State roster

Top names in Georgia

The names most likely to appear on 1970 Georgia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 85,531 Georgia births in 1970 across 1,408 distinct names.

Distinctively Georgia

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

#80Dexteroutside the national top 200
#91Stacyoutside the national top 200
#98Kelvinoutside the national top 200
#52Reginald#142 nationally
#77Calvin#166 nationally
#60Tommy#148 nationally
#50Wanda#132 nationally
#88Betty#169 nationally
#73Eddie#151 nationally
#30Sabrina#107 nationally
#54Sonya#131 nationally
#28Willie#103 nationally

Girls

#1Kimberly1,051US #3
#2Angela964US #6
#3Jennifer869US #1
#4Lisa849US #2
#5Tammy804US #8
#6Melissa612US #7
#7Mary608US #9
#8Stephanie588US #17
#9Tracy575US #10
#10Pamela564US #26
#11Amy542US #5
#12Michelle512US #4
#13Shannon463US #22
#14Cynthia443US #25
#15Teresa425US #34
#16Tina411US #21
#17Tonya397US #49
#18Karen391US #12
#19Donna383US #32
#20Sharon374US #37
#21Susan359US #15
#22Elizabeth352US #18
#23Laura334US #13
#24Patricia327US #24
#25Rhonda313US #46
#26Sandra306US #27
#27Wendy301US #28
#28Julie293US #11
#29Kelly277US #20
#30Sabrina273US #107
#31Lori262US #23
#32Linda255US #38
#33Heather250US #19
#34Rebecca250US #29
#35Dana248US #54
#36Sherry244US #60
#37Stacy235US #42
#38Christy218US #105
#39Amanda207US #108
#40Leslie202US #64
#41Deborah197US #33
#42Robin197US #51
#43Cindy195US #72
#44Dawn193US #16
#45Barbara191US #41
#46Stacey191US #48
#47Regina189US #86
#48Kathy186US #77
#49Melanie186US #91
#50Wanda186US #132
#51April185US #82
#52Tracey185US #55
#53Brenda184US #40
#54Sonya182US #131
#55Andrea176US #43
#56Cheryl171US #44
#57Tara171US #69
#58Nancy164US #50
#59Paula159US #57
#60Carla158US #94
#61Carol152US #71
#62Sheila151US #75
#63Cassandra150US #135
#64Debra150US #47
#65Monica150US #56
#66Valerie145US #97
#67Connie144US #116
#68Catherine143US #59
#69Christina138US #35
#70Janet138US #96
#71Katherine133US #67
#72Tiffany133US #99
#73Christine130US #14
#74Rachel130US #58
#75Carolyn129US #84
#76Melinda127US #93
#77Yolanda124US #106
#78Traci121US #100
#79Tanya120US #76
#80Tracie117US #147
#81Margaret116US #80
#82Nicole116US #30
#83Felicia113US #139
#84Victoria111US #85
#85Holly110US #74
#86Beverly109US #150
#87Jacqueline109US #66
#88Betty107US #169
#89Denise106US #36
#90Kim105US #78
#91Cathy103US #137
#92Janice103US #145
#93Terri103US #113
#94Anita99US #127
#95Michele99US #31
#96Alicia98US #118
#97Gina96US #61
#98Katrina96US #151
#99Theresa96US #53
#100Kelli95US #115

Boys

#1Michael2,017US #1
#2James2,013US #2
#3John1,495US #4
#4William1,348US #7
#5David1,325US #3
#6Robert1,306US #5
#7Christopher1,115US #6
#8Charles848US #21
#9Timothy693US #20
#10Richard650US #10
#11Anthony601US #22
#12Thomas599US #17
#13Mark594US #9
#14Brian583US #8
#15Jeffrey567US #11
#16Jason537US #13
#17Kevin537US #14
#18Kenneth536US #25
#19Joseph524US #16
#20Steven483US #15
#21Gregory481US #26
#22Eric465US #18
#23Scott429US #12
#24Stephen427US #27
#25Ronald338US #29
#26Paul330US #23
#27Larry320US #43
#28Willie317US #103
#29Donald316US #30
#30Jerry299US #45
#31Matthew297US #24
#32Tony297US #57
#33Daniel296US #19
#34Jeffery293US #50
#35Keith279US #38
#36Gary278US #35
#37Terry274US #54
#38Johnny269US #65
#39Rodney263US #55
#40Marcus259US #71
#41George248US #40
#42Jonathan246US #42
#43Edward242US #31
#44Bobby234US #87
#45Patrick232US #33
#46Jimmy221US #86
#47Derrick194US #96
#48Todd189US #28
#49Billy185US #78
#50Douglas182US #36
#51Andrew179US #32
#52Reginald177US #142
#53Russell176US #58
#54Phillip172US #73
#55Henry165US #104
#56Randy161US #59
#57Raymond156US #49
#58Samuel155US #62
#59Ricky152US #105
#60Tommy151US #148
#61Bradley150US #47
#62Walter150US #89
#63Craig149US #39
#64Benjamin144US #81
#65Gerald143US #67
#66Troy143US #41
#67Bryan142US #53
#68Antonio141US #121
#69Corey138US #84
#70Chris137US #63
#71Dennis137US #46
#72Shawn136US #34
#73Eddie132US #151
#74Darrell131US #102
#75Randall131US #100
#76Danny130US #85
#77Calvin128US #166
#78Travis128US #69
#79Joel127US #82
#80Dexter126
#81Barry124US #117
#82Roger124US #61
#83Ronnie123US #133
#84Sean121US #37
#85Harold119US #122
#86Curtis118US #88
#87Tyrone117US #132
#88Shannon113US #128
#89Carl110US #66
#90Chad109US #51
#91Stacy109
#92Roy107US #108
#93Tracy107US #162
#94Frank105US #48
#95Frederick103US #115
#96Stanley102US #157
#97Jack101US #129
#98Kelvin101
#99Wesley100US #152
#100Vincent97US #79

On the move since 1969

Rising

↑37Marcus#40
↑30Stacy#37
↑27Heather#33
↑27Amanda#39
↑26Christy#38
↑26Derrick#47
↑23Tara#57
↑22Calvin#77

Falling

↓23Carolyn#75
↓21Paula#59
↓21Stacy#91
↓20Corey#69
↓19Brenda#53
↓19Andrea#55
↓19Carol#61
↓19Danny#76

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1969 rankings.