Popular baby names in Georgia, 1967

The most popular baby names in Georgia in 1967 were Lisa for girls (1,093 babies) and James for boys (1,776). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 77,710 babies born in Georgia in 1967 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Georgia in 1967

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

Girls

Lesia: 19 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Felecia: 26 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Robbie: 21 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Annie: 60 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Tabitha: 36 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Leisa: 19 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Rosalyn: 19 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Lillie: 22 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Angelia: 68 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Chandra: 30 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Boys

Lamar: 41 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Dexter: 65 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Horace: 38 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Rufus: 31 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Cedric: 90 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Grady: 29 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Charlie: 95 babies, 5× the national rate
Willie: 380 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Alton: 43 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Terrell: 34 babies, 4.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Georgia, 1967

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1966	US rank
1	Lisa	1,093	–	1
2	Angela	972	–	7
3	Kimberly	883	–	2
4	Tammy	747	↑1	8
5	Mary	691	↓1	4
6	Pamela	624	–	17
7	Melissa	582	↑2	9
8	Donna	546	–	19
9	Cynthia	533	↓2	18
10	Teresa	479	↑2	28
11	Sharon	453	↑2	30
12	Karen	439	↓2	6
13	Patricia	428	↓2	11
14	Susan	424	–	5
15	Stephanie	418	↑8	25
16	Tina	408	↑3	21
17	Jennifer	379	↑1	10
18	Sandra	377	↓3	20
19	Michelle	374	↑5	3
20	Tracy	357	↑1	29
21	Linda	354	↓4	26
22	Rhonda	353	↓6	41
23	Elizabeth	314	↑3	13
24	Laura	300	↑3	15
25	Amy	295	↑10	12
26	Deborah	291	↓6	22
27	Barbara	273	↓2	33
28	Brenda	271	↓6	31
29	Julie	269	↑3	16
30	Sherry	265	–	51
31	Cheryl	262	–	35
32	Tonya	255	new	68
33	Andrea	241	↑11	48
34	Wanda	237	↓6	100
35	Wendy	235	↑8	32
36	Kelly	218	↑9	23
37	Rebecca	210	↑5	39
38	Lori	209	↑1	24
39	Sheila	209	↓10	56
40	Debra	208	↓3	38
41	Paula	198	↑8	46
42	Regina	190	↑4	80
43	Robin	189	↓10	45
44	Kathy	188	↓10	64
45	Sabrina	188	new	>100
46	Carolyn	186	new	60
47	Connie	186	–	75
48	Sonya	174	new	>100
49	Nancy	166	↓13	37
50	Carla	165	new	82

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1966	US rank
1	James	1,776	–	3
2	Michael	1,665	–	1
3	David	1,353	↑3	2
4	John	1,327	↓1	4
5	Robert	1,185	↓1	5
6	William	1,174	↓1	6
7	Charles	843	–	20
8	Timothy	808	–	11
9	Christopher	712	↑3	9
10	Richard	697	↓1	8
11	Anthony	687	–	21
12	Kenneth	638	↓2	22
13	Mark	593	–	7
14	Thomas	540	↑2	12
15	Gregory	501	↓1	25
16	Joseph	485	↑1	15
17	Jeffrey	465	↓2	13
18	Brian	395	↑9	10
19	Steven	390	↑2	14
20	Willie	380	↓2	92
21	Rodney	359	↓1	37
22	Tony	358	↓3	50
23	Donald	350	–	27
24	Ronald	336	↑1	24
25	Jeffery	323	↓3	47
26	Kevin	323	↑6	17
27	Stephen	321	↑7	26
28	Terry	320	↓4	42
29	Paul	315	↑4	18
30	Larry	314	↓4	38
31	George	298	↑6	36
32	Gary	297	↓2	32
33	Eric	290	↑6	23
34	Jerry	276	↓6	41
35	Keith	273	↓6	34
36	Bobby	269	↑2	83
37	Scott	263	↓1	16
38	Johnny	258	↓7	70
39	Jimmy	247	↑1	74
40	Edward	234	↑1	31
41	Daniel	232	↑2	19
42	Randy	231	↓7	49
43	Patrick	230	↑1	30
44	Ricky	221	↓2	75
45	Darrell	198	new	86
46	Billy	194	–	76
47	Douglas	192	new	33
48	Reginald	192	new	>100
49	Dennis	186	new	43
50	Matthew	183	new	28

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