State roster

Top names in Georgia

The names most likely to appear on 1972 Georgia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 76,520 Georgia births in 1972 across 1,406 distinct names.

Distinctively Georgia

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

#87Roderickoutside the national top 200
#89Dexteroutside the national top 200
#92Kelvinoutside the national top 200
#95Cedricoutside the national top 200
#98Angeliaoutside the national top 200
#64Wanda#166 nationally
#46Reginald#141 nationally
#61Sabrina#152 nationally
#45Felicia#128 nationally
#89Natasha#170 nationally
#74Eddie#150 nationally
#37Willie#109 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,185US #1
#2Angela945US #6
#3Kimberly884US #4
#4Stephanie668US #8
#5Lisa650US #3
#6Amy624US #5
#7Melissa589US #7
#8Tammy541US #11
#9Mary450US #13
#10Michelle438US #2
#11Tonya401US #37
#12Shannon377US #22
#13Cynthia358US #25
#14Pamela341US #34
#15Tina328US #18
#16Tracy323US #19
#17Susan312US #24
#18Elizabeth305US #15
#19April297US #48
#20Karen295US #21
#21Julie286US #12
#22Sharon281US #50
#23Teresa280US #39
#24Heather268US #9
#25Patricia263US #27
#26Donna254US #45
#27Laura253US #17
#28Christy247US #74
#29Rebecca246US #14
#30Wendy244US #29
#31Tara241US #38
#32Stacy238US #33
#33Rhonda231US #60
#34Melanie222US #42
#35Andrea217US #30
#36Amanda210US #76
#37Kelly207US #23
#38Lori204US #28
#39Sandra204US #31
#40Dana202US #52
#41Nicole197US #10
#42Linda191US #51
#43Sherry188US #70
#44Stacey183US #41
#45Felicia177US #128
#46Monica176US #47
#47Christina172US #26
#48Yolanda172US #89
#49Deborah161US #43
#50Tiffany158US #61
#51Tanya154US #54
#52Dawn153US #20
#53Sonya149US #122
#54Cheryl148US #56
#55Leslie148US #75
#56Regina147US #104
#57Robin144US #55
#58Barbara143US #58
#59Crystal138US #59
#60Katina138US #117
#61Sabrina136US #152
#62Brenda135US #44
#63Carla134US #106
#64Wanda131US #166
#65Erica126US #87
#66Katrina125US #116
#67Cindy124US #80
#68Melinda122US #81
#69Holly120US #71
#70Cassandra119US #139
#71Kathy119US #108
#72Paula119US #72
#73Rachel119US #40
#74Alicia113US #96
#75Tracey113US #88
#76Debra112US #66
#77Carol111US #109
#78Catherine110US #65
#79Sheila109US #90
#80Christine108US #16
#81Denise108US #35
#82Katherine107US #69
#83Valerie107US #100
#84Connie105US #130
#85Terri103US #124
#86Allison102US #115
#87Jessica98US #46
#88Kristi96US #102
#89Natasha95US #170
#90Sarah95US #49
#91Carolyn89US #110
#92Traci89US #121
#93Vanessa89US #133
#94Nancy87US #63
#95Anita86US #136
#96Margaret86US #95
#97Michele86US #36
#98Angelia85
#99Misty85US #125
#100Tracie85US #163

Boys

#1Michael1,852US #1
#2James1,671US #3
#3Christopher1,525US #2
#4John1,180US #5
#5William1,142US #9
#6Robert1,097US #6
#7David1,049US #4
#8Jason738US #7
#9Brian679US #8
#10Charles677US #23
#11Kevin561US #13
#12Richard545US #14
#13Joseph538US #12
#14Anthony520US #22
#15Eric518US #16
#16Timothy495US #21
#17Thomas452US #20
#18Gregory419US #26
#19Jeffrey407US #17
#20Mark399US #18
#21Steven378US #19
#22Kenneth374US #27
#23Jonathan345US #37
#24Matthew345US #10
#25Stephen327US #29
#26Larry294US #47
#27Ronald294US #32
#28Daniel285US #15
#29Scott283US #11
#30Keith258US #38
#31Jerry251US #53
#32Donald245US #36
#33Marcus237US #71
#34Paul234US #24
#35Patrick232US #35
#36Rodney227US #65
#37Willie225US #109
#38Terry223US #62
#39Jeffery220US #58
#40George209US #44
#41Johnny205US #74
#42Bobby202US #90
#43Gary197US #41
#44Tony196US #68
#45Chad187US #25
#46Reginald183US #141
#47Edward181US #34
#48Andrew179US #30
#49Jimmy176US #97
#50Travis173US #57
#51Bryan171US #45
#52Russell171US #69
#53Antonio162US #93
#54Derrick162US #91
#55Benjamin160US #64
#56Shawn157US #28
#57Chris151US #82
#58Billy149US #81
#59Douglas147US #43
#60Samuel146US #66
#61Shannon144US #94
#62Danny141US #87
#63Phillip136US #75
#64Sean130US #33
#65Tracy130US #111
#66Randy127US #70
#67Ricky124US #127
#68Jamie123US #72
#69Raymond122US #54
#70Dennis120US #52
#71Frederick119US #116
#72Jeremy118US #42
#73Randall118US #120
#74Eddie117US #150
#75Roger117US #76
#76Shane117US #55
#77Todd115US #31
#78Ryan113US #39
#79Ronnie112US #133
#80Craig111US #46
#81Curtis110US #92
#82Wesley110US #154
#83Bradley109US #61
#84Tommy108US #146
#85Troy107US #49
#86Walter107US #98
#87Roderick105
#88Henry103US #118
#89Dexter102
#90Carl100US #85
#91Carlos98US #84
#92Kelvin98
#93Micheal97US #108
#94Brandon95US #63
#95Cedric92
#96Adam91US #51
#97Tyrone89US #144
#98Corey88US #95
#99Gerald87US #102
#100Barry85US #148

On the move since 1971

Rising

↑37Tanya#51
↑33Katrina#66
↑31Nicole#41
↑29Holly#69
↑26Jamie#68
↑21Ryan#78
↑20Erica#65
↑20Roger#75

Falling

↓36Corey#98
↓35Nancy#94
↓34Walter#86
↓23Margaret#96
↓18Tracey#75
↓15Sabrina#61
↓15Carla#63
↓14Henry#88

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1971 rankings.