Georgia
Georgia was given to 2,619 girls in 2025, #99 among girls’ names; 167,019 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 81,200 Americans named Georgia and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (49% of everyone recorded); the median is 43 years old and half are between 12 and 74.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Georgia by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Georgia mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Georgia is “a female given name from Ancient Greek.” Its etymology gives the sense “farmer” (Γεώργιος).
Latinate feminine form of George, from Ancient Greek Γεώργιος (Geṓrgios, “farmer”).
/ˈd͡ʒɔɹ.d͡ʒə/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Georgia?
#99 among girls’ names, 2025
Georgia rose from #229 in 2015 to #99 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 0.81 to 1.6 per 1,000.
2,619 babies in 2025, the peak
Georgia peaked in 2025, when 2,619 girls were given it, #99 among girls’ names. In 2024 it went to 2,467 girls.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,619 | #99 | 1.6 |
| 2024 | 2,467 | #110 | 1.5 |
| 2023 | 2,172 | #128 | 1.4 |
| 2022 | 1,754 | #163 | 1.1 |
| 2021 | 1,744 | #167 | 1.1 |
| 2020 | 1,614 | #177 | 1.0 |
| 2019 | 1,481 | #205 | 0.88 |
| 2018 | 1,424 | #221 | 0.84 |
| 2017 | 1,321 | #242 | 0.77 |
| 2016 | 1,418 | #226 | 0.80 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1,442 | #229 | 0.81 |
| 2014 | 1,333 | #242 | 0.75 |
| 2013 | 1,265 | #251 | 0.72 |
| 2012 | 1,068 | #297 | 0.61 |
| 2011 | 1,048 | #305 | 0.60 |
| 2010 | 989 | #324 | 0.56 |
| 2009 | 982 | #335 | 0.53 |
| 2008 | 1,073 | #312 | 0.57 |
| 2007 | 1,143 | #295 | 0.59 |
| 2006 | 1,215 | #274 | 0.64 |
| 2005 | 1,007 | #319 | 0.54 |
| 2004 | 854 | #366 | 0.47 |
| 2003 | 810 | #374 | 0.44 |
| 2002 | 782 | #379 | 0.44 |
| 2001 | 743 | #393 | 0.41 |
| 2000 | 929 | #334 | 0.51 |
| 1999 | 858 | #350 | 0.48 |
| 1998 | 619 | #428 | 0.35 |
| 1997 | 449 | #529 | 0.26 |
| 1996 | 394 | #582 | 0.22 |
| 1995 | 367 | #607 | 0.21 |
| 1994 | 342 | #638 | 0.19 |
| 1993 | 365 | #621 | 0.20 |
| 1992 | 382 | #597 | 0.21 |
| 1991 | 319 | #675 | 0.17 |
| 1990 | 293 | #715 | 0.15 |
| 1989 | 276 | #717 | 0.15 |
| 1988 | 303 | #647 | 0.17 |
| 1987 | 262 | #698 | 0.15 |
| 1986 | 246 | #724 | 0.14 |
| 1985 | 271 | #669 | 0.16 |
| 1984 | 297 | #602 | 0.18 |
| 1983 | 303 | #588 | 0.18 |
| 1982 | 284 | #634 | 0.17 |
| 1981 | 307 | #600 | 0.18 |
| 1980 | 332 | #563 | 0.20 |
| 1979 | 366 | #524 | 0.23 |
| 1978 | 349 | #527 | 0.23 |
| 1977 | 367 | #505 | 0.24 |
| 1976 | 342 | #520 | 0.23 |
| 1975 | 351 | #510 | 0.24 |
| 1974 | 363 | #486 | 0.25 |
| 1973 | 382 | #474 | 0.26 |
| 1972 | 429 | #442 | 0.28 |
| 1971 | 472 | #443 | 0.28 |
| 1970 | 508 | #434 | 0.29 |
| 1969 | 565 | #402 | 0.33 |
| 1968 | 581 | #380 | 0.35 |
| 1967 | 672 | #344 | 0.41 |
| 1966 | 657 | #352 | 0.39 |
| 1965 | 719 | #338 | 0.41 |
| 1964 | 871 | #316 | 0.46 |
| 1963 | 907 | #307 | 0.47 |
| 1962 | 909 | #307 | 0.46 |
| 1961 | 1,031 | #290 | 0.51 |
| 1960 | 987 | #293 | 0.49 |
| 1959 | 1,013 | #280 | 0.50 |
| 1958 | 1,112 | #263 | 0.55 |
| 1957 | 1,251 | #239 | 0.61 |
| 1956 | 1,306 | #229 | 0.65 |
| 1955 | 1,480 | #210 | 0.76 |
| 1954 | 1,534 | #200 | 0.79 |
| 1953 | 1,743 | #181 | 0.93 |
| 1952 | 1,749 | #176 | 0.94 |
| 1951 | 1,931 | #162 | 1.1 |
| 1950 | 1,940 | #152 | 1.1 |
| 1949 | 2,204 | #141 | 1.3 |
| 1948 | 2,312 | #130 | 1.4 |
| 1947 | 2,475 | #129 | 1.4 |
| 1946 | 2,309 | #123 | 1.5 |
| 1945 | 2,318 | #116 | 1.8 |
| 1944 | 2,359 | #114 | 1.8 |
| 1943 | 2,378 | #119 | 1.7 |
| 1942 | 2,213 | #123 | 1.6 |
| 1941 | 2,051 | #127 | 1.7 |
| 1940 | 1,774 | #138 | 1.6 |
| 1939 | 1,834 | #131 | 1.7 |
| 1938 | 1,762 | #138 | 1.6 |
| 1937 | 1,812 | #132 | 1.7 |
| 1936 | 1,823 | #128 | 1.8 |
| 1935 | 1,871 | #123 | 1.8 |
| 1934 | 1,918 | #122 | 1.8 |
| 1933 | 1,814 | #126 | 1.8 |
| 1932 | 2,064 | #118 | 1.9 |
| 1931 | 1,960 | #120 | 1.8 |
| 1930 | 2,156 | #117 | 1.9 |
| 1929 | 2,127 | #115 | 1.9 |
