State roster

Top names in Georgia

The names most likely to appear on 1987 Georgia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 84,754 Georgia births in 1987 across 1,664 distinct names.

Distinctively Georgia

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

#65Willie#186 nationally
#74Haley#178 nationally
#97Christyoutside the national top 200
#87Billy#168 nationally
#78Tabitha#151 nationally
#86Calvin#157 nationally
#60Latoya#128 nationally
#95Rebekah#161 nationally
#70Terry#133 nationally
#85Bobby#147 nationally
#91Randall#150 nationally
#62Candace#120 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica1,826US #1
#2Ashley1,669US #2
#3Brittany1,013US #7
#4Amanda999US #3
#5Jennifer831US #4
#6Tiffany686US #18
#7Heather605US #9
#8Amber549US #15
#9Sarah526US #5
#10Lauren498US #16
#11Stephanie490US #6
#12Kimberly480US #23
#13Elizabeth459US #10
#14Whitney437US #32
#15Mary395US #37
#16Megan375US #12
#17Crystal363US #26
#18Rachel360US #17
#19Melissa356US #13
#20Samantha340US #11
#21Kayla336US #27
#22Courtney324US #33
#23Christina318US #20
#24Emily317US #19
#25Katherine311US #28
#26Rebecca311US #25
#27Erica305US #31
#28Laura291US #22
#29Danielle277US #14
#30Amy268US #24
#31Lindsey263US #41
#32Kelly247US #30
#33April241US #58
#34Kristen233US #42
#35Michelle232US #21
#36Nicole232US #8
#37Brittney223US #61
#38Katie215US #38
#39Allison212US #44
#40Erin208US #34
#41Anna203US #52
#42Victoria197US #50
#43Sara193US #29
#44Angela192US #35
#45Jamie190US #39
#46Kathryn189US #51
#47Shannon181US #45
#48Hannah175US #66
#49Andrea171US #36
#50Alicia161US #46
#51Brandy160US #92
#52Chelsea156US #47
#53Brandi152US #88
#54Kendra150US #77
#55Jasmine145US #79
#56Kristin138US #55
#57Lindsay138US #49
#58Lisa138US #40
#59Catherine134US #74
#60Latoya125US #128
#61Holly124US #71
#62Candace122US #120
#63Natasha122US #73
#64Julie121US #65
#65Candice115US #121
#66Casey115US #81
#67Margaret114US #90
#68Mallory111US #91
#69Morgan104US #95
#70Krystal100US #70
#71Natalie99US #56
#72Leslie98US #89
#73Jenna97US #57
#74Haley96US #178
#75Melanie94US #102
#76Monica93US #64
#77Kristina90US #62
#78Tabitha90US #151
#79Christine86US #48
#80Jacqueline86US #54
#81Julia85US #86
#82Leah85US #82
#83Felicia83US #96
#84Dana81US #83
#85Bethany80US #87
#86Caroline79US #135
#87Vanessa79US #43
#88Caitlin78US #63
#89Lacey78US #117
#90Ashlee77US #112
#91Kelli77US #131
#92Alexis75US #113
#93Brooke75US #94
#94Miranda74US #140
#95Rebekah74US #161
#96Alexandra72US #59
#97Christy72
#98Patricia72US #76
#99Alison71US #100
#100Kathleen71US #72

Boys

#1Christopher1,761US #2
#2Michael1,449US #1
#3Joshua1,317US #4
#4James1,186US #8
#5Matthew1,126US #3
#6William1,055US #15
#7Justin1,046US #9
#8Brandon978US #14
#9John897US #11
#10Robert882US #10
#11David875US #5
#12Andrew783US #6
#13Jonathan713US #18
#14Daniel698US #7
#15Joseph673US #12
#16Timothy541US #26
#17Charles526US #35
#18Thomas526US #24
#19Anthony463US #17
#20Jeremy463US #29
#21Brian460US #20
#22Kevin452US #19
#23Benjamin447US #28
#24Ryan445US #13
#25Jason443US #23
#26Richard442US #30
#27Nicholas439US #16
#28Steven434US #25
#29Eric396US #21
#30Stephen363US #38
#31Dustin336US #44
#32Zachary336US #33
#33Adam329US #27
#34Travis327US #42
#35Kenneth286US #53
#36Jacob283US #31
#37Kyle277US #22
#38Jeffrey265US #32
#39Gregory263US #47
#40Patrick254US #41
#41Samuel248US #50
#42Mark243US #36
#43Tyler235US #39
#44Antonio233US #72
#45Corey213US #57
#46Marcus211US #67
#47Bryan209US #51
#48Cody204US #49
#49Alexander200US #37
#50Aaron197US #34
#51Phillip195US #68
#52Sean192US #40
#53Paul185US #46
#54Jesse183US #55
#55Nathan177US #45
#56Jordan176US #52
#57Bradley166US #56
#58Scott158US #43
#59Donald157US #70
#60Wesley157US #92
#61Jared151US #58
#62Cory140US #62
#63Derek136US #54
#64Derrick134US #86
#65Willie133US #186
#66Jeffery132US #109
#67Chad131US #63
#68Larry129US #114
#69Edward126US #61
#70Terry124US #133
#71George121US #77
#72Ronald120US #73
#73Johnny112US #127
#74Austin106US #76
#75Brett105US #71
#76Casey104US #80
#77Nathaniel104US #78
#78Blake102US #106
#79Gary102US #87
#80Shawn102US #59
#81Keith100US #69
#82Tony100US #123
#83Joel97US #75
#84Johnathan96US #116
#85Bobby94US #147
#86Calvin94US #157
#87Billy92US #168
#88Russell90US #119
#89Jerry89US #125
#90Philip88US #84
#91Randall88US #150
#92Craig87US #88
#93Douglas87US #85
#94Randy87US #105
#95Taylor87US #117
#96Ricky86US #148
#97Curtis85US #100
#98Cameron84US #96
#99Jimmy84US #155
#100Raymond83US #79

On the move since 1986

Rising

↑28Kayla#21
↑18Jacqueline#80
↑17Casey#76
↑16Morgan#69
↑16Haley#74
↑15Jasmine#55
↑13Cody#48
↑12Cory#62

Falling

↓28Christy#97
↓20Bobby#85
↓19Patricia#98
↓19Jimmy#99
↓13Leslie#72
↓12Jenna#73
↓12Terry#70
↓11Holly#61

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1986 rankings.