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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201932peak #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 1932

  • 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 917 girlsMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Georgia, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Georgia, so not publishedNHWashington: #91 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 382 girlsWAIdaho: #109 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 402 girlsIDMontana: #78 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 262 girlsMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Georgia, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #131 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 745 girlsMNIllinois: #103 for girls · 98 births · 1 in 515 girlsILWisconsin: #152 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 1,000 girlsWIMichigan: #145 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 941 girlsMINew York: #189 for girls · 67 births · 1 in 1,315 girlsNYMassachusetts: #226 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,493 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Georgia, so not publishedRIOregon: #97 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 413 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Georgia, so not publishedNVWyoming: #59 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 199 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #118 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 488 girlsSDIowa: #104 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 508 girlsIAIndiana: #118 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 599 girlsINOhio: #131 for girls · 65 births · 1 in 703 girlsOHPennsylvania: #203 for girls · 45 births · 1 in 1,650 girlsPANew Jersey: #340 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,319 girlsNJConnecticut: #198 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,674 girlsCTCalifornia: #102 for girls · 76 births · 1 in 450 girlsCAUtah: #107 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 431 girlsUTColorado: #100 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 358 girlsCONebraska: #112 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 509 girlsNEMissouri: #53 for girls · 107 births · 1 in 258 girlsMOKentucky: #65 for girls · 106 births · 1 in 258 girlsKYWest Virginia: #112 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 439 girlsWVVirginia: #120 for girls · 50 births · 1 in 491 girlsVAMaryland: #118 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 608 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Georgia, so not publishedDEArizona: #148 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 537 girlsAZNew Mexico: #152 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 525 girlsNMKansas: #90 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 377 girlsKSArkansas: #48 for girls · 90 births · 1 in 208 girlsARTennessee: #49 for girls · 128 births · 1 in 212 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #106 for girls · 88 births · 1 in 417 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #89 for girls · 58 births · 1 in 360 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #111 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 543 girlsDCOklahoma: #49 for girls · 95 births · 1 in 231 girlsOKLouisiana: #87 for girls · 64 births · 1 in 328 girlsLAMississippi: #56 for girls · 90 births · 1 in 245 girlsMSAlabama: #74 for girls · 98 births · 1 in 305 girlsALGeorgia: #72 for girls · 111 births · 1 in 277 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Georgia, so not publishedHITexas: #75 for girls · 162 births · 1 in 347 girlsTXFlorida: #158 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 681 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Arkansas#48 · 1 in 208
  2. Tennessee#49 · 1 in 212
  3. Oklahoma#49 · 1 in 231
  4. Missouri#53 · 1 in 258
  5. Mississippi#56 · 1 in 245

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Arkansas#48901 in 208
Oklahoma#49951 in 231
Tennessee#491281 in 212
Missouri#531071 in 258
Mississippi#56901 in 245
Wyoming#5971 in 199
Kentucky#651061 in 258
Georgia#721111 in 277
Alabama#74981 in 305
Texas#751621 in 347
Montana#78131 in 262
Louisiana#87641 in 328
South Carolina#89581 in 360
Kansas#90351 in 377
Washington#91231 in 382
Oregon#97121 in 413
Colorado#100221 in 358
California#102761 in 450
Illinois#103981 in 515
Iowa#104351 in 508
North Carolina#106881 in 417
Utah#107101 in 431
Idaho#10981 in 402
District of Columbia#11171 in 543
Nebraska#112201 in 509
West Virginia#112401 in 439
Indiana#118381 in 599
Maryland#118201 in 608
South Dakota#118111 in 488
Virginia#120501 in 491
Minnesota#131261 in 745
Ohio#131651 in 703
Michigan#145391 in 941
Arizona#14871 in 537
New Mexico#15291 in 525
Wisconsin#152231 in 1,000
Florida#158181 in 681
Maine#16971 in 917
New York#189671 in 1,315
Connecticut#19861 in 1,674
Pennsylvania#203451 in 1,650
Massachusetts#226121 in 2,493
New Jersey#34051 in 5,319
Alaska———
Delaware———
Hawaii———
Nevada———
New Hampshire———
North Dakota———
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 1932

girls
#118
2,064 births · 1 in 517 girls
boys
#1,651
19 births · 1 in 54,956 boys

Top girls' names in 1932

  1. #1Mary59,883
  2. #2Betty34,420
  3. #3Barbara26,318
  4. #4Dorothy24,974
  5. #5Joan21,044
  6. #6Patricia17,992
  7. #7Margaret16,556
  8. #8Helen16,376
  9. #9Shirley14,476
  10. #10Doris12,910
  11. #118Georgia2,064

Top boys' names in 1932

  1. #1Robert59,268
  2. #2James51,930
  3. #3John48,624
  4. #4William42,124
  5. #5Richard31,809
  6. #6Charles31,092
  7. #7Donald29,794
  8. #8George20,439
  9. #9Joseph18,566
  10. #10Thomas16,834
  11. #1,651Georgia19
More about 1932

girls

1,067,148 girls got a published name in 1932; 1 in 517 of them was named Georgia, which outranked 97.7% of the 5,098 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Georgia
  1. #115Agnes2,117
  2. #116Anita2,098
  3. #117Bessie2,093
  4. #118Georgia2,064
  5. #119Alma2,045
  6. #119Maria2,045
  7. #121Vera2,023
Biggest movers since 1931
Risers
  1. ↑ 963Dian#1,876 → #913
  2. ↑ 519Carleen#1,394 → #875
  3. ↑ 357Jimmy#1,336 → #979
  4. ↑ 347Letty#1,287 → #940
  5. ↑ 340Letitia#1,148 → #808
Fallers
  1. ↓ 350Blossom#970 → #1,320
  2. ↓ 332Luetta#844 → #1,176
  3. ↓ 305Roy#887 → #1,192
  4. ↓ 289Sofia#887 → #1,176
  5. ↓ 282Joretta#463 → #745

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

boys

1,044,157 boys got a published name in 1932; 1 in 54,956 of them was named Georgia, which outranked 61.5% of the 4,284 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Georgia
  1. #1,584Wellington20
  2. #1,584Wilbern20
  3. #1,584Woody20
  4. #1,651Georgia19
  5. #1,651Agapito19
  6. #1,651Armin19
  7. #1,651Basilio19
  8. #1,716Alpheus18
  9. #1,716Ardis18
  10. #1,716Asher18

Tied with 64 names at #1,651; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1931
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,418Delano#3,095 → #677
  2. ↑ 969Garner#1,643 → #674
  3. ↑ 868Ronny#1,770 → #902
  4. ↑ 713Darryl#1,693 → #980
  5. ↑ 609Marc#1,589 → #980
Fallers
  1. ↓ 467Jones#959 → #1,426
  2. ↓ 455Hamilton#831 → #1,286
  3. ↓ 393Hyman#697 → #1,090
  4. ↓ 373Davey#983 → #1,356
  5. ↓ 341Hayes#983 → #1,324

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

See the top 100 for 1932 →