State roster

Top names in Georgia

The names most likely to appear on 1971 Georgia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 82,677 Georgia births in 1971 across 1,411 distinct names.

Distinctively Georgia

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

#88Dexteroutside the national top 200
#96Ashleyoutside the national top 200
#92Ginger#187 nationally
#53Reginald#141 nationally
#46Sabrina#133 nationally
#53Wanda#137 nationally
#71Tommy#148 nationally
#92Calvin#169 nationally
#39Willie#115 nationally
#63Cassandra#136 nationally
#89Jody#161 nationally
#55Felicia#124 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,071US #1
#2Kimberly1,005US #4
#3Angela964US #6
#4Lisa744US #3
#5Tammy653US #8
#6Amy625US #5
#7Stephanie591US #11
#8Melissa584US #7
#9Mary583US #9
#10Michelle548US #2
#11Pamela456US #28
#12Shannon398US #21
#13Tracy392US #13
#14Cynthia389US #24
#15Elizabeth379US #19
#16Susan373US #17
#17Tonya371US #45
#18Tina366US #20
#19Karen351US #15
#20Teresa339US #34
#21Sharon335US #40
#22Donna330US #38
#23Julie324US #10
#24Rhonda319US #46
#25April305US #56
#26Laura302US #16
#27Sandra298US #31
#28Stacy294US #32
#29Patricia281US #26
#30Wendy278US #29
#31Lori260US #25
#32Dana246US #44
#33Stacey245US #41
#34Amanda231US #84
#35Kelly228US #22
#36Andrea225US #35
#37Sherry219US #60
#38Tara219US #49
#39Rebecca217US #23
#40Heather212US #12
#41Christy200US #89
#42Linda196US #42
#43Leslie195US #68
#44Deborah193US #33
#45Melanie187US #66
#46Sabrina183US #133
#47Dawn182US #14
#48Carla178US #107
#49Tiffany170US #62
#50Brenda168US #43
#51Robin168US #51
#52Regina165US #90
#53Wanda165US #137
#54Christina162US #30
#55Felicia162US #124
#56Barbara153US #47
#57Tracey151US #74
#58Yolanda150US #98
#59Nancy149US #52
#60Cindy148US #70
#61Sonya148US #126
#62Cheryl145US #50
#63Cassandra141US #136
#64Monica141US #48
#65Kathy140US #91
#66Catherine137US #65
#67Melinda137US #85
#68Sheila137US #81
#69Paula134US #63
#70Rachel130US #54
#71Katherine129US #67
#72Nicole129US #27
#73Margaret126US #86
#74Alicia121US #105
#75Allison121US #119
#76Debra120US #57
#77Crystal119US #79
#78Denise119US #36
#79Connie112US #125
#80Kristi112US #113
#81Valerie112US #102
#82Veronica110US #110
#83Traci108US #116
#84Carolyn107US #104
#85Erica107US #108
#86Carol104US #92
#87Christine103US #18
#88Tanya101US #72
#89Cathy100US #141
#90Jacqueline98US #75
#91Terri98US #115
#92Ginger97US #187
#93Michele97US #39
#94Sarah97US #58
#95Theresa96US #61
#96Ashley95
#97Beverly95US #160
#98Holly95US #76
#99Katrina95US #139
#100Anita94US #127

Boys

#1Michael1,822US #1
#2James1,818US #2
#3Christopher1,416US #6
#4John1,326US #4
#5Robert1,298US #5
#6William1,273US #7
#7David1,154US #3
#8Charles777US #22
#9Jason726US #8
#10Richard621US #11
#11Anthony610US #23
#12Brian608US #9
#13Timothy605US #21
#14Joseph601US #15
#15Kevin597US #14
#16Thomas550US #17
#17Eric542US #18
#18Jeffrey488US #12
#19Steven459US #16
#20Mark457US #13
#21Kenneth447US #25
#22Gregory419US #26
#23Scott384US #10
#24Stephen373US #27
#25Larry360US #44
#26Matthew326US #19
#27Daniel322US #20
#28Donald303US #34
#29Ronald302US #31
#30Paul299US #24
#31Jerry279US #50
#32Tony272US #62
#33Jonathan271US #40
#34George263US #42
#35Keith263US #37
#36Bobby260US #79
#37Patrick260US #35
#38Rodney259US #59
#39Willie258US #115
#40Terry253US #56
#41Marcus249US #65
#42Gary229US #38
#43Johnny228US #74
#44Jeffery224US #53
#45Derrick223US #84
#46Jimmy218US #93
#47Andrew216US #33
#48Edward209US #32
#49Billy203US #75
#50Shawn190US #28
#51Travis187US #61
#52Walter187US #91
#53Reginald185US #141
#54Chad181US #29
#55Russell180US #64
#56Samuel179US #66
#57Antonio169US #110
#58Sean162US #36
#59Bryan161US #48
#60Douglas161US #39
#61Benjamin157US #69
#62Corey147US #77
#63Chris146US #68
#64Frederick146US #109
#65Dennis142US #49
#66Randy140US #67
#67Danny136US #82
#68Raymond136US #52
#69Darrell135US #118
#70Craig134US #43
#71Tommy133US #148
#72Bradley132US #58
#73Randall131US #102
#74Henry128US #112
#75Todd127US #30
#76Ricky126US #121
#77Ronnie125US #135
#78Shannon123US #106
#79Phillip121US #76
#80Tracy118US #144
#81Curtis117US #89
#82Eddie116US #147
#83Jeremy114US #45
#84Shane113US #60
#85Roy112US #111
#86Gerald107US #83
#87Adam102US #57
#88Dexter102
#89Jody101US #161
#90Troy101US #46
#91Tyrone100US #142
#92Calvin99US #169
#93Joe97US #101
#94Jamie96US #96
#95Roger96US #71
#96Barry95US #133
#97Derek95US #63
#98Stanley95US #158
#99Ryan94US #51
#100Allen93US #120

On the move since 1970

Rising

↑36Chad#54
↑31Frederick#64
↑28Felicia#55
↑27Travis#51
↑26April#25
↑26Sean#58
↑23Tiffany#49
↑22Alicia#74

Falling

↓27Todd#75
↓25Carol#86
↓25Phillip#79
↓24Troy#90
↓21Gerald#86
↓19Henry#74
↓17Cindy#60
↓17Kathy#65

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1970 rankings.