Georgia

#99 for girls in 2025, 2,619 births · Last seen for boys in 1989 at #5,165
Given to girls 99.6% of the time

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Peak · girls
1882 · 320 births
Debut · girls
259 births
In top 100 · girls
33 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
166,290
since 1880

Georgia over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201927peak #81, 1882girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#992,619—
2024#1102,467—
2023#1282,172—
2022#1631,754—
2021#1671,744—
2020#1771,614—
2019#2041,481—
2018#2211,424—
2017#2421,321—
2016#2261,418—
2015#2291,442—
2014#2421,333—
2013#2511,265—
2012#2971,068—
2011#3051,048—
2010#324989—
2009#335982—
2008#3121,073—
2007#2951,143—
2006#2741,215—
2005#3191,007—
2004#366854—
2003#373810—
2002#378782—
2001#393743—
2000#334929—
1999#350858—
1998#428619—
1997#528449—
1996#581394—
1995#607367—
1994#638342—
1993#620365—
1992#597382—
1991#675319—
1990#714293—
1989#718276#5,1659
1988#647303—
1987#698262—
1986#722246—
1985#668271—
1984#601297—
1983#588303#6,2385
1982#634284#6,3855
1981#599307—
1980#563332—
1979#524366—
1978#527349—
1977#505367#5,1236
1976#520342—
1975#509351—
1974#486363—
1973#474382—
1972#442429—
1971#443472—
1970#434508—
1969#401565—
1968#380581—
1967#344672—
1966#352657—
1965#338719—
1964#316871#4,0395
1963#307907#4,0485
1962#307909#3,6406
1961#2901,031—
1960#293987#4,0385
1959#2801,013—
1958#2631,112#2,64210
1957#2391,251#3,5526
1956#2291,306#2,9698
1955#2101,480#2,9648
1954#2001,534#3,8275
1953#1811,743—
1952#1761,749#3,0957
1951#1621,931#2,49510
1950#1521,940#3,3296
1949#1412,204#2,12313
1948#1302,312#2,21812
1947#1292,475#3,3706
1946#1232,309#2,27111
1945#1162,318#2,3939
1944#1142,359#1,98813
1943#1192,378#2,07413
1942#1232,213#1,79916
1941#1272,051#1,68517
1940#1381,774#2,17911
1939#1311,834#2,28810
1938#1381,762#1,90114
1937#1321,812#1,68817
1936#1281,823#1,96413
1935#1231,871#2,12712
1934#1221,918#1,60819
1933#1261,814#2,09312
1932#1182,064#1,65119
1931#1201,960#2,10113
1930#1172,156#1,88916
1929#1152,127#1,73119
1928#1152,289#1,38228
1927#1202,254#3,4517
1926#1162,348#1,84618
1925#1122,411#1,74520
1924#1132,397#1,83919
1923#1122,372#1,75320
1922#1142,363#2,24014
1921#1162,313#2,80410
1920#1132,356#1,88518
1919#1062,284#1,53123
1918#1072,344#1,90517
1917#1052,163#2,42311
1916#1081,992#2,38911
1915#1111,853#2,31011
1914#1071,492#1,68714
1913#1001,382#1,9459
1912#1011,196#1,8858
1911#96957#1,3877
1910#911,010—
1909#97813#1,2776
1908#97768—
1907#92787#1,0947
1906#96706#1,0047
1905#94722—
1904#88736#1,2055
1903#94632—
1902#91664—
1901#96549—
1900#87765#1,0507
1899#99553—
1898#92654#8048
1897#101529#7878
1896#93562—
1895#94562#1,0795
1894#94535—
1893#87541#1,0355
1892#87552#1,0665
1891#95444—
1890#83513—
1889#91445—
1888#84477#1,0315
1887#91351—
1886#86395—
1885#84371—
1884#90341#9715
1883#84325—
1882#81320—
1881#89256—
1880#84259—
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Georgia was already there! It came in at #84, and was given to 259 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1974–1991, when fewer than 370 girls a year got the name.

