State roster

Top names in Georgia

The names most likely to appear on 1977 Georgia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 70,698 Georgia births in 1977 across 1,493 distinct names.

Distinctively Georgia

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

#78Kelvinoutside the national top 200
#81Tamekaoutside the national top 200
#88Roderickoutside the national top 200
#89Cedricoutside the national top 200
#98Kizzyoutside the national top 200
#80Calvin#179 nationally
#96Tabitha#195 nationally
#64Reginald#157 nationally
#68Tamika#158 nationally
#42Felicia#128 nationally
#89Latasha#170 nationally
#86Maurice#166 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,332US #1
#2Amanda732US #9
#3Kimberly682US #8
#4Melissa609US #2
#5Heather582US #5
#6Amy579US #3
#7Angela528US #6
#8Stephanie508US #14
#9Jessica425US #4
#10Kelly388US #10
#11Mary382US #21
#12Elizabeth366US #13
#13Shannon348US #19
#14April345US #29
#15Lisa325US #12
#16Rebecca303US #17
#17Crystal291US #25
#18Christy287US #59
#19Tiffany270US #34
#20Christina269US #16
#21Michelle268US #7
#22Laura261US #20
#23Jamie254US #18
#24Julie249US #22
#25Tonya246US #64
#26Brandy217US #51
#27Misty217US #40
#28Karen205US #32
#29Sarah195US #11
#30Wendy181US #49
#31Andrea175US #24
#32Brandi172US #71
#33Sabrina169US #63
#34Monica168US #39
#35Tara167US #35
#36Ashley162US #106
#37Carrie159US #28
#38Erica158US #38
#39Tammy157US #55
#40Holly153US #52
#41Allison152US #66
#42Felicia152US #128
#43Rachel151US #26
#44Cynthia150US #48
#45Courtney148US #76
#46Dana147US #62
#47Leslie146US #65
#48Susan144US #45
#49Erin138US #23
#50Katherine137US #44
#51Stacy135US #42
#52Lori134US #57
#53Sharon134US #95
#54Melanie132US #53
#55Patricia131US #47
#56Emily128US #37
#57Pamela127US #102
#58Tina127US #58
#59Nicole126US #15
#60Kristy125US #68
#61Alicia119US #60
#62Tracy119US #50
#63Amber116US #33
#64Latoya115US #125
#65Donna114US #113
#66Mandy113US #94
#67Teresa112US #79
#68Tamika111US #158
#69Anna110US #74
#70Natalie107US #69
#71Kathryn103US #70
#72Stacey103US #56
#73Rhonda99US #131
#74Natasha95US #116
#75Barbara93US #101
#76Katrina93US #126
#77Margaret93US #111
#78Sandra93US #61
#79Sherry93US #140
#80Jill92US #41
#81Tameka91
#82Tanya91US #67
#83Catherine90US #75
#84Robin89US #84
#85Yolanda89US #134
#86Samantha88US #85
#87Valerie88US #86
#88Kelli87US #117
#89Latasha84US #170
#90Tamara84US #93
#91Angel82US #133
#92Linda82US #99
#93Kristi81US #104
#94Regina80US #124
#95Sara79US #27
#96Tabitha79US #195
#97Christie78US #156
#98Kizzy78
#99Melinda78US #96
#100Jaime76US #46

Boys

#1Michael1,616US #1
#2Christopher1,404US #3
#3James1,339US #5
#4Jason1,267US #2
#5William954US #12
#6John884US #7
#7Robert880US #6
#8David822US #4
#9Brian639US #8
#10Joseph603US #10
#11Kevin565US #13
#12Charles562US #26
#13Matthew539US #9
#14Jeremy475US #15
#15Anthony468US #21
#16Joshua457US #14
#17Timothy454US #18
#18Jonathan420US #28
#19Daniel416US #11
#20Thomas413US #22
#21Richard411US #20
#22Eric383US #17
#23Steven331US #23
#24Jeffrey311US #19
#25Benjamin298US #29
#26Andrew290US #24
#27Stephen275US #38
#28Kenneth272US #39
#29Antonio263US #77
#30Mark248US #25
#31Gregory238US #35
#32Corey234US #52
#33Ryan232US #16
#34Brandon230US #41
#35Marcus228US #72
#36Derrick215US #80
#37Wesley206US #66
#38Larry205US #62
#39Donald202US #46
#40Adam197US #33
#41Travis195US #44
#42Justin193US #30
#43Ronald187US #53
#44Patrick178US #40
#45Paul176US #31
#46Willie176US #124
#47Nathan174US #36
#48Chad167US #34
#49Johnny165US #93
#50Keith162US #48
#51Samuel162US #60
#52Scott162US #27
#53Gary157US #58
#54Jeffery155US #78
#55Terry153US #83
#56Jerry146US #75
#57Jimmy146US #98
#58George144US #57
#59Rodney140US #97
#60Phillip139US #70
#61Edward137US #47
#62Bryan131US #42
#63Shawn130US #37
#64Reginald125US #157
#65Jamie123US #82
#66Bobby122US #105
#67Tony122US #92
#68Carlos115US #74
#69Bradley114US #49
#70Billy110US #91
#71Russell109US #89
#72Cory108US #67
#73Randy108US #86
#74Walter108US #123
#75Shannon104US #120
#76Ricky101US #136
#77Aaron100US #32
#78Kelvin97
#79Danny95US #111
#80Calvin94US #179
#81Raymond94US #65
#82Sean94US #43
#83Douglas93US #59
#84Shane90US #61
#85Henry86US #127
#86Maurice86US #166
#87Curtis84US #100
#88Roderick84
#89Cedric83
#90Joel82US #73
#91Jacob81US #56
#92Derek80US #84
#93Nicholas80US #51
#94Jesse79US #54
#95Casey78US #102
#96Roger78US #114
#97Adrian76US #121
#98Randall76US #140
#99Todd76US #50
#100Tommy75US #177

On the move since 1976

Rising

↑35Wesley#37
↑32Sabrina#33
↑25Kristy#60
↑24Kathryn#71
↑23Erica#38
↑22Nathan#47
↑21Amber#63
↑20Corey#32

Falling

↓47Jaime#100
↓28Tracy#62
↓20Christie#97
↓20Jamie#65
↓19Nicole#59
↓15Leslie#47
↓15Pamela#57
↓15Stacey#72

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1976 rankings.