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Baby names in Georgia in the 1970s

In Georgia in the 1970s the most given names were Michael (16,870 boys) and Jennifer (12,261 girls), of 735,866 births recorded.

Babies SSA recorded in Georgia each year, the 1970s shaded
Georgia births by year and sex20k40k60k80k19101930195019701990201020251970-1979BoysGirls
Georgia births by year and sex20k40k60k80k19101930195019701990201020251970-1979BoysGirls
Georgia births by year and sex20k40k60k80k19101930195019701990201020251970-1979BoysGirls
Georgia births by year and sex20k40k60k80k19101950199020251970-1979BoysGirls

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

Georgia, 1970-1979: SSA state baby-name file, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s state data.

The top names in Georgia, 1970s

Girls, 1970-1979
#NameBirths
1Jennifer12,261
2Kimberly7,683
3Angela7,016
4Amy6,288
5Melissa6,080
6Stephanie5,565
7Amanda5,118
8Lisa4,868
9Heather4,306
10Mary4,261
11Michelle3,631
12Tammy3,569
13April3,511
14Shannon3,355
15Elizabeth3,198
16Tonya3,197
17Rebecca2,781
18Kelly2,687
19Julie2,624
20Pamela2,623
Boys, 1970-1979
#NameBirths
1Michael16,870
2James15,029
3Christopher13,699
4John10,526
5Jason10,471
6William10,412
7Robert9,935
8David9,706
9Charles6,413
10Brian6,327
11Joseph5,672
12Timothy5,213
13Kevin5,151
14Anthony4,870
15Richard4,748
16Matthew4,708
17Thomas4,500
18Eric4,424
19Steven3,736
20Jeffrey3,721

Births summed over 1970-1979, per sex.

The names most over-represented in Georgia in the 1970s

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, 1970-1979.

More about names in Georgia

  1. The 1970s 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 1980sThe next decade in the state.
  4. The top names of 1970The 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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