Girls' name · since 1880
Georgia
166,290 babies named Georgia in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #239 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #99 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 166,290
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
166,290 babies have been named Georgia since 1880, making it today's #99 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Georgia recorded 166,290 times among girls since 1880, holding rank #99 nationally today, ahead of 99.4% of girls, peaking in the 1920s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #239 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #99 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 166,290 born since 1880
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Georgia ranks #239 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #99 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 166,290 born since 1880, peaking in the 1920s.
- #239 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #99 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 166,290
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Georgia's 166,290 recorded births place it above 99.66% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
51 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Georgia compares
166,290 Top 2% higher than 98% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Georgia's all-time total is 442x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Georgia | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 166,290 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 2,619 | 21 | 19,840 |
Georgia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Georgia's SSA record in two at 1953 and the more recent half accounts for 38% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 62%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 1986, with only 246 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 2,619, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Georgia popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 2,619
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Georgia popularity over time - boys
729 total births recorded since 1884 (Georgia as boys' name)
Georgia by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (23,230 births, 14% of the file).
1920s was Georgia's strongest decade.
23,230 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 14% of all-time use.
Georgia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 3,540
1880s
3,540 births
- 1890s 5,445
1890s
5,445 births
- 1900s 7,142
1900s
7,142 births
- 1910s
1910s
16,673 births
- 1920s
1920s
23,230 births
- 1930s
1930s
19,014 births
- 1940s
1940s
22,393 births
- 1950s
1950s
15,059 births
- 1960s 7,899
1960s
7,899 births
- 1970s 3,929
1970s
3,929 births
- 1980s 2,881
1980s
2,881 births
- 1990s 4,388
1990s
4,388 births
- 2000s
2000s
9,538 births
- 2010s
2010s
12,789 births
- 2020s
2020s
12,370 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 23,230 births (14% of all-time use).
How Georgia compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Georgia's total volume
Georgia by state
Where Georgia concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 11,639 | 7.0% |
| #2 | California | | 8,992 | 5.4% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 7,375 | 4.4% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 7,002 | 4.2% |
| #5 | Tennessee | | 6,607 | 4.0% |
| #6 | North Carolina | | 5,889 | 3.5% |
| #7 | New York | | 5,670 | 3.4% |
| #8 | Missouri | | 5,662 | 3.4% |
11,639 of 166,290 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Georgia appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Georgia's data
- Georgia's usage has stayed within range of its 1920s decade-level peak (23,230 total births) through the 2020s (12,370) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Georgias (11,639 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Georgia
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Georgia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~145 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1880–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Georgia draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.