State roster

Top names in Georgia

The names most likely to appear on 1983 Georgia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 75,598 Georgia births in 1983 across 1,491 distinct names.

Distinctively Georgia

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

#81Reginald#193 nationally
#95Cedricoutside the national top 200
#68Latasha#166 nationally
#63Willie#155 nationally
#55Christy#146 nationally
#90Felicia#181 nationally
#74Maurice#162 nationally
#92Calvin#180 nationally
#80Jermaine#165 nationally
#33Marquita#112 nationally
#89Whitney#164 nationally
#87Rodney#161 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer1,331US #1
#2Jessica1,260US #2
#3Ashley1,149US #4
#4Amanda988US #3
#5Tiffany635US #14
#6Crystal607US #11
#7Heather572US #9
#8Kimberly565US #15
#9Stephanie549US #8
#10Melissa462US #6
#11Elizabeth431US #10
#12Amy389US #12
#13Sarah372US #5
#14Lauren353US #24
#15Rebecca353US #19
#16April342US #39
#17Mary342US #32
#18Amber316US #17
#19Laura314US #23
#20Angela311US #22
#21Christina285US #16
#22Erin276US #18
#23Erica269US #33
#24Kelly254US #26
#25Brandi247US #56
#26Rachel245US #20
#27Emily233US #25
#28Michelle232US #13
#29Brandy230US #57
#30Lisa226US #27
#31Katherine220US #34
#32Nicole220US #7
#33Marquita218US #112
#34Alicia216US #41
#35Lindsey215US #35
#36Jamie203US #28
#37Courtney197US #44
#38Megan188US #21
#39Brittany187US #64
#40Samantha183US #40
#41Kristen172US #37
#42Julie170US #46
#43Andrea169US #30
#44Shannon167US #38
#45Lindsay162US #36
#46Allison161US #59
#47Holly156US #48
#48Anna151US #55
#49Kayla151US #81
#50Latoya149US #90
#51Victoria148US #58
#52Monica145US #54
#53Kathryn141US #50
#54Candice140US #84
#55Christy139US #146
#56Leslie139US #67
#57Katie137US #45
#58Kristin135US #42
#59Dana133US #72
#60Natasha130US #71
#61Natalie125US #52
#62Patricia124US #60
#63Sara120US #31
#64Candace117US #104
#65Tara116US #51
#66Pamela115US #91
#67Stacy114US #61
#68Latasha113US #166
#69Misty112US #87
#70Sheena112US #107
#71Tabitha110US #137
#72Danielle107US #29
#73Carrie102US #65
#74Melanie100US #79
#75Catherine99US #66
#76Hannah98US #124
#77Tonya98US #147
#78Kristy96US #133
#79Susan94US #86
#80Sabrina93US #111
#81Miranda92US #118
#82Alexis91US #83
#83Stacey90US #76
#84Cynthia89US #62
#85Karen89US #77
#86Casey87US #110
#87Wendy86US #125
#88Leah85US #82
#89Whitney84US #164
#90Felicia83US #181
#91Maria83US #43
#92Margaret82US #92
#93Robin82US #127
#94Valerie82US #74
#95Virginia82US #165
#96Julia77US #85
#97Kristina76US #63
#98Katrina75US #108
#99Alison73US #116
#100Krystal73US #78

Boys

#1Christopher1,802US #2
#2Michael1,483US #1
#3James1,199US #6
#4William1,058US #16
#5Matthew1,048US #3
#6Joshua1,037US #5
#7John941US #9
#8Robert881US #10
#9David815US #4
#10Jason809US #7
#11Brandon770US #17
#12Jonathan740US #19
#13Joseph685US #11
#14Justin661US #12
#15Daniel582US #8
#16Brian557US #14
#17Charles522US #33
#18Thomas472US #24
#19Andrew445US #15
#20Anthony424US #22
#21Richard418US #27
#22Timothy416US #26
#23Adam402US #18
#24Jeremy400US #30
#25Kevin393US #25
#26Stephen368US #35
#27Eric357US #20
#28Steven356US #23
#29Nicholas346US #21
#30Benjamin313US #32
#31Ryan312US #13
#32Jeffrey302US #28
#33Kenneth291US #45
#34Travis288US #41
#35Marcus255US #58
#36Gregory226US #42
#37Patrick215US #37
#38Mark208US #31
#39Dustin195US #43
#40Paul192US #39
#41Bryan191US #47
#42Corey189US #74
#43Antonio186US #76
#44Derrick173US #78
#45Jacob173US #36
#46Larry173US #85
#47Phillip173US #66
#48Kyle164US #34
#49Aaron160US #29
#50Samuel160US #54
#51Chad159US #49
#52Jeffery154US #91
#53Nathan154US #40
#54Bradley152US #52
#55Ronald151US #64
#56Donald148US #60
#57Zachary148US #50
#58Jesse139US #46
#59Wesley138US #101
#60Scott136US #38
#61Brett134US #73
#62Edward129US #55
#63Willie126US #155
#64Bobby125US #118
#65Sean123US #44
#66Johnny121US #116
#67Gary119US #68
#68George118US #65
#69Keith115US #61
#70Ricky115US #128
#71Terry115US #110
#72Jimmy109US #127
#73Jerry108US #103
#74Maurice99US #162
#75Curtis95US #100
#76Douglas95US #69
#77Nathaniel94US #79
#78Derek93US #51
#79Joel92US #67
#80Jermaine91US #165
#81Reginald89US #193
#82Randall88US #129
#83Tony88US #119
#84Tyler87US #57
#85Johnathan85US #137
#86Raymond85US #71
#87Rodney84US #161
#88Jared83US #56
#89Randy83US #96
#90Billy82US #124
#91Shawn82US #53
#92Calvin79US #180
#93Russell79US #104
#94Craig78US #70
#95Cedric76
#96Mario76US #115
#97Clinton74US #141
#98Brent73US #94
#99Jamie73US #153
#100Alexander72US #63

On the move since 1982

Rising

↑25Kayla#49
↑25Curtis#75
↑24Megan#38
↑24Stacy#67
↑23Kyle#48
↑22Brett#61
↑21Holly#47
↑21Bryan#41

Falling

↓30Misty#69
↓28Cynthia#84
↓26Margaret#92
↓24Billy#90
↓22Carrie#73
↓22George#68
↓18Leslie#56
↓18Katrina#98

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1982 rankings.