Popular baby names in Georgia, 1966

The most popular baby names in Georgia in 1966 were Lisa for girls (1,295 babies) and James for boys (1,979). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 80,857 babies born in Georgia in 1966 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Georgia in 1966

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

Girls

Mattie: 37 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Johnnie: 26 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Robbie: 30 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Felecia: 31 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Willie: 29 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Valencia: 22 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Angelia: 96 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Selena: 28 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Tabatha: 45 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Lawanda: 20 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Emory: 26 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Dexter: 69 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Lamar: 35 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Grady: 36 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Horace: 36 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Willie: 451 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Rufus: 27 babies, 5× the national rate
Earnest: 47 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Charlie: 88 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Bennie: 43 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Georgia, 1966

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1965	US rank
1	Lisa	1,295	–	1
2	Angela	1,039	–	9
3	Kimberly	790	↑6	2
4	Mary	790	↓1	3
5	Tammy	746	–	8
6	Pamela	606	↑1	15
7	Cynthia	598	↓1	11
8	Donna	597	↓4	12
9	Melissa	541	↑12	22
10	Karen	524	↓2	5
11	Patricia	523	↓1	7
12	Teresa	521	↓1	29
13	Sharon	502	↓1	28
14	Susan	452	↑1	6
15	Sandra	443	↓1	17
16	Rhonda	430	–	39
17	Linda	429	↓4	18
18	Jennifer	405	↑4	10
19	Tina	402	↑1	23
20	Deborah	373	↓2	14
21	Tracy	372	↑6	31
22	Brenda	370	↓5	25
23	Stephanie	346	↑15	38
24	Michelle	329	↑23	4
25	Barbara	325	↓6	27
26	Elizabeth	323	↓1	16
27	Laura	293	↓1	19
28	Wanda	293	↓5	84
29	Sheila	264	↓5	51
30	Sherry	264	↑1	53
31	Cheryl	258	↓2	34
32	Julie	250	↑12	13
33	Robin	238	↓3	42
34	Kathy	233	↓1	59
35	Amy	231	new	30
36	Nancy	224	↑5	33
37	Debra	221	↓9	35
38	Carol	213	↓6	48
39	Lori	213	↑1	21
40	Janice	210	↓5	80
41	Cindy	206	↑2	56
42	Rebecca	199	↓8	40
43	Wendy	198	new	41
44	Andrea	196	new	52
45	Kelly	196	↑5	26
46	Regina	195	↑2	82
47	Connie	193	↓11	70
48	Jacqueline	193	↓11	47
49	Paula	193	new	50
50	Kim	191	↓5	43

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1965	US rank
1	James	1,979	–	3
2	Michael	1,522	–	1
3	John	1,281	–	4
4	Robert	1,254	–	5
5	William	1,212	↑1	6
6	David	1,172	↓1	2
7	Charles	828	–	20
8	Timothy	782	↑2	11
9	Richard	662	↓1	8
10	Kenneth	654	↓1	21
11	Anthony	649	–	22
12	Christopher	633	↑3	12
13	Mark	615	–	7
14	Gregory	576	↓2	23
15	Jeffrey	546	↑1	9
16	Thomas	545	↓2	10
17	Joseph	474	↑2	15
18	Willie	451	↓1	93
19	Tony	430	↑1	49
20	Rodney	425	↓2	35
21	Steven	399	↑1	13
22	Jeffery	384	↑4	42
23	Donald	382	↑1	27
24	Terry	380	↓3	40
25	Ronald	379	↓2	24
26	Larry	360	↑7	38
27	Brian	334	↑12	14
28	Jerry	333	↓3	41
29	Keith	333	↑6	32
30	Gary	327	↓2	28
31	Johnny	312	↓1	73
32	Kevin	306	↓5	17
33	Paul	291	↑1	18
34	Stephen	284	↑8	26
35	Randy	272	↓3	45
36	Scott	270	↑7	16
37	George	269	–	37
38	Bobby	263	↓7	82
39	Eric	259	↓1	25
40	Jimmy	257	↓11	77
41	Edward	250	↓1	30
42	Ricky	246	↓6	64
43	Daniel	244	↓2	19
44	Patrick	211	new	31
45	Curtis	190	new	75
46	Billy	185	–	80
47	Tommy	183	new	>100
48	Eddie	182	↓1	>100
49	Andrew	179	new	36
50	Tracy	179	new	98

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