State roster

Top names in Georgia

The names most likely to appear on 1917 Georgia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 57,418 Georgia births in 1917 across 1,064 distinct names.

Distinctively Georgia

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

#45Gradyoutside the national top 200
#51Essie#194 nationally
#63Sallieoutside the national top 200
#65Lizzieoutside the national top 200
#53Rufus#187 nationally
#65Lonnie#196 nationally
#74Johnnieoutside the national top 200
#70Nathaniel#189 nationally
#83Tommieoutside the national top 200
#82Katie#199 nationally
#84Ollieoutside the national top 200
#60Jimmie#176 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,025US #1
#2Annie928US #35
#3Ruby594US #27
#4Willie523US #72
#5Frances491US #9
#6Ruth470US #5
#7Louise468US #19
#8Mattie458US #94
#9Mildred455US #6
#10Martha419US #22
#11Margaret416US #4
#12Dorothy411US #3
#13Elizabeth378US #8
#14Sarah343US #52
#15Lillie330US #86
#16Evelyn310US #11
#17Helen308US #2
#18Gladys306US #23
#19Edna287US #20
#20Thelma275US #32
#21Lillian272US #15
#22Ethel270US #24
#23Rosa268US #121
#24Minnie259US #75
#25Sara259US #107
#26Marie258US #12
#27Emma249US #46
#28Bessie245US #61
#29Lois245US #43
#30Virginia236US #10
#31Jessie234US #70
#32Alice232US #13
#33Grace221US #30
#34Pauline216US #33
#35Carrie214US #109
#36Eva213US #54
#37Lucile213US #142
#38Mamie210US #130
#39Hazel209US #31
#40Fannie208US #115
#41Ida202US #56
#42Clara201US #41
#43Julia199US #47
#44Lucille195US #29
#45Ella192US #83
#46Nellie192US #64
#47Susie185US #159
#48Irene180US #17
#49Doris179US #25
#50Bertha175US #51
#51Essie168US #194
#52Inez167US #110
#53Hattie164US #118
#54Alma160US #71
#55Edith158US #28
#56Beatrice155US #39
#57Lula154US #135
#58Maggie146US #161
#59Myrtle139US #58
#60Georgia138US #105
#61Anna137US #7
#62Daisy137US #150
#63Sallie134
#64Cora130US #126
#65Lizzie129
#66Florence128US #14
#67Eula127US #172
#68Eunice125US #111
#69Vera125US #66
#70Catherine123US #18
#71Laura118US #65
#72Agnes117US #48
#73Bernice116US #42
#74Johnnie116
#75Christine115US #120
#76Mae115US #96
#77Lucy113US #88
#78Pearl112US #57
#79Gertrude111US #37
#80Betty108US #34
#81Lena102US #85
#82Katie101US #199
#83Rose100US #16
#84Ollie97
#85Katherine95US #49
#86Nettie95US #178
#87Janie94
#88Josephine94US #21
#89Alberta91US #122
#90Viola90US #59
#91Elsie85US #50
#92Addie84
#93Geneva84US #113
#94Nancy84US #98
#95Beulah80US #102
#96Marjorie79US #36
#97Marion78US #45
#98Kathryn77US #60
#99Ola77
#100Flora76US #145

Boys

#1James2,083US #3
#2John1,556US #1
#3William1,404US #2
#4Willie1,029US #31
#5Robert996US #4
#6George727US #6
#7Thomas548US #10
#8Henry538US #15
#9Charles515US #7
#10Charlie404US #67
#11Joseph394US #5
#12Walter359US #11
#13Frank298US #9
#14Edward289US #8
#15Joe267US #35
#16Albert252US #18
#17Jack237US #22
#18Roy218US #33
#19Clarence215US #25
#20Fred205US #29
#21Ernest201US #37
#22Paul199US #13
#23David193US #28
#24Ralph187US #21
#25Leroy186US #60
#26Johnnie183US #111
#27Arthur181US #17
#28Richard166US #14
#29Eddie160US #118
#30Samuel159US #42
#31Eugene158US #39
#32Jessie147US #114
#33Hugh138US #110
#34Howard134US #26
#35Harry131US #19
#36Jesse130US #79
#37Carl129US #24
#38Lewis129US #70
#39Sam124US #72
#40Woodrow123US #73
#41Oscar122US #87
#42Horace119US #125
#43Otis118US #145
#44Andrew117US #48
#45Grady115
#46Herman109US #58
#47Herbert107US #40
#48Clifford104US #59
#49Luther104US #116
#50Clyde103US #64
#51Harold103US #12
#52Curtis100US #121
#53Rufus98US #187
#54Hubert97US #115
#55Marion95US #108
#56Raymond94US #16
#57Louis92US #23
#58Cecil89US #83
#59Homer89US #102
#60Jimmie89US #176
#61Lee89US #85
#62Earnest86US #143
#63Marvin86US #68
#64Earl82US #32
#65Lonnie81US #196
#66Leonard78US #41
#67Benjamin77US #76
#68Edgar77US #88
#69Leon76US #82
#70Nathaniel73US #189
#71Alfred71US #43
#72Ben71US #129
#73Bennie70US #172
#74Jim69US #163
#75Lester68US #61
#76Tom68US #139
#77Claude67US #98
#78Alvin66US #81
#79Julian66US #186
#80Julius65US #113
#81Floyd63US #62
#82Lawrence63US #36
#83Tommie63
#84Harvey61US #90
#85Allen58US #100
#86Daniel57US #54
#87Milton57US #75
#88Norman57US #46
#89Willard56US #80
#90Mack55
#91Edwin54US #55
#92Johnie54
#93Melvin52US #57
#94Alton50US #195
#95Ray50US #74
#96Wallace50US #123
#97Gordon49US #84
#98Lloyd49US #53
#99Elmer48US #45
#100Oliver46US #127

On the move since 1916

Rising

↑26Edith#55
↑21Howard#34
↑19Marion#55
↑19Lonnie#65
↑17Florence#66
↑16Earnest#62
↑14Lucile#37
↑13Pauline#34

Falling

↓21Lester#75
↓21Daniel#86
↓20Hugh#33
↓19Pearl#78
↓19Milton#87
↓16Gertrude#79
↓15Hattie#53
↓15Tom#76

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1916 rankings.