At a glance
- In short
- Georgia is a feminine form of George, from the Greek word for farmer.
- U.S. rank 2025
- #99 of girl names
- Babies in 2025
- 2,619 (0.15% of girls)
- Trend
- Rising #177 in 2020 to #99 in 2025
- Peak
- #81 in 1882
- Top state
- #35 in Utah
- First recorded
- 1880
Meaning of Georgia
Georgia is a Latinate feminine form of George, which comes from the Greek georgos, meaning farmer or earth-worker.
Its best-known bearer is the painter Georgia O'Keeffe, a leading American modernist known for her flower paintings and New Mexico landscapes. The name is shared with the U.S. state of Georgia, named after King George II, and features in the song Georgia on My Mind, best known in Ray Charles's recording.
In the United States, Georgia reached its highest rank, 81st, in 1882. It fell as low as 722nd in 1986 but has since returned to the top 100, ranking 99th in 2025 with 2,619 babies, its highest yearly count. Among the 100 most popular girls' names of 2025, it was No. 10 for how fast it climbed the rankings from 2016 to 2025.
How to pronounce Georgia
English
- Pronounced JOR-juh /ˈdʒɔrdʒə/
French
- Pronounced zhawr-ZHYET /ʒɔʁ.ˈʒjɛt/
Popularity of Georgia in the U.S.
Georgia was the #99 girl name in the U.S. in 2025, with 2,619 babies. It peaked at #81 in 1882 and has been in the top 1,000 since 1880.
- Rank among U.S. girl names (right scale, #1 at the top)
Year-by-year table, 1880–2025 146 rows
| Year | Babies | Rank | vs previous year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,619 | 99 | ▲ 11 |
| 2024 | 2,467 | 110 | ▲ 18 |
| 2023 | 2,172 | 128 | ▲ 35 |
| 2022 | 1,754 | 163 | ▲ 4 |
| 2021 | 1,744 | 167 | ▲ 10 |
| 2020 | 1,614 | 177 | ▲ 27 |
| 2019 | 1,481 | 204 | ▲ 17 |
| 2018 | 1,424 | 221 | ▲ 21 |
| 2017 | 1,321 | 242 | ▼ 16 |
| 2016 | 1,418 | 226 | ▲ 3 |
| 2015 | 1,442 | 229 | ▲ 13 |
| 2014 | 1,333 | 242 | ▲ 9 |
| 2013 | 1,265 | 251 | ▲ 46 |
| 2012 | 1,068 | 297 | ▲ 8 |
| 2011 | 1,048 | 305 | ▲ 19 |
| 2010 | 989 | 324 | ▲ 11 |
| 2009 | 982 | 335 | ▼ 23 |
| 2008 | 1,073 | 312 | ▼ 17 |
| 2007 | 1,143 | 295 | ▼ 21 |
| 2006 | 1,215 | 274 | ▲ 45 |
| 2005 | 1,007 | 319 | ▲ 47 |
| 2004 | 854 | 366 | ▲ 7 |
| 2003 | 810 | 373 | ▲ 5 |
| 2002 | 782 | 378 | ▲ 15 |
| 2001 | 743 | 393 | ▼ 59 |
| 2000 | 929 | 334 | ▲ 16 |
| 1999 | 858 | 350 | ▲ 78 |
| 1998 | 619 | 428 | ▲ 100 |
