Popular baby names in Georgia, 2006
The most popular baby names in Georgia in 2006 were Madison for girls (750 babies) and William for boys (1,015). Madison ranked #3 nationally for girls. William ranked #10 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 116,258 babies born in Georgia in 2006 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.
Names that stood out in Georgia in 2006
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: 153 babies, 13.4× the national rate
- Kamya: 38 babies, 5.2× the national rate
- Jamiya: 28 babies, 5× the national rate
- Makiyah: 27 babies, 4.9× the national rate
- Deasia: 32 babies, 4.7× the national rate
- Akeelah: 52 babies, 4.6× the national rate
- Kinsley: 39 babies, 4.6× the national rate
- Kennedi: 56 babies, 4.2× the national rate
- Jamya: 45 babies, 4.2× the national rate
- Taniya: 46 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Boys
- Jamarcus: 40 babies, 6.4× the national rate
- Jaquan: 45 babies, 4.2× the national rate
- Jamarion: 71 babies, 4× the national rate
- Jaylan: 39 babies, 4× the national rate
- Demarcus: 32 babies, 3.6× the national rate
- Omarion: 32 babies, 3.6× the national rate
- Roderick: 32 babies, 3.6× the national rate
- Coleman: 37 babies, 3.5× the national rate
- Jamari: 64 babies, 3.4× the national rate
- Brooks: 42 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Georgia, 2006
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 2005 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Madison | 750 | ↑1 | 3 |
| 2 | Emily | 677 | ↓1 | 1 |
| 3 | Emma | 643 | – | 2 |
| 4 | Hannah | 522 | – | 8 |
| 5 | Ava | 497 | ↑5 | 5 |
| 6 | Olivia | 463 | ↑3 | 7 |
| 7 | Abigail | 461 | ↓2 | 6 |
| 8 | Ashley | 450 | – | 12 |
| 9 | Isabella | 431 | ↑4 | 4 |
| 10 | Anna | 422 | ↑1 | 22 |
| 11 | Sarah | 419 | ↓4 | 15 |
| 12 | Elizabeth | 410 | ↓6 | 11 |
| 13 | Taylor | 408 | ↓1 | 23 |
| 14 | Alexis | 365 | ↑1 | 14 |
| 15 | Destiny | 354 | ↓1 | 36 |
| 16 | Chloe | 341 | ↑1 | 18 |
| 17 | Makayla | 313 | ↑8 | 45 |
| 18 | Brianna | 304 | ↑4 | 20 |
| 19 | Lauren | 300 | – | 24 |
| 20 | Jasmine | 297 | ↑4 | 29 |
| 21 | Sophia | 296 | ↑5 | 9 |
| 22 | Alyssa | 291 | ↑1 | 19 |
| 23 | Kayla | 291 | ↓5 | 26 |
| 24 | Morgan | 290 | ↑4 | 35 |
| 25 | Samantha | 281 | ↓9 | 10 |
| 26 | Ella | 279 | ↑6 | 21 |
| 27 | Katherine | 275 | ↑12 | 37 |
| 28 | Natalie | 270 | ↑6 | 17 |
| 29 | Sydney | 269 | ↑2 | 34 |
| 30 | Trinity | 264 | ↓10 | 64 |
| 31 | Savannah | 262 | ↓10 | 30 |
| 32 | Addison | 261 | new | 28 |
| 33 | Jada | 259 | ↓6 | 92 |
| 34 | Mary | 244 | ↑1 | 80 |
| 35 | Grace | 240 | ↓5 | 16 |
| 36 | Gabrielle | 236 | ↑7 | 63 |
| 37 | Lily | 234 | new | 33 |
| 38 | Caroline | 230 | ↓2 | 89 |
| 39 | Victoria | 227 | ↓6 | 27 |
| 40 | Jessica | 226 | ↓11 | 32 |
| 41 | Mia | 218 | ↓1 | 13 |
| 42 | Jayla | 207 | new | 99 |
| 43 | Kaitlyn | 205 | ↑3 | 41 |
| 44 | Kimberly | 204 | ↑5 | 58 |
| 45 | Sara | 199 | new | 72 |
| 46 | Hailey | 198 | ↓9 | 25 |
| 47 | Avery | 195 | new | 52 |
| 48 | Haley | 195 | ↓6 | 75 |
| 49 | Jennifer | 195 | ↓11 | 51 |
| 50 | Jordan | 193 | new | 97 |
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 2005 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | William | 1,015 | – | 10 |
| 2 | Joshua | 916 | – | 3 |
| 3 | Christopher | 797 | – | 8 |
| 4 | Jacob | 755 | – | 1 |
| 5 | Michael | 723 | – | 2 |
| 6 | James | 675 | – | 16 |
| 7 | Andrew | 667 | ↑1 | 7 |
| 8 | Matthew | 644 | ↑6 | 5 |
| 9 | Ethan | 629 | ↑1 | 4 |
| 10 | David | 617 | ↓1 | 13 |
| 11 | Daniel | 609 | ↑1 | 6 |
| 12 | John | 606 | ↓5 | 19 |
| 13 | Christian | 579 | ↓2 | 21 |
| 14 | Jonathan | 546 | ↑2 | 22 |
| 15 | Alexander | 538 | ↑5 | 12 |
| 16 | Brandon | 538 | ↑1 | 27 |
| 17 | Joseph | 530 | ↓2 | 11 |
| 18 | Noah | 510 | ↑7 | 15 |
| 19 | Jackson | 504 | – | 35 |
| 20 | Tyler | 500 | ↓7 | 18 |
| 21 | Caleb | 487 | – | 34 |
| 22 | Samuel | 467 | ↑2 | 25 |
| 23 | Elijah | 461 | ↓1 | 29 |
| 24 | Jordan | 452 | ↑2 | 46 |
| 25 | Anthony | 440 | ↓2 | 9 |
| 26 | Nicholas | 440 | ↓8 | 17 |
| 27 | Cameron | 429 | ↑1 | 52 |
| 28 | Landon | 425 | ↑15 | 50 |
| 29 | Kevin | 417 | ↑10 | 37 |
| 30 | Robert | 410 | ↓1 | 47 |
| 31 | Justin | 399 | – | 45 |
| 32 | Logan | 397 | ↓5 | 20 |
| 33 | Ryan | 396 | – | 14 |
| 34 | Nathan | 395 | ↑4 | 23 |
| 35 | Jose | 382 | ↓3 | 30 |
| 36 | Benjamin | 378 | ↓6 | 24 |
| 37 | Thomas | 370 | – | 51 |
| 38 | Jeremiah | 369 | ↑7 | 71 |
| 39 | Charles | 368 | ↓3 | 60 |
| 40 | Gabriel | 362 | – | 28 |
| 41 | Hunter | 356 | ↑3 | 54 |
| 42 | Austin | 348 | ↓7 | 41 |
| 43 | Dylan | 328 | ↓9 | 26 |
| 44 | Isaiah | 324 | ↑6 | 39 |
| 45 | Jayden | 318 | ↑3 | 49 |
| 46 | Jason | 317 | new | 55 |
| 47 | Gavin | 316 | ↑2 | 38 |
| 48 | Luke | 312 | ↓1 | 43 |
| 49 | Aiden | 307 | new | 32 |
| 50 | Mason | 307 | ↓9 | 40 |