State roster

Top names in Georgia

The names most likely to appear on 1978 Georgia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 70,023 Georgia births in 1978 across 1,497 distinct names.

Distinctively Georgia

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

#88Cedricoutside the national top 200
#92Kelvinoutside the national top 200
#93Sonyaoutside the national top 200
#98Keishaoutside the national top 200
#85Latasha#185 nationally
#70Tamika#166 nationally
#78Maurice#157 nationally
#44Donna#120 nationally
#45Willie#121 nationally
#64Felicia#140 nationally
#84Rhonda#160 nationally
#84Reginald#160 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,153US #1
#2Amanda807US #6
#3Melissa640US #2
#4Kimberly621US #13
#5Jessica510US #3
#6Amy506US #4
#7Stephanie488US #16
#8Heather481US #5
#9April467US #27
#10Angela442US #7
#11Crystal373US #18
#12Kelly367US #12
#13Elizabeth353US #14
#14Mary343US #24
#15Lisa320US #11
#16Brandy314US #37
#17Tiffany298US #32
#18Christina279US #15
#19Shannon268US #22
#20Rebecca262US #17
#21Michelle259US #9
#22Christy254US #59
#23Laura241US #19
#24Misty238US #43
#25Jamie225US #20
#26Brandi210US #61
#27Julie209US #26
#28Sarah198US #8
#29Ashley194US #87
#30Tonya194US #77
#31Tina189US #45
#32Erica181US #34
#33Andrea174US #23
#34Rachel171US #25
#35Wendy168US #56
#36Carrie164US #35
#37Kristy164US #51
#38Karen161US #39
#39Katherine157US #38
#40Nicole156US #10
#41Erin152US #21
#42Leslie149US #63
#43Melanie148US #54
#44Donna139US #120
#45Emily138US #33
#46Holly138US #55
#47Amber136US #30
#48Stacy135US #44
#49Tammy135US #67
#50Alicia134US #58
#51Courtney131US #68
#52Tabitha131US #126
#53Natalie130US #66
#54Tara129US #40
#55Dana128US #71
#56Monica128US #42
#57Cynthia127US #50
#58Susan127US #49
#59Allison126US #75
#60Pamela121US #109
#61Sabrina121US #91
#62Tracy121US #47
#63Lori120US #60
#64Felicia115US #140
#65Catherine114US #72
#66Patricia114US #48
#67Teresa112US #88
#68Samantha110US #74
#69Kathryn107US #57
#70Tamika107US #166
#71Stacey104US #53
#72Latoya102US #135
#73Mandy101US #96
#74Natasha101US #114
#75Anna97US #65
#76Sherry97US #151
#77Robin96US #89
#78Carla94US #132
#79Yolanda94US #138
#80Sharon92US #106
#81Katrina88US #122
#82Regina88US #129
#83Margaret87US #110
#84Rhonda86US #160
#85Latasha85US #185
#86Lauren85US #80
#87Kristi84US #98
#88Melinda83US #84
#89Angel82US #141
#90Sara82US #28
#91Sandra81US #69
#92Barbara80US #113
#93Sonya80
#94Valerie80US #92
#95Cheryl79US #94
#96Jill79US #46
#97Dawn78US #52
#98Keisha78
#99Cassandra75US #152
#100Christine74US #29

Boys

#1Michael1,480US #1
#2James1,326US #5
#3Christopher1,304US #3
#4Jason1,238US #2
#5William933US #13
#6John894US #7
#7Robert883US #8
#8David862US #4
#9Matthew649US #6
#10Joseph603US #10
#11Brian601US #9
#12Timothy595US #17
#13Charles587US #27
#14Joshua564US #12
#15Kevin480US #15
#16Jeremy472US #18
#17Jonathan452US #31
#18Thomas431US #23
#19Eric412US #16
#20Daniel404US #11
#21Anthony380US #20
#22Richard380US #21
#23Benjamin337US #34
#24Jeffrey324US #19
#25Steven294US #24
#26Andrew291US #22
#27Stephen281US #37
#28Adam262US #29
#29Antonio262US #79
#30Nicholas253US #25
#31Kenneth245US #41
#32Brandon244US #40
#33Gregory237US #38
#34Marcus236US #70
#35Mark231US #26
#36Travis226US #46
#37Derrick225US #76
#38Ryan208US #14
#39Justin207US #28
#40Corey199US #61
#41Larry188US #64
#42Patrick188US #42
#43Paul175US #33
#44Scott167US #30
#45Willie164US #121
#46Nathan162US #36
#47Ronald162US #55
#48Wesley162US #83
#49Samuel159US #57
#50Gary158US #60
#51Donald156US #48
#52Bobby152US #109
#53George152US #58
#54Jerry150US #82
#55Bryan147US #43
#56Johnny146US #101
#57Keith143US #49
#58Terry140US #91
#59Bradley135US #53
#60Rodney133US #102
#61Phillip131US #67
#62Edward130US #47
#63Chad127US #35
#64Jeffery125US #80
#65Jamie123US #95
#66Aaron122US #32
#67Shaun122US #52
#68Tony120US #97
#69Billy119US #99
#70Jimmy114US #118
#71Adrian109US #111
#72Shawn108US #39
#73Walter102US #131
#74Carlos101US #78
#75Russell99US #93
#76Derek98US #75
#77Douglas97US #59
#78Maurice96US #157
#79Ricky95US #130
#80Randy94US #86
#81Curtis92US #96
#82Danny91US #115
#83Jesse91US #51
#84Reginald90US #160
#85Cory87US #73
#86Raymond87US #69
#87Shannon85US #143
#88Cedric84
#89Sean84US #45
#90Casey82US #92
#91Randall80US #135
#92Kelvin79
#93Dennis78US #71
#94Joel78US #74
#95Jacob76US #50
#96Jeremiah76US #81
#97Clinton75US #148
#98Henry74US #127
#99Philip74US #84
#100Shane74US #65

On the move since 1977

Rising

↑63Nicholas#30
↑44Tabitha#52
↑27Tina#31
↑26Adrian#71
↑23Kristy#37
↑21Donna#44
↑19Nicole#40
↑18Catherine#65

Falling

↓28Sabrina#61
↓27Sharon#80
↓22Monica#56
↓22Felicia#64
↓20Reginald#84
↓19Tara#54
↓18Allison#59
↓17Barbara#92

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1977 rankings.