State roster

Top names in Georgia

The names most likely to appear on 1997 Georgia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 92,950 Georgia births in 1997 across 2,225 distinct names.

Distinctively Georgia

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

#78Ansleyoutside the national top 200
#76Alexus#183 nationally
#91Asia#195 nationally
#82Diamond#181 nationally
#70Jada#165 nationally
#89Chandler#184 nationally
#86Darius#177 nationally
#88Raven#170 nationally
#98Aaliyah#176 nationally
#50Malik#111 nationally
#81Johnathan#142 nationally
#83Angel#144 nationally

Girls

#1Hannah765US #5
#2Emily733US #1
#3Taylor731US #7
#4Sarah645US #4
#5Ashley637US #3
#6Jessica578US #2
#7Alexis572US #8
#8Madison539US #10
#9Kayla501US #12
#10Brittany489US #20
#11Elizabeth474US #9
#12Lauren440US #14
#13Jasmine424US #24
#14Amber416US #29
#15Morgan416US #22
#16Rachel415US #13
#17Victoria385US #19
#18Samantha382US #6
#19Anna379US #33
#20Brianna376US #17
#21Megan367US #11
#22Savannah354US #47
#23Courtney349US #28
#24Mary348US #46
#25Haley340US #31
#26Sydney334US #35
#27Katherine293US #32
#28Rebecca289US #25
#29Jennifer282US #18
#30Abigail280US #26
#31Destiny265US #42
#32Jordan258US #40
#33Olivia257US #27
#34Alyssa248US #15
#35Caroline247US #75
#36Amanda245US #16
#37Shelby217US #43
#38Emma204US #36
#39Kaitlyn203US #41
#40Tiffany202US #61
#41Allison196US #39
#42Danielle196US #34
#43Brooke185US #45
#44Sara184US #50
#45Katelyn177US #63
#46Breanna172US #74
#47Erin172US #52
#48Stephanie172US #23
#49Kelsey171US #57
#50Alexandra170US #30
#51Chelsea168US #73
#52Kimberly168US #49
#53Autumn166US #91
#54Julia162US #37
#55Sierra155US #56
#56Nicole154US #21
#57Kristen148US #82
#58Lindsey147US #95
#59Briana146US #72
#60Catherine140US #96
#61Heather140US #90
#62Caitlin139US #88
#63Gabrielle139US #51
#64Bailey138US #65
#65Katie138US #87
#66Laura138US #66
#67Maria138US #38
#68Alexandria137US #78
#69Christina136US #62
#70Jada136US #165
#71Natalie134US #48
#72Kathryn128US #86
#73Margaret128US #110
#74Summer123US #131
#75Madeline118US #59
#76Alexus115US #183
#77Makayla115US #102
#78Ansley114
#79Cheyenne113US #68
#80Erica110US #84
#81Andrea106US #58
#82Diamond105US #181
#83Angel102US #144
#84Faith102US #124
#85Mackenzie102US #71
#86Melissa101US #44
#87Cassidy100US #105
#88Raven100US #170
#89Shannon98US #85
#90Grace97US #69
#91Asia95US #195
#92Brittney95US #130
#93Miranda93US #70
#94Caitlyn92US #133
#95Crystal92US #99
#96Kaitlin92US #119
#97Molly92US #98
#98Aaliyah90US #176
#99Alicia90US #89
#100Kelly87US #83

Boys

#1Christopher1,080US #4
#2Michael1,024US #1
#3William1,002US #19
#4Joshua981US #5
#5Jacob971US #2
#6Austin937US #9
#7Brandon877US #8
#8James860US #17
#9Matthew846US #3
#10John736US #15
#11Andrew697US #7
#12Tyler683US #10
#13Nicholas644US #6
#14Justin639US #20
#15Jonathan617US #21
#16Joseph605US #12
#17David600US #14
#18Zachary586US #13
#19Robert554US #23
#20Daniel513US #11
#21Jordan468US #26
#22Christian450US #25
#23Ryan437US #16
#24Samuel430US #27
#25Anthony416US #18
#26Benjamin384US #29
#27Thomas383US #31
#28Alexander381US #22
#29Charles367US #49
#30Dylan361US #30
#31Cameron351US #45
#32Cody349US #36
#33Caleb328US #47
#34Hunter323US #44
#35Timothy322US #43
#36Kyle310US #24
#37Aaron309US #33
#38Kevin302US #28
#39Logan267US #42
#40Noah256US #38
#41Steven238US #40
#42Devin235US #59
#43Eric229US #35
#44Nathan220US #34
#45Brian217US #37
#46Ethan217US #46
#47Richard216US #51
#48Jason215US #41
#49Patrick215US #50
#50Malik213US #111
#51Kenneth193US #83
#52Jared191US #56
#53Stephen186US #68
#54Jose183US #32
#55Antonio182US #75
#56Connor182US #52
#57Jeremy180US #64
#58Sean176US #48
#59Chase173US #77
#60Dalton172US #90
#61Evan171US #61
#62Adam170US #39
#63Alex164US #55
#64Trevor159US #62
#65Elijah157US #74
#66Dakota155US #66
#67Taylor153US #87
#68Jesse152US #63
#69Marcus152US #93
#70Dustin151US #88
#71Corey142US #110
#72Gregory139US #103
#73Jackson138US #124
#74Nathaniel134US #65
#75Garrett132US #85
#76Mark130US #58
#77Luke128US #78
#78Blake127US #80
#79Ian127US #70
#80Travis125US #81
#81Johnathan124US #142
#82Juan124US #54
#83Mason124US #89
#84Tristan124US #92
#85Isaiah122US #60
#86Darius120US #177
#87Bradley118US #94
#88Wesley117US #144
#89Chandler116US #184
#90Xavier115US #141
#91Jack114US #76
#92Jeremiah114US #128
#93Spencer112US #104
#94Gabriel108US #57
#95Carlos105US #67
#96Luis105US #53
#97Jeffrey104US #84
#98Paul104US #79
#99Seth103US #97
#100Edward100US #100

On the move since 1996

Rising

↑27Emma#38
↑23Autumn#53
↑21Bailey#64
↑18Sara#44
↑18Devin#42
↑18Trevor#64
↑17Connor#56
↑16Alyssa#34

Falling

↓20Erica#80
↓20Chandler#89
↓19Chelsea#51
↓18Kelly#100
↓18Jeffrey#97
↓17Katie#65
↓17Blake#78
↓16Lindsey#58

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1996 rankings.