Popular baby names in Georgia, 1974

The most popular baby names in Georgia in 1974 were Jennifer for girls (1,423 babies) and Michael for boys (1,721). Social Security records list 71,094 babies born in Georgia in 1974 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Georgia in 1974

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: 34 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Tangela: 18 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Tamela: 17 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Demetria: 35 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Tomeka: 23 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Felecia: 21 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Lashanda: 18 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Lawanda: 37 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Tabatha: 35 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Angelia: 52 babies, 3.4× the national rate

Boys

Dexter: 67 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Rico: 30 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Jarvis: 22 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Horace: 20 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Grady: 28 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Ashley: 44 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Kelvin: 79 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Marion: 28 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Telly: 30 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Stacey: 51 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Georgia, 1974

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1973	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,423	–	1
2	Kimberly	785	–	6
3	Amy	753	↑1	2
4	Angela	735	↓1	5
5	Stephanie	617	–	9
6	Melissa	569	–	7
7	Heather	529	↑4	4
8	Mary	427	↑2	13
9	Lisa	418	↓2	8
10	April	397	↑5	28
11	Tonya	381	↓2	37
12	Michelle	373	↓4	3
13	Amanda	357	↑4	34
14	Shannon	331	–	18
15	Rebecca	328	↓2	10
16	Tammy	317	↓4	24
17	Christy	303	↑10	57
18	Elizabeth	270	–	12
19	Wendy	261	↑11	32
20	Julie	259	↓4	14
21	Tracy	254	↑3	23
22	Tina	246	↑3	25
23	Tiffany	241	↑22	41
24	Teresa	229	↓3	52
25	Pamela	224	↓5	54
26	Susan	224	↓4	27
27	Cynthia	223	↓8	33
28	Karen	220	↓5	26
29	Kelly	218	↑5	15
30	Patricia	212	↑2	29
31	Tara	207	↑8	39
32	Laura	204	↓6	21
33	Andrea	198	–	35
34	Donna	184	↓5	67
35	Lori	182	↓4	30
36	Monica	182	↑2	43
37	Leslie	181	↑12	65
38	Sharon	177	↓10	70
39	Dana	176	↓2	55
40	Stacy	176	↓5	38
41	Misty	160	new	66
42	Rhonda	155	↓1	86
43	Felicia	153	↑1	>100
44	Christina	152	↓8	16
45	Robin	152	new	63
46	Melanie	151	↓6	51
47	Stacey	150	↓5	48
48	Sandra	148	↓2	44
49	Tanya	148	↓2	46
50	Brandy	144	new	80

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1973	US rank
1	Michael	1,721	–	1
2	Christopher	1,474	↑1	3
3	James	1,393	↓1	5
4	Jason	1,265	↑1	2
5	John	1,004	↑1	6
6	Robert	978	↑1	7
7	William	945	↓3	10
8	David	937	–	4
9	Brian	694	–	8
10	Charles	596	–	23
11	Kevin	482	–	14
12	Timothy	476	↑2	22
13	Matthew	474	↑5	9
14	Anthony	473	↓2	21
15	Joseph	464	↓2	12
16	Eric	444	↓1	13
17	Richard	443	–	17
18	Steven	420	↑4	19
19	Thomas	411	↓3	20
20	Jonathan	409	↑1	33
21	Jeffrey	351	↓1	15
22	Mark	334	↓3	16
23	Kenneth	308	↑1	34
24	Daniel	306	↓1	11
25	Gregory	304	–	31
26	Stephen	300	–	35
27	Larry	258	–	55
28	Scott	226	–	18
29	Marcus	225	–	73
30	Antonio	220	↑9	82
31	Donald	216	↓1	41
32	Ronald	215	↑4	42
33	George	211	↑1	49
34	Johnny	211	↑10	83
35	Joshua	205	new	29
36	Jeffery	204	↑10	66
37	Derrick	201	↑4	87
38	Jerry	201	↑4	61
39	Keith	200	↓8	44
40	Patrick	200	↓7	38
41	Rodney	199	↓6	72
42	Benjamin	198	new	46
43	Willie	198	↓11	>100
44	Jeremy	196	new	24
45	Andrew	194	↓7	28
46	Gary	194	↑3	48
47	Chad	187	↓10	26
48	Bobby	176	↓1	92
49	Paul	175	↓6	27
50	Travis	171	–	54

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