Popular baby names in Georgia, 1980

The most popular baby names in Georgia in 1980 were Amanda for girls (1,310 babies) and James for boys (1,445). Amanda ranked #2 nationally for girls. James ranked #5 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 76,468 babies born in Georgia in 1980 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Georgia in 1980

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

Girls

Shalanda: 20 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Tangela: 20 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Shawanda: 25 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Tomeka: 32 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Renada: 33 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Lakeshia: 29 babies, 6× the national rate
Lashunda: 18 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Chiquita: 21 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Shameka: 49 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Octavia: 19 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Boys

Demario: 31 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Dexter: 47 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Cedrick: 30 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Grady: 21 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Jarvis: 49 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Rico: 26 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Demarcus: 26 babies, 5× the national rate
Kelvin: 69 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Jamey: 21 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Marion: 22 babies, 4.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Georgia, 1980

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1979	US rank
1	Amanda	1,310	↑1	2
2	Jennifer	1,299	↓1	1
3	Jessica	801	↑2	3
4	Kimberly	707	–	11
5	Melissa	663	↓2	4
6	Tiffany	568	↑9	14
7	April	567	–	26
8	Stephanie	501	↑1	13
9	Crystal	489	↑1	18
10	Amy	486	↓2	8
11	Heather	480	↓5	6
12	Elizabeth	406	↑1	9
13	Mary	403	↓1	25
14	Angela	400	↓3	12
15	Ashley	348	↑11	40
16	Sarah	338	↑7	5
17	Rebecca	325	↓1	17
18	Brandy	324	↑1	42
19	Christina	308	↓5	15
20	Lisa	295	↓3	16
21	Kelly	286	↓3	19
22	Laura	275	↓1	21
23	Michelle	245	↓1	10
24	Christy	238	↓4	83
25	Amber	233	↑5	22
26	Rachel	232	↑7	23
27	Erica	230	↑2	34
28	Brandi	223	↓1	63
29	Shannon	220	↓4	29
30	Misty	214	↓2	49
31	Andrea	198	↑5	28
32	Julie	196	–	32
33	Lauren	193	new	38
34	Courtney	192	new	48
35	Erin	190	↑7	20
36	Jamie	188	↓12	24
37	Emily	184	↑4	31
38	Nicole	182	↑2	7
39	Katherine	169	↓4	35
40	Leslie	168	↓2	61
41	Tonya	167	↓7	97
42	Monica	160	↓11	45
43	Kristy	158	↑2	78
44	Pamela	158	↓5	86
45	Allison	151	↑2	59
46	Kristin	149	new	37
47	Alicia	148	↓1	47
48	Kristen	148	new	39
49	Wendy	142	↓6	75
50	Holly	138	↓6	52

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1979	US rank
1	James	1,445	↑2	5
2	Michael	1,434	↓1	1
3	Christopher	1,385	↓1	2
4	Jason	1,111	–	3
5	John	1,046	–	8
6	William	997	–	14
7	Joshua	926	↑2	7
8	Robert	908	–	9
9	David	894	↓2	4
10	Matthew	710	↑1	6
11	Joseph	686	↓1	10
12	Jonathan	656	↑4	21
13	Charles	580	–	29
14	Brian	555	↓2	12
15	Jeremy	532	↓1	18
16	Justin	531	↑12	13
17	Daniel	506	↑3	11
18	Timothy	494	↓3	20
19	Richard	452	↑3	26
20	Kevin	439	↓2	23
21	Thomas	425	–	25
22	Eric	423	↑1	16
23	Travis	419	↓6	37
24	Brandon	416	↑5	31
25	Anthony	410	↓6	24
26	Nicholas	392	↓1	17
27	Andrew	367	↓3	19
28	Benjamin	339	↓1	32
29	Steven	329	↓3	28
30	Adam	324	↑1	22
31	Kenneth	320	↑2	41
32	Patrick	283	↑2	38
33	Jeffrey	276	↓1	27
34	Stephen	272	↓4	40
35	Ryan	260	↑2	15
36	Mark	249	↑2	30
37	Marcus	240	↓1	71
38	Gregory	236	↑2	42
39	Antonio	233	↓4	77
40	Derrick	208	↑2	74
41	Dustin	197	new	44
42	Willie	196	new	>100
43	Larry	192	↓4	70
44	Chad	185	–	39
45	Paul	184	↓4	35
46	Nathan	182	↑3	36
47	Donald	181	↓2	53
48	Wesley	174	new	95
49	Corey	170	↓6	68
50	Scott	170	↓2	33

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