Popular baby names in Georgia, 2002

The most popular baby names in Georgia in 2002 were Madison for girls (773 babies) and William for boys (1,113). Madison ranked #2 nationally for girls. William ranked #11 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 104,215 babies born in Georgia in 2002 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Georgia in 2002

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: 171 babies, 17.2× the national rate
Jamya: 39 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Carson: 33 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Shaniya: 37 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Christian: 34 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Taniya: 32 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Janiya: 46 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Chasity: 48 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Dasia: 30 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Jaliyah: 28 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Boys

Jaquez: 40 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Jamarcus: 28 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Marquez: 31 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Jabari: 33 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Demarcus: 32 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Rashad: 37 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Jaylan: 28 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Amari: 54 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Garrison: 30 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Chandler: 145 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Georgia, 2002

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2001	US rank
1	Madison	773	–	2
2	Emily	761	–	1
3	Hannah	657	–	3
4	Alexis	542	↑2	5
5	Sarah	535	↓1	8
6	Abigail	466	↑4	7
7	Elizabeth	461	↑1	11
8	Anna	449	↓1	20
9	Emma	449	↑7	4
10	Taylor	442	↓5	18
11	Ashley	436	↓2	6
12	Lauren	431	↑1	13
13	Kayla	421	↓2	19
14	Olivia	408	↑1	10
15	Jessica	393	↓3	16
16	Brianna	374	↑5	17
17	Morgan	360	↑1	29
18	Mary	348	↑7	49
19	Jasmine	334	↑1	26
20	Destiny	322	↓6	34
21	Sydney	320	↓4	23
22	Victoria	310	↑2	21
23	Haley	306	↓4	35
24	Samantha	306	↓2	9
25	Jordan	300	↑6	45
26	Savannah	296	↓3	39
27	Grace	285	↓1	15
28	Isabella	282	new	14
29	Jennifer	280	↓2	28
30	Alyssa	277	↓2	12
31	Rachel	274	↓2	24
32	Chloe	271	↑1	25
33	Kaitlyn	263	↑2	32
34	Caroline	260	↓4	67
35	Katherine	256	↓3	36
36	Megan	242	↓2	22
37	Jada	235	↓1	78
38	Makayla	231	↓1	50
39	Ashanti	213	new	>100
40	Aaliyah	200	new	64
41	Mackenzie	200	↑1	42
42	Trinity	193	↓3	70
43	Sara	191	↓5	59
44	Natalie	190	↑4	30
45	Stephanie	190	new	41
46	Hailey	183	↓5	31
47	Sophia	182	new	27
48	Maria	177	↓5	40
49	Amber	174	↓9	65
50	Katelyn	174	new	53

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2001	US rank
1	William	1,113	–	11
2	Joshua	964	↑1	3
3	Jacob	924	↓1	1
4	Christopher	844	↑1	8
5	Michael	822	↓1	2
6	James	743	↑3	18
7	Matthew	709	↓1	4
8	John	672	↓1	17
9	Andrew	647	↓1	6
10	Ethan	636	↑12	5
11	David	603	↑3	13
12	Nicholas	590	↑3	9
13	Joseph	581	↓2	7
14	Brandon	574	↓4	20
15	Austin	552	↓3	26
16	Daniel	537	↑2	10
17	Justin	535	↓4	22
18	Cameron	517	↑1	39
19	Jonathan	513	↑1	21
20	Caleb	503	↑5	35
21	Alexander	500	↑7	15
22	Tyler	499	↓6	14
23	Christian	490	↓6	24
24	Robert	485	↓1	34
25	Jordan	460	↓1	37
26	Anthony	446	↑4	12
27	Samuel	440	↑2	25
28	Jackson	434	↑10	50
29	Zachary	430	↓8	19
30	Hunter	417	↑1	38
31	Kevin	414	↑5	33
32	Dylan	412	↓5	23
33	Benjamin	410	↑2	27
34	Thomas	399	↓8	36
35	Ryan	375	↓3	16
36	Elijah	356	↑4	41
37	Jose	350	↑2	30
38	Noah	339	↓5	31
39	Logan	336	↓5	29
40	Gabriel	332	↑2	32
41	Charles	329	↓4	58
42	Nathan	304	↓1	28
43	Jason	282	–	42
44	Mason	265	↑5	53
45	Timothy	260	↑3	70
46	Brian	247	↑1	51
47	Jeremiah	245	new	86
48	Aaron	241	↓3	43
49	Eric	228	↓5	52
50	Juan	223	new	54

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