State roster

Top names in Georgia

The names most likely to appear on 1911 Georgia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 23,962 Georgia births in 1911 across 619 distinct names.

Distinctively Georgia

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Georgia more than they say America.

#65Tommieoutside the national top 200
#48Grady#180 nationally
#78Johnnieoutside the national top 200
#79Janieoutside the national top 200
#39Essie#156 nationally
#53Lizzie#170 nationally
#43Lonnie#158 nationally
#87Groveroutside the national top 200
#89Julian#199 nationally
#92Gussieoutside the national top 200
#86Ed#190 nationally
#94Leola#197 nationally

Girls

#1Mary893US #1
#2Annie520US #24
#3Willie284US #61
#4Ruby278US #22
#5Mattie265US #65
#6Louise251US #19
#7Ruth229US #5
#8Lillie212US #60
#9Ethel209US #15
#10Elizabeth200US #7
#11Bessie199US #40
#12Minnie170US #52
#13Frances165US #10
#14Emma156US #35
#15Mamie155US #89
#16Martha154US #28
#17Marie149US #9
#18Margaret148US #3
#19Rosa148US #92
#20Sarah148US #42
#21Carrie147US #78
#22Gladys141US #18
#23Alice140US #11
#24Thelma133US #27
#25Jessie132US #66
#26Hattie131US #86
#27Mildred130US #8
#28Susie130US #112
#29Fannie128US #88
#30Lucille127US #32
#31Clara120US #33
#32Edna120US #17
#33Lillian120US #13
#34Bertha119US #36
#35Helen118US #2
#36Ella117US #63
#37Ida109US #45
#38Dorothy108US #4
#39Essie107US #156
#40Eva106US #46
#41Anna101US #6
#42Lula100US #94
#43Nellie100US #54
#44Evelyn99US #16
#45Irene96US #21
#46Julia96US #44
#47Pearl95US #48
#48Maggie91US #111
#49Lucile90US #128
#50Laura89US #57
#51Beatrice87US #37
#52Florence86US #12
#53Lizzie85US #170
#54Grace84US #23
#55Pauline84US #38
#56Lois82US #68
#57Daisy81US #108
#58Inez80US #99
#59Cora79US #91
#60Alma73US #62
#61Georgia73US #96
#62Lucy73US #77
#63Viola73US #47
#64Eula72US #143
#65Sara72US #123
#66Katie70US #139
#67Sallie70US #159
#68Mae69US #71
#69Virginia68US #26
#70Hazel67US #25
#71Gertrude66US #30
#72Myrtle64US #50
#73Addie63US #161
#74Eunice59US #109
#75Josephine59US #29
#76Catherine57US #20
#77Agnes55US #39
#78Johnnie55
#79Janie53
#80Estelle52US #106
#81Rose52US #14
#82Ada51US #97
#83Nancy51US #110
#84Alberta50US #114
#85Edith50US #31
#86Vera50US #67
#87Effie48US #147
#88Mabel48US #43
#89Nettie48US #136
#90Rosie48US #131
#91Lena47US #70
#92Gussie46
#93Ollie46US #157
#94Leola45US #197
#95Ola44US #195
#96Lottie43US #135
#97Beulah41US #79
#98Jewell41
#99Katherine41US #55
#100Christine40US #124

Boys

#1James706US #3
#2John569US #1
#3Willie469US #14
#4William449US #2
#5Robert351US #5
#6George287US #4
#7Henry218US #11
#8Charlie173US #45
#9Thomas163US #10
#10Charles159US #7
#11Frank139US #8
#12Joe139US #29
#13Walter137US #12
#14Joseph130US #6
#15Albert98US #15
#16Edward93US #9
#17Johnnie87US #90
#18Fred86US #22
#19Richard84US #20
#20Arthur83US #18
#21Eddie79US #78
#22Roy78US #31
#23Clarence77US #23
#24Jack76US #25
#25Paul69US #17
#26Ernest63US #32
#27Jessie63US #79
#28David61US #27
#29Sam58US #47
#30Leroy57US #59
#31Samuel57US #30
#32Howard53US #28
#33Ralph52US #24
#34Eugene51US #43
#35Harry50US #13
#36Oscar47US #68
#37Homer46US #95
#38Andrew44US #42
#39Lee44US #67
#40Marvin43US #82
#41Jesse42US #72
#42Lewis42US #66
#43Lonnie42US #158
#44Otis42US #122
#45Ben41US #86
#46Clyde40US #61
#47Will40US #149
#48Grady39US #180
#49Luther39US #100
#50Raymond39US #19
#51Jim38US #134
#52Clifford37US #62
#53Harold37US #16
#54Carl36US #26
#55Herman36US #49
#56Tom35US #105
#57Edgar34US #83
#58Horace34US #123
#59Louis34US #21
#60Floyd32US #57
#61Benjamin31US #64
#62Jimmie31US #137
#63Marion30US #110
#64Rufus30US #148
#65Tommie30
#66Claude28US #87
#67Lester27US #65
#68Earnest26US #125
#69Alfred25US #39
#70Nathaniel25US #161
#71Allen24US #98
#72Earl24US #34
#73Hubert24US #119
#74Julius24US #104
#75Milton24US #70
#76Roosevelt24US #168
#77Theodore24US #56
#78Willis24US #144
#79Bennie23US #151
#80Cecil23US #76
#81Curtis23US #118
#82Harvey23US #91
#83Herbert23US #41
#84Isaac23US #143
#85Daniel22US #53
#86Ed22US #190
#87Grover22
#88Jerry21US #140
#89Julian21US #199
#90Lawrence21US #37
#91Amos20US #182
#92Ira20US #141
#93Johnie20US #172
#94Leon20US #77
#95Alvin19US #89
#96Gordon19US #97
#97Hugh19US #121
#98Cleveland18
#99Edwin18US #60
#100Mack18US #167

On the move since 1910

Rising

↑28Grady#48
↑27Homer#37
↑25Marvin#40
↑25Lonnie#43
↑24Edgar#57
↑20Florence#52
↑19Margaret#18
↑19Edna#32

Falling

↓41Herbert#83
↓29Ola#95
↓28Earnest#68
↓28Leon#94
↓25Daniel#85
↓23Gertrude#71
↓23Tom#56
↓23Johnie#93

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1910 rankings.