Popular baby names in Georgia, 1973

The most popular baby names in Georgia in 1973 were Jennifer for girls (1,384 babies) and Michael for boys (1,737). Social Security records list 73,186 babies born in Georgia in 1973 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Georgia in 1973

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

Girls

Chiquita: 35 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Valencia: 25 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Rosalyn: 19 babies, 5× the national rate
Demetria: 42 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Tomeka: 23 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Daphne: 57 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Tangela: 19 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Felecia: 23 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Sandi: 22 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Tonja: 31 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Boys

Antonia: 20 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Dexter: 82 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Rico: 28 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Horace: 24 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Kelvin: 112 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Roderick: 105 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Ashley: 49 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Charlie: 68 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Stevie: 20 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Grady: 24 babies, 4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Georgia, 1973

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1972	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,384	–	1
2	Kimberly	768	↑1	4
3	Angela	762	↓1	7
4	Amy	660	↑2	2
5	Stephanie	660	↓1	9
6	Melissa	597	↑1	6
7	Lisa	473	↓2	5
8	Michelle	423	↑2	3
9	Tonya	405	↑2	36
10	Mary	399	↓1	14
11	Heather	380	↑13	8
12	Tammy	369	↓4	15
13	Rebecca	345	↑16	10
14	Shannon	315	↓2	22
15	April	312	↑4	33
16	Julie	306	↑5	12
17	Amanda	305	↑19	51
18	Elizabeth	285	–	13
19	Cynthia	275	↓6	26
20	Pamela	275	↓6	47
21	Teresa	275	↑2	45
22	Susan	272	↓5	25
23	Karen	271	↓3	23
24	Tracy	270	↓8	20
25	Tina	262	↓10	24
26	Laura	251	↑1	19
27	Christy	240	↑1	73
28	Sharon	237	↓6	57
29	Donna	234	↓3	55
30	Wendy	228	–	29
31	Lori	221	↑7	28
32	Patricia	220	↓7	27
33	Andrea	219	↑2	30
34	Kelly	215	↑3	18
35	Stacy	211	↓3	32
36	Christina	205	↑11	16
37	Dana	205	↑3	59
38	Monica	189	↑8	40
39	Tara	187	↓8	37
40	Melanie	182	↓6	43
41	Rhonda	180	↓8	70
42	Stacey	171	↑2	41
43	Sherry	168	–	76
44	Felicia	166	↑1	>100
45	Tiffany	159	↑5	52
46	Sandra	158	↓7	39
47	Tanya	151	new	50
48	Crystal	146	new	48
49	Leslie	146	new	75
50	Linda	145	↓8	61

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1972	US rank
1	Michael	1,737	–	1
2	James	1,509	–	4
3	Christopher	1,419	–	2
4	William	1,100	↑1	9
5	Jason	1,079	↑3	3
6	John	1,000	↓2	6
7	Robert	966	↓1	7
8	David	953	↓1	5
9	Brian	731	–	8
10	Charles	635	–	23
11	Kevin	597	–	14
12	Anthony	553	↑2	21
13	Joseph	552	–	12
14	Timothy	492	↑2	22
15	Eric	479	–	13
16	Thomas	469	↑1	19
17	Richard	455	↓5	16
18	Matthew	387	↑5	10
19	Mark	374	↑1	15
20	Jeffrey	372	↓1	17
21	Jonathan	364	↑3	31
22	Steven	361	↓1	20
23	Daniel	356	↑5	11
24	Kenneth	354	↓2	28
25	Gregory	332	↓7	26
26	Stephen	306	↓1	32
27	Larry	255	↓1	50
28	Scott	251	↑1	18
29	Marcus	246	↑4	72
30	Donald	242	↑2	38
31	Keith	231	↓1	41
32	Willie	219	↑5	>100
33	Patrick	215	↑2	37
34	George	214	↑6	46
35	Rodney	210	↑1	68
36	Ronald	210	↓9	40
37	Chad	206	↑8	25
38	Andrew	204	↑10	29
39	Antonio	199	new	92
40	Jimmy	195	↑9	95
41	Derrick	194	new	87
42	Jerry	194	↓11	57
43	Paul	191	↓9	24
44	Johnny	189	↓3	82
45	Edward	184	↑2	39
46	Jeffery	178	↓7	64
47	Bobby	176	↓5	93
48	Phillip	176	new	71
49	Gary	174	↓6	44
50	Travis	172	–	53

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