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Top names in Georgia

The names most likely to appear on 1915 Georgia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 53,661 Georgia births in 1915 across 1,052 distinct names.

Distinctively Georgia

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

#47Gradyoutside the national top 200
#50Essie#191 nationally
#51Rufus#188 nationally
#64Lizzieoutside the national top 200
#72Sallieoutside the national top 200
#77Addieoutside the national top 200
#62Jimmie#183 nationally
#80Nathaniel#197 nationally
#83Lonnie#199 nationally
#85Johnnieoutside the national top 200
#86Olaoutside the national top 200
#86Tommieoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary1,683US #1
#2Annie862US #36
#3Ruby542US #24
#4Willie512US #72
#5Louise443US #18
#6Mattie439US #91
#7Ruth420US #5
#8Frances397US #9
#9Mildred392US #6
#10Elizabeth354US #8
#11Margaret354US #4
#12Martha346US #25
#13Dorothy328US #3
#14Lillie311US #84
#15Sarah311US #51
#16Evelyn284US #10
#17Gladys282US #21
#18Emma278US #40
#19Ethel260US #23
#20Thelma256US #30
#21Jessie253US #66
#22Minnie248US #68
#23Edna246US #20
#24Rosa242US #116
#25Helen241US #2
#26Bessie236US #57
#27Alice228US #13
#28Bertha219US #46
#29Sara216US #106
#30Carrie212US #103
#31Lillian211US #15
#32Marie208US #11
#33Hazel205US #26
#34Lois204US #47
#35Grace201US #27
#36Lucille197US #29
#37Virginia196US #12
#38Mamie194US #124
#39Pauline193US #32
#40Fannie188US #105
#41Clara186US #38
#42Beatrice184US #37
#43Ida184US #54
#44Hattie183US #113
#45Julia181US #44
#46Nellie179US #63
#47Ella178US #75
#48Eva175US #55
#49Lucile175US #135
#50Essie173US #191
#51Inez170US #101
#52Susie166US #149
#53Lula165US #129
#54Irene164US #17
#55Anna154US #7
#56Doris153US #34
#57Myrtle147US #58
#58Alma143US #70
#59Eula140US #160
#60Daisy137US #131
#61Maggie136US #150
#62Georgia134US #111
#63Pearl132US #56
#64Lizzie130
#65Catherine126US #19
#66Florence125US #14
#67Edith124US #31
#68Gertrude124US #35
#69Laura122US #61
#70Vera120US #65
#71Katie117US #181
#72Sallie115
#73Eunice114US #109
#74Lucy113US #79
#75Cora112US #119
#76Agnes110US #45
#77Addie109
#78Viola107US #59
#79Lena106US #77
#80Mae104US #89
#81Bernice103US #42
#82Geneva103US #110
#83Josephine102US #22
#84Christine97US #125
#85Johnnie91
#86Ola85
#87Estelle84US #117
#88Ellen83US #88
#89Elsie83US #41
#90Ada82US #114
#91Rose82US #16
#92Katherine80US #49
#93Janie79
#94Nettie79US #166
#95Ollie79US #194
#96Marjorie75US #39
#97Alberta73US #120
#98Jewell73
#99Juanita73US #92
#100Beulah69US #95

Boys

#1James1,825US #3
#2John1,471US #1
#3William1,248US #2
#4Willie959US #30
#5Robert896US #4
#6George638US #6
#7Henry495US #14
#8Thomas489US #10
#9Charles482US #7
#10Charlie375US #75
#11Joseph329US #5
#12Walter308US #11
#13Frank290US #9
#14Joe254US #38
#15Edward244US #8
#16Albert231US #17
#17Fred223US #26
#18Arthur215US #18
#19Jack215US #27
#20Clarence213US #24
#21Roy212US #32
#22Ralph204US #21
#23Paul180US #13
#24David176US #31
#25Richard165US #15
#26Johnnie158US #117
#27Ernest150US #35
#28Leroy149US #66
#29Eddie148US #120
#30Eugene145US #41
#31Harry145US #19
#32Samuel139US #39
#33Hugh137US #111
#34Sam133US #68
#35Jesse132US #77
#36Howard128US #25
#37Jessie123US #114
#38Raymond123US #16
#39Clifford121US #61
#40Herbert119US #40
#41Harold117US #12
#42Otis114US #141
#43Horace113US #122
#44Lewis113US #70
#45Andrew112US #46
#46Carl107US #22
#47Grady105
#48Woodrow103US #83
#49Herman102US #56
#50Oscar101US #88
#51Rufus101US #188
#52Benjamin100US #71
#53Claude100US #96
#54Marvin97US #72
#55Luther94US #115
#56Cecil90US #76
#57Homer90US #98
#58Lee90US #84
#59Louis90US #23
#60Ben86US #113
#61Earl84US #33
#62Jimmie84US #183
#63Alfred83US #42
#64Clyde81US #63
#65Marion81US #112
#66Lester80US #57
#67Edgar79US #85
#68Tom79US #142
#69Leonard78US #44
#70Curtis75US #128
#71Earnest75US #143
#72Milton74US #73
#73Daniel73US #55
#74Floyd73US #59
#75Leon73US #82
#76Bennie72US #171
#77Julian69US #191
#78Jim68US #170
#79Harvey66US #95
#80Nathaniel66US #197
#81Willard66US #58
#82Lawrence65US #37
#83Lonnie64US #199
#84Allen61US #99
#85Hubert61US #116
#86Tommie61
#87Melvin60US #60
#88Emory59
#89Elmer53US #45
#90Alvin52US #81
#91Julius52US #109
#92Oliver51US #119
#93Willis51US #137
#94Emmett50US #187
#95Mack50
#96Clinton49US #167
#97Will48
#98Norman47US #50
#99Isaac46US #196
#100Edwin44US #53

On the move since 1914

Rising

↑29Cecil#56
↑24Hazel#33
↑24Leon#75
↑21Sara#29
↑18Grady#47
↑17Doris#56
↑17Maggie#61
↑15Catherine#65

Falling

↓33Hubert#85
↓20Homer#57
↓20Earnest#71
↓19Louis#59
↓17Cora#75
↓16Woodrow#48
↓15Clyde#64
↓14Julia#45

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1914 rankings.