Popular baby names in Georgia, 2012

The most popular baby names in Georgia in 2012 were Emma for girls (618 babies) and William for boys (779). Emma ranked #2 nationally for girls. William ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 101,323 babies born in Georgia in 2012 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Georgia in 2012

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: 33 babies, 18.3× the national rate
Ansley: 105 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Jamiya: 25 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Ashanti: 29 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Harmoni: 26 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Kennedi: 76 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Kamille: 28 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Zion: 42 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Kamiyah: 25 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Kamari: 27 babies, 4.3× the national rate

Boys

Unknown: 30 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Jamir: 36 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Coleman: 29 babies, 4× the national rate
Jamari: 76 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Chandler: 66 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Omari: 36 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Mekhi: 51 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Kamari: 40 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Jamal: 32 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Kymani: 29 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Georgia, 2012

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2011	US rank
1	Emma	618	↑1	2
2	Ava	548	↑3	5
3	Isabella	503	↓2	3
4	Madison	493	↓1	9
5	Olivia	493	↓1	4
6	Sophia	449	↑1	1
7	Emily	397	↑2	6
8	Abigail	380	↓2	7
9	Chloe	368	↓1	11
10	Elizabeth	347	–	10
11	Addison	329	–	14
12	Ella	294	–	12
13	Aubrey	292	↑3	15
14	Taylor	283	↓1	46
15	Hannah	265	↑6	22
16	London	251	↑2	94
17	Harper	242	new	24
18	Khloe	240	↑12	55
19	Layla	236	↓2	31
20	Zoey	236	↑7	20
21	Anna	228	↓6	34
22	Brooklyn	228	↓3	29
23	Amelia	226	↑19	23
24	Aaliyah	223	↑4	36
25	Lillian	221	↑8	25
26	Skylar	218	new	87
27	Sarah	213	↓3	42
28	Lily	211	↓14	16
29	Mia	210	↓6	8
30	Charlotte	205	↑11	19
31	Avery	204	–	13
32	Sofia	199	new	18
33	Zoe	199	↓13	30
34	Natalie	193	↑4	17
35	Nevaeh	193	↓3	39
36	Caroline	192	–	80
37	Savannah	191	↓3	43
38	Allison	186	new	38
39	Aubree	184	new	60
40	Makayla	184	↓18	70
41	Peyton	183	↑5	53
42	Victoria	182	↓7	28
43	Kaylee	179	↓17	35
44	Evelyn	172	↓5	27
45	Serenity	172	new	58
46	Alyssa	170	↓17	44
47	Riley	170	↓7	47
48	Samantha	166	new	26
49	Kennedy	164	↓6	84
50	Katherine	163	new	64

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2011	US rank
1	William	779	–	5
2	Mason	589	↑1	2
3	Jacob	561	↑2	1
4	Michael	538	↑3	7
5	Joshua	532	↓1	17
6	Jayden	531	–	8
7	Ethan	529	↑4	3
8	Elijah	527	–	13
9	Noah	525	↑4	4
10	Aiden	503	–	10
11	James	496	↓2	14
12	Jackson	474	–	21
13	Christopher	464	↓11	23
14	John	439	↑3	28
15	Christian	438	–	33
16	Caleb	420	–	32
17	David	417	↑1	20
18	Daniel	404	↑1	11
19	Alexander	402	↓5	9
20	Matthew	391	↑7	12
21	Andrew	384	↓1	18
22	Jeremiah	380	↑1	52
23	Landon	374	↑1	35
24	Liam	373	↑16	6
25	Samuel	372	↑10	25
26	Joseph	353	–	19
27	Jordan	349	↑2	48
28	Cameron	340	↓7	54
29	Anthony	336	↓4	15
30	Gabriel	330	↓8	24
31	Brayden	328	↓1	39
32	Benjamin	327	–	16
33	Dylan	312	↑8	31
34	Logan	312	↓6	22
35	Luke	300	↑3	37
36	Jonathan	288	↓5	34
37	Carter	286	↑8	36
38	Charles	286	↓1	62
39	Levi	285	new	55
40	Robert	283	↓6	60
41	Bryson	277	↑2	94
42	Tyler	274	–	50
43	Ryan	272	↓4	26
44	Eli	271	new	43
45	Isaiah	271	↓12	42
46	Ayden	266	↓2	68
47	Nathan	260	–	29
48	Lucas	257	↓2	27
49	Hunter	256	new	45
50	Brandon	249	↓14	56

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