Popular baby names in Georgia, 1970

The most popular baby names in Georgia in 1970 were Kimberly for girls (1,051 babies) and Michael for boys (2,017). Kimberly ranked #3 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 85,519 babies born in Georgia in 1970 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Georgia in 1970

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

Girls

Sebrina: 23 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Valencia: 30 babies, 5× the national rate
Lawanda: 33 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Angelia: 81 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Shanda: 24 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Casandra: 21 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Daphne: 53 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Sabrina: 273 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Latonia: 23 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Ursula: 24 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Dexter: 126 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Grady: 38 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Kelvin: 101 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Horace: 26 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Willie: 317 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Hubert: 24 babies, 4× the national rate
Ashley: 24 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Stacy: 109 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Stacey: 63 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Demetrius: 43 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Georgia, 1970

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1969	US rank
1	Kimberly	1,051	↑1	3
2	Angela	964	↑1	6
3	Jennifer	869	↑2	1
4	Lisa	849	↓3	2
5	Tammy	804	↓1	8
6	Melissa	612	–	7
7	Mary	608	–	9
8	Stephanie	588	↑1	17
9	Tracy	574	↑3	10
10	Pamela	564	↓2	26
11	Amy	542	↑4	5
12	Michelle	512	↓2	4
13	Shannon	463	↑12	22
14	Cynthia	443	↓3	25
15	Teresa	425	↓2	34
16	Tina	411	↑4	21
17	Tonya	397	↑11	49
18	Karen	391	–	12
19	Donna	383	↓5	32
20	Sharon	374	↓1	37
21	Susan	359	↓5	15
22	Elizabeth	352	↑2	18
23	Laura	334	↓6	13
24	Patricia	327	↓3	24
25	Rhonda	313	↓3	46
26	Sandra	306	↓3	27
27	Wendy	301	↑6	28
28	Julie	293	↓2	11
29	Kelly	277	↓2	20
30	Sabrina	273	↑17	>100
31	Lori	262	↑1	23
32	Linda	255	↓1	38
33	Rebecca	250	↑2	29
34	Heather	249	new	19
35	Dana	248	↑10	54
36	Sherry	244	↓7	60
37	Stacy	235	new	42
38	Christy	218	new	>100
39	Amanda	207	new	>100
40	Leslie	202	↑1	64
41	Deborah	197	↓11	33
42	Robin	197	↑1	51
43	Cindy	195	new	72
44	Dawn	193	↑5	16
45	Barbara	191	↓6	41
46	Stacey	191	new	48
47	Regina	189	new	86
48	Kathy	186	new	77
49	Melanie	186	↓1	91
50	Wanda	186	↓13	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1969	US rank
1	Michael	2,017	↑1	1
2	James	2,013	↓1	2
3	John	1,495	–	4
4	William	1,348	↑2	7
5	David	1,325	–	3
6	Robert	1,306	↓2	5
7	Christopher	1,116	–	6
8	Charles	847	–	21
9	Timothy	693	–	20
10	Richard	649	–	10
11	Anthony	601	↑1	22
12	Thomas	599	↑2	17
13	Mark	594	↓2	9
14	Brian	583	↑3	8
15	Jeffrey	567	–	11
16	Jason	537	↑11	13
17	Kevin	537	↑4	14
18	Kenneth	536	↓2	25
19	Joseph	524	↓6	16
20	Steven	483	↓1	15
21	Gregory	482	↓3	26
22	Eric	465	–	18
23	Scott	429	↓3	12
24	Stephen	427	↓1	27
25	Ronald	338	↓1	29
26	Paul	330	↑8	23
27	Larry	320	↓1	43
28	Willie	317	↓3	>100
29	Donald	316	↑2	30
30	Jerry	299	–	45
31	Matthew	297	↑14	24
32	Tony	297	↓3	57
33	Daniel	296	↑4	19
34	Jeffery	293	↓2	50
35	Gary	278	↑5	35
36	Keith	278	↑6	38
37	Terry	274	↑1	54
38	Johnny	269	↓3	65
39	Rodney	263	↓11	55
40	Marcus	259	new	71
41	George	248	↓5	40
42	Jonathan	246	↑2	42
43	Edward	242	↓4	31
44	Bobby	234	↓3	87
45	Patrick	230	↓12	33
46	Jimmy	221	↓3	86
47	Derrick	194	new	96
48	Todd	189	new	28
49	Billy	185	↓3	78
50	Douglas	182	–	36

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