Popular baby names in Georgia, 1971

The most popular baby names in Georgia in 1971 were Jennifer for girls (1,071 babies) and Michael for boys (1,821). Social Security records list 82,678 babies born in Georgia in 1971 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Georgia in 1971

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

Girls

India: 31 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Tameka: 25 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Valencia: 24 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Selena: 46 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Demetria: 36 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Shonda: 42 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Lawanda: 38 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Tawana: 26 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Felecia: 25 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Ashley: 95 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Rico: 45 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Dexter: 102 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Charlie: 89 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Marion: 44 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Grady: 30 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Ashley: 28 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Stacey: 53 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Kelvin: 87 babies, 4× the national rate
Chadwick: 54 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Otis: 39 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Georgia, 1971

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1970	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,071	↑2	1
2	Kimberly	1,005	↓1	4
3	Angela	964	↓1	6
4	Lisa	744	–	3
5	Tammy	653	–	8
6	Amy	625	↑5	5
7	Stephanie	591	↑1	11
8	Melissa	584	↓2	7
9	Mary	583	↓2	9
10	Michelle	548	↑2	2
11	Pamela	456	↓1	28
12	Shannon	398	↑1	21
13	Tracy	393	↓4	13
14	Cynthia	389	–	24
15	Elizabeth	379	↑7	19
16	Susan	373	↑5	17
17	Tonya	371	–	45
18	Tina	366	↓2	20
19	Karen	351	↓1	15
20	Teresa	339	↓5	34
21	Sharon	335	↓1	40
22	Donna	330	↓3	38
23	Julie	324	↑5	10
24	Rhonda	319	↑1	46
25	April	305	new	56
26	Laura	302	↓3	16
27	Sandra	298	↓1	31
28	Stacy	294	↑9	32
29	Patricia	281	↓5	26
30	Wendy	278	↓3	29
31	Lori	260	–	25
32	Dana	246	↑3	44
33	Stacey	245	↑13	41
34	Amanda	231	↑5	84
35	Kelly	228	↓6	22
36	Andrea	225	new	35
37	Sherry	219	↓1	60
38	Tara	219	new	49
39	Rebecca	217	↓6	23
40	Heather	212	↓6	12
41	Christy	200	↓3	89
42	Linda	196	↓10	42
43	Leslie	195	↓3	68
44	Deborah	193	↓3	33
45	Melanie	187	↑4	66
46	Sabrina	183	↓16	>100
47	Dawn	182	↓3	14
48	Carla	178	new	>100
49	Tiffany	170	new	62
50	Brenda	168	new	43

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1970	US rank
1	Michael	1,821	–	1
2	James	1,818	–	2
3	Christopher	1,416	↑4	6
4	John	1,326	↓1	4
5	Robert	1,299	↑1	5
6	William	1,273	↓2	7
7	David	1,154	↓2	3
8	Charles	778	–	22
9	Jason	726	↑7	8
10	Richard	621	–	11
11	Anthony	610	–	23
12	Brian	608	↑2	9
13	Timothy	605	↓4	21
14	Joseph	601	↑5	15
15	Kevin	598	↑2	14
16	Thomas	550	↓4	17
17	Eric	542	↑5	18
18	Jeffrey	488	↓3	12
19	Steven	459	↑1	16
20	Mark	457	↓7	13
21	Kenneth	447	↓3	25
22	Gregory	418	↓1	26
23	Scott	384	–	10
24	Stephen	373	–	27
25	Larry	360	↑2	44
26	Matthew	326	↑5	19
27	Daniel	322	↑6	20
28	Donald	303	↑1	34
29	Ronald	302	↓4	31
30	Paul	299	↓4	24
31	Jerry	279	↓1	50
32	Tony	272	–	62
33	Jonathan	271	↑9	40
34	Keith	264	↑2	37
35	George	263	↑6	42
36	Bobby	260	↑8	79
37	Patrick	260	↑8	35
38	Rodney	259	↑1	59
39	Willie	258	↓11	>100
40	Terry	253	↓3	56
41	Marcus	249	↓1	65
42	Gary	229	↓7	38
43	Johnny	228	↓5	74
44	Jeffery	224	↓10	53
45	Derrick	223	↑2	84
46	Jimmy	218	–	93
47	Andrew	216	new	33
48	Edward	209	↓5	32
49	Billy	203	–	75
50	Shawn	190	new	28

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