State roster

Top names in Georgia

The names most likely to appear on 1965 Georgia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 85,526 Georgia births in 1965 across 1,334 distinct names.

Distinctively Georgia

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

#73Shelia#182 nationally
#99Angeliaoutside the national top 200
#93Gwendolyn#194 nationally
#100Cassandraoutside the national top 200
#98Angie#195 nationally
#66Sonya#160 nationally
#63Phyllis#155 nationally
#92Samantha#179 nationally
#17Willie#93 nationally
#77Calvin#153 nationally
#88Felicia#164 nationally
#56Reginald#128 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa1,384US #1
#2Angela1,134US #10
#3Mary843US #2
#4Donna705US #7
#5Tammy698US #11
#6Cynthia676US #9
#7Pamela654US #12
#8Karen632US #3
#9Kimberly621US #4
#10Patricia613US #6
#11Teresa582US #24
#12Sharon558US #22
#13Linda526US #8
#14Sandra518US #15
#15Susan462US #5
#16Rhonda444US #37
#17Brenda440US #23
#18Deborah416US #13
#19Barbara380US #25
#20Tina363US #29
#21Melissa356US #38
#22Jennifer334US #20
#23Wanda334US #81
#24Sheila320US #50
#25Elizabeth314US #16
#26Laura297US #17
#27Tracy297US #36
#28Debra294US #27
#29Cheryl288US #31
#30Robin282US #33
#31Sherry268US #56
#32Carol261US #42
#33Kathy260US #54
#34Rebecca255US #41
#35Janice250US #73
#36Connie249US #61
#37Jacqueline245US #47
#38Stephanie244US #44
#39Carolyn236US #58
#40Lori213US #19
#41Nancy213US #32
#42Janet210US #55
#43Cindy208US #53
#44Julie207US #14
#45Kim207US #43
#46Betty202US #103
#47Michelle201US #18
#48Regina198US #82
#49Beverly197US #101
#50Kelly196US #30
#51Shirley194US #111
#52Valerie193US #67
#53Amy185US #35
#54Paula185US #49
#55Wendy182US #39
#56Carla177US #76
#57Terri168US #69
#58Gloria167US #109
#59Debbie166US #62
#60Denise166US #28
#61Judy158US #86
#62Andrea157US #63
#63Phyllis153US #155
#64Cathy151US #88
#65Dana150US #78
#66Sonya145US #160
#67Margaret144US #52
#68Dorothy143US #130
#69Martha142US #99
#70Vickie140US #138
#71Theresa138US #45
#72Melanie137US #122
#73Shelia134US #182
#74Melinda129US #100
#75Anita127US #94
#76Catherine127US #57
#77Penny126US #97
#78Tonya126US #129
#79Joyce124US #90
#80Dawn122US #26
#81Virginia122US #115
#82Leslie116US #75
#83Stacey115US #84
#84Allison113US #128
#85Sherri112US #91
#86Gina111US #70
#87Diane110US #40
#88Felicia108US #164
#89Darlene107US #83
#90Monica107US #72
#91Sarah107US #92
#92Samantha106US #179
#93Gwendolyn105US #194
#94Veronica104US #125
#95Christine101US #21
#96Tracey101US #85
#97Katherine100US #79
#98Angie99US #195
#99Angelia97
#100Cassandra96

Boys

#1James1,991US #4
#2Michael1,548US #1
#3John1,405US #2
#4Robert1,356US #5
#5David1,336US #3
#6William1,303US #6
#7Charles843US #20
#8Richard750US #8
#9Kenneth742US #21
#10Timothy727US #12
#11Anthony643US #22
#12Gregory611US #23
#13Mark601US #7
#14Thomas549US #9
#15Christopher533US #18
#16Jeffrey516US #10
#17Willie466US #93
#18Rodney448US #33
#19Joseph446US #11
#20Tony437US #48
#21Terry410US #40
#22Steven397US #14
#23Ronald379US #24
#24Donald377US #26
#25Jerry361US #41
#26Jeffery355US #47
#27Kevin348US #13
#28Gary332US #27
#29Jimmy331US #81
#30Johnny322US #76
#31Bobby318US #80
#32Randy311US #42
#33Larry308US #38
#34Paul308US #16
#35Keith302US #35
#36Ricky297US #57
#37Eric295US #25
#38George295US #34
#39Brian279US #19
#40Edward276US #29
#41Daniel263US #17
#42Stephen255US #28
#43Scott250US #15
#44Dennis222US #44
#45Danny220US #56
#46Billy209US #77
#47Eddie208US #113
#48Darrell200US #91
#49Barry197US #86
#50Douglas196US #32
#51Patrick194US #31
#52Tommy192US #119
#53Walter192US #82
#54Phillip187US #70
#55Stanley185US #115
#56Reginald183US #128
#57Darryl180US #68
#58Ronnie177US #107
#59Curtis175US #75
#60Henry174US #94
#61Steve174US #55
#62Russell168US #58
#63Samuel167US #84
#64Carl162US #54
#65Alan158US #59
#66Harold158US #99
#67Roger157US #49
#68Bruce156US #50
#69Andrew155US #37
#70Tracy151US #110
#71Raymond146US #45
#72Randall141US #73
#73Todd141US #30
#74Wayne141US #65
#75Joe140US #71
#76Vincent140US #61
#77Calvin136US #153
#78Jeff133US #62
#79Derrick129US #129
#80Marvin129US #109
#81Allen127US #92
#82Chris126US #60
#83Glenn126US #85
#84Frank125US #43
#85Jonathan125US #74
#86Darren124US #52
#87Joel120US #114
#88Matthew119US #36
#89Roy119US #95
#90Arthur118US #96
#91Victor114US #98
#92Craig112US #46
#93Frederick110US #106
#94Melvin108US #138
#95Micheal107US #118
#96Mike105US #51
#97Bryan103US #63
#98Ernest103US #124
#99Benjamin101US #133
#100Wesley101US #160

On the move since 1964

Rising

↑37Rodney#18
↑32Sonya#66
↑28Wendy#55
↑27Amy#53
↑19Vincent#76
↑18Melissa#21
↑17Regina#48
↑15Kim#45

Falling

↓22Mike#96
↓19Vickie#70
↓19Sherri#85
↓19Jeff#78
↓18Diane#87
↓16Cathy#64
↓16Sarah#91
↓14Margaret#67

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1964 rankings.