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Baby names in Georgia, 1970s

1970–1979 · 736,470 recorded births

Michael was the most common name given in Georgia across the 1970s, with 17,007 births in the decade. The state recorded 736,470 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Georgia in the 1970s

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
Rodriquez9311×
Ansley7210×
Rodriguez68
Dexter699
Reco75
Emory119
Rico320
Octavius82

Top 25 in the 1970s

RankNameBirths
#1Michael17,007
#2James15,114
#3Christopher13,795
#4Jennifer12,273
#5John10,595
#6Jason10,529
#7William10,484
#8Robert10,003
#9David9,748
#10Kimberly7,689
#11Angela7,029
#12Charles6,446
#13Brian6,332
#14Amy6,293
#15Melissa6,091
#16Joseph5,704
#17Stephanie5,571
#18Timothy5,234
#19Kevin5,162
#20Amanda5,118
#21Anthony4,899
#22Lisa4,873
#23Richard4,748
#24Matthew4,713
#25Thomas4,511

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