Popular baby names in Georgia, 1997

The most popular baby names in Georgia in 1997 were Hannah for girls (765 babies) and Christopher for boys (1,080). Hannah ranked #5 nationally for girls. Christopher ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 92,956 babies born in Georgia in 1997 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Georgia in 1997

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: 114 babies, 19.8× the national rate
Ayana: 25 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Carson: 25 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Katlin: 28 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Zaria: 30 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Miracle: 36 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Dasia: 27 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Tamia: 49 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Chasity: 45 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Georgia: 38 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Dontavious: 30 babies, 16.3× the national rate
Jacquez: 27 babies, 8× the national rate
Jamarcus: 30 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Marquez: 37 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Demarcus: 53 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Roderick: 39 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Dexter: 29 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Rashad: 34 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Coleman: 38 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Reginald: 65 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Georgia, 1997

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1996	US rank
1	Hannah	765	↑1	5
2	Emily	733	↑3	1
3	Taylor	731	–	7
4	Sarah	645	↑2	4
5	Ashley	637	↓4	3
6	Jessica	578	↓2	2
7	Alexis	572	–	8
8	Madison	539	↑1	10
9	Kayla	501	↑1	12
10	Brittany	489	↓2	20
11	Elizabeth	474	↑2	9
12	Lauren	440	↑4	14
13	Jasmine	424	↓1	24
14	Amber	416	↑1	29
15	Morgan	416	↓1	22
16	Rachel	415	↓5	13
17	Victoria	385	↑1	19
18	Samantha	382	↑5	6
19	Anna	379	–	33
20	Brianna	377	↑4	17
21	Megan	367	↑1	11
22	Savannah	354	↓2	47
23	Courtney	349	↓6	28
24	Mary	348	↑1	46
25	Haley	340	↓4	31
26	Sydney	334	↑1	35
27	Katherine	293	↑2	32
28	Rebecca	289	↑3	25
29	Jennifer	282	↑1	18
30	Abigail	280	↑4	26
31	Destiny	265	↑7	42
32	Jordan	258	↓6	40
33	Olivia	257	↑2	27
34	Alyssa	248	↑16	15
35	Caroline	247	↑2	75
36	Amanda	245	↓8	16
37	Shelby	217	↓4	43
38	Emma	204	new	36
39	Kaitlyn	203	↑1	41
40	Tiffany	202	↑6	61
41	Allison	196	–	39
42	Danielle	196	↓3	34
43	Brooke	185	new	45
44	Sara	184	new	50
45	Katelyn	177	new	63
46	Breanna	172	new	74
47	Erin	172	↓4	52
48	Stephanie	172	↓3	23
49	Kelsey	171	↓13	57
50	Alexandra	170	↓1	30

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1996	US rank
1	Christopher	1,080	–	4
2	Michael	1,024	↑2	1
3	William	1,002	–	19
4	Joshua	982	↓2	5
5	Jacob	971	↑2	2
6	Austin	937	↓1	9
7	Brandon	877	↑1	8
8	James	860	↓2	17
9	Matthew	846	↑1	3
10	John	736	↓1	15
11	Andrew	697	↑1	7
12	Tyler	683	↓1	10
13	Nicholas	644	↑1	6
14	Justin	639	↓1	20
15	Jonathan	617	↑2	21
16	Joseph	605	↑2	12
17	David	600	↓1	14
18	Zachary	586	↑1	13
19	Robert	554	↓4	23
20	Daniel	513	–	11
21	Jordan	468	↑1	26
22	Christian	450	↑4	25
23	Ryan	437	↓2	16
24	Samuel	430	↑6	27
25	Anthony	416	–	18
26	Benjamin	384	↑3	29
27	Thomas	383	↓3	31
28	Alexander	381	↓1	22
29	Charles	367	↓1	49
30	Dylan	361	↑4	30
31	Cameron	352	↑4	45
32	Cody	349	↓9	36
33	Caleb	328	↑7	47
34	Hunter	323	↓2	44
35	Timothy	322	↓4	43
36	Kyle	310	–	24
37	Aaron	309	↓4	33
38	Kevin	302	–	28
39	Logan	267	↑4	42
40	Noah	256	new	38
41	Steven	238	–	40
42	Devin	235	new	59
43	Eric	229	↓6	35
44	Nathan	220	↑4	34
45	Brian	217	↓3	37
46	Ethan	217	new	46
47	Richard	216	↓2	51
48	Jason	215	↑2	41
49	Patrick	215	↓2	50
50	Malik	213	↓11	>100

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