State roster

Top names in Georgia

The names most likely to appear on 1996 Georgia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 89,954 Georgia births in 1996 across 2,111 distinct names.

Distinctively Georgia

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Georgia more than they say America.

#70Ansleyoutside the national top 200
#69Alexus#178 nationally
#84Darius#182 nationally
#86Diamond#179 nationally
#93Raven#184 nationally
#69Chandler#157 nationally
#96Angel#162 nationally
#99Ariel#163 nationally
#78Xavier#141 nationally
#78Whitney#140 nationally
#77Summer#137 nationally
#39Malik#97 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley758US #3
#2Hannah727US #7
#3Taylor695US #6
#4Jessica680US #2
#5Emily666US #1
#6Sarah620US #4
#7Alexis567US #8
#8Brittany563US #14
#9Madison543US #15
#10Kayla533US #11
#11Rachel453US #9
#12Jasmine440US #28
#13Elizabeth431US #10
#14Morgan419US #25
#15Amber410US #27
#16Lauren398US #16
#17Courtney394US #21
#18Victoria393US #18
#19Anna389US #33
#20Savannah387US #43
#21Haley383US #30
#22Megan380US #12
#23Samantha342US #5
#24Brianna341US #17
#25Mary341US #44
#26Jordan297US #49
#27Sydney291US #39
#28Amanda284US #13
#29Katherine281US #31
#30Jennifer268US #19
#31Rebecca262US #24
#32Chelsea249US #55
#33Shelby243US #35
#34Abigail239US #32
#35Olivia233US #34
#36Kelsey229US #36
#37Caroline225US #78
#38Destiny223US #56
#39Danielle216US #29
#40Kaitlyn211US #40
#41Allison204US #38
#42Lindsey203US #86
#43Erin196US #51
#44Kimberly195US #41
#45Stephanie195US #20
#46Tiffany193US #52
#47Kristen190US #70
#48Katie183US #81
#49Alexandra182US #26
#50Alyssa182US #23
#51Breanna168US #74
#52Heather165US #71
#53Gabrielle159US #54
#54Christina158US #57
#55Laura152US #66
#56Briana150US #72
#57Julia150US #48
#58Brooke148US #45
#59Sierra146US #62
#60Erica144US #79
#61Katelyn141US #64
#62Sara140US #50
#63Caitlin139US #84
#64Nicole135US #22
#65Emma128US #53
#66Alexandria127US #77
#67Maria125US #37
#68Natalie122US #46
#69Alexus120US #178
#70Ansley120
#71Kathryn119US #87
#72Margaret118US #105
#73Catherine117US #95
#74Andrea113US #61
#75Madeline112US #67
#76Autumn109US #104
#77Summer109US #137
#78Whitney109US #140
#79Cheyenne108US #68
#80Melissa108US #42
#81Miranda108US #76
#82Kelly105US #73
#83Kaitlin104US #103
#84Mackenzie104US #75
#85Bailey100US #85
#86Diamond100US #179
#87Bethany99US #117
#88Hailey95US #93
#89Shannon94US #80
#90Claire92US #116
#91Rebekah92US #146
#92Crystal89US #92
#93Raven89US #184
#94Leah88US #98
#95Michelle88US #47
#96Angel85US #162
#97Brittney85US #115
#98Amy83US #88
#99Ariel81US #163
#100Faith81US #149

Boys

#1Christopher1,100US #4
#2Joshua1,039US #5
#3William1,030US #18
#4Michael1,007US #1
#5Austin924US #9
#6James835US #17
#7Jacob828US #3
#8Brandon818US #8
#9John807US #15
#10Matthew793US #2
#11Tyler712US #7
#12Andrew694US #10
#13Justin661US #20
#14Nicholas641US #6
#15Robert630US #23
#16David620US #13
#17Jonathan600US #21
#18Joseph586US #12
#19Zachary546US #14
#20Daniel524US #11
#21Ryan502US #16
#22Jordan415US #27
#23Cody400US #31
#24Thomas397US #28
#25Anthony396US #19
#26Christian389US #24
#27Alexander384US #22
#28Charles372US #43
#29Benjamin366US #29
#30Samuel363US #30
#31Timothy359US #40
#32Hunter332US #47
#33Aaron324US #34
#34Dylan306US #33
#35Cameron304US #49
#36Kyle301US #25
#37Eric294US #35
#38Kevin284US #26
#39Malik272US #97
#40Caleb263US #48
#41Steven250US #38
#42Brian219US #36
#43Logan217US #42
#44Stephen214US #59
#45Jeremy204US #56
#46Richard204US #45
#47Patrick202US #44
#48Nathan199US #37
#49Adam197US #39
#50Jason197US #41
#51Kenneth194US #77
#52Noah191US #50
#53Jesse189US #51
#54Dustin185US #79
#55Dakota183US #58
#56Taylor175US #82
#57Ethan171US #62
#58Marcus166US #87
#59Jared162US #64
#60Devin156US #60
#61Blake155US #84
#62Dalton155US #99
#63Elijah155US #81
#64Corey154US #94
#65Gregory154US #98
#66Antonio152US #80
#67Alex151US #53
#68Jose147US #32
#69Chandler146US #157
#70Evan143US #65
#71Tristan143US #68
#72Travis140US #73
#73Connor139US #54
#74Sean139US #46
#75Chase138US #76
#76Mark135US #55
#77Nathaniel134US #69
#78Xavier133US #141
#79Jeffrey132US #72
#80Wesley131US #137
#81Bradley130US #83
#82Trevor129US #63
#83Jackson127US #136
#84Darius123US #182
#85Garrett123US #85
#86Luke122US #75
#87Isaiah120US #71
#88Bryan118US #66
#89Johnathan110US #138
#90Mason110US #104
#91Paul110US #78
#92Gabriel107US #61
#93Ian107US #70
#94Phillip106US #150
#95Spencer106US #109
#96Jack105US #89
#97Mitchell102US #88
#98Juan97US #52
#99Seth95US #103
#100George91US #118

On the move since 1995

Rising

↑30Malik#39
↑25Elijah#63
↑22Alyssa#50
↑19Maria#67
↑19Ethan#57
↑15Emma#65
↑14Julia#57
↑13Madison#9

Falling

↓24Amy#98
↓22Miranda#81
↓22Michelle#95
↓22Brittney#97
↓19Trevor#82
↓18Heather#52
↓18George#100
↓15Alexandria#66

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1995 rankings.