Popular baby names in Georgia, 2000

The most popular baby names in Georgia in 2000 were Hannah for girls (797 babies) and William for boys (1,107). Hannah ranked #2 nationally for girls. William ranked #11 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 103,459 babies born in Georgia in 2000 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Georgia in 2000

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: 151 babies, 19× the national rate
Jamya: 27 babies, 5× the national rate
Chandler: 36 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Miracle: 49 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Zaria: 53 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Amari: 48 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Chyna: 44 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Tamia: 57 babies, 3.2× the national rate
India: 60 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Jayla: 99 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Jamari: 33 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Dexter: 30 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Demarcus: 39 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Jaylan: 33 babies, 4× the national rate
Jamal: 78 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Davis: 68 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Jaylon: 53 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Roderick: 29 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Kendall: 66 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Jaylin: 46 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Georgia, 2000

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1999	US rank
1	Hannah	797	↑1	2
2	Madison	785	↑2	3
3	Emily	707	↓2	1
4	Sarah	628	↑2	5
5	Taylor	595	↓2	10
6	Alexis	556	↓1	6
7	Ashley	545	–	4
8	Anna	492	↑4	22
9	Kayla	469	↑1	13
10	Lauren	464	↑1	11
11	Elizabeth	455	↓2	9
12	Jessica	454	↓4	8
13	Destiny	417	–	24
14	Abigail	413	↑5	14
15	Haley	392	↑10	28
16	Morgan	380	↑1	25
17	Brianna	376	↑1	15
18	Jasmine	368	↓4	27
19	Mary	364	↓4	46
20	Olivia	363	↑9	16
21	Victoria	356	↓1	20
22	Sydney	350	↓1	23
23	Savannah	342	↓7	37
24	Samantha	335	↓2	7
25	Rachel	317	↓1	21
26	Grace	307	↑9	19
27	Emma	300	–	17
28	Caroline	298	↑5	65
29	Katherine	296	↑3	33
30	Jordan	293	↑4	50
31	Alyssa	285	↓5	12
32	Jennifer	282	↓2	26
33	Megan	271	↓5	18
34	Amber	254	↓3	47
35	Kaitlyn	249	↑2	30
36	Brittany	247	↓13	60
37	Jada	236	↑8	84
38	Makayla	227	new	67
39	Courtney	226	↓3	59
40	Chloe	211	new	38
41	Allison	209	↑7	44
42	Mackenzie	205	new	43
43	Rebecca	202	↓5	39
44	Julia	198	↓5	29
45	Hailey	193	new	35
46	Natalie	190	↓4	34
47	Amanda	185	↓6	32
48	Erin	179	↑2	61
49	Shelby	178	↓5	70
50	Trinity	172	new	74

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1999	US rank
1	William	1,107	–	11
2	Christopher	1,002	↑3	5
3	Jacob	990	↓1	1
4	Michael	925	–	2
5	Joshua	905	↓2	4
6	John	805	↑3	14
7	Matthew	799	–	3
8	James	776	–	18
9	Brandon	714	↑1	12
10	Andrew	651	↑1	7
11	Nicholas	643	↑2	6
12	Justin	631	↑2	19
13	Austin	621	↓7	23
14	Joseph	621	↑1	8
15	David	608	↑1	16
16	Tyler	605	↓4	10
17	Jonathan	558	↑1	21
18	Christian	557	↑6	22
19	Cameron	545	↓2	31
20	Zachary	536	↑1	15
21	Daniel	525	↓1	9
22	Robert	512	↓3	29
23	Samuel	466	↑5	28
24	Benjamin	460	↑3	26
25	Jordan	459	↓3	36
26	Thomas	454	↑6	33
27	Hunter	446	↓2	35
28	Alexander	436	↑1	20
29	Ryan	428	↓3	13
30	Anthony	422	–	17
31	Noah	418	↓8	27
32	Dylan	412	↑1	24
33	Ethan	406	↑3	25
34	Caleb	394	↓3	38
35	Charles	372	↓1	51
36	Kevin	362	↓1	32
37	Jackson	338	↑3	72
38	Jose	287	↑8	34
39	Timothy	285	–	58
40	Logan	283	↑3	40
41	Jalen	275	new	>100
42	Nathan	269	–	30
43	Aaron	266	↓5	41
44	Eric	264	↑1	42
45	Jason	243	↓1	39
46	Kyle	243	↓9	37
47	Brian	241	–	43
48	Elijah	235	new	52
49	Cody	221	↓8	60
50	Mason	221	new	64

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