State roster

Top names in Georgia

The names most likely to appear on 1979 Georgia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 72,899 Georgia births in 1979 across 1,553 distinct names.

Distinctively Georgia

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

#93Roderickoutside the national top 200
#60Latasha#167 nationally
#94Cedricoutside the national top 200
#96Latonyaoutside the national top 200
#86Tamika#187 nationally
#90Tommy#187 nationally
#64Felicia#153 nationally
#68Reginald#157 nationally
#75Rhonda#163 nationally
#91Eddie#175 nationally
#73Tabitha#155 nationally
#78Shannon#159 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,246US #1
#2Amanda1,119US #3
#3Melissa732US #2
#4Kimberly632US #12
#5Jessica518US #4
#6Heather509US #7
#7April505US #23
#8Amy499US #5
#9Stephanie477US #15
#10Crystal458US #18
#11Angela438US #8
#12Mary366US #24
#13Elizabeth362US #11
#14Christina341US #14
#15Tiffany330US #28
#16Rebecca324US #17
#17Lisa323US #13
#18Kelly318US #16
#19Brandy316US #39
#20Christy274US #72
#21Laura267US #20
#22Michelle267US #10
#23Sarah237US #6
#24Jamie236US #19
#25Shannon234US #25
#26Ashley229US #67
#27Brandi225US #61
#28Misty222US #42
#29Erica210US #32
#30Amber201US #22
#31Monica191US #40
#32Julie187US #29
#33Rachel181US #27
#34Tonya179US #86
#35Katherine171US #36
#36Andrea168US #26
#37Dana168US #54
#38Leslie168US #65
#39Pamela168US #90
#40Nicole166US #9
#41Emily162US #34
#42Erin162US #21
#43Wendy154US #64
#44Holly151US #48
#45Kristy150US #56
#46Alicia143US #47
#47Allison143US #70
#48Melanie143US #53
#49Karen138US #46
#50Natalie137US #68
#51Natasha134US #110
#52Tara133US #38
#53Lauren130US #45
#54Cynthia129US #55
#55Tammy129US #79
#56Carrie127US #41
#57Patricia123US #44
#58Anna122US #59
#59Sabrina118US #106
#60Latasha116US #167
#61Tina116US #58
#62Samantha115US #66
#63Kathryn114US #50
#64Felicia112US #153
#65Catherine110US #78
#66Susan106US #51
#67Stacy101US #43
#68Teresa101US #87
#69Candice100US #128
#70Courtney100US #71
#71Sharon100US #117
#72Katrina94US #99
#73Tabitha93US #155
#74Yolanda93US #147
#75Rhonda92US #163
#76Latoya91US #148
#77Donna90US #131
#78Lori90US #69
#79Melinda90US #82
#80Robin90US #95
#81Sandra89US #77
#82Sara89US #30
#83Katie87US #63
#84Kristi87US #109
#85Tracy86US #49
#86Tamika84US #187
#87Mandy82US #116
#88Mindy81US #81
#89Angel80US #164
#90Carla80US #142
#91Stacey80US #60
#92Margaret78US #108
#93Tamara78US #104
#94Kelli77US #129
#95Victoria77US #119
#96Latonya76
#97Casey75US #144
#98Cheryl75US #94
#99Meredith75US #143
#100Danielle74US #33

Boys

#1Michael1,463US #1
#2Christopher1,442US #2
#3James1,358US #5
#4Jason1,222US #3
#5John991US #7
#6William925US #13
#7David903US #4
#8Robert831US #8
#9Joshua708US #9
#10Joseph696US #11
#11Matthew685US #6
#12Brian629US #10
#13Charles575US #28
#14Jeremy520US #16
#15Timothy506US #18
#16Jonathan480US #31
#17Travis464US #36
#18Kevin444US #19
#19Anthony424US #21
#20Daniel417US #12
#21Thomas414US #26
#22Richard396US #25
#23Eric382US #17
#24Andrew359US #20
#25Nicholas349US #15
#26Steven335US #27
#27Benjamin334US #33
#28Justin309US #22
#29Brandon306US #35
#30Stephen303US #40
#31Adam299US #23
#32Jeffrey291US #24
#33Kenneth278US #41
#34Patrick251US #39
#35Antonio249US #79
#36Marcus249US #76
#37Ryan240US #14
#38Mark222US #30
#39Larry216US #69
#40Gregory208US #42
#41Paul199US #34
#42Derrick198US #80
#43Corey189US #63
#44Chad177US #38
#45Donald175US #51
#46Samuel173US #55
#47Bryan167US #46
#48Scott161US #29
#49Nathan159US #37
#50Keith158US #52
#51Willie157US #125
#52Gary150US #59
#53George150US #57
#54Ronald148US #54
#55Edward145US #48
#56Wesley143US #89
#57Jimmy138US #123
#58Bobby137US #106
#59Bradley136US #47
#60Terry130US #96
#61Jerry129US #85
#62Johnny125US #111
#63Phillip124US #68
#64Billy118US #97
#65Jeffery118US #87
#66Derek117US #72
#67Rodney115US #117
#68Reginald114US #157
#69Walter113US #128
#70Shaun111US #64
#71Tony111US #104
#72Aaron110US #32
#73Curtis109US #91
#74Jamie109US #88
#75Mario103US #103
#76Jacob100US #45
#77Ricky98US #124
#78Shannon95US #159
#79Shawn94US #43
#80Russell93US #92
#81Adrian92US #113
#82Randy92US #86
#83Zachary90US #74
#84Carlos89US #73
#85Dustin89US #62
#86Randall89US #135
#87Douglas86US #58
#88Maurice86US #160
#89Dennis84US #75
#90Tommy84US #187
#91Eddie83US #175
#92Raymond83US #70
#93Roderick83
#94Cedric82
#95Jesse82US #50
#96Danny81US #121
#97Casey80US #93
#98Nathaniel80US #95
#99Ronnie80US #163
#100Frederick79US #158

On the move since 1978

Rising

↑33Lauren#53
↑25Monica#31
↑25Latasha#60
↑23Natasha#51
↑21Pamela#39
↑19Travis#17
↑19Chad#44
↑19Jacob#76

Falling

↓33Donna#77
↓30Tina#61
↓23Tracy#85
↓21Tabitha#73
↓20Carrie#56
↓20Stacey#91
↓19Stacy#67
↓19Courtney#70

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1978 rankings.