State roster

Top names in Georgia

The names most likely to appear on 1919 Georgia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 68,162 Georgia births in 1919 across 1,160 distinct names.

Distinctively Georgia

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

#48Gradyoutside the national top 200
#59Lizzieoutside the national top 200
#51Essie#189 nationally
#72Sallieoutside the national top 200
#77Tommieoutside the national top 200
#70Rufus#190 nationally
#81Johnnieoutside the national top 200
#84Lonnieoutside the national top 200
#91Mackoutside the national top 200
#44Lucile#152 nationally
#88Ollie#195 nationally
#94Jewelloutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary2,386US #1
#2Annie1,082US #35
#3Ruby694US #24
#4Willie647US #61
#5Dorothy614US #3
#6Louise604US #20
#7Frances553US #9
#8Mildred545US #6
#9Margaret542US #4
#10Ruth500US #5
#11Mattie488US #95
#12Elizabeth486US #8
#13Martha448US #25
#14Sarah440US #46
#15Helen428US #2
#16Evelyn388US #11
#17Lillie369US #81
#18Thelma364US #31
#19Ethel357US #28
#20Gladys347US #21
#21Emma316US #45
#22Edna312US #22
#23Bessie311US #59
#24Alice309US #13
#25Virginia303US #7
#26Sara300US #112
#27Rosa297US #110
#28Carrie286US #111
#29Minnie284US #80
#30Marie281US #12
#31Lillian278US #17
#32Doris272US #18
#33Jessie262US #75
#34Hazel257US #32
#35Grace256US #34
#36Mamie251US #132
#37Fannie245US #121
#38Lois241US #40
#39Lucille233US #27
#40Eva230US #55
#41Beatrice223US #41
#42Ida223US #57
#43Nellie220US #69
#44Lucile219US #152
#45Pauline217US #36
#46Julia214US #48
#47Bertha213US #52
#48Hattie212US #125
#49Irene212US #16
#50Clara206US #43
#51Essie198US #189
#52Ella196US #87
#53Susie185US #151
#54Bernice180US #42
#55Anna179US #10
#56Lula177US #134
#57Catherine171US #23
#58Georgia170US #106
#59Lizzie170
#60Eula166US #159
#61Inez164US #117
#62Cora163US #122
#63Alma161US #76
#64Mae160US #99
#65Christine159US #116
#66Lucy156US #91
#67Maggie154US #155
#68Vera153US #65
#69Laura152US #71
#70Edith149US #29
#71Daisy148US #148
#72Sallie144
#73Myrtle139US #67
#74Agnes137US #50
#75Juanita136US #73
#76Gertrude132US #39
#77Eunice128US #119
#78Florence128US #14
#79Geneva128US #107
#80Katie127US #183
#81Johnnie126
#82Katherine126US #51
#83Pearl120US #56
#84Viola120US #58
#85Marjorie117US #33
#86Josephine115US #26
#87Lena110US #94
#88Ollie110US #195
#89Alberta103US #120
#90Elsie102US #47
#91Rose100US #19
#92Rosie99US #158
#93Vivian99US #72
#94Jewell97
#95Addie96
#96Nancy96US #100
#97Ola96
#98Betty93US #15
#99Eleanor92US #30
#100Ann91US #49

Boys

#1James2,499US #3
#2John1,844US #1
#3William1,638US #2
#4Willie1,218US #23
#5Robert1,110US #4
#6George809US #6
#7Thomas621US #10
#8Charles582US #5
#9Henry560US #16
#10Charlie503US #66
#11Joseph425US #7
#12Walter401US #11
#13Frank381US #9
#14Edward313US #8
#15Albert306US #18
#16Joe296US #35
#17Roy276US #32
#18Jack274US #21
#19Arthur265US #19
#20Fred251US #30
#21Johnnie237US #95
#22Clarence225US #25
#23Ralph219US #22
#24Eddie216US #99
#25David207US #27
#26Samuel204US #43
#27Leroy193US #55
#28Paul192US #15
#29Ernest190US #36
#30Richard190US #12
#31Harold178US #13
#32Eugene167US #33
#33Howard164US #24
#34Sam153US #75
#35Carl151US #29
#36Hugh148US #114
#37Harry147US #20
#38Jesse146US #77
#39Lewis143US #74
#40Jessie142US #109
#41Herbert140US #40
#42Oscar137US #88
#43Raymond135US #14
#44Jimmie134US #143
#45Marvin129US #63
#46Clifford128US #60
#47Luther126US #117
#48Grady121
#49Woodrow120US #91
#50Herman118US #61
#51Otis118US #146
#52Andrew117US #47
#53Clyde117US #67
#54Hubert116US #115
#55Benjamin113US #79
#56Bennie112US #162
#57Earnest111US #139
#58Homer111US #104
#59Curtis110US #120
#60Lee107US #82
#61Cecil106US #78
#62Louis103US #28
#63Earl101US #31
#64Horace99US #127
#65Lester99US #62
#66Alfred95US #42
#67Daniel95US #51
#68Tom95US #140
#69Claude94US #92
#70Rufus94US #190
#71Alvin90US #76
#72Ben89US #126
#73Marion88US #106
#74Nathaniel87US #175
#75Floyd86US #59
#76Jim84US #158
#77Tommie83
#78Milton81US #73
#79Julius80US #123
#80Edgar78US #89
#81Leonard77US #39
#82Harvey76US #85
#83Julian76US #186
#84Lonnie76
#85Lawrence74US #38
#86Melvin73US #56
#87Leon70US #80
#88Allen69US #101
#89Edwin68US #52
#90Ray68US #69
#91Mack65
#92Wallace65US #107
#93Chester63US #53
#94Elmer59US #44
#95Freddie58
#96Warren58US #83
#97Dan56US #174
#98Johnie56US #196
#99Vernon56US #65
#100Willard56US #87

On the move since 1918

Rising

↑28Lester#65
↑18Alvin#71
↑17Marvin#45
↑16Luther#47
↑14Bernice#54
↑14Juanita#75
↑13Cora#62
↑13Mae#64

Falling

↓24Johnnie#81
↓22Eunice#77
↓22Johnie#98
↓20Woodrow#49
↓18Daisy#71
↓18Rufus#70
↓15Addie#95
↓15Horace#64

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1918 rankings.