Popular baby names in Georgia, 1996

The most popular baby names in Georgia in 1996 were Ashley for girls (758 babies) and Christopher for boys (1,101). Ashley ranked #3 nationally for girls. Christopher ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 89,963 babies born in Georgia in 1996 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Georgia in 1996

Names given at least 15 times in Georgia that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Ansley: 120 babies, 25.2× the national rate
Kierra: 73 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Carson: 22 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Destini: 27 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Chasity: 42 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Shakira: 27 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Tamera: 22 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Zaria: 22 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Iesha: 21 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Aliyah: 50 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Quintavious: 28 babies, 26.7× the national rate
Dontavious: 27 babies, 16.8× the national rate
Deanthony: 26 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Marquez: 47 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Jarvis: 45 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Demarcus: 47 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Nigel: 37 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Marquis: 83 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Devonte: 60 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Roderick: 31 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Georgia, 1996

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1995	US rank
1	Ashley	758	↑1	3
2	Hannah	727	↑3	7
3	Taylor	695	↓2	6
4	Jessica	680	↓1	2
5	Emily	666	↓1	1
6	Sarah	621	–	4
7	Alexis	567	↑2	8
8	Brittany	563	↓1	14
9	Madison	543	↑13	15
10	Kayla	533	↓2	11
11	Rachel	453	↑7	9
12	Jasmine	440	↓2	28
13	Elizabeth	431	–	10
14	Morgan	419	↑1	25
15	Amber	410	↓4	27
16	Lauren	398	↑1	16
17	Courtney	394	↓5	21
18	Victoria	393	↓2	18
19	Anna	389	↑6	33
20	Savannah	387	↑6	43
21	Haley	383	↑3	30
22	Megan	380	↓8	12
23	Samantha	342	↓4	5
24	Brianna	341	↓4	17
25	Mary	341	↓2	44
26	Jordan	297	↑6	49
27	Sydney	291	↑1	39
28	Amanda	284	↓7	13
29	Katherine	281	↓2	31
30	Jennifer	268	↑1	19
31	Rebecca	262	↓1	24
32	Chelsea	249	↓3	55
33	Shelby	243	↑10	35
34	Abigail	239	↑10	32
35	Olivia	233	↑3	34
36	Kelsey	229	↑1	36
37	Caroline	225	↑5	78
38	Destiny	223	↓2	56
39	Danielle	216	↑1	29
40	Kaitlyn	211	↓1	40
41	Allison	204	↓8	38
42	Lindsey	203	↑6	86
43	Erin	196	↑3	51
44	Kimberly	195	↓3	41
45	Stephanie	195	↑5	20
46	Tiffany	193	↓11	52
47	Kristen	190	–	70
48	Katie	183	new	81
49	Alexandra	182	–	26
50	Alyssa	182	new	23

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1995	US rank
1	Christopher	1,101	–	4
2	Joshua	1,039	–	5
3	William	1,030	↑1	18
4	Michael	1,007	↓1	1
5	Austin	924	–	9
6	James	835	↑1	17
7	Jacob	828	↑2	3
8	Brandon	818	↓2	8
9	John	807	↑1	15
10	Matthew	793	↓2	2
11	Tyler	712	–	7
12	Andrew	694	–	10
13	Justin	662	–	20
14	Nicholas	641	–	6
15	Robert	630	↑2	23
16	David	620	↑2	13
17	Jonathan	600	↑2	21
18	Joseph	586	↓3	12
19	Zachary	546	↓3	14
20	Daniel	524	–	11
21	Ryan	502	–	16
22	Jordan	415	↑1	27
23	Cody	400	↓1	31
24	Thomas	397	↑1	28
25	Anthony	396	↓1	19
26	Christian	389	↑5	24
27	Alexander	384	↓1	22
28	Charles	372	↓1	43
29	Benjamin	366	↓1	29
30	Samuel	363	↑3	30
31	Timothy	359	↑1	40
32	Hunter	332	↑4	47
33	Aaron	324	↓4	34
34	Dylan	306	↑1	33
35	Cameron	304	↑3	49
36	Kyle	301	↓2	25
37	Eric	294	–	35
38	Kevin	284	↓8	26
39	Malik	272	new	97
40	Caleb	263	↓1	48
41	Steven	250	–	38
42	Brian	219	↑1	36
43	Logan	217	new	42
44	Stephen	214	↑3	59
45	Richard	205	↓3	45
46	Jeremy	204	↓2	56
47	Patrick	202	↓7	44
48	Nathan	199	new	37
49	Adam	197	↓4	39
50	Jason	197	new	41

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