Popular baby names in Georgia, 1976

The most popular baby names in Georgia in 1976 were Jennifer for girls (1,328 babies) and Michael for boys (1,571). Social Security records list 66,495 babies born in Georgia in 1976 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Georgia in 1976

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

Girls

Tamiko: 43 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Chiquita: 31 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Tomeka: 54 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Keshia: 16 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Tomika: 34 babies, 6× the national rate
Lakeshia: 27 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Valencia: 17 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Chaka: 16 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Lawanda: 51 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Demetria: 27 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Boys

Cedrick: 33 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Dexter: 49 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Rico: 49 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Horace: 23 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Telly: 28 babies, 6× the national rate
Jarvis: 25 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Kelvin: 96 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Cornelius: 50 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Marion: 28 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Rodrick: 24 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Georgia, 1976

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1975	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,328	–	1
2	Amy	751	–	2
3	Amanda	621	↑3	10
4	Kimberly	608	–	7
5	Heather	592	↑3	4
6	Angela	589	↓3	5
7	Melissa	583	↓2	3
8	Stephanie	453	↓1	11
9	Lisa	401	–	9
10	Mary	362	–	22
11	April	359	–	30
12	Shannon	348	↑3	17
13	Tonya	304	↓1	58
14	Christina	301	↑8	14
15	Jessica	295	↑15	8
16	Rebecca	278	↑7	12
17	Tiffany	275	↓1	32
18	Elizabeth	274	↓1	16
19	Jamie	270	new	18
20	Julie	265	↓2	21
21	Christy	260	↓8	60
22	Laura	259	↑7	20
23	Kelly	254	↑3	19
24	Michelle	252	↓10	6
25	Tammy	218	↓6	41
26	Brandy	214	↑6	55
27	Misty	210	↓6	46
28	Wendy	206	↓4	39
29	Karen	192	↓9	31
30	Andrea	173	↑5	25
31	Cynthia	172	↓3	44
32	Leslie	169	new	65
33	Dana	160	↑3	64
34	Tracy	159	↓9	37
35	Crystal	156	↑13	36
36	Tara	152	↑1	42
37	Susan	151	↓6	40
38	Sarah	149	new	15
39	Sharon	149	↑7	81
40	Nicole	148	new	13
41	Ashley	147	new	>100
42	Pamela	145	↓15	84
43	Rachel	142	new	23
44	Carrie	141	new	28
45	Emily	138	new	50
46	Allison	136	new	67
47	Felicia	135	↓14	>100
48	Monica	133	↑2	45
49	Katherine	131	new	57
50	Lori	131	↓6	47

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1975	US rank
1	Michael	1,571	–	1
2	James	1,305	↑1	5
3	Christopher	1,247	↓1	3
4	Jason	1,231	–	2
5	William	908	↑2	11
6	John	862	–	6
7	Robert	822	↑1	7
8	David	810	↓3	4
9	Brian	584	↑1	8
10	Joseph	557	↑1	12
11	Charles	544	↓2	26
12	Matthew	524	–	9
13	Kevin	449	↑1	15
14	Richard	437	↑2	19
15	Timothy	435	↓2	21
16	Jeremy	430	↑12	14
17	Anthony	417	↓2	22
18	Eric	400	↓1	13
19	Jonathan	385	↑2	31
20	Daniel	383	–	10
21	Thomas	381	↓3	23
22	Joshua	317	↑12	18
23	Steven	310	↓4	20
24	Jeffrey	301	↓1	17
25	Stephen	285	↑2	37
26	Mark	275	↓2	25
27	Kenneth	257	↓5	38
28	Antonio	250	↑4	71
29	Andrew	247	↑2	27
30	Benjamin	245	↓4	32
31	Gregory	236	↓6	35
32	Marcus	218	↓3	74
33	Larry	215	–	60
34	Travis	197	↑15	46
35	Paul	193	↑6	28
36	Ronald	189	↑3	49
37	Brandon	188	↑1	40
38	Ryan	187	↑7	16
39	Donald	186	↓2	47
40	Derrick	179	↑7	91
41	Samuel	176	new	59
42	Chad	173	↓12	29
43	Johnny	172	↓1	92
44	Patrick	171	↓8	41
45	Jamie	170	new	62
46	Scott	170	↓11	24
47	Keith	169	↑1	48
48	Bryan	167	↑2	43
49	Rodney	164	↓5	88
50	George	162	new	53

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