Popular baby names in Georgia, 1982

The most popular baby names in Georgia in 1982 were Jennifer for girls (1,347 babies) and Christopher for boys (1,716). Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 75,426 babies born in Georgia in 1982 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Georgia in 1982

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, 23.7× the national rate
Kenyatta: 18 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Shemeka: 18 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Chiquita: 20 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Lashonda: 40 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Princess: 20 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Latonya: 65 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Lakeisha: 53 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Shameka: 35 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Shanika: 23 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Boys

Demario: 31 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Dexter: 32 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Marion: 25 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Jarvis: 50 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Cedrick: 21 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Cornelius: 44 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Xavier: 43 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Quinton: 42 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Kelvin: 68 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Ashley: 59 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Georgia, 1982

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1981	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,347	–	1
2	Jessica	1,154	↑1	2
3	Amanda	993	↓1	3
4	Tiffany	635	–	13
5	Ashley	625	↑9	17
6	Crystal	611	↑2	9
7	Kimberly	602	↓2	14
8	Stephanie	559	↓1	7
9	Melissa	514	↓3	5
10	Heather	467	–	12
11	April	441	↓2	32
12	Amy	421	↓1	10
13	Elizabeth	395	↓1	8
14	Mary	371	↓1	30
15	Sarah	366	–	4
16	Rebecca	351	–	15
17	Lauren	331	↑11	26
18	Angela	326	↓1	16
19	Laura	318	↓1	22
20	Brandy	289	↓1	50
21	Amber	278	↓1	18
22	Christina	275	↓1	19
23	Emily	269	↑10	24
24	Kelly	264	↑1	25
25	Erin	263	↑12	20
26	Rachel	261	–	21
27	Brandi	241	↓5	55
28	Erica	232	↑7	35
29	Michelle	220	↓5	11
30	Andrea	212	↓3	27
31	Lindsey	210	new	40
32	Katherine	203	↑4	36
33	Courtney	200	↓3	43
34	Shannon	200	↓2	38
35	Jamie	196	↓4	29
36	Lisa	193	↓13	23
37	Nicole	193	↓3	6
38	Leslie	164	↑5	60
39	Misty	164	–	74
40	Christy	161	↑2	>100
41	Julie	160	↓3	41
42	Kristen	159	↓2	33
43	Lindsay	159	new	39
44	Samantha	151	new	44
45	Kristin	148	↓1	37
46	Allison	146	↓1	58
47	Sara	146	new	28
48	Anna	145	↓1	56
49	Natalie	138	new	51
50	Latoya	133	↓21	91

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1981	US rank
1	Christopher	1,716	↑1	2
2	Michael	1,467	↓1	1
3	James	1,284	–	6
4	Joshua	1,062	–	7
5	William	988	↑2	15
6	Jason	978	–	4
7	Matthew	945	↑3	3
8	John	944	↓3	8
9	Robert	912	–	9
10	David	869	↓2	5
11	Joseph	678	↑1	11
12	Jonathan	672	↓1	16
13	Justin	626	↑2	12
14	Brandon	620	↓1	18
15	Charles	588	↓1	31
16	Daniel	529	–	10
17	Brian	517	↑1	14
18	Thomas	450	↑2	23
19	Richard	441	↑3	27
20	Timothy	441	↓1	24
21	Jeremy	434	↓4	28
22	Anthony	421	↓1	21
23	Andrew	395	↑7	17
24	Kevin	385	–	25
25	Eric	355	↓2	20
26	Benjamin	352	↑1	33
27	Steven	331	↓1	26
28	Ryan	326	↑4	13
29	Adam	325	↓1	19
30	Nicholas	311	↓1	22
31	Marcus	303	↑5	63
32	Jeffrey	302	↑2	29
33	Stephen	301	–	38
34	Travis	299	↓9	39
35	Kenneth	293	↓4	45
36	Gregory	260	↑2	40
37	Mark	230	↑2	32
38	Antonio	227	↓3	76
39	Patrick	222	↓2	37
40	Dustin	189	–	42
41	Samuel	181	↑1	56
42	Larry	176	↑1	77
43	Corey	174	↑4	74
44	Derrick	171	↑1	78
45	Aaron	166	new	30
46	George	166	new	62
47	Bobby	162	new	>100
48	Paul	160	new	35
49	Jacob	158	new	41
50	Scott	158	↓9	34

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