State roster

Top names in Georgia

The names most likely to appear on 1973 Georgia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 73,193 Georgia births in 1973 across 1,407 distinct names.

Distinctively Georgia

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

#75Kelvinoutside the national top 200
#82Roderickoutside the national top 200
#84Ashleyoutside the national top 200
#78Wanda#187 nationally
#70Sabrina#173 nationally
#98Cedricoutside the national top 200
#99Stacyoutside the national top 200
#44Felicia#138 nationally
#89Christie#179 nationally
#32Willie#109 nationally
#55Sonya#131 nationally
#76Reginald#152 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,384US #1
#2Kimberly768US #4
#3Angela762US #7
#4Amy660US #2
#5Stephanie660US #9
#6Melissa597US #6
#7Lisa473US #5
#8Michelle423US #3
#9Tonya405US #36
#10Mary399US #14
#11Heather380US #8
#12Tammy369US #15
#13Rebecca345US #10
#14Shannon315US #22
#15April312US #33
#16Julie306US #12
#17Amanda305US #51
#18Elizabeth285US #13
#19Cynthia275US #26
#20Pamela275US #47
#21Teresa275US #45
#22Susan272US #25
#23Karen271US #23
#24Tracy270US #20
#25Tina262US #24
#26Laura251US #19
#27Christy240US #73
#28Sharon237US #57
#29Donna234US #55
#30Wendy228US #29
#31Lori221US #28
#32Patricia220US #27
#33Andrea219US #30
#34Kelly215US #18
#35Stacy211US #32
#36Christina205US #16
#37Dana205US #59
#38Monica189US #40
#39Tara187US #37
#40Melanie182US #43
#41Rhonda180US #70
#42Stacey171US #41
#43Sherry168US #76
#44Felicia166US #138
#45Tiffany159US #52
#46Sandra158US #39
#47Tanya151US #50
#48Crystal146US #48
#49Leslie146US #75
#50Linda145US #61
#51Barbara142US #63
#52Nicole139US #11
#53Deborah135US #56
#54Dawn134US #21
#55Sonya132US #131
#56Brandy130US #82
#57Melinda130US #72
#58Robin129US #60
#59Holly126US #54
#60Katherine125US #64
#61Erica123US #81
#62Regina121US #110
#63Carla120US #114
#64Allison118US #105
#65Brandi118US #109
#66Tamara117US #66
#67Yolanda116US #113
#68Misty115US #90
#69Brenda114US #53
#70Sabrina114US #173
#71Catherine111US #67
#72Jessica110US #34
#73Katina110US #120
#74Christine109US #17
#75Alicia107US #91
#76Paula103US #87
#77Sheila103US #101
#78Wanda103US #187
#79Nancy99US #77
#80Cheryl94US #74
#81Rachel94US #42
#82Sarah94US #35
#83Cindy91US #92
#84Ashley88
#85Kristi88US #108
#86Denise87US #38
#87Margaret87US #94
#88Valerie87US #96
#89Christie86US #179
#90Terri86US #137
#91Kristy85US #147
#92Natasha85US #155
#93Anna84US #86
#94Katrina84US #118
#95Angel83US #152
#96Cassandra82US #153
#97Carol80US #121
#98Michele80US #44
#99Emily79US #99
#100Kathy79US #124

Boys

#1Michael1,737US #1
#2James1,509US #4
#3Christopher1,419US #2
#4William1,100US #9
#5Jason1,079US #3
#6John1,000US #6
#7Robert966US #7
#8David952US #5
#9Brian731US #8
#10Charles635US #23
#11Kevin597US #14
#12Anthony553US #21
#13Joseph552US #12
#14Timothy492US #22
#15Eric479US #13
#16Thomas469US #19
#17Richard455US #16
#18Matthew387US #10
#19Mark374US #15
#20Jeffrey372US #17
#21Jonathan363US #31
#22Steven361US #20
#23Daniel356US #11
#24Kenneth354US #28
#25Gregory332US #26
#26Stephen306US #32
#27Larry255US #50
#28Scott251US #18
#29Marcus246US #72
#30Donald242US #38
#31Keith231US #41
#32Willie219US #109
#33Patrick215US #37
#34George214US #46
#35Rodney210US #68
#36Ronald210US #40
#37Chad206US #25
#38Andrew205US #29
#39Antonio199US #92
#40Jimmy195US #95
#41Derrick194US #87
#42Jerry194US #57
#43Paul191US #24
#44Johnny189US #82
#45Edward184US #39
#46Jeffery178US #64
#47Bobby176US #93
#48Phillip176US #71
#49Gary174US #44
#50Travis172US #53
#51Benjamin169US #55
#52Terry165US #65
#53Billy163US #76
#54Ryan163US #30
#55Bryan160US #43
#56Jeremy152US #33
#57Samuel148US #66
#58Shawn147US #27
#59Brandon144US #58
#60Tony144US #78
#61Walter143US #101
#62Sean132US #36
#63Joshua129US #42
#64Danny124US #83
#65Dennis122US #56
#66Douglas121US #47
#67Jamie121US #70
#68Russell121US #77
#69Tracy118US #126
#70Chris117US #96
#71Shannon115US #100
#72Adam113US #45
#73Shane113US #54
#74Henry112US #111
#75Kelvin112
#76Reginald112US #152
#77Tommy112US #143
#78Darrell108US #131
#79Randall108US #121
#80Craig107US #48
#81Ricky107US #133
#82Roderick105
#83Todd105US #35
#84Randy103US #79
#85Bradley100US #62
#86Carlos100US #74
#87Jermaine100US #127
#88Frank94US #61
#89Corey92US #89
#90Frederick91US #120
#91Raymond91US #60
#92Roger89US #84
#93Joe88US #105
#94Eddie87US #156
#95Roy87US #117
#96Ronnie86US #136
#97Micheal85US #106
#98Cedric84
#99Stacy84
#100Curtis83US #98

On the move since 1972

Rising

↑35Brandon#59
↑31Misty#68
↑25Walter#61
↑24Ryan#54
↑24Adam#72
↑22Katherine#60
↑22Allison#64
↑19Amanda#17

Falling

↓30Reginald#76
↓29Kathy#100
↓28Katrina#94
↓26Cheryl#80
↓26Cassandra#96
↓22Raymond#91
↓20Carol#97
↓20Eddie#94

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1972 rankings.