What baby names are unique to Georgia?

Quintavious is the name most distinctive to Georgia, given about 18 times more often there than in the United States as a whole. Myrtice, Montine and Wylene follow.

How is a distinctive name measured?

Each name's share of births in Georgia is compared with its share nationally. The multiplier shown is the conservative low end of that ratio, so a name carried by a handful of births cannot outrank one carried by hundreds.

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Names unique to Georgia

The most distinctive Georgia baby names, 1910–2025

These are the names given far more often in Georgia than anywhere else in the country, across the whole record from 1910 to 2025. Quintavious leads: it is given about 18× more often here than across the United States as a whole.

The multiplier compares each name's share of Georgia births with its share nationally, and reports the conservative low end of that comparison — so a name carried by a handful of births cannot outrank one carried by hundreds.

Across the whole record, 1910–2025

#	Name	Births	vs national
1	Quintavious	445	18×
2	Myrtice	1,831	18×
3	Montine	233	16×
4	Wylene	446	16×
5	Weyman	258	16×
6	Quantavious	241	15×
7	Quintavius	197	15×
8	Hoke	248	15×
9	Montavious	393	14×
10	Dequavious	57	13×
11	Vontressa	10	13×
12	Ulysee	198	13×
13	Jaquavious	313	13×
14	Monteen	101	13×
15	Ansley	4,028	13×
16	Quantavius	111	12×
17	Marquavious	256	12×
18	Kentavious	270	12×
19	Ansleigh	522	12×
20	Dontavious	631	12×
21	Wyolene	30	12×
22	Wynelle	186	11×
23	Remer	46	11×
24	Antavious	190	11×
25	Shanteria	225	11×
26	Quentavious	66	11×
27	Tyquavious	60	10×
28	Dontavius	303	10×
29	Shanterria	80	10×
30	Anslee	386	10×
31	Rodriquez	421	10×
32	Seaborn	138	9×
33	Shaunya	18	9×
34	Zykeria	237	9×
35	Rabun	12	9×
36	Florrie	271	9×
37	Jontavious	118	9×
38	Willene	670	8×
39	Eschol	27	8×
40	Tykeria	156	8×

Right now, in 2025

A different list from the one above, and not a contradiction: these are the names distinctive to Georgia in a single recent year rather than across the whole record.

Name	Births	vs national
Karielle	8	9×
Railynn	8	9×
Wilkes	8	9×
Promyse	11	8×
Choyce	15	8×
Ihsan	7	8×
Jaquez	7	8×
Kyzeir	7	8×
Mahlani	7	8×
Takari	7	8×

Decade by decade

The single most distinctive name of each decade.

Decade	Name	vs national
1910s	Hoke	16×
1920s	Montine	17×
1930s	Hoke	17×
1940s	Myrtice	17×
1950s	Myrtice	17×
1960s	Myrtice	11×
1970s	Rodriquez	11×
1980s	Montavious	18×
1990s	Quintavious	24×
2000s	Ansleigh	15×
2010s	Ansleigh	9×
2020s	Ansley	5×

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. State records begin in 1910. Names given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year are withheld at source. namelegacy.org