The most common names of people born in Georgia

Social Security has recorded about 9.4 million births in Georgia since 1910 under names it lists. By our estimate, about 6.9 million of those people are alive today, and their average age is 38. The most common names among them are Mary for women and James for men.

These are the names of people born in Georgia, wherever they live now. Social Security records state of birth, not where people live, so people who moved to Georgia from elsewhere aren't counted here, and people born here who moved away are.

Women and girls born in Georgia

Most common names of living women born in Georgia
#	Name	Alive today	Average age
1	Mary	54,000	63
2	Jennifer	32,000	45
3	Elizabeth	30,000	41
4	Ashley	28,000	34
5	Jessica	27,000	37
6	Linda	26,000	70
7	Patricia	24,000	68
8	Sarah	24,000	40
9	Kimberly	23,000	46
10	Emily	23,000	29
11	Amanda	21,000	42
12	Angela	21,000	53
13	Barbara	20,000	72
14	Brenda	19,000	68
15	Lisa	18,000	56
16	Stephanie	18,000	44
17	Emma	17,000	25
18	Sandra	17,000	67
19	Betty	17,000	77
20	Melissa	17,000	47
21	Madison	16,000	20
22	Cynthia	16,000	60
23	Rebecca	16,000	48
24	Olivia	16,000	18
25	Deborah	16,000	66
26	Hannah	16,000	25
27	Susan	15,000	63
28	Brittany	15,000	34
29	Donna	15,000	64
30	Amy	14,000	45

Men and boys born in Georgia

Most common names of living men born in Georgia
#	Name	Alive today	Average age
1	James	96,000	53
2	William	80,000	46
3	Michael	78,000	46
4	John	68,000	50
5	Robert	61,000	53
6	Christopher	59,000	38
7	David	59,000	48
8	Charles	45,000	53
9	Joshua	39,000	31
10	Joseph	37,000	42
11	Matthew	35,000	33
12	Thomas	34,000	48
13	Daniel	30,000	36
14	Anthony	29,000	41
15	Richard	28,000	54
16	Andrew	27,000	33
17	Brandon	26,000	32
18	Jonathan	25,000	34
19	Timothy	25,000	46
20	Jacob	24,000	25
21	Jason	23,000	40
22	Justin	23,000	32
23	Kenneth	23,000	53
24	Willie	21,000	68
25	Benjamin	20,000	32
26	Kevin	20,000	39
27	Samuel	20,000	34
28	Brian	19,000	42
29	Larry	19,000	63
30	Steven	18,000	46

Average ages here are for people with the name born in Georgia, not the national average.

Names more common in Georgia than nationally

Among living people born in Georgia, these names make up a bigger share than they do nationwide. Ansley is 13.2× as common among people born here as among all Americans.

Names more common among people born in Georgia than nationally
#	Name	Vs. national	Alive today	Average age
1	Ansley	13.2×	4,000	22
2	Willie	4.8×	24,000	68
3	Mattie	4.4×	3,300	67
4	Annie	3.6×	9,800	69
5	Chandler	3.2×	3,700	22
6	Cedric	3.1×	2,900	42
7	Lillie	3.1×	3,200	64
8	Freddie	3.0×	3,200	66
9	Johnnie	2.9×	4,100	71
10	Kelvin	2.8×	3,300	43
11	Charlie	2.8×	8,200	50
12	Bobby	2.7×	12,000	62
13	Jaylen	2.7×	3,100	17
14	Eddie	2.7×	8,200	63
15	Zion	2.7×	3,600	13

The newest Georgia babies

The most popular names for babies born in Georgia in 2025, with the average age of everyone in the US who has each name.

Girls

Top girl names of 2025 in Georgia
#	Name	Born 2025	Avg. age, US
1	Amelia	450	16
2	Charlotte	438	30
3	Olivia	418	18
4	Emma	397	20
5	Isabella	342	15
6	Sophia	310	16
7	Ava	301	14
8	Evelyn	296	34
9	Mia	296	15
10	Elizabeth	291	44

Boys

Top boy names of 2025 in Georgia
#	Name	Born 2025	Avg. age, US
1	Liam	661	11
2	Noah	653	16
3	William	475	51
4	Elijah	473	16
5	James	451	54
6	Oliver	432	13
7	Henry	385	34
8	John	369	55
9	Theodore	315	29
10	Asher	306	9

About these numbers

Social Security publishes names by state of birth for births from 1910 on, listing a name only when at least five babies of the same sex got it in the state that year, so rare names are missing. We estimate how many of those babies are alive with SSA's national cohort life tables (there are no state tables), and count a name as a girls' or boys' name by which sex has more living people born here. “Vs. national” compares the name's share of living people born in Georgia with its share of all living Americans in the national records. How we calculate this