Popular baby names in Georgia, 1969

The most popular baby names in Georgia in 1969 were Lisa for girls (1,016 babies) and James for boys (1,959). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 80,918 babies born in Georgia in 1969 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Georgia in 1969

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: 30 babies, 7× the national rate
Willie: 25 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Coretta: 21 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Valencia: 26 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Angelia: 89 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Sabrina: 170 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Robbie: 20 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Shonda: 33 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Lawanda: 23 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Wanda: 212 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Dexter: 140 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Ashley: 24 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Willie: 340 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Chadwick: 28 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Bennie: 36 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Scottie: 43 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Marion: 35 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Lamar: 32 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Charlie: 77 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Grady: 27 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Georgia, 1969

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1968	US rank
1	Lisa	1,016	–	1
2	Kimberly	947	↑1	4
3	Angela	889	↓1	7
4	Tammy	788	–	9
5	Jennifer	651	↑3	3
6	Melissa	635	↓1	5
7	Mary	587	↓1	8
8	Pamela	557	↓1	24
9	Stephanie	533	↑3	19
10	Michelle	495	↑1	2
11	Cynthia	493	↓2	23
12	Tracy	431	↑8	17
13	Teresa	428	↑1	32
14	Donna	421	↓4	26
15	Amy	414	↑7	6
16	Susan	409	↑3	11
17	Laura	406	↓2	10
18	Karen	387	↓5	13
19	Sharon	385	↓3	36
20	Tina	377	↓3	22
21	Patricia	370	–	18
22	Rhonda	337	↑2	44
23	Sandra	332	↓5	25
24	Elizabeth	331	↓1	16
25	Shannon	316	↑18	31
26	Julie	313	↑2	12
27	Kelly	284	↓1	15
28	Tonya	279	↑1	54
29	Sherry	259	↑1	55
30	Deborah	256	↓3	27
31	Linda	248	↓6	33
32	Lori	246	↑6	20
33	Wendy	246	–	29
34	Brenda	233	–	38
35	Rebecca	228	↓3	28
36	Andrea	214	↑5	48
37	Wanda	212	↑3	>100
38	Paula	203	↓1	50
39	Barbara	202	↓8	39
40	Cheryl	191	↓4	41
41	Leslie	189	↑5	64
42	Carol	185	new	56
43	Robin	185	↓8	46
44	Nancy	184	↑4	45
45	Dana	176	↑2	60
46	Debra	171	↓2	43
47	Sabrina	170	new	>100
48	Melanie	168	new	92
49	Dawn	163	new	21
50	Sheila	163	↓8	68

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1968	US rank
1	James	1,959	–	3
2	Michael	1,847	–	1
3	John	1,401	–	4
4	Robert	1,320	–	5
5	David	1,305	–	2
6	William	1,293	–	6
7	Christopher	879	↑1	7
8	Charles	839	↓1	19
9	Timothy	666	–	17
10	Richard	657	–	10
11	Mark	625	–	8
12	Anthony	608	–	20
13	Joseph	553	↑3	15
14	Thomas	537	↓1	13
15	Jeffrey	532	–	11
16	Kenneth	529	↓2	23
17	Brian	495	↑1	9
18	Gregory	479	↓1	26
19	Steven	453	–	14
20	Scott	398	↑15	12
21	Kevin	390	↑2	16
22	Eric	388	↓2	21
23	Stephen	386	↑2	27
24	Ronald	360	↓2	29
25	Willie	340	↑2	>100
26	Larry	333	↑10	40
27	Jason	326	new	25
28	Rodney	324	↓4	49
29	Tony	324	↓8	54
30	Jerry	319	↑10	45
31	Donald	312	↓3	30
32	Jeffery	298	↓3	48
33	Patrick	296	↑5	31
34	Paul	291	↓4	22
35	Johnny	286	↓1	67
36	George	280	↓4	38
37	Daniel	278	↑2	18
38	Terry	270	↓12	52
39	Edward	268	↑5	32
40	Gary	268	↓9	35
41	Bobby	264	↓4	82
42	Keith	251	↓1	36
43	Jimmy	247	↓10	79
44	Jonathan	233	new	46
45	Matthew	233	↓2	24
46	Billy	208	↑1	77
47	Reginald	204	↓2	>100
48	Ricky	194	↓6	90
49	Corey	193	new	58
50	Douglas	192	new	34

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