Popular baby names in Georgia, 1968

The most popular baby names in Georgia in 1968 were Lisa for girls (1,157 babies) and James for boys (1,842). James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 78,599 babies born in Georgia in 1968 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Georgia in 1968

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: 25 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Demetria: 21 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Lawanda: 28 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Miranda: 22 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Coretta: 32 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Robbie: 22 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Selena: 24 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Tabatha: 58 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Annie: 49 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Deidra: 19 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Dexter: 141 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Grady: 36 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Ashley: 24 babies, 6× the national rate
Horace: 30 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Marion: 44 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Lamar: 34 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Rufus: 22 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Willie: 328 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Carey: 36 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Charlie: 71 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Georgia, 1968

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1967	US rank
1	Lisa	1,157	–	1
2	Angela	940	–	7
3	Kimberly	893	–	3
4	Tammy	837	–	8
5	Melissa	659	↑2	5
6	Mary	594	↓1	6
7	Pamela	553	↓1	20
8	Jennifer	524	↑9	4
9	Cynthia	492	–	19
10	Donna	484	↓2	24
11	Michelle	481	↑8	2
12	Stephanie	451	↑3	23
13	Karen	445	↓1	9
14	Teresa	442	↓4	30
15	Laura	420	↑9	11
16	Sharon	411	↓5	32
17	Tina	397	↓1	18
18	Sandra	395	–	26
19	Susan	393	↓5	10
20	Tracy	388	–	25
21	Patricia	373	↓8	15
22	Amy	363	↑3	13
23	Elizabeth	350	–	17
24	Rhonda	338	↓2	42
25	Linda	315	↓4	28
26	Kelly	294	↑10	12
27	Deborah	285	↓1	27
28	Julie	275	↑1	16
29	Tonya	266	↑3	60
30	Sherry	264	–	52
31	Barbara	262	↓4	36
32	Rebecca	244	↑5	33
33	Wendy	240	↑2	31
34	Brenda	238	↓6	34
35	Robin	229	↑8	43
36	Cheryl	225	↓5	37
37	Paula	217	↑4	45
38	Lori	211	–	22
39	Regina	211	↑3	81
40	Wanda	207	↓6	>100
41	Andrea	197	↓8	48
42	Sheila	191	↓3	59
43	Shannon	190	new	53
44	Debra	183	↓4	38
45	Jacqueline	183	new	50
46	Leslie	179	new	66
47	Dana	175	new	70
48	Nancy	175	↑1	39
49	Sonya	175	↓1	>100
50	Valerie	175	new	77

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1967	US rank
1	James	1,842	–	4
2	Michael	1,660	–	1
3	John	1,335	↑1	3
4	Robert	1,253	↑1	5
5	David	1,244	↓2	2
6	William	1,232	–	6
7	Charles	826	–	20
8	Christopher	775	↑1	9
9	Timothy	759	↓1	13
10	Richard	699	–	8
11	Mark	580	↑2	7
12	Anthony	578	↓1	21
13	Thomas	564	↑1	12
14	Kenneth	558	↓2	23
15	Jeffrey	535	↑2	11
16	Joseph	508	–	16
17	Gregory	438	↓2	26
18	Brian	417	–	10
19	Steven	407	–	15
20	Eric	363	↑13	22
21	Tony	363	↑1	52
22	Ronald	362	↑2	25
23	Kevin	356	↑3	17
24	Rodney	342	↓3	42
25	Stephen	341	↑2	27
26	Terry	337	↑2	48
27	Willie	328	↓7	96
28	Donald	327	↓5	29
29	Jeffery	305	↓4	46
30	Paul	292	↓1	19
31	Gary	286	↑1	32
32	George	275	↓1	36
33	Jimmy	268	↑6	77
34	Johnny	264	↑4	69
35	Scott	264	↑2	14
36	Larry	262	↓6	38
37	Bobby	261	↓1	81
38	Patrick	254	↑5	30
39	Daniel	251	↑2	18
40	Jerry	250	↓6	44
41	Keith	245	↓6	35
42	Ricky	221	↑2	70
43	Matthew	219	↑7	24
44	Edward	212	↓4	31
45	Reginald	191	↑3	>100
46	Andrew	179	new	34
47	Billy	175	↓1	76
48	Randy	167	↓6	54
49	Darrell	164	↓4	86
50	Samuel	163	new	66

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