State roster

Top names in Georgia

The names most likely to appear on 1998 Georgia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 96,120 Georgia births in 1998 across 2,360 distinct names.

Distinctively Georgia

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

#69Ansleyoutside the national top 200
#87Jalenoutside the national top 200
#97Asiaoutside the national top 200
#77Chandler#173 nationally
#71Darius#162 nationally
#96Raven#185 nationally
#84Diamond#164 nationally
#99Dawson#175 nationally
#44Jada#119 nationally
#63Malik#138 nationally
#96Wesley#153 nationally
#88Angel#138 nationally

Girls

#1Hannah810US #2
#2Emily717US #1
#3Taylor717US #7
#4Madison694US #9
#5Alexis682US #6
#6Ashley625US #5
#7Sarah617US #4
#8Jessica521US #8
#9Elizabeth465US #10
#10Kayla437US #12
#11Brittany399US #25
#12Destiny389US #34
#13Morgan388US #23
#14Victoria387US #16
#15Lauren382US #14
#16Jasmine371US #26
#17Megan367US #13
#18Amber363US #37
#19Anna363US #31
#20Sydney354US #28
#21Mary351US #44
#22Savannah345US #45
#23Brianna344US #17
#24Abigail321US #18
#25Samantha320US #3
#26Rachel318US #15
#27Jordan305US #42
#28Courtney299US #39
#29Haley297US #36
#30Olivia289US #21
#31Alyssa269US #11
#32Emma268US #22
#33Katherine261US #33
#34Jennifer248US #20
#35Kaitlyn235US #35
#36Amanda226US #19
#37Caroline225US #75
#38Allison215US #38
#39Shelby206US #49
#40Rebecca198US #30
#41Katelyn195US #58
#42Sara188US #48
#43Alexandra186US #27
#44Jada178US #119
#45Autumn177US #77
#46Kelsey174US #56
#47Caitlin171US #78
#48Brooke169US #46
#49Kimberly168US #54
#50Sierra166US #51
#51Danielle164US #41
#52Erin164US #57
#53Stephanie163US #29
#54Julia162US #32
#55Breanna160US #76
#56Chelsea159US #94
#57Tiffany159US #67
#58Gabrielle156US #47
#59Natalie156US #40
#60Nicole154US #24
#61Maria152US #43
#62Madeline150US #50
#63Alexandria148US #81
#64Bailey146US #60
#65Makayla146US #71
#66Katie145US #88
#67Grace144US #53
#68Mackenzie139US #64
#69Ansley137
#70Christina137US #69
#71Margaret136US #114
#72Kaylee130US #86
#73Catherine129US #101
#74Laura129US #74
#75Lindsey126US #97
#76Faith125US #107
#77Kristen124US #102
#78Andrea122US #61
#79Erica120US #92
#80Kathryn120US #89
#81Melissa115US #59
#82Summer114US #131
#83Heather113US #99
#84Diamond111US #164
#85Caitlyn110US #115
#86Briana109US #79
#87Maya109US #123
#88Angel107US #138
#89Cheyenne107US #72
#90Kaitlin106US #120
#91Amy100US #96
#92Miranda98US #80
#93Leah95US #106
#94Mariah95US #62
#95Cassidy93US #113
#96Raven92US #185
#97Asia91
#98Chloe89US #87
#99Kelly88US #90
#100Shannon88US #104

Boys

#1William1,146US #14
#2Michael999US #1
#3Christopher994US #5
#4Joshua986US #4
#5Jacob980US #2
#6Austin904US #10
#7Matthew868US #3
#8James829US #18
#9Brandon767US #7
#10John710US #15
#11Andrew702US #9
#12Nicholas637US #6
#13Tyler636US #8
#14Robert581US #23
#15Joseph578US #11
#16Zachary574US #16
#17Justin560US #20
#18David550US #13
#19Jonathan536US #21
#20Daniel514US #12
#21Christian513US #26
#22Cameron507US #35
#23Jordan481US #27
#24Thomas437US #31
#25Ryan431US #17
#26Hunter423US #36
#27Dylan410US #25
#28Samuel406US #28
#29Noah399US #29
#30Benjamin396US #30
#31Caleb392US #42
#32Alexander373US #22
#33Charles359US #48
#34Anthony350US #19
#35Ethan325US #38
#36Cody303US #43
#37Kyle290US #24
#38Kevin284US #32
#39Timothy278US #49
#40Aaron269US #37
#41Eric236US #39
#42Devin235US #62
#43Jason235US #40
#44Richard233US #56
#45Logan226US #44
#46Nathan224US #34
#47Brian218US #41
#48Adam210US #45
#49Steven208US #46
#50Stephen206US #78
#51Jose197US #33
#52Connor191US #47
#53Jeremy189US #68
#54Jackson183US #100
#55Kenneth178US #87
#56Elijah177US #66
#57Antonio176US #79
#58Evan176US #63
#59Patrick175US #57
#60Jared174US #51
#61Chase173US #67
#62Dalton169US #88
#63Malik169US #138
#64Dakota166US #72
#65Mason164US #83
#66Garrett156US #80
#67Nathaniel156US #60
#68Alex151US #55
#69Marcus151US #96
#70Sean150US #50
#71Darius148US #162
#72Gabriel147US #54
#73Trevor146US #58
#74Jeremiah142US #114
#75Isaiah138US #59
#76Jesse137US #70
#77Chandler135US #173
#78Bradley134US #101
#79Corey133US #115
#80Spencer133US #84
#81Blake131US #85
#82Gregory131US #109
#83Luis131US #53
#84Juan130US #52
#85Tristan127US #92
#86Luke126US #75
#87Jalen125
#88Bryan124US #74
#89Travis122US #98
#90Xavier122US #131
#91Jack121US #61
#92Taylor121US #104
#93Mark120US #64
#94Dustin118US #108
#95Ian118US #73
#96Wesley116US #153
#97Parker112US #142
#98Tanner112US #82
#99Dawson110US #175
#100Cole109US #77

On the move since 1997

Rising

↑26Jada#44
↑23Grace#67
↑22Gabriel#72
↑19Destiny#12
↑19Jackson#54
↑18Mason#65
↑18Jeremiah#74
↑17Mackenzie#68

Falling

↓27Briana#86
↓25Taylor#92
↓24Dustin#94
↓22Heather#83
↓20Kristen#77
↓17Tiffany#57
↓17Lindsey#75
↓17Mark#93

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1997 rankings.