State roster

Top names in Georgia

The names most likely to appear on 1988 Georgia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 86,817 Georgia births in 1988 across 1,727 distinct names.

Distinctively Georgia

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

#78Willie#191 nationally
#90Dariusoutside the national top 200
#95Jarvisoutside the national top 200
#80Angel#166 nationally
#75Latoya#157 nationally
#82Bobby#163 nationally
#66Haley#143 nationally
#79Tabitha#154 nationally
#96Ebony#164 nationally
#85Calvin#152 nationally
#75Terry#141 nationally
#100Jimmy#161 nationally

Girls

#1Jessica1,634US #1
#2Ashley1,565US #2
#3Brittany1,159US #6
#4Amanda979US #3
#5Tiffany741US #13
#6Jennifer708US #5
#7Sarah655US #4
#8Lauren635US #11
#9Amber619US #15
#10Heather604US #14
#11Kimberly478US #25
#12Elizabeth469US #10
#13Courtney458US #24
#14Kayla450US #20
#15Stephanie450US #7
#16Megan431US #12
#17Whitney369US #39
#18Samantha367US #8
#19Emily356US #18
#20Mary346US #34
#21Jasmine333US #53
#22Rachel330US #19
#23Brittney313US #52
#24Laura311US #23
#25Crystal310US #28
#26Melissa304US #16
#27Rebecca302US #26
#28Katherine301US #27
#29Christina296US #22
#30Erica284US #31
#31Anna275US #54
#32Danielle270US #17
#33Kristen261US #36
#34April248US #65
#35Victoria241US #42
#36Hannah239US #61
#37Lindsey224US #48
#38Kelly223US #32
#39Nicole216US #9
#40Erin209US #37
#41Katie209US #40
#42Amy208US #29
#43Michelle201US #21
#44Allison196US #46
#45Chelsea196US #33
#46Sara183US #30
#47Angela175US #38
#48Kathryn174US #55
#49Kristin163US #58
#50Jamie162US #45
#51Shannon161US #56
#52Andrea158US #35
#53Brandi151US #91
#54Alicia150US #50
#55Morgan148US #78
#56Lindsay146US #57
#57Holly140US #72
#58Lisa138US #43
#59Kendra135US #80
#60Catherine128US #69
#61Caitlin122US #44
#62Brandy120US #107
#63Natalie118US #63
#64Candace114US #117
#65Christine112US #51
#66Haley112US #143
#67Caroline111US #122
#68Casey107US #92
#69Kristina104US #68
#70Jacqueline103US #62
#71Julie100US #71
#72Margaret100US #93
#73Cassandra99US #59
#74Candice98US #130
#75Latoya98US #157
#76Alexandra97US #49
#77Leslie97US #94
#78Britney93US #138
#79Tabitha93US #154
#80Angel91US #166
#81Brooke91US #87
#82Leah91US #82
#83Alexis90US #97
#84Bethany90US #89
#85Patricia89US #77
#86Tara89US #67
#87Natasha86US #73
#88Kathleen85US #75
#89Mallory84US #120
#90Monica84US #70
#91Julia83US #88
#92Cynthia82US #79
#93Jenna82US #66
#94Krystal81US #74
#95Taylor77US #102
#96Ebony75US #164
#97Alexandria74US #124
#98Olivia73US #134
#99Lacey72US #129
#100Meagan71US #141

Boys

#1Christopher1,730US #2
#2Joshua1,511US #4
#3Michael1,440US #1
#4Matthew1,172US #3
#5James1,154US #9
#6Justin1,118US #7
#7William1,075US #16
#8Brandon958US #17
#9Robert898US #10
#10David857US #6
#11John850US #11
#12Andrew718US #5
#13Jonathan710US #15
#14Daniel685US #8
#15Joseph683US #12
#16Nicholas506US #14
#17Charles489US #37
#18Timothy476US #25
#19Thomas474US #23
#20Anthony456US #18
#21Kevin455US #20
#22Benjamin448US #30
#23Jeremy430US #35
#24Ryan430US #13
#25Steven427US #24
#26Stephen416US #40
#27Zachary409US #29
#28Brian402US #22
#29Eric385US #19
#30Richard373US #32
#31Jacob351US #28
#32Jason326US #27
#33Adam318US #26
#34Travis313US #41
#35Kyle312US #21
#36Cody291US #43
#37Dustin291US #48
#38Kenneth286US #51
#39Patrick280US #42
#40Corey261US #56
#41Tyler257US #33
#42Samuel248US #45
#43Alexander246US #34
#44Gregory246US #50
#45Jeffrey246US #36
#46Aaron236US #31
#47Marcus230US #66
#48Antonio229US #72
#49Mark207US #39
#50Bradley195US #57
#51Wesley188US #93
#52Sean184US #38
#53Paul175US #46
#54Bryan174US #54
#55Phillip173US #71
#56Nathan172US #44
#57Jesse166US #55
#58Jordan163US #52
#59Cameron159US #69
#60Austin158US #63
#61Scott153US #47
#62Cory145US #59
#63Derek139US #53
#64Donald139US #76
#65Larry134US #123
#66Edward129US #62
#67Jared129US #60
#68Casey125US #83
#69Chad124US #65
#70Derrick123US #97
#71Gary123US #100
#72George122US #78
#73Jeffery122US #120
#74Shawn120US #61
#75Terry119US #141
#76Ronald118US #79
#77Taylor112US #91
#78Willie108US #191
#79Alex107US #58
#80Nathaniel107US #81
#81Blake105US #103
#82Bobby105US #163
#83Keith105US #70
#84Tony101US #133
#85Calvin100US #152
#86Brett97US #73
#87Johnathan96US #115
#88Mario94US #106
#89Caleb93US #108
#90Darius93
#91Mitchell93US #95
#92Ricky93US #148
#93Johnny91US #129
#94Evan90US #74
#95Jarvis89
#96Shane89US #67
#97Jerry88US #130
#98Raymond88US #84
#99Curtis87US #105
#100Jimmy85US #161

On the move since 1987

Rising

↑39Cameron#59
↑34Jasmine#21
↑27Caitlin#61
↑20Alexandra#76
↑19Caroline#67
↑18Taylor#77
↑14Brittney#23
↑14Morgan#55

Falling

↓24Natasha#87
↓24Krystal#94
↓21Mallory#89
↓20Jenna#93
↓20Johnny#93
↓15Latoya#75
↓14Monica#90
↓13Willie#78

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1987 rankings.