Popular baby names in Georgia, 1984

The most popular baby names in Georgia in 1984 were Jessica for girls (1,258 babies) and Christopher for boys (1,784). Jessica ranked #2 nationally for girls. Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 77,378 babies born in Georgia in 1984 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Georgia in 1984

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

Girls

Shaquita: 22 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Santana: 32 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Chiquita: 28 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Kenyatta: 18 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Laquita: 25 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Valencia: 19 babies, 5× the national rate
India: 29 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Kenya: 27 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Shameka: 32 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Maranda: 25 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Boys

Rico: 23 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Jarvis: 72 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Demario: 27 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Rodrick: 26 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Antwon: 21 babies, 5× the national rate
Quinton: 62 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Deangelo: 26 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Dexter: 35 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Kelvin: 69 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Roderick: 63 babies, 4.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Georgia, 1984

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1983	US rank
1	Jessica	1,258	↑1	2
2	Ashley	1,243	↑1	3
3	Jennifer	1,194	↓2	1
4	Amanda	987	–	4
5	Tiffany	605	–	14
6	Heather	594	↑1	9
7	Crystal	590	↓1	12
8	Stephanie	552	↑1	6
9	Kimberly	485	↓1	22
10	Elizabeth	462	↑1	10
11	Melissa	450	↓1	8
12	Sarah	425	↑1	5
13	Lauren	408	↑1	21
14	Amber	402	↑4	18
15	Mary	364	↑2	33
16	Amy	346	↓4	13
17	Brittany	343	↑22	41
18	Laura	339	↑1	19
19	Rebecca	327	↓4	23
20	Christina	321	↑1	20
21	Rachel	317	↑5	15
22	April	313	↓6	42
23	Emily	279	↑4	24
24	Katherine	262	↑7	30
25	Courtney	255	↑12	46
26	Erica	255	↓3	34
27	Danielle	254	new	16
28	Kelly	250	↓4	27
29	Latoya	247	↑21	60
30	Megan	246	↑8	11
31	Lindsey	239	↑4	35
32	Nicole	239	–	7
33	Erin	234	↓11	25
34	Brandy	231	↓5	64
35	Brandi	223	↓10	61
36	Alicia	217	↓2	40
37	Angela	213	↓17	26
38	Michelle	203	↓10	17
39	Jamie	194	↓3	31
40	Shannon	193	↑4	37
41	Andrea	180	↑2	28
42	Allison	179	↑4	51
43	Lisa	179	↓13	29
44	Holly	174	↑3	53
45	Samantha	174	↓5	39
46	Kathryn	162	new	48
47	Kristen	162	↓6	38
48	Anna	161	–	57
49	Katie	156	new	44
50	Lindsay	155	↓5	36

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1983	US rank
1	Christopher	1,784	–	2
2	Michael	1,503	–	1
3	James	1,262	–	7
4	Joshua	1,210	↑2	4
5	Matthew	1,103	–	3
6	William	981	↓2	16
7	John	910	–	8
8	Brandon	908	↑3	15
9	Robert	832	↓1	9
10	David	800	↓1	5
11	Jason	720	↓1	11
12	Jonathan	716	–	19
13	Joseph	694	–	10
14	Daniel	689	↑1	6
15	Justin	667	↓1	13
16	Charles	520	↑1	33
17	Brian	503	↓1	17
18	Andrew	475	↑1	14
19	Kevin	465	↑6	24
20	Timothy	455	↑2	26
21	Thomas	452	↓3	25
22	Anthony	436	↓2	21
23	Adam	422	–	18
24	Jeremy	421	–	31
25	Steven	411	↑2	23
26	Richard	407	↓5	27
27	Eric	404	↑1	22
28	Nicholas	354	↑1	20
29	Ryan	354	↑2	12
30	Stephen	349	↓4	35
31	Benjamin	328	↓1	30
32	Marcus	321	↑3	57
33	Kenneth	304	–	46
34	Dustin	291	↑5	41
35	Jeffrey	280	↓3	28
36	Travis	266	↓2	42
37	Patrick	261	–	36
38	Gregory	230	↓2	44
39	Mark	217	↓1	32
40	Antonio	205	↑3	77
41	Bryan	200	–	48
42	Zachary	196	new	45
43	Jacob	194	↑2	37
44	Samuel	192	↑6	55
45	Corey	188	↓3	69
46	Bradley	171	new	53
47	Nathan	167	new	38
48	Paul	163	↓8	40
49	Donald	157	new	63
50	Chad	155	new	51

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