea, Kaila, Mahina, and Naia; Hawaii claims the vast majority of these rarities.
Do you have any favorites from this list? Let me know!
Source: https://www.ssa.gov/oact/babynames/state/
The Well-Informed Namer 
Skye (or Sky I prefer) is one of my all time favorite names 🙂
Aviana is interesting – never heard of it until today. I can see someone in the airlines industry using this for their child’s name.
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