State roster

Top names in Georgia

The names most likely to appear on 1974 Georgia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 71,110 Georgia births in 1974 across 1,400 distinct names.

Distinctively Georgia

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

#79Sabrina#192 nationally
#85Latonya#197 nationally
#93Leighoutside the national top 200
#96Wandaoutside the national top 200
#99Latashaoutside the national top 200
#100Roderickoutside the national top 200
#69Ashley#165 nationally
#43Felicia#137 nationally
#64Reginald#152 nationally
#76Cassandra#159 nationally
#95Calvin#177 nationally
#78Tommy#155 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,423US #1
#2Kimberly785US #6
#3Amy753US #2
#4Angela735US #5
#5Stephanie617US #9
#6Melissa569US #7
#7Heather529US #4
#8Mary427US #13
#9Lisa418US #8
#10April397US #28
#11Tonya381US #37
#12Michelle373US #3
#13Amanda357US #34
#14Shannon331US #18
#15Rebecca328US #10
#16Tammy317US #24
#17Christy303US #57
#18Elizabeth270US #12
#19Wendy261US #32
#20Julie259US #14
#21Tracy254US #23
#22Tina246US #25
#23Tiffany241US #41
#24Teresa229US #52
#25Pamela224US #54
#26Susan224US #27
#27Cynthia223US #33
#28Karen220US #26
#29Kelly218US #15
#30Patricia212US #29
#31Tara207US #39
#32Laura204US #21
#33Andrea198US #35
#34Donna184US #67
#35Lori182US #30
#36Monica182US #43
#37Leslie181US #65
#38Sharon177US #70
#39Dana176US #55
#40Stacy176US #38
#41Misty160US #66
#42Rhonda155US #86
#43Felicia153US #137
#44Christina152US #16
#45Robin152US #63
#46Melanie151US #51
#47Stacey150US #48
#48Sandra148US #44
#49Tanya148US #46
#50Brandy144US #80
#51Crystal142US #49
#52Jessica140US #17
#53Sherry139US #89
#54Dawn135US #22
#55Yolanda132US #112
#56Rachel125US #36
#57Tamara125US #64
#58Christie123US #110
#59Holly120US #56
#60Sonya117US #132
#61Erica116US #74
#62Alicia115US #90
#63Nicole115US #11
#64Barbara114US #77
#65Linda114US #75
#66Brandi110US #106
#67Deborah109US #68
#68Regina105US #113
#69Ashley103US #165
#70Emily101US #69
#71Katherine101US #62
#72Carla100US #114
#73Catherine99US #73
#74Melinda99US #81
#75Allison98US #99
#76Cassandra97US #159
#77Paula97US #96
#78Sarah97US #20
#79Sabrina95US #192
#80Anna94US #82
#81Cindy93US #103
#82Carrie91US #42
#83Valerie90US #93
#84Erin89US #47
#85Latonya89US #197
#86Christine88US #19
#87Katrina88US #126
#88Tracey88US #108
#89Kristi85US #102
#90Kristy85US #133
#91Kristie83US #138
#92Brenda82US #59
#93Leigh82
#94Nancy82US #78
#95Margaret80US #95
#96Wanda80
#97Natasha79US #141
#98Denise78US #53
#99Latasha78
#100Joy76US #109

Boys

#1Michael1,721US #1
#2Christopher1,475US #3
#3James1,392US #5
#4Jason1,265US #2
#5John1,004US #6
#6Robert978US #7
#7William945US #10
#8David938US #4
#9Brian694US #8
#10Charles596US #23
#11Kevin483US #14
#12Timothy477US #22
#13Matthew475US #9
#14Anthony473US #21
#15Joseph464US #12
#16Eric444US #13
#17Richard443US #17
#18Steven420US #19
#19Thomas412US #20
#20Jonathan409US #33
#21Jeffrey351US #15
#22Mark334US #16
#23Kenneth308US #34
#24Daniel306US #11
#25Gregory304US #31
#26Stephen300US #35
#27Larry258US #55
#28Scott226US #18
#29Marcus225US #73
#30Antonio220US #82
#31Donald216US #41
#32Ronald215US #42
#33George211US #49
#34Johnny211US #83
#35Joshua205US #29
#36Jeffery204US #66
#37Derrick201US #87
#38Jerry201US #61
#39Keith200US #44
#40Patrick200US #38
#41Rodney199US #72
#42Benjamin198US #46
#43Willie198US #119
#44Jeremy196US #24
#45Andrew194US #28
#46Gary194US #48
#47Chad187US #26
#48Bobby176US #92
#49Paul175US #27
#50Travis171US #54
#51Phillip169US #70
#52Adam167US #36
#53Edward160US #40
#54Billy159US #78
#55Jimmy159US #99
#56Samuel158US #60
#57Bryan157US #45
#58Ryan157US #25
#59Terry156US #69
#60Tony153US #81
#61Brandon148US #51
#62Shawn146US #30
#63Carlos142US #71
#64Reginald138US #152
#65Jamie133US #68
#66Bradley124US #58
#67Sean124US #37
#68Walter122US #104
#69Nathan120US #52
#70Shane117US #56
#71Douglas116US #53
#72Shannon114US #101
#73Craig110US #57
#74Randy109US #79
#75Russell109US #84
#76Todd109US #39
#77Danny108US #91
#78Tommy107US #155
#79Dennis101US #59
#80Ronnie101US #141
#81Justin97US #43
#82Ricky97US #129
#83Gerald95US #108
#84Henry93US #115
#85Randall91US #123
#86Tyrone91US #139
#87Jermaine88US #151
#88Corey87US #77
#89Tracy87US #162
#90Chris85US #116
#91Andre84US #132
#92Derek84US #74
#93Roy84US #122
#94Raymond83US #62
#95Calvin82US #177
#96Aaron81US #32
#97Eddie81US #166
#98Troy81US #63
#99Wesley81US #165
#100Roderick80

On the move since 1973

Rising

↑31Christie#58
↑29Emily#70
↑28Joshua#35
↑27Misty#41
↑25Rachel#56
↑23Carlos#63
↑22Tiffany#23
↑20Jessica#52

Falling

↓23Brenda#92
↓20Tracy#89
↓20Chris#90
↓18Wanda#96
↓18Roderick#100
↓17Melinda#74
↓15Linda#65
↓15Nancy#94

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1973 rankings.