Popular baby names in Georgia, 2017

The most popular baby names in Georgia in 2017 were Ava for girls (670 babies) and William for boys (688). Ava ranked #3 nationally for girls. William ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 100,815 babies born in Georgia in 2017 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Georgia in 2017

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: 77 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Denver: 29 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Sariyah: 35 babies, 4× the national rate
Kamari: 28 babies, 4× the national rate
Zion: 30 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Malaysia: 65 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Lauryn: 52 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Harmoni: 27 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Justice: 58 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Londyn: 146 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Jamir: 39 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Coleman: 27 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Princeton: 82 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Chandler: 62 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Jamari: 51 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Braylen: 73 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Nasir: 74 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Cason: 56 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Langston: 36 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Prince: 88 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Georgia, 2017

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2016	US rank
1	Ava	670	–	3
2	Olivia	573	–	2
3	Emma	534	–	1
4	Isabella	465	–	4
5	Charlotte	395	↑1	7
6	Madison	366	↓1	17
7	Abigail	360	↑3	10
8	Harper	354	–	11
9	Amelia	353	–	8
10	Elizabeth	343	↑1	13
11	Sophia	330	↓4	5
12	Mia	313	↑1	6
13	Skylar	291	↓1	48
14	Riley	268	↑13	25
15	Evelyn	266	↑1	9
16	Chloe	259	↓1	22
17	Emily	257	↓3	12
18	Zoey	256	↓1	28
19	Ella	245	↑1	16
20	Avery	238	↓2	14
21	Aubrey	237	↓2	31
22	Layla	226	↑3	26
23	Caroline	225	↑9	55
24	Scarlett	219	↓1	18
25	Aria	218	↑10	20
26	Lillian	217	↑3	27
27	Sofia	213	↓1	15
28	Addison	211	–	34
29	Paisley	194	↓5	45
30	Kinsley	193	↑15	59
31	Hannah	191	↑8	32
32	Savannah	191	↑1	38
33	Bella	188	new	50
34	Serenity	187	↑8	78
35	Victoria	187	↑11	19
36	Anna	179	–	53
37	Zoe	178	↓15	41
38	Brooklyn	175	↓17	39
39	Kennedy	175	↓9	58
40	Naomi	175	↑10	69
41	Taylor	170	↓10	>100
42	Aaliyah	169	↓1	57
43	Grace	165	↓5	21
44	Lily	165	↓10	33
45	Eleanor	162	new	36
46	Camila	161	new	23
47	Aubree	156	new	86
48	Khloe	156	new	>100
49	Genesis	150	↓2	56
50	Ellie	148	new	44

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2016	US rank
1	William	688	–	3
2	Noah	618	–	2
3	Mason	546	–	7
4	Elijah	532	↑1	8
5	James	517	↓1	4
6	Liam	513	–	1
7	Aiden	454	↑1	17
8	Logan	415	↑20	5
9	Carter	406	↓2	24
10	Jacob	406	↑1	9
11	Ethan	393	↓1	14
12	Benjamin	385	↑4	6
13	John	379	–	27
14	Jackson	377	↓2	20
15	Michael	374	↓6	12
16	David	355	↑4	22
17	Matthew	347	↑15	16
18	Samuel	344	↑1	21
19	Jayden	343	↓4	26
20	Grayson	340	↑4	34
21	Daniel	337	↓3	15
22	Lucas	337	↑8	11
23	Christian	334	–	52
24	Wyatt	326	↑5	25
25	Josiah	324	↑6	51
26	Luke	312	↓5	30
27	Alexander	308	↓13	13
28	Bryson	307	↑14	86
29	Henry	307	↑11	19
30	Christopher	305	↓5	39
31	Joshua	304	↓14	38
32	Charles	299	↑14	48
33	Oliver	292	↓6	10
34	Joseph	283	–	18
35	Gabriel	270	↓9	31
36	Dylan	258	↓1	29
37	Thomas	256	↑11	49
38	Levi	255	↑1	35
39	Jeremiah	253	↓6	63
40	Sebastian	252	new	23
41	Andrew	251	↓4	40
42	Asher	248	new	59
43	Isaiah	248	↓5	46
44	Caleb	246	↓22	50
45	Isaac	244	↓4	32
46	Cameron	240	↓3	60
47	Hudson	236	new	64
48	Jaxon	232	↓12	43
49	Robert	227	↑1	65
50	Landon	225	↓6	57

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