Popular baby names in Georgia, 1964

The most popular baby names in Georgia in 1964 were Lisa for girls (1,173 babies) and James for boys (2,133). James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 91,553 babies born in Georgia in 1964 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Georgia in 1964

Names given at least 15 times in Georgia that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Willie: 48 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Annie: 119 babies, 5× the national rate
Valeria: 31 babies, 5× the national rate
Angelia: 95 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Valencia: 25 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Johnnie: 29 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Mattie: 32 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Felecia: 36 babies, 4× the national rate
Bernice: 52 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Lillie: 37 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Lamar: 54 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Dexter: 76 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Emory: 26 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Quinton: 26 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Grady: 41 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Stevie: 51 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Horace: 42 babies, 5× the national rate
Willie: 476 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Alphonso: 26 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Charlie: 115 babies, 4.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Georgia, 1964

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1963	US rank
1	Lisa	1,173	–	1
2	Mary	976	–	2
3	Angela	884	↑3	22
4	Donna	878	↓1	7
5	Cynthia	796	–	9
6	Tammy	777	↓2	10
7	Patricia	690	↑5	5
8	Teresa	658	↓1	21
9	Karen	638	↑2	4
10	Pamela	638	–	11
11	Sandra	613	↑3	13
12	Linda	592	↓4	8
13	Sharon	585	↑3	20
14	Susan	580	↓5	3
15	Brenda	514	↓2	18
16	Kimberly	508	↑3	6
17	Deborah	497	↓2	12
18	Barbara	417	–	19
19	Debra	402	↓2	24
20	Rhonda	393	↑7	43
21	Wanda	372	–	81
22	Kathy	359	↑2	39
23	Laura	359	↑3	14
24	Elizabeth	352	↓2	16
25	Tina	350	↓2	34
26	Robin	341	↓1	27
27	Jacqueline	339	↑14	37
28	Sherry	325	↓8	50
29	Cheryl	307	↑4	29
30	Carol	294	↑7	36
31	Sheila	294	–	51
32	Carolyn	292	↑4	56
33	Jennifer	286	↑2	31
34	Connie	283	↓6	64
35	Janice	283	↓3	69
36	Tracy	278	↑3	40
37	Cindy	267	↓3	47
38	Julie	262	↑5	17
39	Melissa	246	↑5	53
40	Rebecca	245	↑7	46
41	Stephanie	244	new	57
42	Valerie	237	new	66
43	Janet	235	↓14	48
44	Lori	233	↓14	15
45	Paula	230	↑4	45
46	Nancy	227	↓8	26
47	Beverly	221	↓5	91
48	Cathy	218	↓3	75
49	Betty	216	↓1	>100
50	Debbie	215	↓10	52

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1963	US rank
1	James	2,133	–	4
2	Michael	1,605	–	1
3	John	1,586	↑1	2
4	David	1,434	↓1	3
5	Robert	1,424	–	5
6	William	1,305	–	7
7	Charles	923	–	17
8	Richard	805	–	8
9	Mark	798	–	6
10	Kenneth	793	–	18
11	Timothy	687	–	15
12	Anthony	666	↑1	21
13	Gregory	642	↓1	22
14	Thomas	637	–	9
15	Jeffrey	603	–	10
16	Joseph	589	↑2	11
17	Donald	480	↑2	25
18	Willie	476	↓2	90
19	Terry	454	↓2	35
20	Tony	451	↑1	50
21	Ronald	423	↑1	24
22	Jeffery	409	↑5	45
23	Christopher	399	↑3	23
24	Steven	393	↑4	12
25	Jerry	389	↑5	40
26	Gary	382	↓2	26
27	Larry	376	↓2	36
28	Johnny	362	↓5	74
29	Ricky	361	↓9	54
30	Randy	341	↑1	38
31	Scott	340	↑1	14
32	Kevin	333	↑6	13
33	Bobby	332	↑1	73
34	George	314	↓5	33
35	Paul	314	–	16
36	Jimmy	303	↓3	78
37	Danny	289	↑2	56
38	Edward	286	↑3	27
39	Stephen	282	↓2	29
40	Keith	269	↓4	34
41	Daniel	254	↑1	19
42	Billy	248	↑1	71
43	Patrick	248	new	30
44	Eric	236	↑2	32
45	Dennis	235	new	42
46	Eddie	234	↓2	>100
47	Douglas	232	↑3	31
48	Darrell	230	new	96
49	Barry	229	↓2	69
50	Tommy	228	↓10	>100

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