| 1997 | 449 | 528 | ▲ 53 |
| 1996 | 394 | 581 | ▲ 26 |
| 1995 | 367 | 607 | ▲ 31 |
| 1994 | 342 | 638 | ▼ 18 |
| 1993 | 365 | 620 | ▼ 23 |
| 1992 | 382 | 597 | ▲ 78 |
| 1991 | 319 | 675 | ▲ 39 |
| 1990 | 293 | 714 | ▲ 4 |
| 1989 | 276 | 718 | ▼ 71 |
| 1988 | 303 | 647 | ▲ 51 |
| 1987 | 262 | 698 | ▲ 24 |
| 1986 | 246 | 722 | ▼ 54 |
| 1985 | 271 | 668 | ▼ 67 |
| 1984 | 297 | 601 | ▼ 13 |
| 1983 | 303 | 588 | ▲ 46 |
| 1982 | 284 | 634 | ▼ 35 |
| 1981 | 307 | 599 | ▼ 36 |
| 1980 | 332 | 563 | ▼ 39 |
| 1979 | 366 | 524 | ▲ 3 |
| 1978 | 349 | 527 | ▼ 22 |
| 1977 | 367 | 505 | ▲ 15 |
| 1976 | 342 | 520 | ▼ 11 |
| 1975 | 351 | 509 | ▼ 23 |
| 1974 | 363 | 486 | ▼ 12 |
| 1973 | 382 | 474 | ▼ 32 |
| 1972 | 429 | 442 | ▲ 1 |
| 1971 | 472 | 443 | ▼ 9 |
| 1970 | 508 | 434 | ▼ 33 |
| 1969 | 565 | 401 | ▼ 21 |
| 1968 | 581 | 380 | ▼ 36 |
| 1967 | 672 | 344 | ▲ 8 |
| 1966 | 657 | 352 | ▼ 14 |
| 1965 | 719 | 338 | ▼ 22 |
| 1964 | 871 | 316 | ▼ 9 |
| 1963 | 907 | 307 | – |
| 1962 | 909 | 307 | ▼ 17 |
| 1961 | 1,031 | 290 | ▲ 3 |
| 1960 | 987 | 293 | ▼ 13 |
| 1959 | 1,013 | 280 | ▼ 17 |
| 1958 | 1,112 | 263 | ▼ 24 |
| 1957 | 1,251 | 239 | ▼ 10 |
| 1956 | 1,306 | 229 | ▼ 19 |
| 1955 | 1,480 | 210 | ▼ 10 |
| 1954 | 1,534 | 200 | ▼ 19 |
| 1953 | 1,743 | 181 | ▼ 5 |
| 1952 | 1,749 | 176 | ▼ 14 |
| 1951 | 1,931 | 162 | ▼ 10 |
| 1950 | 1,940 | 152 | ▼ 11 |
| 1949 | 2,204 | 141 | ▼ 11 |
| 1948 | 2,312 | 130 | ▼ 1 |
| 1947 | 2,475 | 129 | ▼ 6 |
| 1946 | 2,309 | 123 | ▼ 7 |
| 1945 | 2,318 | 116 | ▼ 2 |
| 1944 | 2,359 | 114 | ▲ 5 |
| 1943 | 2,378 | 119 | ▲ 4 |
| 1942 | 2,213 | 123 | ▲ 4 |
| 1941 | 2,051 | 127 | ▲ 11 |
| 1940 | 1,774 | 138 | ▼ 7 |
| 1939 | 1,834 | 131 | ▲ 7 |
| 1938 | 1,762 | 138 | ▼ 6 |
| 1937 | 1,812 | 132 | ▼ 4 |
| 1936 | 1,823 | 128 | ▼ 5 |
| 1935 | 1,871 | 123 | ▼ 1 |
| 1934 | 1,918 | 122 | ▲ 4 |
| 1933 | 1,814 | 126 | ▼ 8 |
| 1932 | 2,064 | 118 | ▲ 2 |
| 1931 | 1,960 | 120 | ▼ 3 |
| 1930 | 2,156 | 117 | ▼ 2 |
| 1929 | 2,127 | 115 | – |
| 1928 | 2,289 | 115 | ▲ 5 |
| 1927 | 2,254 | 120 | ▼ 4 |
| 1926 | 2,348 | 116 | ▼ 4 |
| 1925 | 2,411 | 112 | ▲ 1 |
| 1924 | 2,397 | 113 | ▼ 1 |
| 1923 | 2,372 | 112 | ▲ 2 |
| 1922 | 2,363 | 114 | ▲ 2 |
| 1921 | 2,313 | 116 | ▼ 3 |
| 1920 | 2,356 | 113 | ▼ 7 |
| 1919 | 2,284 | 106 | ▲ 1 |
| 1918 | 2,344 | 107 | ▼ 2 |
| 1917 | 2,163 | 105 | ▲ 3 |
| 1916 | 1,992 | 108 | ▲ 3 |
