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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201956peak #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 1956

girls
#229
1,306 births · 1 in 1,537 girls
boys
#2,969
8 births · 1 in 264,413 boys

Top girls' names in 1956

  1. #1Mary61,741
  2. #2Debra48,324
  3. #3Linda48,084
  4. #4Deborah47,834
  5. #5Susan46,558
  6. #6Patricia43,329
  7. #7Karen40,052
  8. #8Cynthia32,339
  9. #9Barbara32,302
  10. #10Donna29,852
  11. #229Georgia1,306

Top boys' names in 1956

  1. #1Michael90,691
  2. #2James84,897
  3. #3Robert83,924
  4. #4David81,652
  5. #5John80,804
  6. #6William58,991
  7. #7Richard52,915
  8. #8Mark48,828
  9. #9Thomas44,836
  10. #10Steven38,413
  11. #2,969Georgia8
More about 1956

girls

2,007,703 girls got a published name in 1956; 1 in 1,537 of them was named Georgia, which outranked 96.7% of the 6,891 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Georgia
  1. #226Emma1,340
  2. #227Sherrie1,337
  3. #228Nina1,326
  4. #229Georgia1,306
  5. #230Emily1,282
  6. #231Margie1,270
  7. #232Marian1,247
Biggest movers since 1955
Risers
  1. 993Sheena#1,839#846
  2. 770Glendora#1,733#963
  3. 684Leesa#1,209#525
  4. 543Marisa#1,074#531
  5. 537Dani#1,383#846
Fallers
  1. 513Sheilah#663#1,176
  2. 481Jeryl#768#1,249
  3. 344Jacalyn#496#840
  4. 325Roni#536#861
  5. 314Florine#984#1,298

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

boys

2,115,302 boys got a published name in 1956; 1 in 264,413 of them was named Georgia, which outranked 33.4% of the 4,455 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Georgia
  1. #2,798Wray9
  2. #2,798Yogi9
  3. #2,798Zeke9
  4. #2,969Georgia8
  5. #2,969Abelino8
  6. #2,969Agustine8
  7. #2,969Ahmed8
  8. #3,216Abron7
  9. #3,216Adelbert7
  10. #3,216Admiral7

Tied with 246 names at #2,969; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1955
Risers
  1. 1,847Jace#2,764#917
  2. 678Rich#1,572#894
  3. 590Broderick#1,273#683
  4. 559Elvis#921#362
  5. 513Tracey#1,419#906
Fallers
  1. 351Adolphus#906#1,257
  2. 336Randolf#949#1,285
  3. 279Cordell#792#1,071
  4. 272Rudolfo#885#1,157
  5. 269Aurelio#949#1,218

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

See the top 100 for 1956