State roster

Top names in Georgia

The names most likely to appear on 1914 Georgia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 46,038 Georgia births in 1914 across 929 distinct names.

Distinctively Georgia

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

#65Gradyoutside the national top 200
#46Essie#181 nationally
#68Lizzieoutside the national top 200
#55Rufus#179 nationally
#82Johnnieoutside the national top 200
#82Tommieoutside the national top 200
#83Willoutside the national top 200
#69Lonnie#186 nationally
#62Sallie#178 nationally
#87Amosoutside the national top 200
#89Janieoutside the national top 200
#79Julian#189 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,471US #1
#2Annie738US #33
#3Ruby491US #24
#4Willie480US #66
#5Louise398US #17
#6Mattie382US #78
#7Ruth358US #5
#8Elizabeth337US #8
#9Mildred295US #7
#10Sarah293US #47
#11Lillie285US #74
#12Dorothy270US #3
#13Frances269US #9
#14Margaret266US #4
#15Gladys254US #20
#16Bessie249US #55
#17Ethel248US #21
#18Martha244US #27
#19Thelma238US #26
#20Emma235US #39
#21Rosa231US #104
#22Jessie225US #64
#23Minnie225US #67
#24Carrie223US #91
#25Edna223US #19
#26Marie223US #10
#27Evelyn218US #11
#28Lillian209US #16
#29Fannie208US #99
#30Helen207US #2
#31Julia201US #42
#32Alice200US #12
#33Lois199US #51
#34Eva192US #52
#35Beatrice186US #38
#36Lucille181US #30
#37Grace177US #25
#38Hattie174US #97
#39Lucile173US #129
#40Bertha171US #41
#41Virginia164US #14
#42Ella161US #72
#43Mamie161US #115
#44Susie161US #130
#45Lula160US #120
#46Essie157US #181
#47Irene157US #22
#48Clara156US #37
#49Nellie156US #61
#50Sara156US #108
#51Alma151US #69
#52Pauline148US #34
#53Inez145US #101
#54Ida142US #49
#55Anna137US #6
#56Laura129US #59
#57Hazel128US #29
#58Cora127US #105
#59Pearl125US #56
#60Gertrude118US #32
#61Daisy116US #126
#62Sallie116US #178
#63Eula113US #157
#64Lucy112US #73
#65Eunice111US #109
#66Georgia111US #107
#67Mae110US #85
#68Lizzie107
#69Josephine104US #23
#70Viola104US #57
#71Myrtle102US #60
#72Vera102US #68
#73Doris101US #36
#74Edith101US #31
#75Agnes100US #44
#76Florence100US #13
#77Katie99US #167
#78Maggie98US #141
#79Bernice94US #43
#80Catherine91US #18
#81Christine87US #117
#82Johnnie85
#83Katherine78US #48
#84Lena78US #75
#85Rosie78US #153
#86Addie77US #188
#87Lottie73US #142
#88Estelle72US #112
#89Janie72
#90Alberta71US #119
#91Nettie71US #154
#92Geneva70US #118
#93Ollie70US #177
#94Sadie70US #124
#95Rose69US #15
#96Emily68US #98
#97Beulah64US #96
#98Marjorie64US #45
#99Gussie63
#100Maude63US #192

Boys

#1James1,556US #3
#2John1,259US #1
#3William1,064US #2
#4Willie840US #25
#5Robert798US #4
#6George603US #6
#7Henry438US #12
#8Thomas395US #11
#9Charles392US #7
#10Charlie334US #65
#11Joseph328US #5
#12Walter298US #10
#13Frank275US #9
#14Joe252US #34
#15Albert233US #15
#16Jack195US #27
#17Edward194US #8
#18Arthur187US #18
#19Clarence186US #22
#20Roy170US #32
#21Fred167US #28
#22Ralph167US #21
#23Leroy162US #60
#24David155US #29
#25Ernest147US #38
#26Eddie143US #109
#27Johnnie143US #119
#28Richard136US #17
#29Samuel135US #36
#30Eugene127US #43
#31Paul127US #13
#32Woodrow117US #71
#33Harry114US #19
#34Howard105US #26
#35Sam105US #67
#36Hugh102US #116
#37Homer101US #101
#38Jessie99US #117
#39Lewis99US #72
#40Louis96US #20
#41Jesse95US #82
#42Raymond94US #16
#43Carl93US #24
#44Andrew90US #44
#45Herman90US #51
#46Otis90US #140
#47Herbert89US #42
#48Oscar88US #77
#49Clyde86US #63
#50Harold83US #14
#51Earnest81US #147
#52Hubert81US #118
#53Clifford80US #62
#54Marvin80US #75
#55Rufus79US #179
#56Luther78US #114
#57Curtis77US #120
#58Horace75US #125
#59Marion75US #115
#60Claude74US #93
#61Ben73US #110
#62Benjamin73US #70
#63Lee72US #84
#64Earl71US #33
#65Grady71
#66Edgar70US #87
#67Leonard69US #45
#68Jimmie68US #170
#69Lonnie66US #186
#70Harvey65US #95
#71Bennie63US #154
#72Lester62US #57
#73Tom62US #137
#74Daniel61US #55
#75Alfred58US #41
#76Melvin57US #59
#77Jim56US #174
#78Floyd55US #58
#79Julian54US #189
#80Lawrence52US #35
#81Milton52US #69
#82Tommie52
#83Will49
#84Alvin48US #78
#85Cecil48US #79
#86Nathaniel47US #185
#87Amos44
#88Bill43US #159
#89Edwin43US #53
#90Julius43US #106
#91Johnny42
#92Mack42
#93Dan41US #192
#94Roosevelt41
#95Russell41US #49
#96Calvin39US #168
#97Clinton39US #157
#98Ed39
#99Leon39US #85
#100Emory38

On the move since 1913

Rising

↑29Hugh#36
↑25Earl#64
↑19Louis#40
↑16Bennie#71
↑15Beatrice#35
↑15Rosie#85
↑15Marion#59
↑14Tommie#82

Falling

↓21Maggie#78
↓21Leon#99
↓19Harold#50
↓18Lee#63
↓17Nellie#49
↓17Rose#95
↓16Jimmie#68
↓15Will#83

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1913 rankings.