State roster

Top names in Georgia

The names most likely to appear on 1912 Georgia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 34,428 Georgia births in 1912 across 782 distinct names.

Distinctively Georgia

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

#64Gradyoutside the national top 200
#69Tommieoutside the national top 200
#73Jewelloutside the national top 200
#73Willoutside the national top 200
#75Julian#197 nationally
#55Rufus#175 nationally
#62Lizzie#180 nationally
#85Janieoutside the national top 200
#40Essie#155 nationally
#87Rooseveltoutside the national top 200
#74Johnie#186 nationally
#68Lonnie#179 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,170US #1
#2Annie633US #27
#3Willie402US #61
#4Ruby346US #23
#5Mattie326US #70
#6Louise320US #17
#7Ruth299US #5
#8Lillie295US #67
#9Elizabeth274US #8
#10Sarah235US #41
#11Ethel226US #18
#12Mildred226US #6
#13Emma211US #35
#14Frances206US #9
#15Bessie205US #43
#16Margaret202US #4
#17Rosa195US #94
#18Gladys194US #19
#19Minnie183US #60
#20Carrie181US #82
#21Fannie180US #87
#22Mamie174US #95
#23Martha173US #29
#24Edna171US #16
#25Dorothy168US #3
#26Thelma166US #26
#27Evelyn163US #13
#28Lillian163US #14
#29Jessie162US #65
#30Hattie161US #90
#31Marie160US #10
#32Helen156US #2
#33Julia155US #44
#34Clara152US #34
#35Lucille150US #32
#36Ida145US #45
#37Daisy142US #112
#38Alice141US #11
#39Lois138US #63
#40Essie136US #155
#41Grace135US #24
#42Irene135US #22
#43Bertha134US #36
#44Lucile131US #129
#45Alma128US #62
#46Beatrice128US #37
#47Nellie127US #59
#48Pauline127US #38
#49Lula126US #107
#50Ella125US #69
#51Laura123US #57
#52Maggie120US #115
#53Susie115US #120
#54Anna113US #7
#55Eva113US #49
#56Cora103US #98
#57Georgia103US #101
#58Viola103US #52
#59Virginia103US #20
#60Gertrude102US #30
#61Lucy102US #78
#62Lizzie100US #180
#63Inez96US #100
#64Sara95US #121
#65Pearl94US #54
#66Mae92US #74
#67Myrtle91US #50
#68Katie88US #149
#69Sallie82US #164
#70Catherine81US #21
#71Hazel80US #25
#72Vera80US #68
#73Jewell74
#74Eunice73US #109
#75Agnes72US #40
#76Alberta71US #106
#77Eula71US #147
#78Lena70US #72
#79Christine67US #123
#80Florence66US #12
#81Lottie66US #142
#82Addie65US #171
#83Ola64US #193
#84Rose64US #15
#85Janie63
#86Nancy63US #108
#87Nettie63US #143
#88Bernice62US #51
#89Ollie62US #163
#90Beulah60US #80
#91Estelle60US #111
#92Doris58US #48
#93Ellen57US #86
#94Esther57US #33
#95Rebecca57US #144
#96Johnnie56
#97Josephine56US #28
#98Lola55US #127
#99Nora55US #130
#100Gussie54

Boys

#1James1,147US #3
#2John883US #1
#3William792US #2
#4Willie619US #22
#5Robert516US #4
#6George379US #6
#7Henry312US #12
#8Charles287US #7
#9Charlie251US #57
#10Thomas239US #10
#11Walter225US #11
#12Joseph201US #5
#13Frank191US #9
#14Joe181US #36
#15Albert166US #17
#16Clarence160US #21
#17Edward144US #8
#18Johnnie138US #106
#19Fred134US #26
#20Jack128US #28
#21Arthur119US #15
#22Eddie114US #104
#23Roy113US #31
#24Samuel112US #30
#25Paul111US #14
#26Ernest105US #32
#27Richard105US #19
#28Eugene98US #41
#29Ralph96US #23
#30Andrew94US #44
#31Leroy93US #66
#32Harry90US #16
#33Howard88US #25
#34Jesse88US #74
#35Oscar87US #73
#36Sam82US #63
#37David81US #29
#38Benjamin77US #67
#39Harold74US #13
#40Clifford73US #62
#41Clyde73US #65
#42Jessie72US #109
#43Otis72US #126
#44Herbert69US #39
#45Horace69US #119
#46Woodrow69US #46
#47Raymond68US #18
#48Lewis67US #68
#49Louis64US #20
#50Carl59US #24
#51Tom59US #124
#52Cecil58US #76
#53Lee58US #78
#54Earnest57US #132
#55Rufus57US #175
#56Marvin56US #83
#57Homer50US #98
#58Luther50US #114
#59Curtis48US #121
#60Marion47US #112
#61Julius45US #100
#62Lester45US #58
#63Lawrence44US #38
#64Grady43
#65Alfred42US #40
#66Earl42US #34
#67Jim42US #149
#68Lonnie42US #179
#69Tommie42
#70Ben41US #102
#71Jimmie41US #160
#72Daniel40US #53
#73Will40
#74Johnie39US #186
#75Julian39US #197
#76Sidney39US #80
#77Theodore39US #52
#78Allen38US #103
#79Leonard38US #45
#80Leon37US #79
#81Claude36US #89
#82Edgar36US #85
#83Floyd36US #59
#84Hubert36US #122
#85Herman35US #50
#86Hugh35US #116
#87Roosevelt34
#88Nathaniel33US #164
#89Oliver33US #117
#90Isaac32US #162
#91Alvin31US #86
#92Milton31US #64
#93Gordon30US #93
#94Guy30US #140
#95Lucius30
#96Moses30
#97Willis30US #142
#98Bennie29US #154
#99Cleveland28
#100Jerry28US #147

On the move since 1911

Rising

↑39Herbert#44
↑28Cecil#52
↑27Lawrence#63
↑25Jewell#73
↑23Benjamin#38
↑22Curtis#59
↑21Christine#79
↑20Daisy#37

Falling

↓30Herman#85
↓28Florence#80
↓26Will#73
↓25Susie#53
↓25Lonnie#68
↓25Ben#70
↓25Edgar#82
↓23Floyd#83

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1911 rankings.