State roster

Top names in Georgia

The names most likely to appear on 1920 Georgia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 69,426 Georgia births in 1920 across 1,155 distinct names.

Distinctively Georgia

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

#52Gradyoutside the national top 200
#62Essie#197 nationally
#66Lizzieoutside the national top 200
#57Rufus#188 nationally
#81Sallieoutside the national top 200
#48Lucile#166 nationally
#87Johnnieoutside the national top 200
#51Susie#163 nationally
#89Jewelloutside the national top 200
#74Katie#184 nationally
#91Tommieoutside the national top 200
#92Ollieoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary2,538US #1
#2Annie1,048US #35
#3Dorothy769US #2
#4Ruby667US #26
#5Willie623US #74
#6Louise616US #19
#7Margaret601US #4
#8Mildred594US #6
#9Frances590US #9
#10Elizabeth523US #8
#11Ruth519US #5
#12Martha501US #23
#13Mattie479US #96
#14Helen442US #3
#15Sarah428US #50
#16Evelyn411US #12
#17Gladys398US #22
#18Virginia338US #7
#19Lillie320US #90
#20Edna318US #27
#21Doris316US #14
#22Bessie314US #71
#23Sara313US #111
#24Rosa298US #116
#25Ethel296US #30
#26Thelma295US #31
#27Lois291US #38
#28Emma287US #46
#29Hazel287US #34
#30Lillian283US #18
#31Marie278US #13
#32Grace274US #37
#33Minnie269US #87
#34Alice265US #15
#35Jessie249US #84
#36Fannie247US #127
#37Carrie244US #121
#38Nellie244US #76
#39Eva231US #58
#40Ida227US #66
#41Mamie219US #142
#42Bertha218US #57
#43Clara218US #44
#44Ella218US #88
#45Julia218US #55
#46Irene215US #17
#47Pauline208US #36
#48Lucile204US #166
#49Catherine203US #21
#50Lucille200US #29
#51Susie200US #163
#52Hattie197US #132
#53Alma189US #80
#54Anna185US #10
#55Inez183US #122
#56Beatrice182US #41
#57Edith180US #32
#58Laura178US #63
#59Myrtle178US #68
#60Lula175US #139
#61Vera169US #75
#62Essie163US #197
#63Katherine162US #45
#64Eunice160US #115
#65Christine155US #118
#66Lizzie152
#67Florence151US #16
#68Daisy147US #155
#69Agnes143US #54
#70Juanita143US #61
#71Lucy141US #94
#72Georgia139US #113
#73Josephine138US #28
#74Katie138US #184
#75Mae138US #99
#76Cora133US #137
#77Eula131US #169
#78Marjorie127US #24
#79Bernice126US #40
#80Pearl125US #62
#81Sallie123
#82Geneva120US #106
#83Gertrude117US #42
#84Viola116US #59
#85Maggie114US #172
#86Betty109US #11
#87Johnnie108
#88Nancy105US #95
#89Jewell104
#90Kathleen102US #91
#91Elsie100US #51
#92Ollie100
#93Addie98
#94Eloise97US #178
#95Rosie96US #162
#96Rose94US #20
#97Ann92US #49
#98Carolyn90US #150
#99Marion90US #43
#100Nettie89US #181

Boys

#1James2,750US #4
#2John1,819US #1
#3William1,743US #2
#4Robert1,290US #3
#5Willie1,185US #29
#6George866US #6
#7Thomas676US #11
#8Charles675US #5
#9Henry536US #17
#10Charlie478US #70
#11Joseph460US #7
#12Walter400US #13
#13Frank382US #9
#14Edward343US #8
#15Joe317US #35
#16Albert279US #19
#17Jack278US #20
#18Ralph272US #22
#19Roy267US #32
#20Arthur258US #18
#21Fred257US #33
#22Paul253US #14
#23Clarence249US #26
#24David239US #25
#25Samuel213US #44
#26Johnnie209US #99
#27Eddie202US #104
#28Richard198US #10
#29Ernest188US #37
#30Harold184US #12
#31Howard183US #24
#32Eugene182US #30
#33Leroy180US #56
#34Raymond167US #15
#35Harry165US #21
#36Jessie153US #111
#37Carl151US #27
#38Clyde145US #68
#39Lewis142US #72
#40Clifford141US #59
#41Jesse141US #79
#42Herbert140US #41
#43Sam139US #84
#44Horace135US #128
#45Marvin135US #62
#46Otis133US #146
#47Andrew131US #49
#48Benjamin131US #83
#49Cecil130US #77
#50Herman130US #66
#51Oscar128US #90
#52Grady122
#53Louis121US #28
#54Luther120US #123
#55Jimmie117US #147
#56Lee117US #82
#57Rufus116US #188
#58Marion115US #109
#59Homer112US #100
#60Tom110US #131
#61Hubert109US #113
#62Earl108US #31
#63Bennie107US #161
#64Earnest107US #140
#65Curtis106US #120
#66Hugh105US #115
#67Nathaniel104US #166
#68Leonard102US #38
#69Warren99US #39
#70Claude97US #92
#71Leon94US #75
#72Milton88US #74
#73Daniel85US #52
#74Lester84US #69
#75Alvin82US #76
#76Alfred81US #42
#77Floyd80US #61
#78Ben78US #137
#79Edgar78US #89
#80Ray78US #67
#81Melvin76US #54
#82Harvey75US #87
#83Lawrence73US #36
#84Lonnie72US #186
#85Wallace72US #93
#86Edwin71US #53
#87Woodrow71US #183
#88Jim69US #165
#89Julius69US #125
#90Julian67US #195
#91Tommie67
#92Willis67US #133
#93Johnny66US #184
#94Roosevelt63
#95Bill62US #121
#96Emory61
#97Norman61US #47
#98Isaac59US #191
#99Johnie59US #192
#100Mack59

On the move since 1919

Rising

↑27Warren#69
↑20Horace#44
↑19Katherine#63
↑16Leon#71
↑15Clyde#38
↑15Marion#58
↑14Myrtle#59
↑13Edith#57

Falling

↓38Woodrow#87
↓30Hugh#66
↓25Bernice#79
↓18Maggie#85
↓17Eula#77
↓15Beatrice#56
↓14Georgia#72
↓14Cora#76

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1919 rankings.