State roster

Top names in Georgia

The names most likely to appear on 1989 Georgia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 91,308 Georgia births in 1989 across 1,830 distinct names.

Distinctively Georgia

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

#72Darius#194 nationally
#80Jarvisoutside the national top 200
#81Willieoutside the national top 200
#83Xavieroutside the national top 200
#95Reginaldoutside the national top 200
#76Bobby#172 nationally
#99Ebony#176 nationally
#96Angel#167 nationally
#49Kiara#115 nationally
#60Haley#125 nationally
#97Calvin#161 nationally
#96Ricky#159 nationally

Girls

#1Brittany1,600US #3
#2Ashley1,591US #2
#3Jessica1,474US #1
#4Amanda842US #4
#5Tiffany667US #16
#6Lauren648US #9
#7Amber641US #14
#8Sarah609US #5
#9Jennifer580US #7
#10Kayla560US #20
#11Jasmine534US #30
#12Heather531US #15
#13Courtney518US #21
#14Megan482US #11
#15Elizabeth471US #10
#16Stephanie437US #8
#17Samantha428US #6
#18Kimberly415US #28
#19Emily399US #13
#20Mary365US #38
#21Brittney331US #41
#22Katherine329US #26
#23Hannah326US #42
#24Rebecca325US #24
#25Whitney324US #57
#26Rachel323US #18
#27Christina293US #23
#28Chelsea290US #27
#29Erica288US #34
#30Melissa286US #19
#31Crystal270US #32
#32Kristen267US #36
#33Danielle262US #17
#34Anna258US #51
#35Victoria255US #44
#36Lindsey242US #48
#37Laura240US #25
#38Katie224US #45
#39Kelly217US #37
#40Amy202US #35
#41Michelle198US #22
#42Nicole196US #12
#43Kristin190US #60
#44April189US #66
#45Allison185US #46
#46Erin173US #40
#47Sara169US #29
#48Alicia167US #53
#49Kiara166US #115
#50Kathryn163US #58
#51Kelsey162US #31
#52Morgan156US #69
#53Andrea155US #39
#54Brandi155US #98
#55Angela153US #47
#56Shannon151US #61
#57Jamie142US #52
#58Catherine139US #67
#59Lisa138US #55
#60Haley136US #125
#61Holly136US #79
#62Lindsay136US #63
#63Margaret134US #97
#64Brandy129US #121
#65Jordan127US #72
#66Alexandra125US #43
#67Caroline124US #113
#68Kendra123US #99
#69Caitlin122US #49
#70Taylor116US #75
#71Brooke115US #74
#72Bianca109US #91
#73Candace109US #133
#74Natalie109US #62
#75Candice106US #134
#76Leah106US #83
#77Alyssa105US #33
#78Alexandria103US #104
#79Alexis103US #92
#80Casey99US #103
#81Leslie97US #108
#82Melanie94US #88
#83Kristina92US #65
#84Britney91US #118
#85Dana90US #105
#86Tara90US #70
#87Christine88US #59
#88Jenna87US #71
#89Cassandra85US #54
#90Meagan85US #120
#91Bethany82US #102
#92Natasha82US #87
#93Jacqueline80US #64
#94Briana79US #126
#95Rebekah79US #154
#96Angel78US #167
#97Monica78US #68
#98Julie77US #78
#99Ebony76US #176
#100Erika76US #73

Boys

#1Christopher1,817US #2
#2Joshua1,509US #4
#3Michael1,490US #1
#4James1,218US #9
#5Justin1,164US #8
#6Matthew1,103US #3
#7William1,062US #15
#8Brandon970US #18
#9John934US #12
#10David911US #5
#11Robert906US #10
#12Andrew787US #7
#13Joseph714US #11
#14Jonathan688US #17
#15Daniel653US #6
#16Nicholas580US #14
#17Thomas529US #23
#18Timothy510US #28
#19Zachary491US #25
#20Anthony490US #16
#21Charles477US #36
#22Jeremy474US #34
#23Benjamin457US #29
#24Kevin455US #19
#25Steven450US #22
#26Ryan435US #13
#27Jacob414US #26
#28Stephen409US #40
#29Richard396US #33
#30Eric379US #21
#31Dustin351US #48
#32Brian347US #24
#33Kyle342US #20
#34Travis330US #41
#35Patrick327US #38
#36Adam320US #27
#37Kenneth314US #53
#38Tyler311US #30
#39Corey302US #55
#40Jason286US #35
#41Cody279US #45
#42Aaron269US #31
#43Samuel263US #47
#44Jeffrey261US #37
#45Marcus250US #67
#46Alexander248US #32
#47Jordan246US #44
#48Gregory240US #52
#49Bradley221US #58
#50Jesse217US #50
#51Mark217US #42
#52Austin210US #59
#53Antonio199US #76
#54Sean196US #39
#55Bryan184US #56
#56Phillip184US #75
#57Wesley184US #98
#58Cory183US #61
#59Nathan179US #43
#60Taylor174US #72
#61Cameron172US #64
#62Jared159US #57
#63Paul155US #49
#64Caleb154US #91
#65Derrick148US #99
#66Derek145US #54
#67Donald141US #82
#68Edward139US #62
#69Scott138US #51
#70Jeffery137US #129
#71Johnathan136US #112
#72Darius133US #194
#73Ronald131US #85
#74Blake130US #97
#75Tony130US #132
#76Bobby123US #172
#77Larry121US #131
#78Ethan118US #87
#79George115US #79
#80Jarvis110
#81Willie109
#82Evan107US #69
#83Xavier107
#84Brett106US #81
#85Casey105US #90
#86Keith104US #70
#87Chad103US #74
#88Nathaniel103US #84
#89Alex100US #60
#90Gary99US #106
#91Johnny98US #133
#92Curtis94US #111
#93Jonathon94US #128
#94Russell94US #136
#95Reginald93
#96Ricky93US #159
#97Calvin91US #161
#98Allen90US #130
#99Devin90US #96
#100Mario90US #116

On the move since 1988

Rising

↑25Taylor#70
↑25Caleb#64
↑19Alexandria#78
↑18Darius#72
↑17Chelsea#28
↑17Taylor#60
↑16Johnathan#71
↑15Jarvis#80

Falling

↓27Julie#98
↓23Jacqueline#93
↓22Christine#87
↓19Gary#90
↓18Chad#87
↓17Casey#85
↓16Cassandra#89
↓16Angel#96

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1988 rankings.