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Baby names in Georgia in the 1960s

In Georgia in the 1960s the most given names were James (19,930 boys) and Lisa (10,800 girls), of 860,709 births recorded.

Babies SSA recorded in Georgia each year, the 1960s shaded
Georgia births by year and sex20k40k60k80k19101930195019701990201020251960-1969BoysGirls
Georgia births by year and sex20k40k60k80k19101930195019701990201020251960-1969BoysGirls
Georgia births by year and sex20k40k60k80k19101930195019701990201020251960-1969BoysGirls
Georgia births by year and sex20k40k60k80k19101950199020251960-1969BoysGirls

Births under names given to 5 or more babies of one sex in the state that year.

Georgia, 1960-1969: SSA state baby-name file, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s state data.

The top names in Georgia, 1960s

Girls, 1960-1969
#NameBirths
1Lisa10,800
2Mary8,670
3Angela8,550
4Donna7,224
5Cynthia6,882
6Tammy6,713
7Pamela6,229
8Teresa5,956
9Kimberly5,892
10Patricia5,811
11Linda5,573
12Karen5,451
13Sandra5,361
14Susan5,307
15Sharon5,161
16Brenda4,961
17Deborah4,856
18Barbara4,004
19Melissa3,751
20Rhonda3,617
Boys, 1960-1969
#NameBirths
1James19,930
2Michael16,272
3David13,965
4John13,961
5Robert13,352
6William12,921
7Charles9,029
8Richard7,199
9Timothy7,145
10Kenneth7,144
11Mark7,003
12Anthony6,288
13Gregory5,867
14Thomas5,741
15Christopher5,286
16Jeffrey5,069
17Joseph4,973
18Willie4,737
19Tony4,273
20Terry4,131

Births summed over 1960-1969, per sex.

The names most over-represented in Georgia in the 1960s

Each figure is the name’s births in the state in the decade against the births its national share, year by year, would predict (names with at least 100 births in the state).

Girls

Boys

Ratios: observed over predicted births, 1960-1969.

More about names in Georgia

  1. The 1960s across the U.S.The most given names of the decade nationally.
  2. Georgia: 2025 and every year since 1910The state’s top names now and its number ones by year.
  3. Georgia in the 1970sThe next decade in the state.
  4. The top names of 1960The first year of the decade, nationally.
  5. Every state’s most given namesEach state since 1910.
  6. Look up any nameIts rank, births since 1880 and the people alive with it.

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