State roster

Top names in Georgia

The names most likely to appear on 1986 Georgia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 81,874 Georgia births in 1986 across 1,606 distinct names.

Distinctively Georgia

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

#66Willie#178 nationally
#90Haleyoutside the national top 200
#69Christy#174 nationally
#91Reginald#188 nationally
#84Angel#171 nationally
#88Sierra#169 nationally
#99Maurice#176 nationally
#87Calvin#162 nationally
#99Sheena#173 nationally
#80Jimmy#150 nationally
#92Billy#159 nationally
#65Bobby#130 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica1,608US #1
#2Ashley1,596US #2
#3Amanda1,039US #3
#4Jennifer883US #4
#5Brittany882US #8
#6Tiffany613US #17
#7Heather569US #9
#8Kimberly560US #18
#9Sarah552US #5
#10Amber524US #13
#11Stephanie492US #6
#12Elizabeth464US #10
#13Lauren451US #14
#14Crystal408US #25
#15Mary365US #37
#16Whitney363US #32
#17Courtney342US #35
#18Rachel342US #15
#19Megan338US #11
#20Laura329US #20
#21Melissa315US #12
#22Christina313US #19
#23Samantha301US #21
#24Amy298US #22
#25Emily298US #24
#26Rebecca291US #26
#27Erica289US #31
#28Katherine278US #28
#29April259US #53
#30Lindsey249US #39
#31Kelly247US #29
#32Danielle246US #16
#33Erin235US #30
#34Brittney224US #65
#35Kristen222US #41
#36Nicole220US #7
#37Michelle214US #23
#38Anna212US #51
#39Katie211US #38
#40Allison203US #42
#41Sara198US #27
#42Jamie192US #34
#43Shannon188US #44
#44Brandi184US #79
#45Angela181US #33
#46Brandy175US #84
#47Victoria171US #54
#48Alicia170US #45
#49Kayla170US #64
#50Holly158US #63
#51Kathryn158US #48
#52Andrea157US #36
#53Kristin144US #50
#54Latoya141US #111
#55Lisa136US #40
#56Lindsay131US #46
#57Candace130US #114
#58Hannah125US #82
#59Leslie122US #86
#60Casey119US #80
#61Jenna118US #55
#62Kendra117US #101
#63Margaret111US #90
#64Natasha110US #70
#65Julie109US #58
#66Natalie105US #52
#67Tara105US #56
#68Catherine104US #67
#69Christy104US #174
#70Jasmine104US #95
#71Candice102US #108
#72Felicia102US #89
#73Krystal102US #61
#74Mallory101US #83
#75Christine100US #47
#76Kristina97US #62
#77Monica94US #59
#78Dana90US #92
#79Patricia90US #66
#80Tabitha85US #140
#81Vanessa82US #43
#82Carrie81US #109
#83Cassandra81US #60
#84Angel80US #171
#85Morgan79US #113
#86Melanie78US #97
#87Meredith77US #150
#88Sierra76US #169
#89Alexis75US #129
#90Haley74
#91Robin74US #122
#92Kathleen73US #68
#93Misty73US #145
#94Kristy72US #158
#95Tamara72US #134
#96Cynthia71US #81
#97Katrina70US #99
#98Jacqueline69US #57
#99Sheena69US #173
#100Sabrina68US #120

Boys

#1Christopher1,816US #2
#2Michael1,431US #1
#3James1,223US #7
#4Joshua1,169US #4
#5Matthew1,082US #3
#6William1,052US #15
#7Brandon977US #13
#8John923US #10
#9Robert908US #9
#10David896US #5
#11Justin810US #14
#12Jonathan764US #16
#13Joseph728US #12
#14Daniel703US #6
#15Andrew679US #8
#16Charles559US #34
#17Jeremy534US #28
#18Thomas511US #26
#19Jason499US #18
#20Anthony480US #19
#21Timothy469US #27
#22Kevin467US #21
#23Brian448US #20
#24Ryan441US #11
#25Nicholas403US #17
#26Eric394US #22
#27Richard385US #29
#28Steven383US #25
#29Benjamin359US #30
#30Adam347US #24
#31Stephen347US #36
#32Dustin346US #42
#33Kenneth320US #50
#34Kyle316US #23
#35Patrick289US #39
#36Zachary278US #38
#37Travis268US #49
#38Jeffrey260US #32
#39Marcus259US #63
#40Jacob252US #31
#41Gregory250US #46
#42Mark232US #35
#43Antonio220US #73
#44Samuel217US #52
#45Bryan200US #47
#46Corey197US #62
#47Jesse196US #48
#48Alexander189US #41
#49Paul182US #45
#50Bradley181US #54
#51Sean179US #37
#52Aaron178US #33
#53Tyler164US #40
#54Phillip163US #70
#55Donald161US #71
#56Nathan158US #43
#57Jordan154US #53
#58Terry147US #122
#59Scott145US #44
#60Wesley139US #96
#61Cody138US #56
#62Chad134US #59
#63George133US #74
#64Larry132US #108
#65Bobby130US #130
#66Willie130US #178
#67Derrick129US #87
#68Derek127US #57
#69Ronald123US #75
#70Edward120US #61
#71Jared119US #58
#72Jeffery117US #102
#73Shawn117US #55
#74Cory114US #68
#75Keith113US #66
#76Nathaniel112US #78
#77Brett111US #69
#78Johnny109US #125
#79Gary104US #84
#80Jimmy104US #150
#81Jerry103US #121
#82Tony101US #120
#83Johnathan100US #115
#84Alex98US #64
#85Philip94US #86
#86Blake93US #101
#87Calvin93US #162
#88Ricky93US #144
#89Joel92US #72
#90Brent89US #94
#91Reginald89US #188
#92Billy88US #159
#93Casey84US #83
#94Curtis82US #100
#95Raymond82US #77
#96Mitchell79US #105
#97Russell79US #116
#98Walter78US #156
#99Maurice77US #176
#100Shane76US #67

On the move since 1985

Rising

↑29Whitney#16
↑28Jordan#57
↑27Casey#60
↑26Brittney#34
↑22Kayla#49
↑18Felicia#72
↑18Carrie#82
↑14Courtney#17

Falling

↓35Sheena#99
↓21Curtis#94
↓18Misty#93
↓14Andrea#52
↓14Catherine#68
↓14Katrina#97
↓13Jeffery#72
↓12Candice#71

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1985 rankings.