State roster

Top names in Georgia

The names most likely to appear on 1966 Georgia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 80,865 Georgia births in 1966 across 1,313 distinct names.

Distinctively Georgia

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

#93Angeliaoutside the national top 200
#75Shelia#181 nationally
#100Gwendolynoutside the national top 200
#100Charlieoutside the national top 200
#74Phyllis#173 nationally
#96Belinda#188 nationally
#73Felicia#161 nationally
#64Vickie#147 nationally
#99Samantha#182 nationally
#53Reginald#131 nationally
#47Tommy#124 nationally
#72Amanda#148 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa1,295US #1
#2Angela1,039US #9
#3Kimberly790US #2
#4Mary790US #3
#5Tammy746US #8
#6Pamela606US #15
#7Cynthia598US #11
#8Donna597US #12
#9Melissa541US #22
#10Karen524US #5
#11Patricia523US #7
#12Teresa522US #29
#13Sharon502US #28
#14Susan452US #6
#15Sandra443US #17
#16Rhonda430US #39
#17Linda429US #18
#18Jennifer405US #10
#19Tina402US #23
#20Deborah373US #14
#21Tracy372US #31
#22Brenda370US #25
#23Stephanie347US #38
#24Michelle329US #4
#25Barbara325US #27
#26Elizabeth323US #16
#27Laura293US #19
#28Wanda293US #84
#29Sheila264US #51
#30Sherry264US #53
#31Cheryl258US #34
#32Julie250US #13
#33Robin238US #42
#34Kathy233US #59
#35Amy231US #30
#36Nancy224US #33
#37Debra221US #35
#38Carol213US #48
#39Lori213US #21
#40Janice210US #80
#41Cindy206US #56
#42Rebecca199US #40
#43Wendy198US #41
#44Andrea196US #52
#45Kelly196US #26
#46Regina195US #82
#47Connie193US #70
#48Jacqueline193US #47
#49Paula193US #50
#50Kim191US #43
#51Janet188US #57
#52Sonya187US #126
#53Carolyn173US #60
#54Dana163US #68
#55Carla159US #77
#56Tonya158US #96
#57Shirley157US #124
#58Beverly156US #109
#59Terri156US #72
#60Valerie154US #74
#61Margaret147US #55
#62Leslie146US #71
#63Betty145US #121
#64Vickie142US #147
#65Anita136US #88
#66Melanie135US #116
#67Denise134US #32
#68Debbie132US #73
#69Judy130US #97
#70Martha130US #106
#71Tracey130US #69
#72Amanda128US #148
#73Felicia128US #161
#74Phyllis128US #173
#75Shelia126US #181
#76Cathy123US #99
#77Sherri123US #92
#78Gina119US #58
#79Dawn118US #24
#80Gloria116US #127
#81Catherine114US #54
#82Dorothy113US #136
#83Theresa108US #46
#84Joyce103US #100
#85Melinda103US #102
#86Virginia103US #122
#87Sarah101US #85
#88Christine100US #20
#89Katherine99US #78
#90Yolanda98US #131
#91Charlotte97US #151
#92Stacey97US #76
#93Angelia96
#94Bonnie94US #90
#95Monica92US #75
#96Belinda90US #188
#97April88US #108
#98Peggy87US #139
#99Samantha87US #182
#100Gwendolyn86

Boys

#1James1,979US #3
#2Michael1,522US #1
#3John1,281US #4
#4Robert1,253US #5
#5William1,211US #6
#6David1,173US #2
#7Charles830US #20
#8Timothy782US #11
#9Richard662US #8
#10Kenneth654US #21
#11Anthony649US #22
#12Christopher633US #12
#13Mark615US #7
#14Gregory576US #23
#15Jeffrey546US #9
#16Thomas545US #10
#17Joseph474US #15
#18Willie451US #93
#19Tony430US #49
#20Rodney425US #35
#21Steven399US #13
#22Jeffery384US #42
#23Donald382US #27
#24Terry380US #40
#25Ronald379US #24
#26Larry360US #38
#27Brian334US #14
#28Jerry333US #41
#29Keith333US #32
#30Gary327US #28
#31Johnny312US #73
#32Kevin306US #17
#33Paul291US #18
#34Stephen284US #26
#35Randy272US #45
#36Scott270US #16
#37George269US #37
#38Bobby263US #82
#39Eric259US #25
#40Jimmy257US #77
#41Edward250US #30
#42Ricky246US #64
#43Daniel244US #19
#44Patrick211US #31
#45Curtis190US #75
#46Billy185US #80
#47Tommy183US #124
#48Eddie182US #121
#49Andrew179US #36
#50Tracy179US #98
#51Ronnie177US #108
#52Phillip176US #71
#53Reginald172US #131
#54Danny170US #62
#55Douglas162US #33
#56Chris160US #55
#57Darrell158US #95
#58Dennis158US #44
#59Henry157US #92
#60Samuel157US #81
#61Steve156US #67
#62Walter156US #83
#63Barry152US #87
#64Darryl151US #88
#65Roger147US #51
#66Derrick142US #127
#67Roy141US #94
#68Todd137US #29
#69Bruce133US #53
#70Marvin131US #113
#71Matthew130US #34
#72Russell128US #61
#73Randall127US #70
#74Wayne126US #59
#75Harold125US #99
#76Joe125US #74
#77Frank124US #43
#78Troy124US #48
#79Jonathan123US #65
#80Carl122US #56
#81Raymond122US #47
#82Stanley122US #128
#83Alan118US #57
#84Gerald117US #60
#85Jeff117US #72
#86Craig116US #46
#87Calvin112US #159
#88Bryan109US #52
#89Lee108US #106
#90Melvin107US #142
#91Micheal102US #115
#92Benjamin101US #130
#93Allen100US #97
#94Vincent100US #58
#95Albert99US #100
#96Victor96US #101
#97Glenn95US #90
#98Joel91US #102
#99Darren89US #63
#100Charlie88

On the move since 1965

Rising

↑26Chris#56
↑25Tracey#71
↑23Michelle#24
↑22Tonya#56
↑22Roy#67
↑20Leslie#62
↑20Andrew#49
↑20Tracy#50

Falling

↓27Stanley#82
↓22Gloria#80
↓18Alan#83
↓18Vincent#94
↓17Betty#63
↓16Carl#80
↓14Carolyn#53
↓14Dorothy#82

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1965 rankings.