State roster

Top names in Georgia

The names most likely to appear on 1913 Georgia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 37,083 Georgia births in 1913 across 831 distinct names.

Distinctively Georgia

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

#63Lizzieoutside the national top 200
#68Willoutside the national top 200
#58Grady#190 nationally
#46Essie#175 nationally
#77Janieoutside the national top 200
#50Rufus#169 nationally
#82Johnieoutside the national top 200
#73Lonnie#191 nationally
#84Nathanieloutside the national top 200
#86Johnnieoutside the national top 200
#76Julian#187 nationally
#90Mackoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary1,223US #1
#2Annie632US #30
#3Ruby399US #23
#4Willie378US #65
#5Louise359US #17
#6Mattie348US #75
#7Elizabeth294US #8
#8Ruth284US #5
#9Mildred264US #6
#10Frances247US #9
#11Sarah240US #43
#12Lillie226US #71
#13Ethel219US #20
#14Martha209US #28
#15Emma206US #38
#16Bessie205US #47
#17Gladys200US #19
#18Thelma200US #26
#19Margaret199US #4
#20Evelyn192US #12
#21Marie192US #10
#22Rosa185US #101
#23Dorothy184US #3
#24Minnie176US #63
#25Alice174US #11
#26Jessie174US #61
#27Fannie170US #91
#28Helen170US #2
#29Lillian162US #16
#30Carrie161US #90
#31Mamie160US #106
#32Nellie157US #58
#33Hattie154US #96
#34Edna153US #18
#35Clara150US #36
#36Lucille150US #31
#37Julia147US #42
#38Irene141US #21
#39Susie141US #131
#40Bertha139US #39
#41Ella139US #70
#42Ida139US #49
#43Lula134US #111
#44Grace131US #25
#45Lois130US #59
#46Essie128US #175
#47Eva127US #50
#48Alma126US #64
#49Anna126US #7
#50Beatrice121US #37
#51Inez120US #98
#52Lucile120US #128
#53Pearl118US #55
#54Virginia118US #15
#55Sara115US #114
#56Laura113US #62
#57Maggie112US #127
#58Pauline110US #35
#59Hazel107US #27
#60Myrtle102US #53
#61Daisy99US #123
#62Eunice98US #107
#63Lizzie98
#64Lucy97US #77
#65Cora96US #103
#66Gertrude96US #33
#67Viola92US #52
#68Florence91US #13
#69Eula88US #153
#70Agnes87US #41
#71Sallie85US #178
#72Georgia82US #100
#73Catherine81US #22
#74Doris80US #44
#75Elsie79US #40
#76Mae79US #79
#77Janie78
#78Rose76US #14
#79Edith73US #29
#80Alberta72US #108
#81Josephine70US #24
#82Nancy69US #102
#83Vera68US #68
#84Katie67US #171
#85Lottie67US #143
#86Johnnie65
#87Ollie65US #172
#88Christine64US #124
#89Lena64US #73
#90Addie63US #187
#91Bernice61US #45
#92Geneva59US #120
#93Maude59US #179
#94Ada58US #104
#95Rebecca58US #158
#96Beulah57US #85
#97Effie57US #164
#98Marjorie57US #48
#99Nettie57US #152
#100Rosie57US #156

Boys

#1James1,248US #3
#2John1,042US #1
#3William847US #2
#4Willie686US #24
#5Robert596US #4
#6George497US #6
#7Henry341US #12
#8Charles334US #7
#9Thomas323US #10
#10Charlie275US #62
#11Joseph225US #5
#12Frank224US #9
#13Walter216US #11
#14Albert184US #16
#15Edward183US #8
#16Joe174US #37
#17Clarence164US #21
#18Ralph151US #22
#19Arthur147US #17
#20Jack146US #28
#21Paul135US #14
#22Eddie134US #102
#23Roy129US #32
#24Fred128US #27
#25Ernest115US #34
#26Leroy115US #63
#27Johnnie110US #118
#28Richard109US #19
#29David106US #29
#30Harry106US #15
#31Harold98US #13
#32Lewis96US #72
#33Sam94US #65
#34Herbert93US #39
#35Woodrow92US #44
#36Eugene89US #43
#37Carl88US #23
#38Jesse87US #79
#39Samuel87US #36
#40Jessie82US #114
#41Howard78US #26
#42Raymond78US #18
#43Homer77US #96
#44Otis77US #140
#45Lee76US #78
#46Andrew75US #47
#47Horace75US #123
#48Clyde73US #64
#49Oscar73US #76
#50Rufus73US #169
#51Clifford69US #68
#52Jimmie69US #158
#53Herman67US #53
#54Leonard67US #46
#55Luther66US #116
#56Claude65US #88
#57Earnest65US #144
#58Grady62US #190
#59Louis62US #20
#60Hubert60US #112
#61Marvin58US #77
#62Tom58US #135
#63Daniel56US #54
#64Jim52US #154
#65Hugh50US #115
#66Benjamin49US #70
#67Ben48US #108
#68Will48
#69Curtis47US #119
#70Lester46US #59
#71Alfred45US #42
#72Edgar45US #87
#73Lonnie44US #191
#74Marion44US #111
#75Cecil43US #74
#76Julian43US #187
#77Harvey42US #93
#78Leon42US #81
#79Milton42US #71
#80Julius40US #106
#81Edwin39US #55
#82Johnie39
#83Melvin39US #61
#84Nathaniel39
#85Norman38US #57
#86Alvin37US #82
#87Bennie37US #159
#88Floyd37US #58
#89Earl36US #31
#90Mack36
#91Roosevelt36
#92Theodore36US #60
#93Dan34US #182
#94Ed34
#95Sidney33US #90
#96Tommie33
#97Bill32US #156
#98Chester31US #56
#99Guy31US #137
#100Alton30US #183

On the move since 1912

Rising

↑32Herman#53
↑25Leonard#54
↑25Claude#56
↑24Hubert#60
↑21Hugh#65
↑19Jimmie#52
↑18Doris#74
↑16Josephine#81

Falling

↓28Benjamin#66
↓27Tommie#96
↓24Daisy#61
↓23Cecil#75
↓23Earl#89
↓19Julius#80
↓19Sidney#95
↓16Katie#84

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1912 rankings.