Where Georgia is popular in 1927

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Georgia, so not publishedAKMaine: #169 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 911 girlsMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Georgia, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Georgia, so not publishedNHWashington: #125 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 583 girlsWAIdaho: #60 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 231 girlsIDMontana: #93 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 306 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #165 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 894 girlsNDMinnesota: #157 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 1,051 girlsMNIllinois: #109 for girls · 107 births · 1 in 552 girlsILWisconsin: #166 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 1,163 girlsWIMichigan: #162 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 1,074 girlsMINew York: #244 for girls · 46 births · 1 in 2,191 girlsNYMassachusetts: #180 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 1,494 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Georgia, so not publishedRIOregon: #112 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 465 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Georgia, so not publishedNVWyoming: #49 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 184 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #137 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 663 girlsSDIowa: #128 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 614 girlsIAIndiana: #76 for girls · 76 births · 1 in 345 girlsINOhio: #132 for girls · 73 births · 1 in 753 girlsOHPennsylvania: #215 for girls · 46 births · 1 in 1,998 girlsPANew Jersey: #223 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,219 girlsNJConnecticut: #191 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,494 girlsCTCalifornia: #116 for girls · 72 births · 1 in 511 girlsCAUtah: #72 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 293 girlsUTColorado: #98 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 367 girlsCONebraska: #112 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 494 girlsNEMissouri: #60 for girls · 110 births · 1 in 274 girlsMOKentucky: #50 for girls · 129 births · 1 in 228 girlsKYWest Virginia: #99 for girls · 51 births · 1 in 399 girlsWVVirginia: #91 for girls · 74 births · 1 in 351 girlsVAMaryland: #148 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 817 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Georgia, so not publishedDEArizona: #156 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 547 girlsAZNew Mexico: #83 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 299 girlsNMKansas: #77 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 358 girlsKSArkansas: #56 for girls · 90 births · 1 in 225 girlsARTennessee: #38 for girls · 151 births · 1 in 185 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #112 for girls · 86 births · 1 in 455 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #101 for girls · 52 births · 1 in 421 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Georgia, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #41 for girls · 128 births · 1 in 194 girlsOKLouisiana: #109 for girls · 53 births · 1 in 447 girlsLAMississippi: #57 for girls · 103 births · 1 in 230 girlsMSAlabama: #90 for girls · 96 births · 1 in 344 girlsALGeorgia: #62 for girls · 128 births · 1 in 255 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Georgia, so not publishedHITexas: #84 for girls · 163 births · 1 in 372 girlsTXFlorida: #180 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 835 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Tennessee#38 · 1 in 185
  2. Oklahoma#41 · 1 in 194
  3. Wyoming#49 · 1 in 184
  4. Kentucky#50 · 1 in 228
  5. Arkansas#56 · 1 in 225

Best ever in a state: #21 in Nevada, 1934.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Tennessee#381511 in 185
Oklahoma#411281 in 194
Wyoming#4981 in 184
Kentucky#501291 in 228
Arkansas#56901 in 225
Mississippi#571031 in 230
Idaho#60151 in 231
Missouri#601101 in 274
Georgia#621281 in 255
Utah#72161 in 293
Indiana#76761 in 345
Kansas#77421 in 358
New Mexico#83141 in 299
Texas#841631 in 372
Alabama#90961 in 344
Virginia#91741 in 351
Montana#93121 in 306
Colorado#98231 in 367
West Virginia#99511 in 399
South Carolina#101521 in 421
Illinois#1091071 in 552
Louisiana#109531 in 447
Nebraska#112231 in 494
North Carolina#112861 in 455
Oregon#112121 in 465
California#116721 in 511
Washington#125161 in 583
Iowa#128321 in 614
Ohio#132731 in 753
South Dakota#13781 in 663
Maryland#148171 in 817
Arizona#15671 in 547
Minnesota#157201 in 1,051
Michigan#162391 in 1,074
North Dakota#16571 in 894
Wisconsin#166211 in 1,163
Maine#16971 in 911
Florida#180191 in 835
Massachusetts#180231 in 1,494
Connecticut#19181 in 1,494
Pennsylvania#215461 in 1,998
New Jersey#223141 in 2,219
New York#244461 in 2,191
Alaska———
Delaware———
District of Columbia———
Hawaii———
Nevada———
New Hampshire———
Rhode Island———
Vermont———

Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Georgia
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 11 spots since 2024 (#110 → #99)
  • 78 spots since 2020 (#177 → #99)
  • 130 spots since 2015 (#229 → #99)
  • Biggest jump: 100 spots in 1998 (#528 → #428)
  • Biggest drop: 71 spots in 1989 (#647 → #718)
Rise & fade · girls
2 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1882 at #81 (320 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 33 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 33 yrs · run 1880–1896
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 337
  • Highest: 1 in 337 girls born in 1882 were named Georgia (0.30%)
  • Latest: 1 in 614 girls born in 2025 (0.16%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 14.0% of all girls named Georgia (23,230) were born in this decade
  • Comeback: #81 (1882) → #722 (1986) → #99 (2025)
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s3,540#81 (1882)#86
1890s5,445#83 (1890)#93
1900s7,142#87 (1900)#93
1910s16,673#91 (1910)#103
1920s23,230#112 (1925)#115
1930s19,014#117 (1930)#126
1940s22,393#114 (1944)#126
1950s15,059#152 (1950)#209
1960s7,899#290 (1961)#333
1970s3,929#434 (1970)#486
1980s2,881#563 (1980)#644
1990s4,388#350 (1999)#574
2000s9,538#274 (2006)#338
2010s12,789#204 (2019)#254
2020s12,370#99 (2025)#141

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Georgia in 1927

girls
#120
2,254 births · 1 in 529 girls
boys
#3,451
7 births · 1 in 160,988 boys

Top girls' names in 1927

  1. #1Mary70,642
  2. #2Dorothy35,993
  3. #3Betty35,424
  4. #4Helen25,316
  5. #5Margaret21,964
  6. #6Ruth19,412
  7. #7Doris16,512
  8. #8Virginia15,734
  9. #9Shirley13,314
  10. #10Barbara13,161
  11. #120Georgia2,254

Top boys' names in 1927

  1. #1Robert61,674
  2. #2John55,949
  3. #3James53,674
  4. #4William51,476
  5. #5Charles31,941
  6. #6Richard26,768
  7. #7George25,949
  8. #8Donald23,834
  9. #9Joseph23,503
  10. #10Edward19,115
  11. #3,451Georgia7
More about 1927

girls

1,192,431 girls got a published name in 1927; 1 in 529 of them was named Georgia, which outranked 97.9% of the 5,602 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Georgia
  1. #117Christine2,346
  2. #118Velma2,285
  3. #119Geneva2,263
  4. #120Georgia2,254
  5. #121Leona2,243
  6. #122Roberta2,232
  7. #123Stella2,112
Biggest movers since 1926
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,708Charmaine#3,564 → #856
  2. ↑ 1,519Kazuko#2,474 → #955
  3. ↑ 1,152Valencia#2,076 → #924
  4. ↑ 551Cherie#1,414 → #863
  5. ↑ 452Lita#1,148 → #696
Fallers
  1. ↓ 349Janell#748 → #1,097
  2. ↓ 330Sabina#931 → #1,261
  3. ↓ 319Clarine#942 → #1,261
  4. ↓ 298Shirlie#980 → #1,278
  5. ↓ 291Delilah#836 → #1,127

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,126,915 boys got a published name in 1927; 1 in 160,988 of them was named Georgia, which outranked 28.1% of the 4,802 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Georgia
  1. #3,151Yancy8
  2. #3,151Zebedee8
  3. #3,151Zeke8
  4. #3,451Georgia7
  5. #3,451Abbie7
  6. #3,451Abran7
  7. #3,451Acy7
  8. #3,780Adalbert6
  9. #3,780Adlai6
  10. #3,780Adolpho6

Tied with 328 names at #3,451; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1926
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,863Lindbergh#2,436 → #573
  2. ↑ 966Lindy#1,353 → #387
  3. ↑ 601Sonny#1,565 → #964
  4. ↑ 467Akira#1,404 → #937
  5. ↑ 442Maria#1,432 → #990
Fallers
  1. ↓ 684Minoru#963 → #1,647
  2. ↓ 611Reno#825 → #1,436
  3. ↓ 406Hurley#916 → #1,322
  4. ↓ 356Adelbert#842 → #1,198
  5. ↓ 330Gardner#963 → #1,293

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1927 →