Popular baby names in Georgia, 1979

The most popular baby names in Georgia in 1979 were Jennifer for girls (1,245 babies) and Michael for boys (1,462). Social Security records list 72,898 babies born in Georgia in 1979 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Georgia in 1979

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

Girls

Shawanda: 31 babies, 8× the national rate
Chiquita: 32 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Demetria: 41 babies, 6× the national rate
Kenyatta: 22 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Octavia: 20 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Tawanda: 19 babies, 5× the national rate
Tawanna: 18 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Tomeka: 25 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Shonda: 25 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Tawana: 24 babies, 4.3× the national rate

Boys

Dexter: 41 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Tavares: 21 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Jarvis: 39 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Roderick: 83 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Charlie: 76 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Rico: 22 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Chadwick: 56 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Ashley: 59 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Cedric: 82 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Kelvin: 65 babies, 4.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Georgia, 1979

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1978	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,245	–	1
2	Amanda	1,119	–	3
3	Melissa	732	–	2
4	Kimberly	632	–	12
5	Jessica	518	–	4
6	Heather	509	↑2	7
7	April	505	↑2	23
8	Amy	499	↓2	5
9	Stephanie	477	↓2	15
10	Crystal	458	↑1	18
11	Angela	438	↓1	8
12	Mary	366	↑2	24
13	Elizabeth	362	–	11
14	Christina	341	↑4	14
15	Tiffany	330	↑2	28
16	Rebecca	324	↑4	17
17	Lisa	323	↓2	13
18	Kelly	318	↓6	16
19	Brandy	316	↓3	39
20	Christy	274	↑2	72
21	Laura	267	↑2	20
22	Michelle	267	↓1	10
23	Sarah	237	↑5	6
24	Jamie	236	↑1	19
25	Shannon	234	↓6	25
26	Ashley	229	↑3	67
27	Brandi	225	↓1	61
28	Misty	222	↓4	42
29	Erica	210	↑3	32
30	Amber	201	↑17	22
31	Monica	191	new	40
32	Julie	187	↓5	29
33	Rachel	181	↑1	27
34	Tonya	179	↓4	86
35	Katherine	171	↑4	36
36	Andrea	168	↓3	26
37	Dana	168	new	54
38	Leslie	168	↑4	65
39	Pamela	168	new	90
40	Nicole	166	–	9
41	Emily	162	↑4	34
42	Erin	162	↓1	21
43	Wendy	154	↓8	64
44	Holly	151	↑2	48
45	Kristy	150	↓8	56
46	Alicia	143	↑4	47
47	Allison	143	new	70
48	Melanie	143	↓5	53
49	Karen	138	↓11	46
50	Natalie	137	new	68

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1978	US rank
1	Michael	1,462	–	1
2	Christopher	1,441	↑1	2
3	James	1,358	↓1	5
4	Jason	1,222	–	3
5	John	992	↑1	7
6	William	925	↓1	13
7	David	902	↑1	4
8	Robert	831	↓1	8
9	Joshua	708	↑5	9
10	Joseph	696	–	11
11	Matthew	685	↓2	6
12	Brian	629	↓1	10
13	Charles	575	–	28
14	Jeremy	520	↑2	16
15	Timothy	506	↓3	18
16	Jonathan	480	↑1	31
17	Travis	464	↑19	36
18	Kevin	444	↓3	19
19	Anthony	424	↑2	21
20	Daniel	417	–	12
21	Thomas	414	↓3	26
22	Richard	396	–	25
23	Eric	382	↓4	17
24	Andrew	359	↑2	20
25	Nicholas	349	↑5	15
26	Steven	335	↓1	27
27	Benjamin	334	↓4	33
28	Justin	309	↑11	22
29	Brandon	306	↑3	35
30	Stephen	303	↓3	40
31	Adam	299	↓3	23
32	Jeffrey	292	↓8	24
33	Kenneth	278	↓2	41
34	Patrick	251	↑8	39
35	Antonio	249	↓6	79
36	Marcus	249	↓2	76
37	Ryan	240	↑1	14
38	Mark	222	↓3	30
39	Larry	216	↑2	69
40	Gregory	208	↓7	42
41	Paul	199	↑2	34
42	Derrick	198	↓5	80
43	Corey	189	↓3	63
44	Chad	177	new	38
45	Donald	175	new	51
46	Samuel	173	↑3	55
47	Bryan	167	new	46
48	Scott	161	↓4	29
49	Nathan	159	↓3	37
50	Keith	158	new	52

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