Popular baby names in Georgia, 1998

The most popular baby names in Georgia in 1998 were Hannah for girls (810 babies) and William for boys (1,146). Hannah ranked #2 nationally for girls. William ranked #14 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 96,123 babies born in Georgia in 1998 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Georgia in 1998

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: 137 babies, 18.8× the national rate
Daisha: 25 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Chandler: 40 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Kierra: 68 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Zaria: 43 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Kaylah: 23 babies, 3.5× the national rate
India: 44 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Amari: 42 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Logan: 86 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Ashleigh: 83 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Marquavious: 31 babies, 19.8× the national rate
Jacquez: 29 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Marquez: 44 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Jarvis: 33 babies, 5× the national rate
Demarcus: 43 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Davis: 65 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Dexter: 26 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Willie: 61 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Clinton: 27 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Jalen: 125 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Georgia, 1998

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1997	US rank
1	Hannah	810	–	2
2	Emily	717	–	1
3	Taylor	717	–	7
4	Madison	694	↑4	9
5	Alexis	682	↑2	6
6	Ashley	625	↓1	5
7	Sarah	617	↓3	4
8	Jessica	521	↓2	8
9	Elizabeth	465	↑2	10
10	Kayla	437	↓1	12
11	Brittany	399	↓1	25
12	Destiny	389	↑19	34
13	Morgan	388	↑2	23
14	Victoria	387	↑3	16
15	Lauren	382	↓3	14
16	Jasmine	371	↓3	26
17	Megan	367	↑4	13
18	Amber	363	↓4	37
19	Anna	363	–	31
20	Sydney	354	↑6	28
21	Mary	351	↑3	44
22	Savannah	345	–	45
23	Brianna	344	↓3	17
24	Abigail	321	↑6	18
25	Samantha	320	↓7	3
26	Rachel	318	↓10	15
27	Jordan	305	↑5	42
28	Courtney	299	↓5	39
29	Haley	297	↓4	36
30	Olivia	289	↑3	21
31	Alyssa	269	↑3	11
32	Emma	268	↑6	22
33	Katherine	261	↓6	33
34	Jennifer	248	↓5	20
35	Kaitlyn	235	↑4	35
36	Amanda	226	–	19
37	Caroline	225	↓2	75
38	Allison	215	↑3	38
39	Shelby	206	↓2	49
40	Rebecca	198	↓12	30
41	Katelyn	195	↑4	58
42	Sara	188	↑2	48
43	Alexandra	186	↑7	27
44	Jada	178	new	>100
45	Autumn	177	new	77
46	Kelsey	175	↑3	56
47	Caitlin	171	new	78
48	Brooke	169	↓5	46
49	Kimberly	168	new	54
50	Sierra	166	new	51

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1997	US rank
1	William	1,146	↑2	14
2	Michael	999	–	1
3	Christopher	994	↓2	5
4	Joshua	986	–	4
5	Jacob	981	–	2
6	Austin	904	–	10
7	Matthew	868	↑2	3
8	James	829	–	18
9	Brandon	767	↓2	7
10	John	710	–	15
11	Andrew	702	–	9
12	Nicholas	637	↑1	6
13	Tyler	636	↓1	8
14	Robert	581	↑5	23
15	Joseph	578	↑1	11
16	Zachary	574	↑2	16
17	Justin	560	↓3	20
18	David	550	↓1	13
19	Jonathan	536	↓4	21
20	Daniel	514	–	12
21	Christian	513	↑1	26
22	Cameron	507	↑9	35
23	Jordan	481	↓2	27
24	Thomas	437	↑3	31
25	Ryan	431	↓2	17
26	Hunter	423	↑8	36
27	Dylan	410	↑3	25
28	Samuel	406	↓4	28
29	Noah	399	↑11	29
30	Benjamin	396	↓4	30
31	Caleb	392	↑2	42
32	Alexander	373	↓4	22
33	Charles	359	↓4	48
34	Anthony	350	↓9	19
35	Ethan	325	↑11	38
36	Cody	303	↓4	43
37	Kyle	290	↓1	24
38	Kevin	284	–	32
39	Timothy	278	↓4	49
40	Aaron	269	↓3	37
41	Eric	236	↑2	39
42	Devin	235	–	62
43	Jason	235	↑5	40
44	Richard	233	↑3	56
45	Logan	226	↓6	44
46	Nathan	224	↓2	34
47	Brian	218	↓2	41
48	Adam	210	new	45
49	Steven	208	↓8	46
50	Stephen	206	new	78

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