Popular baby names in Georgia, 1975

The most popular baby names in Georgia in 1975 were Jennifer for girls (1,271 babies) and Michael for boys (1,594). Social Security records list 67,386 babies born in Georgia in 1975 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Georgia in 1975

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

Girls

Tomekia: 17 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Turkessa: 19 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Chiquita: 29 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Tomeka: 46 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Tamiko: 59 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Demetria: 43 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Tamekia: 18 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Octavia: 21 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Tomika: 32 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Tameka: 88 babies, 4.6× the national rate

Boys

Dexter: 50 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Rico: 30 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Tavares: 22 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Jarvis: 27 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Ashley: 45 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Grady: 21 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Kelvin: 72 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Reginald: 144 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Stacey: 45 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Roderick: 75 babies, 4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Georgia, 1975

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1974	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,271	–	1
2	Amy	750	↑1	2
3	Angela	649	↑1	5
4	Kimberly	647	↓2	7
5	Melissa	565	↑1	4
6	Amanda	529	↑7	14
7	Stephanie	515	↓2	9
8	Heather	504	↓1	3
9	Lisa	365	–	8
10	Mary	341	↓2	19
11	April	339	↓1	25
12	Tonya	319	↓1	45
13	Christy	311	↑4	53
14	Michelle	291	↓2	6
15	Shannon	273	↓1	21
16	Tiffany	261	↑7	37
17	Elizabeth	252	↑1	15
18	Julie	246	↑2	18
19	Tammy	246	↓3	31
20	Karen	240	↑8	27
21	Misty	236	↑20	47
22	Christina	232	↑22	12
23	Rebecca	228	↓8	11
24	Wendy	227	↓5	33
25	Tracy	224	↓4	24
26	Kelly	215	↑3	16
27	Pamela	202	↓2	70
28	Cynthia	199	↓1	40
29	Laura	196	↑3	20
30	Jessica	195	new	13
31	Susan	193	↓5	32
32	Brandy	188	↑18	57
33	Felicia	179	↑10	>100
34	Stacy	178	↑6	34
35	Andrea	176	↓2	28
36	Dana	168	↑3	62
37	Tara	165	↓6	41
38	Tina	164	↓16	35
39	Teresa	162	↓15	61
40	Brandi	160	new	88
41	Rhonda	159	↑1	93
42	Melanie	149	↑4	52
43	Patricia	149	↓13	36
44	Lori	148	↓9	39
45	Tamika	145	new	>100
46	Sharon	143	↓8	75
47	Stacey	142	–	44
48	Crystal	139	new	43
49	Donna	137	↓15	85
50	Monica	135	↓14	49

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1974	US rank
1	Michael	1,594	–	1
2	Christopher	1,353	–	3
3	James	1,299	–	4
4	Jason	1,170	–	2
5	David	892	↑3	5
6	John	888	↓1	7
7	William	885	–	10
8	Robert	874	↓2	6
9	Charles	612	↑1	25
10	Brian	581	↓1	8
11	Joseph	534	↑4	12
12	Matthew	482	↑1	9
13	Timothy	462	↓1	22
14	Kevin	439	↓3	15
15	Anthony	425	↓1	21
16	Richard	411	↑1	16
17	Eric	399	↓1	13
18	Thomas	380	↑1	20
19	Steven	365	↓1	18
20	Daniel	343	↑4	11
21	Jonathan	342	↓1	30
22	Kenneth	323	↑1	35
23	Jeffrey	309	↓2	14
24	Mark	287	↓2	19
25	Gregory	263	–	33
26	Benjamin	262	↑16	36
27	Stephen	251	↓1	34
28	Jeremy	245	↑16	24
29	Marcus	244	–	68
30	Chad	232	↑17	27
31	Andrew	225	↑14	28
32	Antonio	225	↓2	77
33	Larry	224	↓6	56
34	Joshua	217	↑1	26
35	Scott	212	↓7	17
36	Patrick	204	↑4	39
37	Donald	203	↓6	42
38	Brandon	202	new	44
39	Ronald	202	↓7	46
40	Gary	200	↑6	50
41	Paul	194	↑8	29
42	Johnny	187	↓8	86
43	Willie	185	–	>100
44	Rodney	176	↓3	76
45	Ryan	174	new	23
46	Jerry	173	↓8	65
47	Derrick	172	↓10	90
48	Keith	172	↓9	49
49	Travis	171	↑1	51
50	Bryan	169	new	47

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