State roster

Top names in Georgia

The names most likely to appear on 2001 Georgia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 103,822 Georgia births in 2001 across 2,632 distinct names.

Distinctively Georgia

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

#59Ansleyoutside the national top 200
#65Chandleroutside the national top 200
#78Jaylaoutside the national top 200
#89Malik#197 nationally
#80Diamond#167 nationally
#97Wesley#184 nationally
#51Jalen#127 nationally
#55Brittany#115 nationally
#99Gregory#157 nationally
#85Kennedy#138 nationally
#91Summer#142 nationally
#53Aaliyah#96 nationally

Girls

#1Madison817US #2
#2Emily743US #1
#3Hannah704US #3
#4Sarah605US #6
#5Taylor554US #12
#6Alexis512US #5
#7Anna469US #19
#8Elizabeth459US #9
#9Ashley441US #4
#10Abigail438US #8
#11Kayla438US #17
#12Jessica425US #11
#13Lauren409US #15
#14Destiny407US #22
#15Olivia379US #10
#16Emma363US #13
#17Sydney344US #23
#18Morgan339US #29
#19Haley338US #34
#20Jasmine334US #25
#21Brianna331US #18
#22Samantha326US #7
#23Savannah326US #42
#24Victoria323US #21
#25Mary315US #48
#26Grace311US #16
#27Jennifer307US #26
#28Alyssa306US #14
#29Rachel288US #24
#30Caroline280US #62
#31Jordan277US #47
#32Katherine276US #35
#33Chloe263US #30
#34Megan263US #20
#35Kaitlyn257US #31
#36Jada254US #75
#37Makayla206US #54
#38Sara204US #58
#39Trinity202US #67
#40Amber199US #51
#41Hailey199US #33
#42Mackenzie194US #40
#43Maria194US #41
#44Julia189US #27
#45Shelby186US #68
#46Erin185US #60
#47Allison177US #44
#48Natalie176US #32
#49Rebecca176US #46
#50Bailey173US #69
#51Gabrielle169US #50
#52Stephanie169US #43
#53Aaliyah167US #96
#54Katelyn167US #52
#55Brittany166US #115
#56Courtney165US #73
#57Alexandra163US #38
#58Kimberly160US #61
#59Ansley158
#60Sierra158US #55
#61Madeline155US #56
#62Amanda154US #39
#63Autumn153US #72
#64Catherine151US #81
#65Faith150US #53
#66Isabella150US #28
#67Nicole149US #36
#68Katie147US #99
#69Alexandria143US #91
#70Brooke140US #57
#71Breanna137US #94
#72Andrea136US #49
#73Kaylee135US #66
#74Zoe135US #65
#75Angel134US #104
#76Michelle130US #59
#77Lindsey127US #105
#78Jayla125
#79Kathryn123US #97
#80Diamond122US #167
#81Kelsey121US #100
#82Sophia118US #37
#83Caitlin117US #89
#84Christina117US #80
#85Kennedy117US #138
#86Margaret117US #118
#87Laura115US #86
#88Danielle114US #63
#89Leslie114US #84
#90Leah113US #87
#91Summer112US #142
#92Jenna110US #45
#93Mckenzie109US #135
#94Lillian103US #111
#95Molly101US #90
#96Amy99US #114
#97Jacqueline99US #70
#98Audrey98US #112
#99Caitlyn98US #133
#100Madelyn98US #121

Boys

#1William1,120US #10
#2Jacob950US #1
#3Joshua932US #4
#4Michael924US #2
#5Christopher913US #5
#6Matthew792US #3
#7John756US #14
#8Andrew714US #7
#9James679US #19
#10Brandon640US #18
#11Joseph595US #8
#12Austin589US #25
#13Justin584US #22
#14David573US #12
#15Nicholas560US #6
#16Tyler557US #13
#17Christian545US #24
#18Daniel535US #9
#19Cameron524US #35
#20Jonathan524US #23
#21Zachary493US #16
#22Ethan491US #17
#23Robert486US #30
#24Jordan475US #39
#25Caleb456US #37
#26Thomas444US #33
#27Dylan436US #21
#28Alexander432US #20
#29Samuel429US #26
#30Anthony428US #11
#31Hunter415US #36
#32Ryan393US #15
#33Noah380US #28
#34Logan370US #29
#35Benjamin369US #27
#36Kevin369US #32
#37Charles364US #55
#38Jackson344US #60
#39Jose318US #34
#40Elijah297US #45
#41Nathan292US #31
#42Gabriel287US #38
#43Jason286US #41
#44Eric270US #44
#45Aaron261US #42
#46Isaiah249US #43
#47Brian244US #46
#48Timothy244US #67
#49Mason235US #54
#50Evan230US #56
#51Jalen225US #127
#52Luis224US #52
#53Kyle214US #40
#54Patrick210US #72
#55Carlos199US #59
#56Richard199US #73
#57Chase198US #79
#58Connor197US #49
#59Jeremiah195US #90
#60Seth189US #68
#61Juan188US #53
#62Luke188US #50
#63Cody186US #64
#64Steven184US #63
#65Chandler183
#66Jack180US #48
#67Antonio179US #85
#68Sean179US #57
#69Devin177US #71
#70Jared173US #65
#71Nathaniel172US #61
#72Adam170US #51
#73Bryan169US #69
#74Dalton161US #98
#75Gavin161US #78
#76Colby160US #99
#77Xavier160US #94
#78Garrett159US #80
#79Kenneth159US #97
#80Carson158US #95
#81Blake152US #77
#82Alex150US #62
#83Stephen149US #102
#84Ian146US #70
#85Marcus143US #104
#86Bryce142US #92
#87Jesus141US #66
#88Jeremy139US #89
#89Malik138US #197
#90Mark138US #84
#91Isaac134US #47
#92Trevor132US #76
#93Kaleb129US #116
#94Dakota125US #93
#95Cole119US #74
#96Julian119US #82
#97Wesley119US #184
#98Carter118US #111
#99Gregory117US #157
#100Henry116US #120

On the move since 2000

Rising

↑22Luis#52
↑20Isaiah#46
↑19Sara#38
↑19Andrea#72
↑19Jayla#78
↑19Connor#58
↑17Patrick#54
↑17Carlos#55

Falling

↓29Danielle#88
↓22Garrett#78
↓19Brittany#55
↓18Laura#87
↓18Jared#70
↓17Courtney#56
↓15Amanda#62
↓15Adam#72

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2000 rankings.