Georgia — #110 US girls' name
163,651 babies named Georgia in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1947. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 99.4% of names given to girls today.
14% of everyone ever named Georgia was born in this single decade.
2,475 babies were named Georgia in 1947 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Georgia
The Social Security Administration has registered 163,651 babies named Georgia between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Georgia currently holds the #110 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1947, when 2,475 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Georgia performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 23,230 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Georgia shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 11,383 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Georgia in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Georgia in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 163,651 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Georgia at a glance
Top 1,000 girls' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Georgia popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1880
- Peak year (1947)
- 2,475
- Annual births at peak — across 145 years of records
Currently ranks #110 among girls.
163,651 total births across 145 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1947 with 2,475 births in a single year.
Georgia popularity over time — boys
729 total births recorded since 1884 (Georgia as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Georgia accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Georgia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 23,230 births that decade — 14% of Georgia's all-time total
Georgia decade highlights
- Peak decade 23,230 births
- Runner-up 22,393 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Georgia's strongest decade
23,230 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 14% of all-time use.
Georgia by state
Where Georgia concentrates geographically — total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 11,383 | 7.0% |
| #2 | California | | 8,809 | 5.4% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 7,284 | 4.5% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 6,899 | 4.2% |
| #5 | Tennessee | | 6,511 | 4.0% |
| #6 | North Carolina | | 5,770 | 3.5% |
| #7 | Mississippi | | 5,603 | 3.4% |
| #8 | Missouri | | 5,580 | 3.4% |
11,383 of 163,651 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 7.0% of nationwide
- California 5.4% of nationwide
- Georgia 4.5% of nationwide
- Illinois 4.2% of nationwide
- Tennessee 4.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 51 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 7.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Georgia appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1880–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.