Popular baby names in Georgia, 2008

The most popular baby names in Georgia in 2008 were Madison for girls (683 babies) and William for boys (914). Madison ranked #6 nationally for girls. William ranked #8 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 114,005 babies born in Georgia in 2008 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Georgia in 2008

Names given at least 15 times in Georgia that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Unknown: 42 babies, 24.3× the national rate
Ansleigh: 28 babies, 17.6× the national rate
Ansley: 136 babies, 11.8× the national rate
Kamari: 38 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Jamiyah: 30 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Makiyah: 29 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Zion: 55 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Kennedi: 64 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Jakayla: 50 babies, 4× the national rate
Azaria: 29 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Boys

Unknown: 44 babies, 20.1× the national rate
Jamarcus: 37 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Demarcus: 40 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Chandler: 73 babies, 4× the national rate
Jabari: 34 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Jamari: 82 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Messiah: 35 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Cason: 46 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Jaylin: 52 babies, 3.3× the national rate
King: 33 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Georgia, 2008

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2007	US rank
1	Madison	683	–	6
2	Emma	582	↑1	1
3	Emily	557	↓1	3
4	Ava	521	–	5
5	Olivia	482	↑4	4
6	Abigail	478	↓1	8
7	Addison	421	↑3	12
8	Elizabeth	416	↓1	9
9	Isabella	410	↓1	2
10	Chloe	405	↑6	10
11	Ashley	381	↑3	18
12	Hannah	372	↓6	17
13	Taylor	366	↑4	22
14	Sarah	361	↓2	20
15	Sophia	361	↓4	7
16	Alyssa	339	↓1	16
17	Makayla	333	↑2	37
18	Alexis	300	–	15
19	Ella	300	↑2	19
20	Anna	289	↓7	26
21	Natalie	280	↑8	13
22	Brianna	265	↑2	23
23	Jada	248	↑3	>100
24	Samantha	246	↑6	11
25	Trinity	244	↑12	70
26	Kayla	241	↓4	28
27	Destiny	234	↓4	47
28	Morgan	232	–	46
29	Lauren	229	↓2	30
30	Lillian	227	↑10	29
31	Caroline	225	↑5	94
32	Lily	217	↑3	24
33	Riley	215	new	39
34	Jasmine	212	↓9	43
35	Layla	211	new	55
36	Sydney	209	↓4	49
37	Katherine	208	↓6	45
38	Victoria	208	↓4	27
39	Kaitlyn	207	↑3	53
40	Kimberly	203	↓2	57
41	Avery	201	↑7	38
42	Mary	201	↑4	96
43	Savannah	201	↓23	33
44	Allison	200	new	32
45	Kaylee	196	↓2	31
46	Gabrielle	190	↓13	79
47	Peyton	181	new	60
48	Hailey	180	↓7	25
49	Mia	179	–	14
50	Aaliyah	178	new	76

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2007	US rank
1	William	914	–	8
2	Christopher	802	↑1	9
3	Joshua	780	↓1	4
4	Michael	697	↑1	2
5	Jacob	682	↓1	1
6	Jayden	654	↑2	11
7	Ethan	635	–	3
8	James	623	↓2	17
9	Elijah	576	↑9	22
10	John	571	↓1	20
11	David	569	↓1	14
12	Alexander	554	↑7	6
13	Christian	545	↓1	23
14	Matthew	532	↑1	10
15	Andrew	528	↓4	12
16	Daniel	516	↓3	5
17	Noah	506	–	15
18	Joseph	498	↑6	13
19	Jackson	495	↓5	32
20	Caleb	489	↑1	34
21	Jonathan	470	↓5	26
22	Brandon	448	↑4	33
23	Samuel	444	↓1	27
24	Anthony	440	↓1	7
25	Aiden	433	↑19	16
26	Jordan	430	↓6	48
27	Tyler	421	↓2	28
28	Cameron	415	↓1	53
29	Landon	401	↑1	45
30	Benjamin	375	↑3	25
31	Gabriel	366	↑5	24
32	Dylan	358	↑3	31
33	Justin	357	↓4	44
34	Kevin	357	↓3	41
35	Gavin	353	↑6	30
36	Robert	353	↑7	49
37	Logan	350	↓5	19
38	Charles	336	↑2	63
39	Jeremiah	331	↑6	68
40	Isaiah	328	↑9	42
41	Ryan	323	↓13	18
42	Nathan	320	↓5	21
43	Nicholas	308	↓9	29
44	Thomas	303	↓6	52
45	Mason	302	↑5	35
46	Luke	296	new	43
47	Hunter	293	new	54
48	Evan	284	new	38
49	Jaden	275	↓3	88
50	Jose	266	↓11	40

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