NameCensus.

Top first names in Georgia

The 100 most popular first names given to babies born in Georgia since 1910, ranked by total registrations. The sparkline next to each name shows its national popularity trend from 1880 to 2024, so you can see whether a name peaked decades ago or is still climbing. The top 100 names in Georgia account for 3,319,582 total births.

# Name Total in Georgia Trend
1 James 187,824
2 William 138,063
3 John 126,160
4 Mary 126,156
5 Robert 110,960
6 Michael 91,952
7 Charles 79,434
8 David 78,440
9 Willie 78,337
10 Christopher 64,096
11 Thomas 56,178
12 Joseph 53,871
13 Elizabeth 43,198
14 Richard 42,549
15 Betty 40,916
16 Joshua 40,676
17 George 40,183
18 Matthew 37,182
19 Annie 36,015
20 Sarah 35,710
21 Linda 35,693
22 Daniel 34,656
23 Patricia 34,171
24 Jennifer 34,069
25 Barbara 33,358
26 Anthony 32,544
27 Dorothy 32,111
28 Andrew 32,031
29 Kenneth 30,773
30 Henry 30,522
31 Ashley 29,537
32 Larry 29,105
33 Timothy 28,653
34 Jessica 28,329
35 Jonathan 26,973
36 Martha 26,836
37 Samuel 26,727
38 Brandon 26,718
39 Margaret 26,334
40 Jacob 25,476
41 Jason 25,217
42 Emily 25,081
43 Kimberly 24,797
44 Benjamin 24,638
45 Brenda 24,623
46 Emma 24,141
47 Donald 23,932
48 Justin 23,738
49 Edward 23,702
50 Jerry 23,537
51 Angela 23,122
52 Bobby 22,904
53 Amanda 22,737
54 Johnny 22,515
55 Sandra 22,367
56 Charlie 22,185
57 Kevin 21,958
58 Walter 21,746
59 Steven 21,168
60 Mark 20,852
61 Shirley 20,750
62 Paul 20,499
63 Brian 20,489
64 Carolyn 20,465
65 Ronald 20,449
66 Ruby 20,371
67 Jack 20,104
68 Lisa 20,090
69 Frances 19,730
70 Rebecca 19,587
71 Jimmy 19,511
72 Evelyn 19,363
73 Deborah 19,112
74 Cynthia 19,034
75 Gregory 18,910
76 Stephen 18,892
77 Laura 18,811
78 Jordan 18,763
79 Stephanie 18,738
80 Susan 18,610
81 Eric 18,482
82 Anna 18,284
83 Eddie 18,267
84 Nicholas 18,224
85 Billy 18,052
86 Ryan 18,048
87 Donna 17,843
88 Helen 17,829
89 Melissa 17,679
90 Nancy 17,590
91 Taylor 17,459
92 Joe 17,266
93 Katherine 17,164
94 Virginia 17,067
95 Alexander 17,035
96 Sara 16,967
97 Frank 16,707
98 Madison 16,631
99 Terry 16,624
100 Pamela 16,610