State roster

Top names in Georgia

The names most likely to appear on 1984 Georgia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 77,391 Georgia births in 1984 across 1,499 distinct names.

Distinctively Georgia

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

#72Marquita#195 nationally
#57Willie#166 nationally
#78Reginald#186 nationally
#77Latasha#175 nationally
#89Felicia#185 nationally
#76Jermaine#170 nationally
#54Christy#145 nationally
#88Calvin#177 nationally
#83Maurice#168 nationally
#80Walter#161 nationally
#68Tabitha#141 nationally
#81Tonya#153 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica1,258US #2
#2Ashley1,244US #3
#3Jennifer1,194US #1
#4Amanda987US #4
#5Tiffany605US #14
#6Heather594US #9
#7Crystal590US #12
#8Stephanie552US #6
#9Kimberly485US #22
#10Elizabeth463US #10
#11Melissa450US #8
#12Sarah425US #5
#13Lauren408US #21
#14Amber402US #18
#15Mary364US #33
#16Amy346US #13
#17Brittany343US #41
#18Laura339US #19
#19Rebecca327US #23
#20Christina321US #20
#21Rachel317US #15
#22April312US #42
#23Emily279US #24
#24Katherine262US #30
#25Courtney255US #46
#26Erica255US #34
#27Danielle254US #16
#28Kelly251US #27
#29Latoya247US #60
#30Megan246US #11
#31Lindsey239US #35
#32Nicole239US #7
#33Erin234US #25
#34Brandy231US #64
#35Brandi223US #61
#36Alicia217US #40
#37Angela213US #26
#38Michelle203US #17
#39Jamie194US #31
#40Shannon193US #37
#41Allison179US #51
#42Andrea179US #28
#43Lisa179US #29
#44Holly174US #53
#45Samantha174US #39
#46Anna162US #57
#47Kathryn162US #48
#48Kristen162US #38
#49Katie156US #44
#50Lindsay155US #36
#51Sara148US #32
#52Candice143US #86
#53Victoria141US #59
#54Christy140US #145
#55Kristin139US #47
#56Candace133US #102
#57Catherine131US #69
#58Jenna131US #54
#59Natalie128US #55
#60Sheena128US #80
#61Leslie126US #75
#62Natasha120US #77
#63Whitney115US #125
#64Julie114US #52
#65Cynthia107US #62
#66Misty107US #98
#67Monica104US #58
#68Tabitha102US #141
#69Tara102US #49
#70Dana101US #73
#71Margaret101US #92
#72Marquita100US #195
#73Kristy99US #135
#74Cassandra96US #63
#75Carrie95US #78
#76Pamela95US #104
#77Latasha93US #175
#78Karen91US #82
#79Casey90US #107
#80Kayla90US #100
#81Tonya90US #153
#82Miranda89US #114
#83Stacey85US #79
#84Hannah84US #126
#85Stacy84US #67
#86Patricia82US #66
#87Susan82US #90
#88Christine81US #43
#89Felicia81US #185
#90Kristina81US #68
#91Melanie81US #85
#92Alexis80US #89
#93Leah78US #83
#94Sabrina78US #122
#95Angel77US #162
#96Ebony77US #137
#97Jacqueline77US #56
#98Julia73US #87
#99Krystal72US #74
#100Alisha70US #123

Boys

#1Christopher1,784US #2
#2Michael1,503US #1
#3James1,261US #7
#4Joshua1,210US #4
#5Matthew1,104US #3
#6William981US #16
#7John910US #8
#8Brandon908US #15
#9Robert832US #9
#10David800US #5
#11Jason720US #11
#12Jonathan716US #19
#13Joseph694US #10
#14Daniel689US #6
#15Justin667US #13
#16Charles520US #33
#17Brian503US #17
#18Andrew475US #14
#19Kevin467US #24
#20Timothy455US #26
#21Thomas452US #25
#22Anthony436US #21
#23Adam422US #18
#24Jeremy421US #31
#25Steven411US #23
#26Richard407US #27
#27Eric404US #22
#28Nicholas354US #20
#29Ryan354US #12
#30Stephen349US #35
#31Benjamin328US #30
#32Marcus321US #57
#33Kenneth305US #46
#34Dustin291US #41
#35Jeffrey280US #28
#36Travis266US #42
#37Patrick261US #36
#38Gregory230US #44
#39Mark217US #32
#40Antonio205US #77
#41Bryan200US #48
#42Zachary196US #45
#43Jacob193US #37
#44Samuel191US #55
#45Corey188US #69
#46Bradley171US #53
#47Nathan167US #38
#48Paul164US #40
#49Donald157US #63
#50Chad156US #51
#51Aaron155US #29
#52Jeffery155US #94
#53Phillip155US #70
#54Kyle151US #34
#55Derrick148US #79
#56Jesse148US #50
#57Willie140US #166
#58Larry138US #91
#59Tyler134US #47
#60George132US #68
#61Edward129US #58
#62Brett124US #72
#63Terry121US #118
#64Wesley121US #101
#65Johnny120US #120
#66Keith119US #61
#67Scott118US #39
#68Derek117US #52
#69Ronald117US #67
#70Gary114US #76
#71Bobby112US #129
#72Jerry110US #111
#73Sean108US #43
#74Jimmy105US #134
#75Tony100US #112
#76Jermaine97US #170
#77Shawn97US #56
#78Reginald94US #186
#79Alexander93US #54
#80Walter92US #161
#81Nathaniel89US #80
#82Ricky89US #138
#83Maurice88US #168
#84Russell88US #106
#85Jared87US #59
#86Blake86US #103
#87Curtis85US #96
#88Calvin83US #177
#89Randall82US #148
#90Dennis81US #97
#91Jeremiah81US #102
#92Randy81US #100
#93Allen80US #128
#94Douglas80US #71
#95Johnathan80US #132
#96Craig79US #75
#97Jamie79US #154
#98Casey78US #82
#99Jordan78US #65
#100Alan77US #105

On the move since 1983

Rising

↑45Danielle#27
↑26Whitney#63
↑25Tyler#59
↑22Brittany#17
↑21Latoya#29
↑21Margaret#71
↑21Alexander#79
↑19Cynthia#65

Falling

↓39Marquita#72
↓31Kayla#80
↓24Patricia#86
↓22Julie#64
↓18Stacy#85
↓18Douglas#94
↓17Angela#37
↓17Melanie#91

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1983 rankings.