Popular baby names in Georgia, 1978

The most popular baby names in Georgia in 1978 were Jennifer for girls (1,153 babies) and Michael for boys (1,480). Social Security records list 70,011 babies born in Georgia in 1978 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Georgia in 1978

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

Girls

Sherika: 17 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Tangela: 18 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Shawanda: 23 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Tawanna: 22 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Tomika: 24 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Lakeshia: 30 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Lashanda: 29 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Shonda: 30 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Octavia: 20 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Kizzy: 44 babies, 4.6× the national rate

Boys

Dexter: 43 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Rico: 32 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Kenyatta: 20 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Quinton: 27 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Demarcus: 19 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Jarvis: 30 babies, 5× the national rate
Cedric: 84 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Kelvin: 79 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Alton: 24 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Marion: 21 babies, 4.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Georgia, 1978

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1977	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,153	–	1
2	Amanda	807	–	6
3	Melissa	640	↑1	2
4	Kimberly	621	↓1	13
5	Jessica	510	↑4	3
6	Amy	505	–	4
7	Stephanie	488	↑1	16
8	Heather	481	↓3	5
9	April	467	↑5	27
10	Angela	442	↓3	7
11	Crystal	373	↑6	18
12	Kelly	367	↓2	12
13	Elizabeth	353	↓1	14
14	Mary	343	↓3	24
15	Lisa	320	–	11
16	Brandy	314	↑10	37
17	Tiffany	298	↑2	32
18	Christina	279	↑2	15
19	Shannon	268	↓6	22
20	Rebecca	262	↓4	17
21	Michelle	259	–	9
22	Christy	254	↓4	59
23	Laura	241	↓1	19
24	Misty	238	↑3	43
25	Jamie	225	↓2	20
26	Brandi	210	↑6	61
27	Julie	209	↓3	26
28	Sarah	198	↑1	8
29	Ashley	194	↑7	87
30	Tonya	194	↓5	77
31	Tina	189	new	45
32	Erica	181	↑6	34
33	Andrea	174	↓2	23
34	Rachel	171	↑9	25
35	Wendy	168	↓5	56
36	Carrie	164	↑1	35
37	Kristy	164	new	51
38	Karen	161	↓10	39
39	Katherine	157	↑11	38
40	Nicole	156	new	10
41	Erin	152	↑8	21
42	Leslie	149	↑5	63
43	Melanie	148	new	54
44	Donna	139	new	>100
45	Emily	138	new	33
46	Holly	138	↓6	55
47	Amber	136	new	30
48	Stacy	135	new	44
49	Tammy	135	↓10	67
50	Alicia	134	new	58

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1977	US rank
1	Michael	1,480	–	1
2	James	1,326	↑1	5
3	Christopher	1,304	↓1	3
4	Jason	1,237	–	2
5	William	932	–	13
6	John	895	–	7
7	Robert	883	–	8
8	David	862	–	4
9	Matthew	649	↑4	6
10	Joseph	603	–	10
11	Brian	600	↓2	9
12	Timothy	595	↑5	17
13	Charles	587	↓1	27
14	Joshua	564	↑2	12
15	Kevin	480	↓4	15
16	Jeremy	472	↓2	18
17	Jonathan	452	↑1	31
18	Thomas	431	↑2	23
19	Eric	412	↑3	16
20	Daniel	404	↓1	11
21	Anthony	380	↓6	20
22	Richard	380	↓1	21
23	Benjamin	338	↑2	34
24	Jeffrey	323	–	19
25	Steven	294	↓2	24
26	Andrew	290	–	22
27	Stephen	281	–	37
28	Adam	262	↑12	29
29	Antonio	262	–	79
30	Nicholas	253	new	25
31	Kenneth	245	↓3	41
32	Brandon	244	↑2	40
33	Gregory	237	↓2	38
34	Marcus	235	↑1	70
35	Mark	231	↓5	26
36	Travis	226	↑5	46
37	Derrick	225	↓1	76
38	Ryan	208	↓5	14
39	Justin	207	↑3	28
40	Corey	199	↓8	61
41	Larry	188	↓3	64
42	Patrick	188	↑2	42
43	Paul	175	↑2	33
44	Scott	166	new	30
45	Willie	164	↑1	>100
46	Nathan	162	↑1	36
47	Ronald	162	↓4	55
48	Wesley	162	↓11	83
49	Samuel	160	new	57
50	Gary	158	new	60

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