Most Popular Baby Names In Georgia For 2018

In Georgia, the top baby names for boys and girls born in 2018 were William and Ava. Across the United States, the most popular names for babies in 2018 were Liam and Emma.

The name Emma is enjoying its fifth year as Americans’ favorite name for girls, while Liam has been a preferred name for boys for the second year in a row. When Liam made it to the top of the list in 2017, it overtook Noah, which had been the No. 1 name for boys since 2013.

These are Georgia's top 10 baby names for boys in 2018:

1. William
2. Noah
3. Liam
4. Elijah
5. James
6. Mason
7. Carter
8. Logan
9. John
10. Aiden

Here are Georgia's top 10 baby names for girls in 2018:

1. Ava
2. Olivia
3. Emma
4. Amelia
5. Isabella
6. Charlotte
7. Harper
8. Sophia
9. Elizabeth
10. Abigail

The Social Security Administration began compiling the list in 1997, with names dating back to 1880.

While Abigail remains on Georgia's list of top baby names, the agency reported that it dropped out of the top 10 in the United States in 2000.

Nationally, these were the top 10 baby names for boys in 2018:

1. Liam
2. Noah
3. William
4. James
5. Oliver
6. Benjamin
7. Elijah
8. Lucas
9. Mason
10. Logan

For girls, these were the top 10 baby names in 2018 across the nation:

1. Emma
2. Olivia
3. Ava
4. Isabella
5. Sophia
6. Charlotte
7. Mia
8. Amelia
9. Harper
10. Evelyn

Popular culture influences baby names, according to the Social Security Administration.

In 2018, as Meghan Markle married Prince Harry and became the Duchess of Sussex, Meghan was the fastest rising girls' name of the year.

The agency is already anticipating what will happen with the name Archie — given the couple's newborn son by that name — in 2019. Archie already had a gain in popularity in 2018, making it to the top 1,000 for the first time since 1988.

You can read more about the top baby names here.

— By Feroze Dhanoa and Elizabeth Janney