Popular baby names in Georgia, 2005

The most popular baby names in Georgia in 2005 were Emily for girls (857 babies) and William for boys (1,035). William ranked #11 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 111,107 babies born in Georgia in 2005 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Georgia in 2005

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: 191 babies, 16.3× the national rate
Zykeria: 27 babies, 16.2× the national rate
Kinsley: 37 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Taniyah: 34 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Shaniya: 58 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Deasia: 26 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Jamya: 52 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Zaria: 44 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Sanaa: 33 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Chasity: 31 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Roderick: 34 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Demarion: 41 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Demarcus: 31 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Jaquan: 41 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Jaylan: 31 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Chandler: 91 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Walker: 82 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Lawson: 30 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Jamari: 62 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Cedric: 38 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Georgia, 2005

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2004	US rank
1	Emily	857	–	1
2	Madison	761	–	3
3	Emma	611	–	2
4	Hannah	528	–	7
5	Abigail	508	↑2	4
6	Elizabeth	455	–	11
7	Sarah	450	↓2	15
8	Ashley	438	–	10
9	Olivia	435	↑1	5
10	Ava	394	↑23	9
11	Anna	391	↓2	22
12	Taylor	388	–	24
13	Isabella	355	↑3	6
14	Destiny	353	↑8	32
15	Alexis	345	↓4	13
16	Samantha	321	↑9	8
17	Chloe	320	↑4	19
18	Kayla	307	↓5	25
19	Lauren	301	↓1	21
20	Trinity	299	↑19	48
21	Savannah	286	↑8	35
22	Brianna	285	↓5	20
23	Alyssa	284	↓8	16
24	Jasmine	284	↓10	29
25	Makayla	278	↓1	44
26	Sophia	278	↑16	12
27	Jada	263	↑9	76
28	Morgan	261	↑2	33
29	Jessica	257	↓6	27
30	Grace	256	↓3	14
31	Sydney	256	↓12	30
32	Ella	251	↑3	23
33	Victoria	250	↓5	28
34	Natalie	249	–	18
35	Mary	244	↓15	72
36	Caroline	241	↓4	83
37	Hailey	229	–	26
38	Jennifer	227	–	42
39	Katherine	220	↓13	36
40	Mia	214	new	17
41	Rachel	214	↓1	38
42	Haley	202	↓11	53
43	Gabrielle	196	↑4	55
44	Maria	194	–	46
45	Ansley	191	new	>100
46	Kaitlyn	187	↓5	34
47	Kaylee	184	new	40
48	Katelyn	182	new	59
49	Kimberly	180	new	63
50	Lillian	179	–	50

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2004	US rank
1	William	1,035	–	11
2	Joshua	910	–	3
3	Christopher	795	↑1	10
4	Jacob	785	↓1	1
5	Michael	736	–	2
6	James	681	–	17
7	John	613	↑3	18
8	Andrew	591	↓1	6
9	David	591	↑4	12
10	Ethan	590	↓2	5
11	Christian	589	↑5	22
12	Daniel	579	–	7
13	Tyler	562	↑2	16
14	Matthew	558	↓5	4
15	Joseph	505	↓4	9
16	Jonathan	504	↓2	19
17	Brandon	494	↑1	27
18	Nicholas	492	↓1	15
19	Jackson	478	↑7	44
20	Alexander	468	↓1	13
21	Caleb	464	↓1	35
22	Elijah	460	–	31
23	Anthony	447	↑5	8
24	Samuel	442	↓1	21
25	Noah	439	↑9	23
26	Jordan	432	↓5	46
27	Logan	420	↑10	26
28	Cameron	408	↓4	52
29	Robert	403	–	37
30	Benjamin	398	↑1	25
31	Justin	392	↓4	36
32	Jose	391	↑7	30
33	Ryan	391	↓8	14
34	Dylan	385	↓4	24
35	Austin	377	↓3	38
36	Charles	372	–	56
37	Thomas	372	↑5	40
38	Nathan	358	–	20
39	Kevin	357	↓6	33
40	Gabriel	345	–	28
41	Mason	341	↑5	42
42	Zachary	339	↓7	29
43	Landon	334	new	61
44	Hunter	324	↓3	53
45	Jeremiah	307	↑4	78
46	Evan	305	↓3	39
47	Luke	304	↓3	41
48	Jayden	293	new	54
49	Gavin	290	new	47
50	Isaiah	283	↓2	45

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