Popular baby names in Georgia, 1999

The most popular baby names in Georgia in 1999 were Emily for girls (743 babies) and William for boys (1,179). William ranked #14 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 99,535 babies born in Georgia in 1999 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Georgia in 1999

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: 128 babies, 18.9× the national rate
Chasity: 70 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Zaria: 36 babies, 4× the national rate
India: 66 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Chandler: 37 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Christian: 38 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Dasia: 24 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Carson: 35 babies, 3× the national rate
Charity: 36 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Miracle: 32 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Jaquez: 29 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Marquez: 40 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Jarvis: 32 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Demarcus: 36 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Roderick: 36 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Davis: 70 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Willie: 64 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Walker: 49 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Keshawn: 29 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Jamal: 69 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Georgia, 1999

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1998	US rank
1	Emily	743	↑1	1
2	Hannah	732	↓1	2
3	Taylor	690	–	8
4	Madison	669	–	7
5	Alexis	655	–	3
6	Sarah	616	↑1	4
7	Ashley	519	↓1	6
8	Jessica	485	–	9
9	Elizabeth	476	–	10
10	Kayla	458	–	13
11	Lauren	439	↑4	12
12	Anna	417	↑7	29
13	Destiny	413	↓1	28
14	Jasmine	403	↑2	26
15	Mary	377	↑6	45
16	Savannah	362	↑6	42
17	Morgan	361	↓4	24
18	Brianna	358	↑5	14
19	Abigail	356	↑5	18
20	Victoria	355	↓6	16
21	Sydney	354	↓1	23
22	Samantha	353	↑3	5
23	Brittany	344	↓12	35
24	Rachel	340	↑2	19
25	Haley	339	↑4	31
26	Alyssa	328	↑5	11
27	Emma	314	↑5	17
28	Megan	313	↓11	15
29	Olivia	308	↑1	20
30	Jennifer	289	↑4	21
31	Amber	281	↓13	41
32	Katherine	278	↑1	36
33	Caroline	273	↑4	71
34	Jordan	268	↓7	48
35	Grace	254	new	27
36	Courtney	242	↓8	44
37	Kaitlyn	237	↓2	33
38	Rebecca	226	↑2	38
39	Julia	205	new	30
40	Gabrielle	197	new	46
41	Amanda	185	↓5	22
42	Natalie	183	new	34
43	Alexandra	180	–	32
44	Shelby	180	↓5	62
45	Jada	179	↓1	>100
46	Katelyn	175	↓5	55
47	Maria	175	new	39
48	Allison	173	↓10	40
49	Danielle	173	new	43
50	Erin	169	new	58

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1998	US rank
1	William	1,179	–	14
2	Jacob	1,038	↑3	1
3	Joshua	1,035	↑1	4
4	Michael	989	↓2	2
5	Christopher	962	↓2	6
6	Austin	798	–	13
7	Matthew	787	–	3
8	James	777	–	19
9	John	728	↑1	15
10	Brandon	705	↓1	11
11	Andrew	671	–	7
12	Tyler	648	↑1	10
13	Nicholas	638	↓1	5
14	Justin	628	↑3	20
15	Joseph	625	–	8
16	David	598	↑2	16
17	Cameron	569	↑5	33
18	Jonathan	563	↑1	22
19	Robert	549	↓5	26
20	Daniel	548	–	9
21	Zachary	544	↓5	17
22	Jordan	497	↑1	30
23	Noah	497	↑6	24
24	Christian	489	↓3	25
25	Hunter	460	↑1	36
26	Ryan	447	↓1	12
27	Benjamin	427	↑3	29
28	Samuel	410	–	27
29	Alexander	407	↑3	21
30	Anthony	400	↑4	18
31	Caleb	398	–	41
32	Thomas	398	↓8	31
33	Dylan	397	↓6	23
34	Charles	355	↓1	50
35	Kevin	327	↑3	34
36	Ethan	320	↓1	37
37	Kyle	275	–	28
38	Aaron	271	↑2	38
39	Timothy	270	–	49
40	Jackson	269	new	83
41	Cody	261	↓5	45
42	Nathan	261	↑4	32
43	Logan	260	↑2	42
44	Jason	256	↓1	40
45	Eric	255	↓4	39
46	Jose	235	new	35
47	Brian	220	–	43
48	Devin	217	↓6	68
49	Jared	213	new	54
50	Patrick	213	new	63

← Georgia 1998 Georgia: all years · US 1999 Georgia 2000 →