Popular baby names in Georgia, 1977

The most popular baby names in Georgia in 1977 were Jennifer for girls (1,332 babies) and Michael for boys (1,615). Social Security records list 70,695 babies born in Georgia in 1977 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Georgia in 1977

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

Girls

Ansley: 17 babies, 26.5× the national rate
Temeka: 18 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Tomeka: 44 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Tamiko: 21 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Chiquita: 27 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Tomika: 29 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Deidra: 26 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Shawanda: 22 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Keshia: 19 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Tawanda: 29 babies, 5.2× the national rate

Boys

Rico: 36 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Jarvis: 36 babies, 6× the national rate
Grady: 22 babies, 6× the national rate
Dexter: 37 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Cedrick: 20 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Kelvin: 97 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Ashley: 67 babies, 5× the national rate
Rodrick: 31 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Tavares: 19 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Roderick: 84 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Georgia, 1977

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1976	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,332	–	1
2	Amanda	732	↑1	9
3	Kimberly	682	↑1	8
4	Melissa	609	↑3	2
5	Heather	582	–	5
6	Amy	579	↓4	3
7	Angela	528	↓1	6
8	Stephanie	508	–	14
9	Jessica	425	↑6	4
10	Kelly	388	↑13	10
11	Mary	382	↓1	21
12	Elizabeth	366	↑6	13
13	Shannon	348	↓1	19
14	April	345	↓3	29
15	Lisa	325	↓6	12
16	Rebecca	303	–	17
17	Crystal	291	↑18	25
18	Christy	287	↑3	59
19	Tiffany	270	↓2	34
20	Christina	269	↓6	16
21	Michelle	268	↑3	7
22	Laura	261	–	20
23	Jamie	254	↓4	18
24	Julie	249	↓4	22
25	Tonya	246	↓12	64
26	Brandy	217	–	51
27	Misty	217	–	40
28	Karen	205	↑1	32
29	Sarah	195	↑9	11
30	Wendy	181	↓2	49
31	Andrea	175	↓1	24
32	Brandi	172	new	71
33	Sabrina	169	new	63
34	Monica	168	↑14	39
35	Tara	167	↑1	35
36	Ashley	162	↑5	>100
37	Carrie	159	↑7	28
38	Erica	158	new	38
39	Tammy	157	↓14	55
40	Holly	153	new	52
41	Allison	152	↑5	66
42	Felicia	152	↑5	>100
43	Rachel	151	–	26
44	Cynthia	150	↓13	48
45	Courtney	148	new	76
46	Dana	147	↓13	62
47	Leslie	146	↓15	65
48	Susan	144	↓11	45
49	Erin	138	new	23
50	Katherine	137	↓1	44

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1976	US rank
1	Michael	1,615	–	1
2	Christopher	1,404	↑1	3
3	James	1,337	↓1	5
4	Jason	1,267	–	2
5	William	954	–	12
6	John	884	–	7
7	Robert	880	–	6
8	David	822	–	4
9	Brian	638	–	8
10	Joseph	603	–	10
11	Kevin	565	↑2	13
12	Charles	562	↓1	26
13	Matthew	539	↓1	9
14	Jeremy	475	↑2	15
15	Anthony	468	↑2	21
16	Joshua	457	↑6	14
17	Timothy	454	↓2	18
18	Jonathan	420	↑1	28
19	Daniel	416	↑1	11
20	Thomas	413	↑1	22
21	Richard	411	↓7	20
22	Eric	383	↓4	17
23	Steven	331	–	23
24	Jeffrey	311	–	19
25	Benjamin	298	↑5	29
26	Andrew	290	↑3	24
27	Stephen	275	↓2	38
28	Kenneth	272	↓1	39
29	Antonio	263	↓1	77
30	Mark	248	↓4	25
31	Gregory	238	–	35
32	Corey	234	new	52
33	Ryan	232	↑5	16
34	Brandon	230	↑3	41
35	Marcus	229	↓3	72
36	Derrick	215	↑4	80
37	Wesley	207	new	66
38	Larry	205	↓5	62
39	Donald	202	–	46
40	Adam	197	new	33
41	Travis	195	↓7	44
42	Justin	193	new	30
43	Ronald	187	↓7	53
44	Patrick	178	–	40
45	Paul	176	↓10	31
46	Willie	176	new	>100
47	Nathan	174	new	36
48	Chad	167	↓6	34
49	Johnny	165	↓6	93
50	Keith	162	↓3	48

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