Popular baby names in Georgia, 2001

The most popular baby names in Georgia in 2001 were Madison for girls (817 babies) and William for boys (1,120). Madison ranked #2 nationally for girls. William ranked #10 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 103,822 babies born in Georgia in 2001 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Georgia in 2001

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: 158 babies, 18.2× the national rate
Grayson: 27 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Deasia: 32 babies, 5× the national rate
Jakayla: 32 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Tierra: 46 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Janiya: 40 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Jamya: 29 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Chandler: 27 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Shaniya: 33 babies, 4× the national rate
Carson: 36 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Boys

Jaquavious: 28 babies, 19.2× the national rate
Marquez: 33 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Jamari: 42 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Demarcus: 34 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Jaylan: 37 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Coleman: 40 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Chandler: 183 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Roderick: 29 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Willie: 59 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Nigel: 30 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Georgia, 2001

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2000	US rank
1	Madison	817	↑1	2
2	Emily	743	↑1	1
3	Hannah	704	↓2	3
4	Sarah	605	–	6
5	Taylor	554	–	12
6	Alexis	512	–	5
7	Anna	469	↑1	19
8	Elizabeth	459	↑3	9
9	Ashley	441	↓2	4
10	Abigail	438	↑4	8
11	Kayla	438	↓2	17
12	Jessica	425	–	11
13	Lauren	409	↓3	15
14	Destiny	407	↓1	22
15	Olivia	379	↑5	10
16	Emma	363	↑11	13
17	Sydney	344	↑5	23
18	Morgan	339	↓2	29
19	Haley	338	↓4	34
20	Jasmine	334	↓2	25
21	Brianna	331	↓4	18
22	Samantha	326	↑2	7
23	Savannah	326	–	42
24	Victoria	323	↓3	21
25	Mary	315	↓6	48
26	Grace	311	–	16
27	Jennifer	307	↑5	26
28	Alyssa	306	↑3	14
29	Rachel	288	↓4	24
30	Caroline	280	↓2	62
31	Jordan	277	↓1	47
32	Katherine	276	↓3	35
33	Chloe	263	↑7	30
34	Megan	263	↓1	20
35	Kaitlyn	257	–	31
36	Jada	254	↑1	75
37	Makayla	206	↑1	54
38	Sara	204	new	58
39	Trinity	202	↑11	67
40	Amber	199	↓6	51
41	Hailey	199	↑4	33
42	Mackenzie	194	–	40
43	Maria	194	new	41
44	Julia	189	–	27
45	Shelby	186	↑4	68
46	Erin	185	↑2	60
47	Allison	177	↓6	44
48	Natalie	176	↓2	32
49	Rebecca	176	↓6	46
50	Bailey	173	new	69

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2000	US rank
1	William	1,120	–	10
2	Jacob	950	↑1	1
3	Joshua	932	↑2	4
4	Michael	924	–	2
5	Christopher	913	↓3	5
6	Matthew	792	↑1	3
7	John	756	↓1	14
8	Andrew	714	↑2	7
9	James	679	↓1	19
10	Brandon	640	↓1	18
11	Joseph	595	↑3	8
12	Austin	589	↑1	25
13	Justin	584	↓1	22
14	David	573	↑1	12
15	Nicholas	560	↓4	6
16	Tyler	557	–	13
17	Christian	545	↑1	24
18	Daniel	535	↑3	9
19	Cameron	524	–	35
20	Jonathan	524	↓3	23
21	Zachary	493	↓1	16
22	Ethan	491	↑11	17
23	Robert	486	↓1	30
24	Jordan	475	↑1	39
25	Caleb	456	↑9	37
26	Thomas	444	–	33
27	Dylan	436	↑5	21
28	Alexander	432	–	20
29	Samuel	429	↓6	26
30	Anthony	428	–	11
31	Hunter	415	↓4	36
32	Ryan	393	↓3	15
33	Noah	380	↓2	28
34	Logan	370	↑6	29
35	Benjamin	369	↓11	27
36	Kevin	369	–	32
37	Charles	364	↓2	55
38	Jackson	344	↓1	60
39	Jose	318	↓1	34
40	Elijah	297	↑8	45
41	Nathan	292	↑1	31
42	Gabriel	287	new	38
43	Jason	286	↑2	41
44	Eric	270	–	44
45	Aaron	261	↓2	42
46	Isaiah	249	new	43
47	Brian	244	–	46
48	Timothy	244	↓9	67
49	Mason	235	↑1	54
50	Evan	230	new	56

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