Popular baby names in Georgia, 1972

The most popular baby names in Georgia in 1972 were Jennifer for girls (1,185 babies) and Michael for boys (1,852). Social Security records list 76,508 babies born in Georgia in 1972 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Georgia in 1972

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

Girls

Tedra: 38 babies, 16.7× the national rate
Calandra: 23 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Chiquita: 30 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Felecia: 40 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Angelia: 85 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Valencia: 19 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Tameka: 29 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Kesha: 21 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Shonda: 36 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Lawanda: 34 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Dexter: 102 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Rico: 29 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Grady: 34 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Horace: 27 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Ashley: 35 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Alton: 34 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Roderick: 105 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Kelvin: 98 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Charlie: 69 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Stacey: 58 babies, 4.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Georgia, 1972

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1971	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,185	–	1
2	Angela	945	↑1	6
3	Kimberly	884	↓1	4
4	Stephanie	668	↑3	8
5	Lisa	650	↓1	3
6	Amy	624	–	5
7	Melissa	589	↑1	7
8	Tammy	541	↓3	11
9	Mary	450	–	13
10	Michelle	438	–	2
11	Tonya	401	↑6	37
12	Shannon	377	–	22
13	Cynthia	358	↑1	25
14	Pamela	341	↓3	34
15	Tina	328	↑3	18
16	Tracy	323	↓3	19
17	Susan	312	↓1	24
18	Elizabeth	305	↓3	15
19	April	297	↑6	48
20	Karen	295	↓1	21
21	Julie	286	↑2	12
22	Sharon	281	↓1	50
23	Teresa	280	↓3	39
24	Heather	268	↑16	9
25	Patricia	263	↑4	27
26	Donna	254	↓4	45
27	Laura	253	↓1	17
28	Christy	247	↑13	74
29	Rebecca	246	↑10	14
30	Wendy	244	–	29
31	Tara	241	↑7	38
32	Stacy	238	↓4	33
33	Rhonda	231	↓9	60
34	Melanie	222	↑11	42
35	Andrea	217	↑1	30
36	Amanda	210	↓2	76
37	Kelly	207	↓2	23
38	Lori	204	↓7	28
39	Sandra	204	↓12	31
40	Dana	202	↓8	52
41	Nicole	197	new	10
42	Linda	191	–	51
43	Sherry	188	↓6	70
44	Stacey	183	↓11	41
45	Felicia	177	new	>100
46	Monica	176	new	47
47	Christina	172	new	26
48	Yolanda	172	new	89
49	Deborah	161	↓5	43
50	Tiffany	158	↓1	61

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1971	US rank
1	Michael	1,852	–	1
2	James	1,671	–	3
3	Christopher	1,525	–	2
4	John	1,180	–	5
5	William	1,142	↑1	9
6	Robert	1,096	↓1	6
7	David	1,049	–	4
8	Jason	737	↑1	7
9	Brian	679	↑3	8
10	Charles	677	↓2	23
11	Kevin	560	↑4	13
12	Richard	545	↓2	14
13	Joseph	538	↑1	12
14	Anthony	519	↓3	22
15	Eric	518	↑2	16
16	Timothy	495	↓3	21
17	Thomas	452	↓1	20
18	Gregory	419	↑4	26
19	Jeffrey	407	↓1	17
20	Mark	399	–	18
21	Steven	378	↓2	19
22	Kenneth	374	↓1	27
23	Matthew	345	↑3	10
24	Jonathan	343	↑9	37
25	Stephen	327	↓1	29
26	Larry	294	↓1	47
27	Ronald	294	↑2	32
28	Daniel	285	↓1	15
29	Scott	283	↓6	11
30	Keith	257	↑4	38
31	Jerry	251	–	53
32	Donald	245	↓4	36
33	Marcus	236	↑8	71
34	Paul	234	↓4	24
35	Patrick	232	↑2	35
36	Rodney	227	↑2	65
37	Willie	225	↑2	>100
38	Terry	223	↑2	62
39	Jeffery	220	↑5	58
40	George	209	↓5	44
41	Johnny	205	↑2	74
42	Bobby	202	↓6	90
43	Gary	197	↓1	41
44	Tony	196	↓12	68
45	Chad	187	new	25
46	Reginald	183	new	>100
47	Edward	181	↑1	34
48	Andrew	179	↓1	30
49	Jimmy	176	↓3	97
50	Travis	173	new	57

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