Popular baby names in Georgia, 1983

The most popular baby names in Georgia in 1983 were Jennifer for girls (1,331 babies) and Christopher for boys (1,802). Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 75,585 babies born in Georgia in 1983 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Georgia in 1983

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: 18 babies, 21.4× the national rate
Chiquita: 18 babies, 5× the national rate
Shamika: 32 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Valencia: 18 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Octavia: 24 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Marquita: 218 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Lakeisha: 41 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Lakesha: 32 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Chasity: 54 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Laquita: 19 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Demario: 25 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Jarvis: 58 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Darius: 59 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Dexter: 23 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Demarcus: 28 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Taurean: 23 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Alton: 23 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Cedric: 76 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Charlie: 52 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Quentin: 68 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Georgia, 1983

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1982	US rank
1	Jennifer	1,331	–	1
2	Jessica	1,260	–	2
3	Ashley	1,149	↑2	4
4	Amanda	988	↓1	3
5	Tiffany	635	↓1	14
6	Crystal	607	–	11
7	Heather	572	↑3	9
8	Kimberly	565	↓1	15
9	Stephanie	549	↓1	8
10	Melissa	462	↓1	6
11	Elizabeth	431	↑2	10
12	Amy	389	–	12
13	Sarah	372	↑2	5
14	Lauren	353	↑3	24
15	Rebecca	353	↑1	19
16	April	342	↓5	39
17	Mary	342	↓3	32
18	Amber	316	↑3	17
19	Laura	314	–	23
20	Angela	311	↓2	22
21	Christina	285	↑1	16
22	Erin	276	↑3	18
23	Erica	269	↑5	33
24	Kelly	254	–	26
25	Brandi	247	↑2	56
26	Rachel	245	–	20
27	Emily	233	↓4	25
28	Michelle	232	↑1	13
29	Brandy	230	↓9	57
30	Lisa	226	↑6	27
31	Katherine	220	↑1	34
32	Nicole	220	↑5	7
33	Marquita	218	new	>100
34	Alicia	216	new	41
35	Lindsey	215	↓4	35
36	Jamie	203	↓1	28
37	Courtney	197	↓4	44
38	Megan	188	new	21
39	Brittany	187	new	64
40	Samantha	183	↑4	40
41	Kristen	172	↑1	37
42	Julie	170	↓1	46
43	Andrea	168	↓13	30
44	Shannon	167	↓10	38
45	Lindsay	162	↓2	36
46	Allison	161	–	59
47	Holly	156	new	48
48	Anna	151	–	55
49	Kayla	151	new	81
50	Latoya	149	–	90

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1982	US rank
1	Christopher	1,802	–	2
2	Michael	1,483	–	1
3	James	1,198	–	6
4	William	1,059	↑1	16
5	Matthew	1,048	↑2	3
6	Joshua	1,036	↓2	5
7	John	941	↑1	9
8	Robert	881	↑1	10
9	David	815	↑1	4
10	Jason	809	↓4	7
11	Brandon	770	↑3	17
12	Jonathan	740	–	19
13	Joseph	684	↓2	11
14	Justin	662	↓1	12
15	Daniel	582	↑1	8
16	Brian	557	↑1	14
17	Charles	522	↓2	33
18	Thomas	472	–	24
19	Andrew	444	↑4	15
20	Anthony	424	↑2	22
21	Richard	418	↓2	27
22	Timothy	416	↓2	26
23	Adam	402	↑6	18
24	Jeremy	400	↓3	30
25	Kevin	392	↓1	25
26	Stephen	368	↑7	35
27	Steven	356	–	23
28	Eric	354	↓3	20
29	Nicholas	346	↑1	21
30	Benjamin	313	↓4	32
31	Ryan	312	↓3	13
32	Jeffrey	301	–	28
33	Kenneth	291	↑2	45
34	Travis	288	–	41
35	Marcus	255	↓4	58
36	Gregory	226	–	42
37	Patrick	216	↑2	37
38	Mark	208	↓1	31
39	Dustin	195	↑1	43
40	Paul	192	↑8	39
41	Bryan	191	new	47
42	Corey	189	↑1	74
43	Antonio	186	↓5	76
44	Derrick	173	–	78
45	Jacob	173	↑4	36
46	Larry	173	↓4	85
47	Phillip	173	new	66
48	Kyle	164	new	34
49	Aaron	160	↓4	29
50	Samuel	160	↓9	54

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