State roster

Top names in Georgia

The names most likely to appear on 1981 Georgia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 75,091 Georgia births in 1981 across 1,510 distinct names.

Distinctively Georgia

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

#86Tamikaoutside the national top 200
#87Latonyaoutside the national top 200
#98Ashleyoutside the national top 200
#100Cedricoutside the national top 200
#80Reginald#179 nationally
#95Eddie#191 nationally
#50Willie#141 nationally
#79Felicia#168 nationally
#52Latasha#139 nationally
#79Jermaine#161 nationally
#97Calvin#172 nationally
#100Donna#167 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,400US #1
#2Amanda1,135US #3
#3Jessica1,082US #2
#4Tiffany658US #14
#5Kimberly637US #13
#6Melissa602US #5
#7Stephanie560US #8
#8Crystal521US #16
#9April492US #25
#10Heather463US #10
#11Amy452US #6
#12Elizabeth409US #9
#13Mary382US #27
#14Ashley375US #34
#15Sarah357US #4
#16Rebecca345US #12
#17Angela331US #15
#18Laura310US #21
#19Brandy307US #41
#20Amber274US #20
#21Christina273US #17
#22Brandi262US #50
#23Lisa262US #18
#24Michelle247US #11
#25Kelly246US #23
#26Rachel234US #22
#27Andrea230US #24
#28Lauren226US #35
#29Latoya222US #69
#30Courtney218US #43
#31Jamie216US #28
#32Shannon214US #32
#33Emily210US #29
#34Nicole206US #7
#35Erica204US #36
#36Katherine204US #39
#37Erin200US #19
#38Julie185US #37
#39Misty183US #61
#40Kristen176US #38
#41Pamela175US #76
#42Christy174US #99
#43Leslie173US #56
#44Kristin160US #31
#45Allison155US #57
#46Alicia153US #46
#47Anna144US #54
#48Tonya139US #110
#49Dana137US #70
#50Monica136US #49
#51Candice135US #86
#52Latasha135US #139
#53Sara129US #26
#54Natasha128US #85
#55Natalie127US #60
#56Kathryn126US #48
#57Melanie125US #66
#58Carrie122US #55
#59Samantha122US #51
#60Lindsey121US #58
#61Megan121US #33
#62Tara120US #45
#63Kristy119US #94
#64Cynthia118US #59
#65Lindsay118US #47
#66Patricia117US #53
#67Holly113US #63
#68Wendy112US #90
#69Brooke110US #52
#70Katie109US #44
#71Candace106US #118
#72Tina103US #80
#73Catherine102US #73
#74Karen102US #64
#75Lori102US #91
#76Victoria102US #87
#77Katrina100US #95
#78Susan99US #71
#79Felicia98US #168
#80Valerie97US #89
#81Sabrina94US #120
#82Casey93US #122
#83Robin93US #102
#84Stacy93US #65
#85Tracy93US #77
#86Tamika90
#87Latonya89
#88Teresa88US #97
#89Tammy87US #117
#90Danielle86US #30
#91Leah86US #81
#92Margaret85US #107
#93Angel84US #157
#94Sandra84US #74
#95Jacqueline83US #67
#96Miranda80US #128
#97Stacey79US #83
#98Cassandra78US #104
#99Tabitha78US #147
#100Donna77US #167

Boys

#1Michael1,432US #1
#2Christopher1,401US #2
#3James1,243US #7
#4Joshua1,078US #6
#5John1,007US #8
#6Jason990US #4
#7William945US #15
#8David907US #5
#9Robert887US #9
#10Matthew846US #3
#11Jonathan713US #16
#12Joseph670US #11
#13Brandon611US #19
#14Charles587US #31
#15Justin585US #12
#16Daniel568US #10
#17Jeremy533US #22
#18Brian517US #14
#19Timothy491US #24
#20Thomas425US #26
#21Anthony416US #23
#22Richard396US #27
#23Eric391US #17
#24Kevin383US #25
#25Travis361US #40
#26Steven360US #28
#27Benjamin355US #32
#28Adam339US #20
#29Nicholas337US #21
#30Andrew324US #18
#31Kenneth318US #41
#32Ryan315US #13
#33Stephen309US #39
#34Jeffrey265US #29
#35Antonio242US #75
#36Marcus238US #67
#37Patrick234US #38
#38Gregory214US #46
#39Mark202US #33
#40Dustin197US #42
#41Scott185US #34
#42Samuel181US #54
#43Larry180US #73
#44Nathan179US #36
#45Derrick176US #78
#46Donald170US #56
#47Corey169US #69
#48Wesley168US #99
#49Ronald165US #59
#50Willie165US #141
#51Paul160US #35
#52Phillip155US #66
#53George152US #61
#54Bradley150US #50
#55Chad150US #47
#56Aaron146US #30
#57Bryan145US #48
#58Jesse145US #37
#59Bobby143US #110
#60Terry138US #105
#61Jeffery136US #93
#62Jacob128US #43
#63Edward124US #51
#64Jerry120US #97
#65Gary119US #62
#66Keith118US #58
#67Johnny116US #113
#68Billy115US #103
#69Rodney114US #135
#70Douglas113US #64
#71Shawn112US #49
#72Derek111US #53
#73Russell107US #98
#74Zachary106US #63
#75Tony105US #111
#76Jimmy102US #129
#77Ricky101US #122
#78Sean98US #44
#79Jermaine97US #161
#80Reginald97US #179
#81Randy96US #91
#82Carlos92US #71
#83Walter92US #138
#84Jeremiah91US #77
#85Dennis90US #83
#86Jamie89US #118
#87Nathaniel87US #80
#88Kyle86US #52
#89Raymond85US #68
#90Henry82US #126
#91Curtis80US #94
#92Joel80US #65
#93Mario78US #109
#94Jared77US #57
#95Eddie76US #191
#96Randall76US #137
#97Calvin75US #172
#98Ashley74
#99Carl73US #106
#100Cedric73

On the move since 1980

Rising

↑32Lindsey#60
↑31Lindsay#65
↑30Brooke#69
↑27Latoya#29
↑20Shawn#71
↑15Dana#49
↑13Kathryn#56
↑13Megan#61

Falling

↓20Kristy#63
↓19Wendy#68
↓19Donna#100
↓19Cedric#100
↓18Christy#42
↓17Holly#67
↓16Susan#78
↓15Catherine#73

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1980 rankings.