State roster

Top names in Georgia

The names most likely to appear on 1918 Georgia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 63,564 Georgia births in 1918 across 1,118 distinct names.

Distinctively Georgia

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

#54Gradyoutside the national top 200
#57Johnnieoutside the national top 200
#59Lizzieoutside the national top 200
#54Essie#194 nationally
#52Rufus#183 nationally
#69Lonnie#195 nationally
#76Johnieoutside the national top 200
#80Addieoutside the national top 200
#79Johnny#199 nationally
#81Sallieoutside the national top 200
#41Susie#159 nationally
#85Tommieoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary2,203US #1
#2Annie1,017US #36
#3Ruby653US #27
#4Willie572US #70
#5Ruth532US #5
#6Louise522US #18
#7Dorothy505US #3
#8Frances479US #8
#9Margaret469US #4
#10Mattie437US #100
#11Martha432US #25
#12Mildred429US #6
#13Elizabeth417US #9
#14Helen406US #2
#15Sarah371US #52
#16Lillie355US #89
#17Gladys354US #22
#18Ethel338US #28
#19Evelyn338US #11
#20Thelma338US #32
#21Sara312US #109
#22Edna292US #23
#23Marie292US #12
#24Emma282US #46
#25Jessie282US #75
#26Grace278US #31
#27Lillian273US #15
#28Lois272US #42
#29Alice267US #13
#30Virginia263US #7
#31Bessie258US #61
#32Rosa252US #117
#33Minnie247US #88
#34Carrie242US #113
#35Hazel231US #33
#36Bertha230US #51
#37Julia229US #48
#38Mamie226US #137
#39Nellie218US #65
#40Doris211US #19
#41Susie211US #159
#42Fannie209US #120
#43Lucile209US #156
#44Irene208US #16
#45Eva207US #55
#46Ella206US #84
#47Beatrice203US #40
#48Clara203US #43
#49Hattie203US #121
#50Ida201US #57
#51Lucille201US #29
#52Pauline196US #35
#53Daisy180US #149
#54Essie176US #194
#55Eunice164US #111
#56Anna163US #10
#57Johnnie161
#58Inez159US #115
#59Lizzie159
#60Lula159US #132
#61Lucy156US #90
#62Catherine154US #20
#63Alma149US #73
#64Myrtle149US #62
#65Vera148US #68
#66Georgia146US #107
#67Florence145US #14
#68Bernice143US #41
#69Christine139US #119
#70Eula135US #168
#71Maggie135US #158
#72Edith130US #30
#73Katherine129US #50
#74Laura129US #64
#75Cora126US #124
#76Pearl125US #56
#77Mae123US #95
#78Geneva122US #112
#79Gertrude120US #39
#80Addie115
#81Sallie112
#82Josephine110US #24
#83Viola110US #59
#84Katie108US #195
#85Agnes106US #47
#86Marjorie105US #34
#87Jewell100
#88Janie96
#89Juanita94US #85
#90Lena94US #93
#91Marion93US #45
#92Rose92US #17
#93Ollie91
#94Nettie90US #175
#95Alberta88US #122
#96Ola87
#97Rosie86US #174
#98Elsie85US #49
#99Ann84US #44
#100Nancy84US #102

Boys

#1James2,281US #3
#2John1,701US #1
#3William1,580US #2
#4Willie1,116US #29
#5Robert1,086US #4
#6George762US #6
#7Charles579US #5
#8Thomas547US #10
#9Henry515US #16
#10Joseph468US #7
#11Charlie447US #70
#12Frank372US #9
#13Walter347US #11
#14Joe326US #34
#15Edward310US #8
#16Jack280US #21
#17Albert252US #19
#18Fred246US #33
#19Ralph229US #22
#20Roy223US #32
#21David216US #28
#22Arthur213US #17
#23Paul212US #14
#24Clarence210US #23
#25Eddie202US #117
#26Johnnie194US #110
#27Ernest191US #37
#28Richard185US #12
#29Woodrow183US #58
#30Samuel176US #43
#31Harry160US #20
#32Leroy158US #57
#33Harold156US #13
#34Jesse155US #78
#35Eugene151US #35
#36Howard151US #26
#37Sam149US #75
#38Raymond148US #15
#39Lewis146US #74
#40Carl144US #25
#41Oscar138US #87
#42Herbert137US #40
#43Hugh132US #112
#44Andrew130US #46
#45Jessie129US #120
#46Clifford123US #60
#47Hubert123US #114
#48Homer121US #100
#49Horace119US #132
#50Jimmie119US #159
#51Otis118US #151
#52Rufus116US #183
#53Lee113US #86
#54Grady112
#55Clyde110US #67
#56Benjamin107US #79
#57Louis104US #24
#58Claude102US #95
#59Earnest101US #142
#60Herman101US #65
#61Cecil98US #82
#62Marvin97US #68
#63Luther96US #119
#64Ben95US #128
#65Earl94US #31
#66Tom94US #139
#67Alfred93US #42
#68Bennie93US #167
#69Lonnie91US #195
#70Marion91US #107
#71Curtis88US #123
#72Jim82US #165
#73Floyd81US #61
#74Daniel80US #52
#75Leonard78US #41
#76Johnie76
#77Leon75US #77
#78Harvey73US #88
#79Johnny72US #199
#80Julian69US #182
#81Milton69US #76
#82Nathaniel69US #193
#83Wilson68US #122
#84Edgar67US #89
#85Tommie66
#86Bill64US #143
#87Allen63US #98
#88Lawrence62US #38
#89Alvin61US #80
#90Ray61US #69
#91Melvin60US #56
#92Julius59US #118
#93Lester59US #62
#94Lloyd57US #51
#95Grover56US #188
#96Edwin54US #55
#97Mack54
#98Sidney53US #94
#99Theodore53US #64
#100Will52

On the move since 1917

Rising

↑19Claude#58
↑18Harold#33
↑18Raymond#38
↑17Johnnie#57
↑16Lucy#61
↑16Johnie#76
↑15Geneva#78
↑14Bertha#36

Falling

↓19Curtis#71
↓18Pauline#52
↓18Sallie#81
↓18Lester#93
↓17Edith#72
↓16Edgar#84
↓15Marion#70
↓14Herman#60

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1917 rankings.