State roster

Top names in Georgia

The names most likely to appear on 1962 Georgia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 90,569 Georgia births in 1962 across 1,290 distinct names.

Distinctively Georgia

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Georgia more than they say America.

#68Annieoutside the national top 200
#61Shelia#173 nationally
#90Cassandraoutside the national top 200
#93Sonyaoutside the national top 200
#93Charlieoutside the national top 200
#65Glenda#166 nationally
#71Gwendolyn#161 nationally
#97Tonya#174 nationally
#98Vanessa#175 nationally
#54Phyllis#129 nationally
#15Willie#89 nationally
#98Rickey#169 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,020US #2
#2Lisa952US #1
#3Cynthia819US #8
#4Donna771US #7
#5Linda756US #5
#6Angela722US #36
#7Patricia691US #6
#8Sandra688US #10
#9Brenda686US #12
#10Teresa675US #18
#11Deborah661US #9
#12Pamela642US #13
#13Sharon635US #17
#14Susan617US #3
#15Karen594US #4
#16Barbara518US #14
#17Tammy493US #23
#18Debra469US #15
#19Kathy426US #27
#20Janice412US #58
#21Wanda391US #77
#22Elizabeth385US #20
#23Tina357US #33
#24Kimberly348US #16
#25Rhonda347US #45
#26Sherry346US #48
#27Connie338US #51
#28Debbie338US #32
#29Cheryl333US #24
#30Robin332US #25
#31Cindy325US #34
#32Janet310US #35
#33Sheila300US #52
#34Nancy298US #19
#35Carolyn297US #46
#36Jennifer289US #41
#37Beverly285US #69
#38Laura273US #21
#39Carol267US #28
#40Gloria257US #90
#41Shirley256US #96
#42Betty241US #97
#43Jacqueline236US #44
#44Judy234US #63
#45Vickie231US #107
#46Terri230US #54
#47Cathy227US #62
#48Lori213US #11
#49Martha212US #87
#50Julie209US #22
#51Melissa209US #68
#52Kim206US #37
#53Melanie203US #106
#54Phyllis194US #129
#55Rebecca191US #47
#56Margaret190US #43
#57Tracy188US #55
#58Denise180US #30
#59Regina179US #91
#60Joyce165US #74
#61Shelia165US #173
#62Carla164US #78
#63Catherine163US #53
#64Dorothy163US #111
#65Glenda162US #166
#66Michelle162US #31
#67Valerie162US #67
#68Annie159
#69Anita156US #81
#70Diane155US #26
#71Gwendolyn154US #161
#72Sarah154US #98
#73Stephanie151US #70
#74Penny146US #92
#75Sherri146US #82
#76Virginia146US #105
#77Bonnie144US #79
#78Melinda140US #118
#79Paula139US #60
#80Vicki137US #85
#81Kelly135US #38
#82Peggy134US #93
#83Annette133US #75
#84Jackie131US #126
#85Laurie130US #42
#86Sylvia130US #131
#87Charlotte128US #154
#88Marilyn124US #127
#89Theresa124US #40
#90Cassandra123
#91Belinda122US #149
#92Gina121US #102
#93Sonya119
#94Amy117US #61
#95Lynn115US #71
#96Darlene110US #88
#97Tonya110US #174
#98Vanessa105US #175
#99Frances104US #143
#100Katherine104US #84

Boys

#1James1,989US #4
#2Michael1,620US #1
#3David1,489US #2
#4John1,365US #3
#5Robert1,344US #5
#6William1,317US #7
#7Charles963US #15
#8Kenneth794US #18
#9Mark790US #6
#10Gregory685US #21
#11Richard666US #8
#12Timothy648US #16
#13Anthony623US #24
#14Thomas579US #9
#15Willie567US #89
#16Gary510US #22
#17Joseph500US #13
#18Tony499US #52
#19Jeffrey492US #10
#20Terry475US #34
#21Ricky462US #50
#22Donald438US #23
#23Jerry423US #38
#24Johnny411US #69
#25Jeffery409US #45
#26Steven400US #12
#27Larry395US #31
#28Christopher371US #26
#29Bobby361US #78
#30Ronald354US #25
#31George350US #32
#32Randy350US #35
#33Jimmy322US #75
#34Scott304US #11
#35Paul290US #19
#36Stephen283US #28
#37Billy277US #71
#38Danny274US #54
#39Edward270US #29
#40Keith269US #36
#41Daniel258US #17
#42Douglas258US #27
#43Dennis239US #37
#44Eddie237US #105
#45Tommy235US #109
#46Ronnie229US #100
#47Stanley227US #106
#48Steve225US #46
#49Kevin224US #14
#50Henry222US #92
#51Walter222US #79
#52Jeff219US #44
#53Mike218US #39
#54Barry217US #61
#55Roger203US #47
#56Phillip201US #68
#57Curtis200US #73
#58Brian194US #20
#59Randall191US #64
#60Eric190US #33
#61Carl186US #58
#62Bruce185US #41
#63Joe184US #59
#64Darryl176US #83
#65Alan175US #53
#66Harold175US #95
#67Reginald168US #133
#68Wayne166US #63
#69Russell164US #57
#70Samuel163US #88
#71Glenn162US #55
#72Melvin162US #137
#73Raymond162US #48
#74Chris161US #60
#75Marvin159US #118
#76Greg157US #77
#77Arthur153US #91
#78Calvin153US #144
#79Andrew152US #49
#80Frank151US #42
#81Micheal151US #104
#82Rodney147US #76
#83Roy144US #90
#84Gerald142US #65
#85Jerome137US #131
#86Tracy132US #111
#87Allen131US #93
#88Tim131US #72
#89Darrell128US #102
#90Victor128US #96
#91Jack121US #99
#92Vincent120US #66
#93Charlie119
#94Frederick117US #116
#95Benjamin114US #140
#96Troy111US #67
#97Joel108US #113
#98Rickey107US #169
#99Patrick106US #40
#100Ralph106US #97

On the move since 1961

Rising

↑21Tracy#57
↑21Penny#74
↑21Scott#34
↑21Arthur#77
↑16Michelle#66
↑15Melissa#51
↑15Glenn#71
↑14Tina#23

Falling

↓27Calvin#78
↓20Frances#99
↓19Dorothy#64
↓19Darlene#96
↓17Theresa#89
↓15Carol#39
↓15Jackie#84
↓13Darrell#89

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1961 rankings.