Popular baby names in Georgia, 2016
The most popular baby names in Georgia in 2016 were Ava for girls (678 babies) and William for boys (673). Ava ranked #3 nationally for girls. William ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 101,820 babies born in Georgia in 2016 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.
Names that stood out in Georgia in 2016
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: 98 babies, 8.8× the national rate
- Treasure: 30 babies, 4.2× the national rate
- Harmoni: 30 babies, 4.1× the national rate
- Lauryn: 59 babies, 3.7× the national rate
- Sariyah: 29 babies, 3.6× the national rate
- Journee: 94 babies, 3.5× the national rate
- Paris: 106 babies, 3.4× the national rate
- Armani: 42 babies, 3.4× the national rate
- Azaria: 25 babies, 3.4× the national rate
- Charleigh: 56 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Boys
- Braylen: 70 babies, 3.5× the national rate
- Chandler: 63 babies, 3.4× the national rate
- Omari: 51 babies, 3.3× the national rate
- Jamir: 32 babies, 3.3× the national rate
- Jamari: 44 babies, 3.2× the national rate
- Jasiah: 44 babies, 3.2× the national rate
- Messiah: 159 babies, 3.1× the national rate
- Tristen: 37 babies, 3.1× the national rate
- Princeton: 66 babies, 3× the national rate
- Royal: 57 babies, 3× the national rate
Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Georgia, 2016
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 2015 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ava | 678 | – | 3 |
| 2 | Olivia | 546 | – | 2 |
| 3 | Emma | 525 | – | 1 |
| 4 | Isabella | 416 | ↑1 | 5 |
| 5 | Madison | 392 | ↓1 | 15 |
| 6 | Charlotte | 384 | ↑3 | 7 |
| 7 | Sophia | 376 | ↓1 | 4 |
| 8 | Harper | 371 | ↑2 | 11 |
| 9 | Amelia | 360 | ↑4 | 10 |
| 10 | Abigail | 344 | ↓3 | 8 |
| 11 | Elizabeth | 323 | – | 13 |
| 12 | Skylar | 315 | – | 42 |
| 13 | Mia | 306 | ↑1 | 6 |
| 14 | Emily | 296 | ↓6 | 9 |
| 15 | Chloe | 288 | ↑1 | 20 |
| 16 | Evelyn | 265 | ↑5 | 12 |
| 17 | Zoey | 255 | ↑6 | 26 |
| 18 | Avery | 253 | – | 16 |
| 19 | Aubrey | 251 | ↓4 | 25 |
| 20 | Ella | 247 | – | 17 |
| 21 | Brooklyn | 239 | ↑1 | 34 |
| 22 | Zoe | 228 | ↑6 | 35 |
| 23 | Scarlett | 226 | ↑16 | 18 |
| 24 | Paisley | 223 | – | 46 |
| 25 | Layla | 221 | ↓8 | 30 |
| 26 | Sofia | 220 | – | 14 |
| 27 | Riley | 218 | ↑2 | 22 |
| 28 | Addison | 212 | ↓9 | 29 |
| 29 | Lillian | 208 | ↓4 | 28 |
| 30 | Kennedy | 207 | ↑8 | 59 |
| 31 | Taylor | 204 | ↑1 | 89 |
| 32 | Caroline | 203 | ↓5 | 56 |
| 33 | Savannah | 203 | ↑12 | 38 |
| 34 | Lily | 195 | ↑15 | 24 |
| 35 | Aria | 194 | ↑7 | 23 |
| 36 | Anna | 185 | – | 49 |
| 37 | Nevaeh | 181 | ↑7 | 73 |
| 38 | Grace | 180 | ↑9 | 19 |
| 39 | Hannah | 180 | ↓9 | 33 |
| 40 | Autumn | 175 | ↑1 | 65 |
| 41 | Aaliyah | 173 | ↓1 | 53 |
| 42 | Serenity | 171 | new | 70 |
| 43 | Peyton | 166 | ↓6 | 81 |
| 44 | Sarah | 166 | ↓9 | 57 |
| 45 | Kinsley | 165 | new | 86 |
| 46 | Victoria | 165 | ↓15 | 21 |
| 47 | Genesis | 159 | new | 58 |
| 48 | Natalie | 159 | new | 31 |
| 49 | Sadie | 157 | ↓16 | 60 |
| 50 | Naomi | 152 | new | 75 |
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 2015 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | William | 673 | – | 3 |
| 2 | Noah | 633 | – | 1 |
| 3 | Mason | 613 | – | 4 |
| 4 | James | 533 | ↑1 | 5 |
| 5 | Elijah | 520 | ↓1 | 9 |
| 6 | Liam | 477 | ↑6 | 2 |
| 7 | Carter | 463 | ↑2 | 26 |
| 8 | Aiden | 460 | ↓2 | 16 |
| 9 | Michael | 454 | ↑1 | 8 |
| 10 | Ethan | 420 | ↑1 | 10 |
| 11 | Jacob | 413 | ↓4 | 7 |
| 12 | Jackson | 396 | ↓4 | 17 |
| 13 | John | 386 | – | 28 |
| 14 | Alexander | 372 | ↑1 | 11 |
| 15 | Jayden | 364 | ↑7 | 27 |
| 16 | Benjamin | 357 | ↑10 | 6 |
| 17 | Joshua | 352 | – | 35 |
| 18 | Daniel | 349 | ↓2 | 13 |
| 19 | Samuel | 349 | ↑4 | 21 |
| 20 | David | 344 | – | 19 |
| 21 | Luke | 340 | ↑17 | 29 |
| 22 | Caleb | 336 | ↑8 | 44 |
| 23 | Christian | 336 | ↑1 | 46 |
| 24 | Grayson | 332 | ↑8 | 37 |
| 25 | Christopher | 323 | ↓11 | 36 |
| 26 | Gabriel | 323 | ↓5 | 25 |
| 27 | Oliver | 315 | ↑15 | 12 |
| 28 | Logan | 314 | ↓10 | 18 |
| 29 | Wyatt | 313 | ↑4 | 33 |
| 30 | Lucas | 312 | ↑4 | 14 |
| 31 | Josiah | 304 | ↑4 | 55 |
| 32 | Matthew | 299 | ↓13 | 15 |
| 33 | Jeremiah | 285 | ↑4 | 58 |
| 34 | Joseph | 285 | ↓9 | 20 |
| 35 | Dylan | 282 | ↓4 | 32 |
| 36 | Jaxon | 280 | ↑11 | 41 |
| 37 | Andrew | 277 | ↓9 | 34 |
| 38 | Isaiah | 271 | ↑6 | 47 |
| 39 | Levi | 269 | ↑1 | 42 |
| 40 | Henry | 265 | ↑1 | 22 |
| 41 | Isaac | 265 | ↑5 | 31 |
| 42 | Bryson | 264 | new | 94 |
| 43 | Cameron | 258 | ↓16 | 57 |
| 44 | Landon | 255 | ↓15 | 53 |
| 45 | Owen | 250 | new | 24 |
| 46 | Charles | 247 | ↓10 | 52 |
| 47 | Chase | 239 | new | 86 |
| 48 | Thomas | 239 | new | 48 |
| 49 | Brayden | 237 | ↑1 | 64 |
| 50 | Robert | 236 | new | 62 |