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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201933peak #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 1933

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Georgia, so not publishedAKMaine: #166 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 845 girlsMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Georgia, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Georgia, so not publishedNHWashington: #118 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 562 girlsWAIdaho: #57 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 211 girlsIDMontana: #102 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 370 girlsMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Georgia, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #156 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 965 girlsMNIllinois: #107 for girls · 89 births · 1 in 541 girlsILWisconsin: #128 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 795 girlsWIMichigan: #174 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 1,242 girlsMINew York: #216 for girls · 48 births · 1 in 1,722 girlsNYMassachusetts: #199 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,970 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Georgia, so not publishedRIOregon: #105 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 424 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Georgia, so not publishedNVWyoming: #85 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 267 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #164 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 858 girlsSDIowa: #106 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 492 girlsIAIndiana: #99 for girls · 47 births · 1 in 457 girlsINOhio: #109 for girls · 81 births · 1 in 530 girlsOHPennsylvania: #185 for girls · 48 births · 1 in 1,429 girlsPANew Jersey: #216 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,856 girlsNJConnecticut: #168 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,158 girlsCTCalifornia: #117 for girls · 65 births · 1 in 506 girlsCAUtah: #90 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 367 girlsUTColorado: #116 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 447 girlsCONebraska: #124 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 611 girlsNEMissouri: #67 for girls · 82 births · 1 in 320 girlsMOKentucky: #70 for girls · 87 births · 1 in 299 girlsKYWest Virginia: #100 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 411 girlsWVVirginia: #125 for girls · 44 births · 1 in 514 girlsVAMaryland: #140 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 815 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Georgia, so not publishedDEArizona: #111 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 385 girlsAZNew Mexico: #120 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 448 girlsNMKansas: #129 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 558 girlsKSArkansas: #56 for girls · 75 births · 1 in 244 girlsARTennessee: #51 for girls · 113 births · 1 in 227 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #124 for girls · 67 births · 1 in 514 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #82 for girls · 64 births · 1 in 314 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #121 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 608 girlsDCOklahoma: #56 for girls · 83 births · 1 in 263 girlsOKLouisiana: #104 for girls · 50 births · 1 in 382 girlsLAMississippi: #60 for girls · 82 births · 1 in 248 girlsMSAlabama: #86 for girls · 80 births · 1 in 343 girlsALGeorgia: #85 for girls · 84 births · 1 in 343 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Georgia, so not publishedHITexas: #83 for girls · 135 births · 1 in 404 girlsTXFlorida: #162 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 701 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Tennessee#51 · 1 in 227
  2. Arkansas#56 · 1 in 244
  3. Oklahoma#56 · 1 in 263
  4. Idaho#57 · 1 in 211
  5. Mississippi#60 · 1 in 248

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Tennessee#511131 in 227
Arkansas#56751 in 244
Oklahoma#56831 in 263
Idaho#57151 in 211
Mississippi#60821 in 248
Missouri#67821 in 320
Kentucky#70871 in 299
South Carolina#82641 in 314
Texas#831351 in 404
Georgia#85841 in 343
Wyoming#8551 in 267
Alabama#86801 in 343
Utah#90121 in 367
Indiana#99471 in 457
West Virginia#100401 in 411
Montana#10291 in 370
Louisiana#104501 in 382
Oregon#105111 in 424
Iowa#106351 in 492
Illinois#107891 in 541
Ohio#109811 in 530
Arizona#11191 in 385
Colorado#116171 in 447
California#117651 in 506
Washington#118151 in 562
New Mexico#120101 in 448
District of Columbia#12161 in 608
Nebraska#124161 in 611
North Carolina#124671 in 514
Virginia#125441 in 514
Wisconsin#128271 in 795
Kansas#129231 in 558
Maryland#140141 in 815
Minnesota#156191 in 965
Florida#162161 in 701
South Dakota#16461 in 858
Maine#16671 in 845
Connecticut#16881 in 1,158
Michigan#174281 in 1,242
Pennsylvania#185481 in 1,429
Massachusetts#199141 in 1,970
New Jersey#216131 in 1,856
New York#216481 in 1,722
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 1933

girls
#126
1,814 births · 1 in 556 girls
boys
#2,093
12 births · 1 in 82,627 boys

Top girls' names in 1933

  1. #1Mary55,517
  2. #2Betty31,531
  3. #3Barbara26,949
  4. #4Dorothy22,054
  5. #5Joan19,294
  6. #6Patricia18,632
  7. #7Margaret15,241
  8. #8Helen14,644
  9. #9Shirley14,320
  10. #10Doris12,025
  11. #126Georgia1,814

Top boys' names in 1933

  1. #1Robert54,221
  2. #2James51,112
  3. #3John46,224
  4. #4William39,049
  5. #5Richard31,331
  6. #6Charles28,991
  7. #7Donald28,450
  8. #8George18,356
  9. #9Joseph17,162
  10. #10Thomas16,508
  11. #2,093Georgia12
More about 1933

girls

1,007,932 girls got a published name in 1933; 1 in 556 of them was named Georgia, which outranked 97.4% of the 4,858 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Georgia
  1. #122Sara1,862
  2. #124Alma1,839
  3. #125Jeanne1,824
  4. #126Georgia1,814
  5. #127Jessie1,808
  6. #128Christine1,794
  7. #129Lucy1,747
Biggest movers since 1932
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,022Rheta#1,754 → #732
  2. ↑ 930Joellen#1,877 → #947
  3. ↑ 583Veola#1,568 → #985
  4. ↑ 483Sharlene#1,162 → #679
  5. ↑ 475Louetta#1,448 → #973
Fallers
  1. ↓ 395Golda#969 → #1,364
  2. ↓ 322Louis#940 → #1,262
  3. ↓ 298Bebe#899 → #1,197
  4. ↓ 291Clyde#998 → #1,289
  5. ↓ 291Mariam#998 → #1,289

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

boys

991,524 boys got a published name in 1933; 1 in 82,627 of them was named Georgia, which outranked 49.6% of the 4,156 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Georgia
  1. #1,997Winthrop13
  2. #1,997Worley13
  3. #1,997Zollie13
  4. #2,093Georgia12
  5. #2,093Adrain12
  6. #2,093Alger12
  7. #2,093Alston12
  8. #2,214Anne11
  9. #2,214Anson11
  10. #2,214Antony11

Tied with 120 names at #2,093; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1932
Risers
  1. ↑ 553Neville#1,548 → #995
  2. ↑ 401Cordell#1,286 → #885
  3. ↑ 381Hamilton#1,286 → #905
  4. ↑ 375Delano#677 → #302
  5. ↑ 313Jan#937 → #624
Fallers
  1. ↓ 568Hoover#793 → #1,361
  2. ↓ 541Porfirio#915 → #1,456
  3. ↓ 424Rosendo#937 → #1,361
  4. ↓ 381Alfonzo#821 → #1,202
  5. ↓ 368Hillard#862 → #1,230

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

See the top 100 for 1933 →