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Baby names in Georgia, 1960s

1960–1969 · 861,477 recorded births

James was the most common name given in Georgia across the 1960s, with 20,070 births in the decade. The state recorded 861,477 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Georgia in the 1960s

Names given far more often here than nationally in these years. The multiplier is conservative — it is the low end of the plausible range, so a name carried by a handful of births does not outrank one carried by hundreds.

NameBirthsvs national
Myrtice3811×
Bernestine16
Wylene27
Emory224
Dexter838
Vinson102
Willene38
Felton123

Top 25 in the 1960s

RankNameBirths
#1James20,070
#2Michael16,371
#3David14,045
#4John14,027
#5Robert13,427
#6William13,003
#7Lisa10,819
#8Charles9,100
#9Mary8,687
#10Angela8,565
#11Richard7,236
#12Donna7,224
#13Kenneth7,187
#14Timothy7,185
#15Mark7,018
#16Cynthia6,882
#17Tammy6,718
#18Anthony6,330
#19Pamela6,229
#20Teresa5,956
#21Kimberly5,930
#22Gregory5,899
#23Patricia5,811
#24Thomas5,757
#25Linda5,573

Other decades in Georgia

All Georgia names, 2025

Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. State records begin in 1910. Names given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year are withheld at source. namelegacy.org