State roster

Top names in Georgia

The names most likely to appear on 1963 Georgia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 90,589 Georgia births in 1963 across 1,322 distinct names.

Distinctively Georgia

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

#83Annieoutside the national top 200
#88Charlieoutside the national top 200
#80Glenda#187 nationally
#82Vanessa#188 nationally
#98Cassandraoutside the national top 200
#86Shelia#185 nationally
#97Sonya#194 nationally
#75Gwendolyn#171 nationally
#90Tammie#172 nationally
#93Rickey#175 nationally
#53Phyllis#131 nationally
#16Willie#93 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa1,258US #1
#2Mary897US #2
#3Donna890US #6
#4Tammy805US #12
#5Cynthia780US #10
#6Angela744US #30
#7Teresa738US #18
#8Linda689US #5
#9Susan656US #3
#10Pamela639US #14
#11Karen626US #4
#12Patricia604US #7
#13Brenda588US #15
#14Sandra587US #9
#15Deborah571US #13
#16Sharon546US #19
#17Debra450US #21
#18Barbara447US #17
#19Kimberly371US #11
#20Sherry366US #49
#21Wanda361US #76
#22Elizabeth355US #20
#23Tina351US #35
#24Kathy350US #34
#25Robin349US #25
#26Laura343US #16
#27Rhonda335US #45
#28Connie332US #55
#29Janet327US #40
#30Lori321US #8
#31Sheila314US #50
#32Janice305US #63
#33Cheryl304US #24
#34Cindy304US #37
#35Jennifer295US #36
#36Carolyn289US #56
#37Carol282US #33
#38Nancy265US #23
#39Tracy254US #48
#40Debbie247US #41
#41Jacqueline241US #51
#42Beverly238US #81
#43Julie231US #22
#44Melissa230US #61
#45Cathy222US #67
#46Terri217US #58
#47Rebecca216US #44
#48Betty215US #104
#49Paula211US #42
#50Shirley206US #99
#51Kim205US #39
#52Judy195US #70
#53Phyllis193US #131
#54Regina193US #92
#55Gloria192US #96
#56Margaret190US #46
#57Melanie190US #101
#58Stephanie190US #64
#59Anita182US #77
#60Michelle182US #26
#61Denise179US #27
#62Dorothy175US #116
#63Valerie167US #69
#64Kelly162US #32
#65Martha161US #90
#66Vickie161US #120
#67Joyce158US #84
#68Sarah152US #94
#69Theresa147US #38
#70Diane145US #31
#71Catherine140US #53
#72Darlene138US #85
#73Penny137US #86
#74Andrea133US #89
#75Gwendolyn133US #171
#76Sherri132US #78
#77Carla130US #82
#78Virginia130US #103
#79Dana128US #88
#80Glenda128US #187
#81Gina125US #79
#82Vanessa125US #188
#83Annie124
#84Annette123US #71
#85Leslie123US #72
#86Shelia123US #185
#87Marilyn121US #125
#88Amy120US #54
#89Melinda119US #121
#90Tammie118US #172
#91Katherine117US #87
#92Bonnie116US #83
#93Sylvia115US #128
#94Peggy114US #106
#95Tonya114US #167
#96Belinda109US #150
#97Sonya109US #194
#98Cassandra108
#99Helen106US #124
#100Christine105US #29

Boys

#1James1,982US #4
#2Michael1,582US #1
#3David1,514US #3
#4John1,481US #2
#5Robert1,389US #5
#6William1,259US #7
#7Charles935US #16
#8Richard803US #8
#9Mark787US #6
#10Kenneth778US #18
#11Timothy700US #15
#12Gregory667US #21
#13Anthony635US #22
#14Thomas609US #9
#15Jeffrey516US #10
#16Willie491US #93
#17Terry487US #32
#18Joseph473US #13
#19Donald450US #25
#20Ricky444US #47
#21Tony442US #52
#22Ronald409US #23
#23Johnny403US #71
#24Gary393US #24
#25Larry380US #36
#26Christopher375US #26
#27Jeffery363US #46
#28Steven353US #14
#29George346US #34
#30Jerry341US #38
#31Randy322US #37
#32Scott313US #12
#33Jimmy310US #78
#34Bobby307US #75
#35Paul294US #17
#36Keith288US #33
#37Stephen279US #29
#38Kevin277US #11
#39Danny276US #55
#40Tommy270US #107
#41Edward251US #27
#42Daniel246US #19
#43Billy244US #74
#44Eddie239US #109
#45Steve238US #49
#46Eric233US #31
#47Brian227US #20
#48Barry226US #67
#49Carl225US #54
#50Douglas224US #28
#51Dennis221US #39
#52Jeff221US #48
#53Bruce218US #43
#54Joe218US #58
#55Ronnie212US #101
#56Stanley212US #105
#57Randall208US #65
#58Walter207US #77
#59Darrell203US #95
#60Curtis199US #72
#61Phillip199US #70
#62Roger197US #53
#63Reginald196US #132
#64Darryl189US #80
#65Samuel186US #87
#66Frank178US #41
#67Henry178US #94
#68Roy174US #89
#69Mike168US #44
#70Patrick168US #35
#71Raymond168US #45
#72Andrew162US #42
#73Alan161US #56
#74Russell160US #57
#75Harold159US #96
#76Marvin154US #120
#77Calvin152US #140
#78Rodney152US #76
#79Victor152US #97
#80Todd151US #30
#81Glenn149US #64
#82Allen146US #90
#83Wayne145US #63
#84Greg140US #81
#85Vincent140US #61
#86Chris139US #59
#87Melvin131US #133
#88Charlie128
#89Arthur127US #91
#90Tim125US #79
#91Ralph121US #99
#92Jack120US #102
#93Rickey117US #175
#94Micheal116US #106
#95Benjamin115US #144
#96Gerald114US #60
#97Joel114US #110
#98Dwayne112US #115
#99Tracy110US #121
#100Troy108US #66

On the move since 1962

Rising

↑30Paula#49
↑30Darrell#59
↑29Patrick#70
↑24Darlene#72
↑20Theresa#69
↑18Lori#30
↑18Tracy#39
↑17Kelly#64

Falling

↓25Shelia#86
↓21Vickie#66
↓17Henry#67
↓16Martha#65
↓16Mike#69
↓15Gloria#55
↓15Carla#77
↓15Glenda#80

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1962 rankings.