Popular baby names in Georgia, 2009

The most popular baby names in Georgia in 2009 were Madison for girls (652 babies) and William for boys (895). Madison ranked #7 nationally for girls. William ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 109,745 babies born in Georgia in 2009 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Georgia in 2009

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

Girls

Ansleigh: 26 babies, 17.1× the national rate
Unknown: 39 babies, 16.8× the national rate
Ansley: 133 babies, 10.7× the national rate
Jamiya: 31 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Jakayla: 59 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Zion: 50 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Azaria: 31 babies, 4× the national rate
Kyndall: 28 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Taraji: 33 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Kamari: 29 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Boys

Unknown: 49 babies, 14.4× the national rate
Brantley: 34 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Jamarcus: 32 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Chandler: 76 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Cedric: 38 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Lawson: 42 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Jamari: 76 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Jamal: 41 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Messiah: 37 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Jamarion: 54 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Georgia, 2009

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2008	US rank
1	Madison	652	–	7
2	Isabella	560	↑7	1
3	Emma	527	↓1	2
4	Olivia	491	↑1	3
5	Abigail	481	↑1	8
6	Ava	480	↓2	5
7	Emily	463	↓4	6
8	Chloe	424	↑2	9
9	Elizabeth	414	↓1	11
10	Addison	402	↓3	12
11	Sophia	361	↑4	4
12	Taylor	331	↑1	22
13	Ella	307	↑6	15
14	Sarah	291	–	21
15	Hannah	275	↓3	23
16	Alexis	273	↑2	13
17	Anna	266	↑3	28
18	Makayla	265	↓1	44
19	Ashley	256	↓8	20
20	Lily	248	↑12	18
21	Alyssa	242	↓5	19
22	Kaylee	236	↑23	26
23	Natalie	227	↓2	16
24	Allison	226	↑20	30
25	Lillian	223	↑5	27
26	Brianna	222	↓4	24
27	Samantha	222	↓3	14
28	Trinity	221	↓3	74
29	Mia	220	↑20	10
30	Lauren	214	↓1	46
31	London	211	new	>100
32	Destiny	208	↓5	56
33	Savannah	208	↑10	39
34	Gabrielle	207	↑12	96
35	Avery	206	↑6	32
36	Kayla	201	↓10	35
37	Peyton	199	↑10	42
38	Jada	196	↓15	>100
39	Nevaeh	195	new	34
40	Caroline	194	↓9	87
41	Mary	194	↑1	>100
42	Morgan	193	↓14	57
43	Sydney	193	↓7	48
44	Riley	192	↓11	38
45	Amelia	183	new	55
46	Jasmine	182	↓12	51
47	Brooklyn	179	new	37
48	Hailey	179	–	25
49	Victoria	178	↓11	31
50	Aubrey	176	new	41

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2008	US rank
1	William	895	–	5
2	Christopher	712	–	10
3	Joshua	709	–	6
4	James	649	↑4	18
5	Jayden	641	↑1	8
6	Jacob	638	↓1	1
7	Michael	618	↓3	3
8	Christian	604	↑5	23
9	Ethan	594	↓2	2
10	Noah	581	↑7	9
11	Alexander	562	↑1	4
12	Elijah	535	↓3	21
13	John	524	↓3	26
14	Daniel	522	↑2	7
15	David	521	↓4	14
16	Andrew	491	↓1	16
17	Jackson	487	↑2	27
18	Caleb	477	↑2	31
19	Aiden	474	↑6	12
20	Matthew	473	↓6	13
21	Anthony	446	↑3	11
22	Joseph	430	↓4	15
23	Samuel	418	–	24
24	Benjamin	415	↑6	19
25	Landon	401	↑4	36
26	Tyler	392	↑1	28
27	Jeremiah	391	↑12	65
28	Jordan	389	↓2	45
29	Jonathan	379	↓8	29
30	Gabriel	377	↑1	22
31	Cameron	371	↓3	58
32	Brandon	351	↓10	38
33	Logan	350	↑4	17
34	Ryan	334	↑7	20
35	Nathan	326	↑7	25
36	Isaiah	322	↑4	41
37	Justin	321	↓4	46
38	Gavin	320	↓3	33
39	Mason	320	↑6	34
40	Robert	310	↓4	55
41	Charles	299	↓3	64
42	Dylan	299	↓10	30
43	Brayden	291	new	48
44	Nicholas	288	↓1	32
45	Kevin	284	↓11	44
46	Thomas	280	↓2	57
47	Evan	263	↑1	35
48	Luke	261	↓2	47
49	Hunter	256	↓2	56
50	Angel	237	new	37

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