State roster

Top names in Georgia

The names most likely to appear on 1982 Georgia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 75,440 Georgia births in 1982 across 1,507 distinct names.

Distinctively Georgia

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

#89Cedricoutside the national top 200
#76Reginald#184 nationally
#93Felicia#195 nationally
#54Willie#144 nationally
#79Maurice#165 nationally
#94Calvin#176 nationally
#77Latasha#153 nationally
#40Christy#115 nationally
#98Jermaine#168 nationally
#96Virginia#164 nationally
#85Johnathan#152 nationally
#99Angel#166 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,347US #1
#2Jessica1,154US #2
#3Amanda993US #3
#4Tiffany635US #13
#5Ashley626US #17
#6Crystal611US #9
#7Kimberly602US #14
#8Stephanie559US #7
#9Melissa514US #5
#10Heather467US #12
#11April441US #32
#12Amy421US #10
#13Elizabeth395US #8
#14Mary371US #30
#15Sarah367US #4
#16Rebecca351US #15
#17Lauren331US #26
#18Angela326US #16
#19Laura318US #22
#20Brandy289US #50
#21Amber278US #18
#22Christina275US #19
#23Emily269US #24
#24Kelly264US #25
#25Erin263US #20
#26Rachel261US #21
#27Brandi241US #55
#28Erica232US #35
#29Michelle220US #11
#30Andrea212US #27
#31Lindsey210US #40
#32Katherine203US #36
#33Courtney200US #43
#34Shannon200US #38
#35Jamie196US #29
#36Lisa193US #23
#37Nicole193US #6
#38Leslie164US #60
#39Misty164US #74
#40Christy161US #115
#41Julie160US #41
#42Kristen159US #33
#43Lindsay159US #39
#44Samantha151US #44
#45Kristin148US #37
#46Allison146US #58
#47Sara146US #28
#48Anna145US #56
#49Natalie138US #51
#50Latoya133US #91
#51Carrie131US #57
#52Candice130US #78
#53Kathryn130US #48
#54Alicia129US #53
#55Brittany129US #94
#56Cynthia129US #64
#57Monica128US #52
#58Pamela128US #82
#59Dana125US #67
#60Candace122US #103
#61Natasha121US #71
#62Megan114US #34
#63Katie111US #45
#64Victoria111US #66
#65Cassandra110US #62
#66Margaret110US #97
#67Danielle109US #31
#68Holly108US #61
#69Karen108US #68
#70Melanie108US #65
#71Tara107US #47
#72Tonya107US #126
#73Catherine104US #73
#74Kayla104US #133
#75Kristy104US #104
#76Patricia104US #59
#77Latasha100US #153
#78Miranda98US #117
#79Susan97US #76
#80Katrina94US #87
#81Lori93US #98
#82Tina92US #90
#83Valerie89US #75
#84Sabrina88US #128
#85Wendy88US #105
#86Jacqueline87US #54
#87Robin87US #108
#88Tabitha87US #152
#89Julia84US #84
#90Sharon84US #144
#91Stacy84US #72
#92Stacey83US #85
#93Felicia80US #195
#94Cassie79US #137
#95Tamara79US #129
#96Virginia77US #164
#97Kelli76US #127
#98Tammy76US #134
#99Angel75US #166
#100Christine74US #46

Boys

#1Christopher1,716US #2
#2Michael1,467US #1
#3James1,284US #6
#4Joshua1,061US #7
#5William988US #15
#6Jason979US #4
#7Matthew945US #3
#8John944US #8
#9Robert912US #9
#10David870US #5
#11Joseph678US #11
#12Jonathan672US #16
#13Justin626US #12
#14Brandon620US #18
#15Charles588US #31
#16Daniel529US #10
#17Brian517US #14
#18Thomas450US #23
#19Richard441US #27
#20Timothy441US #24
#21Jeremy434US #28
#22Anthony421US #21
#23Andrew396US #17
#24Kevin385US #25
#25Eric355US #20
#26Benjamin352US #33
#27Steven332US #26
#28Ryan326US #13
#29Adam324US #19
#30Nicholas311US #22
#31Marcus303US #63
#32Jeffrey302US #29
#33Stephen301US #38
#34Travis299US #39
#35Kenneth293US #45
#36Gregory260US #40
#37Mark231US #32
#38Antonio227US #76
#39Patrick222US #37
#40Dustin189US #42
#41Samuel181US #56
#42Larry176US #77
#43Corey174US #74
#44Derrick171US #78
#45Aaron166US #30
#46George166US #62
#47Bobby162US #113
#48Paul161US #35
#49Jacob158US #41
#50Scott158US #34
#51Donald155US #58
#52Bradley151US #51
#53Jesse151US #43
#54Willie150US #144
#55Nathan149US #36
#56Phillip149US #67
#57Ronald145US #60
#58Edward137US #53
#59Zachary137US #55
#60Wesley136US #98
#61Chad135US #48
#62Bryan133US #49
#63Gary131US #64
#64Jeffery129US #92
#65Johnny123US #118
#66Billy120US #116
#67Terry117US #105
#68Derek110US #50
#69Nathaniel110US #75
#70Keith109US #59
#71Kyle109US #47
#72Jimmy108US #132
#73Raymond105US #70
#74Jerry102US #100
#75Joel102US #69
#76Reginald101US #184
#77Sean101US #44
#78Ricky100US #129
#79Maurice99US #165
#80Shawn95US #52
#81Russell94US #97
#82Dennis90US #87
#83Brett89US #72
#84Jared89US #54
#85Johnathan88US #152
#86Randall88US #130
#87Tony88US #112
#88Walter88US #147
#89Cedric87
#90Randy87US #94
#91Douglas85US #68
#92Jamie85US #131
#93Danny84US #137
#94Calvin82US #176
#95Mario82US #109
#96Carlos81US #71
#97Clinton80US #133
#98Jermaine80US #168
#99Allen79US #122
#100Curtis79US #101

On the move since 1981

Rising

↑33Cassandra#65
↑29Lindsey#31
↑26Margaret#66
↑23Danielle#67
↑22Lindsay#43
↑18Miranda#78
↑18Nathaniel#69
↑17Kyle#71

Falling

↓25Latasha#77
↓24Tonya#72
↓21Latoya#50
↓21Douglas#91
↓19Jermaine#98
↓17Pamela#58
↓17Wendy#85
↓14Felicia#93

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1981 rankings.