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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201943peak #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.

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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 1943

girls
#119
2,378 births · 1 in 587 girls
boys
#2,074
13 births · 1 in 109,792 boys

Top girls' names in 1943

  1. #1Mary66,174
  2. #2Barbara43,432
  3. #3Patricia39,620
  4. #4Linda38,439
  5. #5Carol31,686
  6. #6Sandra25,990
  7. #7Judith25,214
  8. #8Sharon24,712
  9. #9Nancy23,988
  10. #10Betty21,596
  11. #119Georgia2,378

Top boys' names in 1943

  1. #1James80,278
  2. #2Robert74,892
  3. #3John68,929
  4. #4William55,904
  5. #5Richard46,339
  6. #6David37,240
  7. #7Charles36,632
  8. #8Thomas32,874
  9. #9Ronald29,239
  10. #10Michael24,745
  11. #2,074Georgia13
More about 1943

girls

1,395,293 girls got a published name in 1943; 1 in 587 of them was named Georgia, which outranked 97.8% of the 5,367 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Georgia
  1. #116Lillian2,392
  2. #117Laura2,391
  3. #118Edith2,380
  4. #119Georgia2,378
  5. #120Wilma2,377
  6. #121Charlene2,354
  7. #122Vivian2,321
Biggest movers since 1942
Risers
  1. 878Tana#1,559#681
  2. 754Rozanne#1,706#952
  3. 722Cheryle#1,592#870
  4. 596Tena#1,592#996
  5. 525Alexis#1,349#824
Fallers
  1. 594Florida#997#1,591
  2. 467Jerilynn#581#1,048
  3. 364Lorelei#864#1,228
  4. 308Kaaren#536#844
  5. 305Erna#864#1,169

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

boys

1,427,297 boys got a published name in 1943; 1 in 109,792 of them was named Georgia, which outranked 48.7% of the 4,040 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Georgia
  1. #1,986Wray14
  2. #1,986Zachary14
  3. #1,986Zeb14
  4. #2,074Georgia13
  5. #2,074Amedeo13
  6. #2,074Anna13
  7. #2,074Aubery13
  8. #2,182Alcide12
  9. #2,182Andrea12
  10. #2,182Axel12

Tied with 107 names at #2,074; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1942
Risers
  1. 514Derek#1,228#714
  2. 465Armond#1,421#956
  3. 368Les#1,214#846
  4. 347Aron#1,244#897
  5. 321Edsel#1,167#846
Fallers
  1. 500Humberto#780#1,280
  2. 352Chauncey#928#1,280
  3. 352Clearence#991#1,343
  4. 344Macarthur#512#856
  5. 325Reyes#933#1,258

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

See the top 100 for 1943