| 1915 | 1,853 | 111 | ▼ 4 |
| 1914 | 1,492 | 107 | ▼ 7 |
| 1913 | 1,382 | 100 | ▲ 1 |
| 1912 | 1,196 | 101 | ▼ 5 |
| 1911 | 957 | 96 | ▼ 5 |
| 1910 | 1,010 | 91 | ▲ 6 |
| 1909 | 813 | 97 | – |
| 1908 | 768 | 97 | ▼ 5 |
| 1907 | 787 | 92 | ▲ 4 |
| 1906 | 706 | 96 | ▼ 2 |
| 1905 | 722 | 94 | ▼ 6 |
| 1904 | 736 | 88 | ▲ 6 |
| 1903 | 632 | 94 | ▼ 3 |
| 1902 | 664 | 91 | ▲ 5 |
| 1901 | 549 | 96 | ▼ 9 |
| 1900 | 765 | 87 | ▲ 12 |
| 1899 | 553 | 99 | ▼ 7 |
| 1898 | 654 | 92 | ▲ 9 |
| 1897 | 529 | 101 | ▼ 8 |
| 1896 | 562 | 93 | ▲ 1 |
| 1895 | 562 | 94 | – |
| 1894 | 535 | 94 | ▼ 7 |
| 1893 | 541 | 87 | – |
| 1892 | 552 | 87 | ▲ 8 |
| 1891 | 444 | 95 | ▼ 12 |
| 1890 | 513 | 83 | ▲ 8 |
| 1889 | 445 | 91 | ▼ 7 |
| 1888 | 477 | 84 | ▲ 7 |
| 1887 | 351 | 91 | ▼ 5 |
| 1886 | 395 | 86 | ▼ 2 |
| 1885 | 371 | 84 | ▲ 6 |
| 1884 | 341 | 90 | ▼ 6 |
| 1883 | 325 | 84 | ▼ 3 |
| 1882 | 320 | 81 | ▲ 8 |
| 1881 | 256 | 89 | ▼ 5 |
| 1880 | 259 | 84 | – |
Georgia by state
Georgia ranks #35 in Utah (2025).
Rank by state 43 states
| State | Rank | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Utah | 35 | 79 |
| Idaho | 41 | 35 |
| Missouri | 50 | 81 |
| Arkansas | 50 | 41 |
| Mississippi | 64 | 29 |
| Kentucky | 65 | 56 |
| New Hampshire | 66 | 16 |
| Nebraska | 67 | 26 |
| Tennessee | 68 | 96 |
| Alabama | 68 | 55 |
| Washington | 69 | 82 |
| South Carolina | 72 | 53 |
| North Carolina | 75 | 119 |
| Oklahoma | 76 | 42 |
| Indiana | 77 | 74 |
| Montana | 79 | 11 |
| Illinois | 81 | 102 |
| Oregon | 81 | 37 |
| Ohio | 82 | 112 |
| Michigan | 82 | 87 |
| Wisconsin | 86 | 53 |
| Virginia | 90 | 77 |
| Georgia | 91 | 91 |
| Kansas | 96 | 32 |
| Colorado | 98 | 52 |
| Connecticut | 98 | 28 |
| Louisiana | 109 | 36 |
| Minnesota | 114 | 45 |
| Iowa | 117 | 27 |
| Texas | 125 | 254 |
| Maryland | 126 | 36 |
| Massachusetts | 127 | 42 |
| Maine | 131 | 8 |
| Arizona | 134 | 47 |
| West Virginia | 139 | 11 |
| South Dakota | 139 | 8 |
| Florida | 161 | 111 |
| Nevada | 165 | 15 |
| Pennsylvania | 166 | 67 |
| New York | 167 | 97 |
| California | 182 | 180 |
| New Jersey | 211 | 39 |
| New Mexico | 296 | 5 |
Notable people named Georgia
- Georgia Totto O'Keeffe was an American modernist painter and draftswoman known as the "Mother of American modernism" for her abstracted paintings of flowers, hills and desert-inspired landscapes.