State roster

Top names in Georgia

The names most likely to appear on 1985 Georgia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 80,288 Georgia births in 1985 across 1,562 distinct names.

Distinctively Georgia

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

#78Latasha#200 nationally
#88Cedricoutside the national top 200
#60Willie#171 nationally
#96Reginald#192 nationally
#77Tonya#172 nationally
#61Christy#151 nationally
#86Angel#161 nationally
#79Jimmy#149 nationally
#97Walter#163 nationally
#70Bobby#135 nationally
#80Ricky#145 nationally
#86Billy#150 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley1,450US #2
#2Jessica1,312US #1
#3Amanda1,094US #4
#4Jennifer1,064US #3
#5Brittany669US #17
#6Kimberly616US #19
#7Heather607US #8
#8Tiffany564US #23
#9Stephanie519US #6
#10Crystal514US #21
#11Elizabeth439US #9
#12Sarah437US #5
#13Amber403US #16
#14Lauren403US #15
#15Laura392US #14
#16Melissa381US #11
#17Mary369US #35
#18Christina361US #12
#19Megan358US #10
#20Rachel326US #13
#21April317US #47
#22Rebecca308US #25
#23Amy303US #20
#24Emily277US #24
#25Erin275US #26
#26Kelly272US #28
#27Erica267US #34
#28Katherine263US #32
#29Nicole253US #7
#30Lindsey244US #37
#31Courtney235US #43
#32Jamie235US #27
#33Samantha227US #29
#34Brandi224US #69
#35Angela219US #31
#36Danielle218US #18
#37Michelle217US #22
#38Andrea210US #33
#39Brandy209US #70
#40Anna208US #54
#41Katie202US #39
#42Shannon202US #41
#43Allison201US #46
#44Latoya193US #81
#45Whitney183US #73
#46Alicia179US #45
#47Kristen177US #38
#48Kathryn171US #48
#49Victoria169US #59
#50Sara167US #30
#51Lisa154US #36
#52Holly152US #56
#53Candace151US #104
#54Catherine146US #65
#55Kristin144US #49
#56Lindsay138US #40
#57Jenna135US #50
#58Leslie128US #76
#59Candice127US #86
#60Brittney125US #84
#61Christy123US #151
#62Julie121US #55
#63Krystal111US #53
#64Sheena110US #91
#65Natalie109US #58
#66Dana107US #82
#67Hannah106US #117
#68Natasha106US #79
#69Christine104US #44
#70Margaret103US #90
#71Kayla98US #109
#72Kristina96US #57
#73Monica96US #61
#74Patricia95US #64
#75Misty93US #121
#76Tara91US #51
#77Tonya90US #172
#78Latasha89US #200
#79Tabitha89US #135
#80Cassandra88US #62
#81Jasmine85US #103
#82Melanie85US #88
#83Katrina83US #93
#84Pamela82US #116
#85Alexis80US #112
#86Angel80US #161
#87Casey80US #114
#88Karen80US #87
#89Tina79US #110
#90Felicia78US #101
#91Miranda78US #128
#92Dominique77US #83
#93Jacqueline77US #60
#94Morgan77US #127
#95Leah74US #78
#96Valerie74US #71
#97Stacy73US #67
#98Alisha72US #131
#99Kelli72US #142
#100Carrie71US #96

Boys

#1Christopher1,869US #2
#2Michael1,528US #1
#3Joshua1,255US #4
#4James1,215US #7
#5Brandon1,094US #13
#6William1,033US #16
#7Matthew1,001US #3
#8John931US #9
#9David895US #6
#10Robert867US #8
#11Jonathan759US #17
#12Daniel705US #5
#13Justin693US #15
#14Joseph690US #10
#15Jason643US #14
#16Andrew592US #11
#17Charles510US #34
#18Brian480US #18
#19Timothy453US #26
#20Thomas442US #25
#21Anthony436US #20
#22Richard429US #28
#23Steven426US #24
#24Jeremy421US #30
#25Ryan408US #12
#26Kevin389US #23
#27Eric385US #21
#28Nicholas382US #19
#29Stephen356US #36
#30Kenneth331US #47
#31Adam328US #22
#32Benjamin321US #31
#33Patrick287US #37
#34Travis281US #46
#35Dustin277US #41
#36Jeffrey275US #29
#37Marcus261US #61
#38Zachary250US #39
#39Kyle249US #27
#40Mark241US #32
#41Jacob238US #35
#42Gregory221US #45
#43Antonio219US #73
#44Samuel214US #54
#45Bryan199US #48
#46Phillip188US #69
#47Corey187US #63
#48Paul185US #42
#49Tyler185US #43
#50Aaron171US #33
#51Sean164US #38
#52Donald156US #66
#53Cody155US #52
#54Larry153US #97
#55Bradley149US #53
#56Jesse149US #51
#57Alexander148US #50
#58Nathan147US #40
#59Jeffery146US #96
#60Willie146US #171
#61Wesley143US #94
#62Derrick140US #83
#63Terry137US #119
#64Shawn135US #55
#65Edward131US #59
#66Ronald124US #71
#67Scott124US #44
#68Chad112US #57
#69Derek112US #56
#70Bobby111US #135
#71George111US #72
#72Johnathan111US #118
#73Curtis110US #98
#74Johnny109US #127
#75Jared102US #58
#76Keith101US #64
#77Blake99US #100
#78Gary99US #82
#79Jimmy99US #149
#80Ricky92US #145
#81Craig91US #79
#82Jerry91US #116
#83Brett89US #70
#84Tony89US #114
#85Jordan88US #62
#86Billy87US #150
#87Nathaniel87US #77
#88Cedric85
#89Philip85US #84
#90Randy85US #102
#91Austin84US #107
#92Casey84US #86
#93Dennis83US #103
#94Randall82US #146
#95Henry81US #137
#96Reginald81US #192
#97Walter81US #163
#98Brent80US #89
#99Douglas80US #76
#100Carl79US #112

On the move since 1984

Rising

↑36Krystal#63
↑23Johnathan#72
↑22Sean#51
↑22Alexander#57
↑19Christine#69
↑18Whitney#45
↑18Kristina#72
↑17Hannah#67

Falling

↓25Carrie#100
↓21Brett#83
↓18Chad#68
↓18Reginald#96
↓17Walter#97
↓15Latoya#44
↓12Stacy#97
↓11Tabitha#79

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1984 rankings.