State roster

Top names in Georgia

The names most likely to appear on 1916 Georgia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 57,467 Georgia births in 1916 across 1,055 distinct names.

Distinctively Georgia

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

#53Essie#197 nationally
#58Gradyoutside the national top 200
#66Rufus#197 nationally
#72Johnnieoutside the national top 200
#69Sallie#196 nationally
#75Lizzieoutside the national top 200
#75Nathaniel#194 nationally
#83Tommieoutside the national top 200
#84Lonnieoutside the national top 200
#87Janieoutside the national top 200
#88Addieoutside the national top 200
#89Dorseyoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary1,948US #1
#2Annie887US #36
#3Ruby639US #23
#4Willie554US #73
#5Louise474US #18
#6Ruth470US #5
#7Frances451US #9
#8Mattie444US #93
#9Margaret430US #4
#10Mildred427US #6
#11Dorothy410US #3
#12Martha387US #24
#13Elizabeth371US #8
#14Sarah351US #52
#15Helen336US #2
#16Lillie323US #88
#17Ethel322US #25
#18Evelyn321US #11
#19Gladys316US #22
#20Thelma295US #29
#21Edna279US #19
#22Emma273US #41
#23Rosa266US #120
#24Bessie256US #56
#25Minnie255US #71
#26Lillian254US #16
#27Lois252US #43
#28Marie232US #12
#29Hazel231US #31
#30Carrie230US #103
#31Sara230US #109
#32Fannie222US #116
#33Mamie219US #129
#34Alice218US #13
#35Grace218US #26
#36Jessie213US #68
#37Lucille213US #30
#38Hattie210US #115
#39Nellie201US #61
#40Virginia199US #10
#41Julia197US #46
#42Clara196US #39
#43Irene196US #17
#44Beatrice193US #38
#45Eva192US #55
#46Ida191US #54
#47Pauline190US #33
#48Lula188US #127
#49Bertha187US #49
#50Susie184US #156
#51Lucile179US #139
#52Doris169US #32
#53Essie167US #197
#54Alma164US #70
#55Ella159US #81
#56Inez159US #107
#57Myrtle159US #58
#58Anna156US #7
#59Pearl149US #57
#60Laura146US #64
#61Daisy144US #137
#62Eula140US #164
#63Gertrude139US #35
#64Cora134US #114
#65Catherine133US #20
#66Lucy133US #84
#67Georgia130US #108
#68Eunice129US #110
#69Sallie128US #196
#70Vera128US #66
#71Maggie127US #157
#72Johnnie122
#73Agnes121US #50
#74Bernice117US #42
#75Lizzie116
#76Viola116US #59
#77Mae114US #92
#78Christine112US #121
#79Josephine112US #21
#80Katherine109US #51
#81Edith105US #28
#82Katie105US #191
#83Florence102US #14
#84Rose99US #15
#85Lottie94US #143
#86Elsie91US #48
#87Janie91
#88Addie88
#89Juanita86US #90
#90Nancy86US #102
#91Lena85US #85
#92Marjorie85US #37
#93Ollie84US #193
#94Mable83US #136
#95Ola83
#96Dora81US #124
#97Cleo76US #180
#98Rosie76US #181
#99Ada75US #117
#100Nell75

Boys

#1James2,120US #3
#2John1,541US #1
#3William1,338US #2
#4Willie987US #30
#5Robert920US #4
#6George686US #7
#7Charles528US #6
#8Thomas500US #10
#9Henry489US #14
#10Charlie414US #68
#11Joseph381US #5
#12Frank342US #9
#13Hugh309US #96
#14Walter305US #11
#15Joe291US #35
#16Edward253US #8
#17Albert232US #17
#18Fred217US #29
#19David212US #28
#20Roy208US #33
#21Jack205US #26
#22Clarence203US #24
#23Arthur197US #18
#24Paul174US #12
#25Ralph171US #21
#26Johnnie168US #115
#27Eddie162US #114
#28Leroy162US #63
#29Ernest159US #36
#30Eugene156US #39
#31Richard156US #15
#32Samuel156US #41
#33Harry154US #19
#34Sam146US #74
#35Lewis141US #71
#36Jesse140US #77
#37Carl132US #23
#38Jessie125US #117
#39Andrew122US #46
#40Harold119US #13
#41Woodrow119US #64
#42Herman116US #56
#43Horace115US #126
#44Otis115US #142
#45Clyde113US #62
#46Clifford111US #61
#47Herbert107US #40
#48Cecil105US #80
#49Luther102US #116
#50Marvin101US #66
#51Oscar101US #86
#52Raymond101US #16
#53Lee100US #83
#54Lester100US #59
#55Howard97US #25
#56Benjamin96US #79
#57Curtis96US #120
#58Grady96
#59Leonard96US #42
#60Louis94US #22
#61Tom93US #139
#62Earl91US #32
#63Hubert91US #113
#64Ben90US #119
#65Daniel89US #55
#66Rufus88US #197
#67Homer87US #103
#68Milton86US #72
#69Jim84US #177
#70Jimmie83US #179
#71Bennie80US #169
#72Claude76US #93
#73Floyd73US #60
#74Marion73US #110
#75Nathaniel73US #194
#76Edgar72US #88
#77Alfred69US #43
#78Earnest69US #155
#79Allen67US #101
#80Harvey67US #92
#81Alvin65US #82
#82Leon62US #85
#83Tommie62
#84Lonnie61
#85Willard58US #69
#86Melvin57US #57
#87Julian56US #187
#88Julius55US #111
#89Dorsey54
#90Emory54
#91Isaac54US #186
#92Johnie54
#93Roosevelt52
#94Alton51US #190
#95Gordon50US #90
#96Grover49US #193
#97Edwin48US #53
#98Elmer48US #45
#99Ira48US #149
#100Johnny48

On the move since 1915

Rising

↑22Hubert#63
↑20Hugh#13
↑19Clyde#45
↑13Johnnie#72
↑13Curtis#57
↑12Katherine#80
↑12Lester#54
↑11Irene#43

Falling

↓21Bertha#49
↓19Howard#55
↓19Claude#72
↓17Florence#83
↓15Jessie#36
↓15Rufus#66
↓14Edith#81
↓14Raymond#52

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1915 rankings.