| 1928 | 2,289 | #115 | 2.0 |
| 1927 | 2,254 | #120 | 1.9 |
| 1926 | 2,348 | #116 | 2.0 |
| 1925 | 2,411 | #112 | 2.0 |
| 1924 | 2,397 | #113 | 1.9 |
| 1923 | 2,372 | #112 | 2.0 |
| 1922 | 2,363 | #114 | 2.0 |
| 1921 | 2,313 | #117 | 1.9 |
| 1920 | 2,356 | #113 | 2.0 |
| 1919 | 2,284 | #106 | 2.0 |
| 1918 | 2,344 | #107 | 2.0 |
| 1917 | 2,163 | #105 | 2.0 |
| 1916 | 1,992 | #108 | 1.9 |
| 1915 | 1,853 | #111 | 1.9 |
| 1914 | 1,492 | #107 | 2.0 |
| 1913 | 1,382 | #100 | 2.2 |
| 1912 | 1,196 | #101 | 2.1 |
| 1911 | 957 | #96 | 2.3 |
| 1910 | 1,010 | #91 | 2.5 |
| 1909 | 813 | #97 | 2.3 |
| 1908 | 768 | #97 | 2.3 |
| 1907 | 787 | #92 | 2.5 |
| 1906 | 706 | #96 | 2.4 |
| 1905 | 722 | #94 | 2.5 |
| 1904 | 736 | #89 | 2.7 |
| 1903 | 632 | #94 | 2.4 |
| 1902 | 664 | #91 | 2.5 |
| 1901 | 549 | #96 | 2.3 |
| 1900 | 765 | #87 | 2.6 |
| 1899 | 553 | #99 | 2.4 |
| 1898 | 654 | #92 | 2.5 |
| 1897 | 529 | #101 | 2.3 |
| 1896 | 562 | #93 | 2.4 |
| 1895 | 562 | #94 | 2.4 |
| 1894 | 535 | #94 | 2.4 |
| 1893 | 541 | #87 | 2.5 |
| 1892 | 552 | #87 | 2.6 |
| 1891 | 444 | #96 | 2.4 |
| 1890 | 513 | #83 | 2.7 |
| 1889 | 445 | #91 | 2.5 |
| 1888 | 477 | #84 | 2.7 |
| 1887 | 351 | #92 | 2.4 |
| 1886 | 395 | #86 | 2.7 |
| 1885 | 371 | #84 | 2.8 |
| 1884 | 341 | #90 | 2.6 |
| 1883 | 325 | #84 | 2.9 |
| 1882 | 320 | #81 | 3.0 |
| 1881 | 256 | #89 | 2.8 |
| 1880 | 259 | #84 | 2.8 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Georgia a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Georgia has been given almost only to girls: 729 boys in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Georgia: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Georgia, and how old are they?
81,200 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 49% of the 167,019 Americans ever recorded as Georgia. The median Georgia alive today is 43 years old; half are between 12 and 74.
The 2020 Census counted 76,256 people named Georgia (76,104 women and girls, 152 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 79,741 born in the U.S. The Census count is 4% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 11,000 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 21,800 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 6,880 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 4,890 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 14,400 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 21,900 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Georgia born?
The states with the most babies named Georgia are Texas, California and North Carolina, with 21% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 254 | #125 | 1.1× |
| California | 180 | #182 | 0.8× |
| North Carolina | 119 | #75 | 1.2× |
| Ohio | 112 | #82 | 0.8× |
| Florida | 111 | #161 | 0.8× |
| Illinois | 102 | #81 | 0.9× |
| New York | 97 | #169 | 0.5× |
| Tennessee | 96 | #68 | 1.8× |
| Georgia | 91 | #92 | 1.6× |
| Michigan | 87 | #83 | 0.6× |
Where Georgia is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Georgia is most over-represented in Mississippi: since 1910 it was given 2.1 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Georgia with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 4 names spelled alike, given to 182,157 babies since 1880, Georgia is the most given (92% of them). In 2025 it was given to 2,619 of their 2,797 babies (94%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Georgia
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Georgia and names like it
- Compare Georgia and GeorgieBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sGeorgia peaked in 2025.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Georgia since 1910.
- Ancient Greek namesWiktionary’s origin for Georgia: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2025The year the most babies were named Georgia.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Georgia alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with GMost given first.