State roster

Top names in Georgia

The names most likely to appear on 1980 Georgia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 76,482 Georgia births in 1980 across 1,544 distinct names.

Distinctively Georgia

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

#81Cedricoutside the national top 200
#88Latonyaoutside the national top 200
#95Tamikaoutside the national top 200
#100Tommy#197 nationally
#70Felicia#164 nationally
#77Reginald#166 nationally
#42Willie#130 nationally
#61Latasha#141 nationally
#78Jermaine#149 nationally
#66Candace#134 nationally
#56Latoya#123 nationally
#81Donna#144 nationally

Girls

#1Amanda1,310US #2
#2Jennifer1,299US #1
#3Jessica801US #3
#4Kimberly707US #11
#5Melissa663US #4
#6Tiffany568US #14
#7April567US #26
#8Stephanie501US #13
#9Crystal489US #18
#10Amy486US #8
#11Heather480US #6
#12Elizabeth406US #9
#13Mary403US #25
#14Angela400US #12
#15Ashley348US #40
#16Sarah338US #5
#17Rebecca325US #17
#18Brandy324US #42
#19Christina308US #15
#20Lisa295US #16
#21Kelly286US #19
#22Laura275US #21
#23Michelle245US #10
#24Christy238US #83
#25Amber233US #22
#26Rachel232US #23
#27Erica230US #34
#28Brandi223US #63
#29Shannon220US #29
#30Misty214US #49
#31Andrea198US #28
#32Julie196US #32
#33Lauren193US #38
#34Courtney192US #48
#35Erin190US #20
#36Jamie188US #24
#37Emily184US #31
#38Nicole182US #7
#39Katherine169US #35
#40Leslie168US #61
#41Tonya167US #97
#42Monica160US #45
#43Kristy158US #78
#44Pamela158US #86
#45Allison151US #59
#46Kristin149US #37
#47Alicia148US #47
#48Kristen148US #39
#49Wendy142US #75
#50Holly138US #52
#51Melanie137US #60
#52Sara134US #27
#53Anna132US #55
#54Natasha132US #89
#55Natalie130US #65
#56Latoya129US #123
#57Tara129US #43
#58Catherine128US #77
#59Samantha127US #58
#60Candice126US #99
#61Latasha126US #141
#62Susan125US #62
#63Carrie124US #46
#64Dana123US #68
#65Patricia123US #51
#66Candace115US #134
#67Karen115US #54
#68Cynthia112US #64
#69Kathryn112US #50
#70Felicia108US #164
#71Stacy108US #53
#72Katrina107US #90
#73Tina106US #72
#74Megan105US #30
#75Valerie105US #85
#76Tammy103US #96
#77Sabrina100US #113
#78Katie98US #44
#79Lori96US #76
#80Teresa94US #94
#81Donna93US #144
#82Robin91US #109
#83Kelli90US #125
#84Miranda90US #128
#85Tracy90US #56
#86Tamara89US #108
#87Victoria89US #103
#88Latonya88
#89Margaret87US #105
#90Casey86US #135
#91Danielle86US #33
#92Lindsey86US #91
#93Sharon86US #129
#94Yolanda83US #157
#95Tamika82
#96Lindsay80US #71
#97Leah78US #84
#98Christine77US #41
#99Brooke76US #57
#100Jacqueline76US #81

Boys

#1James1,445US #5
#2Michael1,434US #1
#3Christopher1,387US #2
#4Jason1,111US #3
#5John1,046US #8
#6William997US #14
#7Joshua926US #7
#8Robert908US #9
#9David894US #4
#10Matthew710US #6
#11Joseph686US #10
#12Jonathan656US #21
#13Charles580US #29
#14Brian555US #12
#15Jeremy532US #18
#16Justin531US #13
#17Daniel506US #11
#18Timothy494US #20
#19Richard452US #26
#20Kevin439US #23
#21Thomas425US #25
#22Eric423US #16
#23Travis419US #37
#24Brandon416US #31
#25Anthony410US #24
#26Nicholas393US #17
#27Andrew367US #19
#28Benjamin339US #32
#29Steven329US #28
#30Adam324US #22
#31Kenneth320US #41
#32Patrick283US #38
#33Jeffrey276US #27
#34Stephen272US #40
#35Ryan260US #15
#36Mark249US #30
#37Marcus240US #71
#38Gregory236US #42
#39Antonio233US #77
#40Derrick208US #74
#41Dustin197US #44
#42Willie197US #130
#43Larry192US #70
#44Chad185US #39
#45Paul184US #35
#46Donald181US #53
#47Nathan181US #36
#48Wesley174US #95
#49Corey170US #68
#50Scott170US #33
#51Samuel165US #54
#52Bradley163US #51
#53Phillip160US #65
#54Ronald159US #58
#55George153US #60
#56Bryan148US #49
#57Edward148US #52
#58Aaron143US #34
#59Johnny143US #113
#60Terry143US #101
#61Derek141US #50
#62Jeffery139US #90
#63Keith139US #56
#64Jesse138US #45
#65Bobby137US #109
#66Gary129US #63
#67Jacob129US #43
#68Tony126US #108
#69Jerry120US #94
#70Billy119US #100
#71Rodney117US #121
#72Jimmy116US #126
#73Russell113US #92
#74Jamie111US #105
#75Ricky110US #122
#76Jeremiah109US #76
#77Reginald106US #166
#78Jermaine101US #149
#79Douglas99US #62
#80Randy99US #87
#81Cedric97
#82Randall97US #136
#83Carlos95US #78
#84Curtis95US #89
#85Zachary95US #72
#86Nathaniel93US #86
#87Walter93US #137
#88Sean90US #48
#89Jared85US #61
#90Mario85US #102
#91Shawn85US #47
#92Casey83US #93
#93Dennis82US #80
#94Henry82US #135
#95Allen81US #124
#96Clinton81US #131
#97Micheal80US #132
#98Kyle79US #57
#99Raymond79US #66
#100Tommy79US #197

On the move since 1979

Rising

↑44Dustin#41
↑36Courtney#34
↑31Jesse#64
↑30Sara#52
↑20Lauren#33
↑20Latoya#56
↑14Aaron#58
↑13Cedric#81

Falling

↓27Dana#64
↓22Sharon#93
↓21Tammy#76
↓20Yolanda#94
↓18Karen#67
↓18Sabrina#77
↓18Walter#87
↓15Jimmy#72

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1979 rankings.