Most popular boys’ names in Georgia, 1979

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	1,462
2	Christopher	1,441
3	James	1,358
4	Jason	1,222
5	John	992
6	William	925
7	David	902
8	Robert	831
9	Joshua	708
10	Joseph	696
11	Matthew	685
12	Brian	629
13	Charles	575
14	Jeremy	520
15	Timothy	506
16	Jonathan	480
17	Travis	464
18	Kevin	444
19	Anthony	424
20	Daniel	417
21	Thomas	414
22	Richard	396
23	Eric	382
24	Andrew	359
25	Nicholas	349

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Steven	335
27	Benjamin	334
28	Justin	309
29	Brandon	306
30	Stephen	303
31	Adam	299
32	Jeffrey	292
33	Kenneth	278
34	Patrick	251
35	Antonio	249
35	Marcus	249
37	Ryan	240
38	Mark	222
39	Larry	216
40	Gregory	208
41	Paul	199
42	Derrick	198
43	Corey	189
44	Chad	177
45	Donald	175
46	Samuel	173
47	Bryan	167
48	Scott	161
49	Nathan	159
50	Keith	158
51	Willie	157
52	Gary	150
52	George	150
54	Ronald	148
55	Edward	145
56	Wesley	143
57	Jimmy	138
58	Bobby	137
59	Bradley	136
60	Terry	130
61	Jerry	129
62	Johnny	125
63	Phillip	124
64	Billy	118
64	Jeffery	118
66	Derek	117
67	Rodney	115
68	Reginald	114
69	Walter	113
70	Aaron	111
70	Shaun	111
70	Tony	111
73	Curtis	109
73	Jamie	109
75	Mario	103
76	Jacob	100
77	Ricky	98
78	Shannon	95
79	Shawn	94
80	Russell	93
81	Adrian	92
81	Randy	92
83	Zachary	90
84	Carlos	89
84	Dustin	89
84	Randall	89
87	Douglas	86
87	Maurice	86
89	Dennis	84
89	Tommy	84
91	Eddie	83
91	Raymond	83
91	Roderick	83
94	Cedric	82
94	Jesse	82
96	Danny	81
97	Casey	80
97	Frederick	80
97	Nathaniel	80
97	Ronnie	80