Popular baby names in Georgia, 1965

The most popular baby names in Georgia in 1965 were Lisa for girls (1,384 babies) and James for boys (1,990). James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 85,514 babies born in Georgia in 1965 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Georgia in 1965

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

Girls

Valeria: 28 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Johnnie: 29 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Mattie: 29 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Willie: 36 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Annie: 86 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Minnie: 22 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Angelia: 97 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Valencia: 24 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Felecia: 36 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Robbie: 25 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Boys

Grady: 51 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Dexter: 88 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Lamar: 35 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Terrell: 32 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Rufus: 30 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Horace: 40 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Willie: 466 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Marion: 48 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Stevie: 40 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Demetrius: 29 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Georgia, 1965

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1964	US rank
1	Lisa	1,384	–	1
2	Angela	1,135	↑1	10
3	Mary	843	↓1	2
4	Donna	705	–	7
5	Tammy	698	↑1	11
6	Cynthia	676	↓1	9
7	Pamela	654	↑3	12
8	Karen	632	↑1	3
9	Kimberly	621	↑7	4
10	Patricia	613	↓3	6
11	Teresa	582	↓3	24
12	Sharon	558	↑1	22
13	Linda	526	↓1	8
14	Sandra	519	↓3	15
15	Susan	462	↓1	5
16	Rhonda	444	↑4	37
17	Brenda	440	↓2	23
18	Deborah	416	↓1	13
19	Barbara	380	↓1	25
20	Tina	363	↑5	29
21	Melissa	356	↑18	38
22	Jennifer	334	↑11	20
23	Wanda	334	↓2	81
24	Sheila	320	↑7	50
25	Elizabeth	314	↓1	16
26	Laura	297	↓3	17
27	Tracy	297	↑9	36
28	Debra	294	↓9	27
29	Cheryl	288	–	31
30	Robin	282	↓4	33
31	Sherry	268	↓3	56
32	Carol	261	↓2	42
33	Kathy	260	↓11	54
34	Rebecca	255	↑6	41
35	Janice	250	–	73
36	Connie	249	↓2	61
37	Jacqueline	245	↓10	47
38	Stephanie	244	↑3	44
39	Carolyn	236	↓7	58
40	Lori	213	↑4	19
41	Nancy	213	↑5	32
42	Janet	210	↑1	55
43	Cindy	208	↓6	53
44	Julie	207	↓6	14
45	Kim	207	new	43
46	Betty	202	↑3	>100
47	Michelle	201	new	18
48	Regina	198	new	82
49	Beverly	196	↓2	>100
50	Kelly	196	new	30

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1964	US rank
1	James	1,990	–	4
2	Michael	1,547	–	1
3	John	1,405	–	2
4	Robert	1,356	↑1	5
5	David	1,336	↓1	3
6	William	1,302	–	6
7	Charles	843	–	20
8	Richard	749	–	8
9	Kenneth	742	↑1	21
10	Timothy	727	↑1	12
11	Anthony	643	↑1	22
12	Gregory	611	↑1	23
13	Mark	601	↓4	7
14	Thomas	549	–	9
15	Christopher	532	↑8	18
16	Jeffrey	516	↓1	10
17	Willie	466	↑1	93
18	Rodney	448	new	33
19	Joseph	446	↓3	11
20	Tony	437	–	48
21	Terry	408	↓2	40
22	Steven	397	↑2	14
23	Ronald	379	↓2	24
24	Donald	377	↓7	26
25	Jerry	361	–	41
26	Jeffery	355	↓4	47
27	Kevin	348	↑5	13
28	Gary	332	↓2	27
29	Jimmy	331	↑7	81
30	Johnny	322	↓2	76
31	Bobby	318	↑2	80
32	Randy	311	↓2	42
33	Larry	308	↓6	38
34	Paul	308	↑1	16
35	Keith	303	↑5	35
36	Ricky	297	↓7	57
37	George	295	↓3	34
38	Eric	294	↑6	25
39	Brian	279	new	19
40	Edward	276	↓2	29
41	Daniel	264	–	17
42	Stephen	255	↓3	28
43	Scott	250	↓12	15
44	Dennis	222	↑1	44
45	Danny	220	↓8	56
46	Billy	209	↓4	77
47	Eddie	208	↓1	>100
48	Darrell	200	–	91
49	Barry	197	–	86
50	Douglas	196	↓3	32

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