Popular baby names in Georgia, 1981

The most popular baby names in Georgia in 1981 were Jennifer for girls (1,400 babies) and Michael for boys (1,431). Social Security records list 75,078 babies born in Georgia in 1981 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Georgia in 1981

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: 20 babies, 20.8× the national rate
Shemeka: 20 babies, 8× the national rate
Chiquita: 19 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Shameka: 49 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Lakeshia: 21 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Shonda: 19 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Latonya: 89 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Lawanda: 23 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Shanta: 20 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Tamika: 90 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Demario: 23 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Jarvis: 61 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Dexter: 34 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Ashley: 74 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Darius: 50 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Roderick: 73 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Kelvin: 62 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Cornelius: 41 babies, 4× the national rate
Xavier: 30 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Cecil: 28 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Georgia, 1981

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1980	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,400	↑1	1
2	Amanda	1,135	↓1	3
3	Jessica	1,082	–	2
4	Tiffany	658	↑2	14
5	Kimberly	637	↓1	13
6	Melissa	602	↓1	5
7	Stephanie	560	↑1	8
8	Crystal	521	↑1	16
9	April	492	↓2	25
10	Heather	463	↑1	10
11	Amy	452	↓1	6
12	Elizabeth	409	–	9
13	Mary	382	–	27
14	Ashley	375	↑1	34
15	Sarah	357	↑1	4
16	Rebecca	345	↑1	12
17	Angela	331	↓3	15
18	Laura	310	↑4	21
19	Brandy	307	↓1	41
20	Amber	274	↑5	20
21	Christina	273	↓2	17
22	Brandi	262	↑6	50
23	Lisa	262	↓3	18
24	Michelle	247	↓1	11
25	Kelly	246	↓4	23
26	Rachel	234	–	22
27	Andrea	230	↑4	24
28	Lauren	226	↑5	35
29	Latoya	222	new	69
30	Courtney	218	↑4	43
31	Jamie	216	↑5	28
32	Shannon	213	↓3	32
33	Emily	210	↑4	29
34	Nicole	206	↑4	7
35	Erica	204	↓8	36
36	Katherine	204	↑3	39
37	Erin	200	↓2	19
38	Julie	185	↓6	37
39	Misty	183	↓9	61
40	Kristen	176	↑8	38
41	Pamela	175	↑3	76
42	Christy	174	↓18	99
43	Leslie	173	↓3	56
44	Kristin	160	↑2	31
45	Allison	155	–	57
46	Alicia	153	↑1	46
47	Anna	144	new	54
48	Tonya	139	↓7	>100
49	Dana	137	new	70
50	Monica	136	↓8	49

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1980	US rank
1	Michael	1,431	↑1	1
2	Christopher	1,401	↑1	2
3	James	1,243	↓2	7
4	Joshua	1,078	↑3	6
5	John	1,006	–	8
6	Jason	990	↓2	4
7	William	945	↓1	15
8	David	907	↑1	5
9	Robert	887	↓1	9
10	Matthew	846	–	3
11	Jonathan	714	↑1	16
12	Joseph	670	↓1	11
13	Brandon	610	↑11	19
14	Charles	587	↓1	31
15	Justin	585	↑1	12
16	Daniel	568	↑1	10
17	Jeremy	533	↓2	22
18	Brian	517	↓4	14
19	Timothy	491	↓1	24
20	Thomas	425	↑1	26
21	Anthony	416	↑4	23
22	Richard	396	↓3	27
23	Eric	391	↓1	17
24	Kevin	383	↓4	25
25	Travis	361	↓2	40
26	Steven	360	↑3	28
27	Benjamin	355	↑1	32
28	Adam	339	↑2	20
29	Nicholas	337	↓3	21
30	Andrew	324	↓3	18
31	Kenneth	318	–	41
32	Ryan	315	↑3	13
33	Stephen	309	↑1	39
34	Jeffrey	265	↓1	29
35	Antonio	242	↑4	75
36	Marcus	238	↑1	67
37	Patrick	234	↓5	38
38	Gregory	214	–	46
39	Mark	201	↓3	33
40	Dustin	197	↑1	42
41	Scott	185	↑9	34
42	Samuel	181	new	54
43	Larry	180	–	73
44	Nathan	179	↑2	36
45	Derrick	176	↓5	78
46	Donald	170	↑1	56
47	Corey	169	↑2	69
48	Wesley	168	–	99
49	Willie	166	↓7	>100
50	Ronald	165	new	59

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