State roster

Top names in Georgia

The names most likely to appear on 1976 Georgia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 66,502 Georgia births in 1976 across 1,401 distinct names.

Distinctively Georgia

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

#77Kelvinoutside the national top 200
#81Cedricoutside the national top 200
#91Roderickoutside the national top 200
#100Tamekaoutside the national top 200
#100Jodyoutside the national top 200
#73Sonya#166 nationally
#94Latasha#185 nationally
#73Reginald#163 nationally
#55Tamika#144 nationally
#85Tommy#170 nationally
#47Felicia#130 nationally
#65Sabrina#146 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,328US #1
#2Amy751US #2
#3Amanda622US #10
#4Kimberly608US #7
#5Heather592US #4
#6Angela589US #5
#7Melissa583US #3
#8Stephanie453US #11
#9Lisa401US #9
#10Mary363US #22
#11April359US #30
#12Shannon348US #17
#13Tonya304US #58
#14Christina301US #14
#15Jessica295US #8
#16Rebecca278US #12
#17Tiffany275US #32
#18Elizabeth274US #16
#19Jamie270US #18
#20Julie265US #21
#21Christy260US #60
#22Laura259US #20
#23Kelly254US #19
#24Michelle252US #6
#25Tammy218US #41
#26Brandy214US #55
#27Misty210US #46
#28Wendy206US #39
#29Karen192US #31
#30Andrea173US #25
#31Cynthia172US #44
#32Leslie169US #65
#33Dana160US #64
#34Tracy159US #37
#35Crystal156US #36
#36Tara152US #42
#37Susan151US #40
#38Sarah149US #15
#39Sharon149US #81
#40Nicole148US #13
#41Ashley147US #115
#42Pamela145US #84
#43Rachel142US #23
#44Carrie141US #28
#45Emily138US #50
#46Allison136US #67
#47Felicia135US #130
#48Monica133US #45
#49Katherine131US #57
#50Lori131US #47
#51Brandi130US #79
#52Stacy130US #38
#53Jaime128US #29
#54Melanie128US #53
#55Tamika127US #144
#56Teresa126US #66
#57Stacey125US #51
#58Tina125US #48
#59Holly121US #56
#60Patricia116US #43
#61Erica114US #54
#62Donna112US #93
#63Erin111US #24
#64Courtney108US #76
#65Sabrina105US #146
#66Alicia103US #71
#67Rhonda99US #107
#68Tanya99US #61
#69Katrina97US #110
#70Robin96US #75
#71Anna94US #78
#72Margaret94US #103
#73Sonya93US #166
#74Latoya92US #135
#75Natasha92US #131
#76Sandra92US #59
#77Christie91US #139
#78Linda90US #90
#79Natalie90US #80
#80Valerie90US #83
#81Regina89US #116
#82Mandy88US #100
#83Sherry84US #111
#84Amber83US #49
#85Kristy83US #113
#86Tamara82US #91
#87Catherine80US #72
#88Carla77US #122
#89Barbara76US #98
#90Samantha75US #85
#91Melinda74US #95
#92Christine73US #26
#93Veronica73US #68
#94Latasha72US #185
#95Kathryn71US #88
#96Victoria71US #92
#97Yolanda71US #117
#98Kristi70US #104
#99Sara70US #27
#100Tameka69

Boys

#1Michael1,571US #1
#2James1,305US #5
#3Christopher1,247US #3
#4Jason1,232US #2
#5William908US #11
#6John862US #6
#7Robert822US #7
#8David810US #4
#9Brian584US #8
#10Joseph557US #12
#11Charles544US #26
#12Matthew524US #9
#13Kevin449US #15
#14Richard437US #19
#15Timothy435US #21
#16Jeremy430US #14
#17Anthony417US #22
#18Eric401US #13
#19Jonathan385US #31
#20Daniel383US #10
#21Thomas381US #23
#22Joshua317US #18
#23Steven310US #20
#24Jeffrey301US #17
#25Stephen285US #37
#26Mark275US #25
#27Kenneth257US #38
#28Antonio250US #71
#29Andrew247US #27
#30Benjamin245US #32
#31Gregory236US #35
#32Marcus218US #74
#33Larry215US #60
#34Travis197US #46
#35Paul193US #28
#36Ronald189US #49
#37Brandon188US #40
#38Ryan187US #16
#39Donald186US #47
#40Derrick179US #91
#41Samuel176US #59
#42Chad173US #29
#43Johnny172US #92
#44Patrick171US #41
#45Jamie170US #62
#46Scott170US #24
#47Keith169US #48
#48Bryan167US #43
#49Rodney164US #88
#50George162US #53
#51Adam161US #36
#52Corey159US #64
#53Willie154US #121
#54Bobby153US #96
#55Phillip151US #69
#56Jerry147US #67
#57Jeffery143US #76
#58Billy140US #85
#59Justin138US #33
#60Gary136US #52
#61Edward135US #45
#62Terry135US #75
#63Jimmy126US #101
#64Tony125US #86
#65Carlos124US #70
#66Shannon123US #98
#67Bradley122US #51
#68Sean121US #42
#69Nathan120US #39
#70Shawn113US #34
#71Russell111US #87
#72Wesley110US #119
#73Reginald103US #163
#74Curtis99US #105
#75Douglas99US #56
#76Walter97US #127
#77Kelvin96
#78Randy95US #79
#79Shane87US #57
#80Ricky86US #132
#81Cedric85
#82Cory85US #83
#83Danny85US #102
#84Henry85US #122
#85Tommy85US #170
#86Dennis83US #66
#87Raymond81US #65
#88Joel80US #72
#89Micheal80US #116
#90Randall80US #133
#91Roderick79
#92Roger78US #103
#93Ronnie77US #155
#94Todd77US #50
#95Aaron76US #30
#96Andre75US #125
#97Alan74US #115
#98Eddie74US #169
#99Maurice73US #174
#100Jody72

On the move since 1975

Rising

↑73Jamie#19
↑35Courtney#64
↑30Ashley#41
↑26Curtis#74
↑25Katrina#69
↑24Wesley#72
↑22Erin#63
↑21Carrie#44

Falling

↓30Yolanda#97
↓27Sherry#83
↓26Rhonda#67
↓25Christie#77
↓22Aaron#95
↓20Tina#58
↓20Gary#60
↓19Kristi#98

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1975 rankings.