State roster

Top names in Georgia

The names most likely to appear on 1921 Georgia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 67,727 Georgia births in 1921 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.

#45Gradyoutside the national top 200
#70Lizzieoutside the national top 200
#69Essie#199 nationally
#63Rufus#191 nationally
#75Johnnieoutside the national top 200
#59Lucile#178 nationally
#82Katieoutside the national top 200
#82Tommieoutside the national top 200
#84Lonnieoutside the national top 200
#86Emoryoutside the national top 200
#87Sallieoutside the national top 200
#69Bennie#181 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,474US #1
#2Annie1,005US #36
#3Dorothy882US #2
#4Mildred666US #7
#5Margaret616US #4
#6Ruby610US #26
#7Louise607US #22
#8Willie554US #74
#9Frances537US #9
#10Martha523US #21
#11Elizabeth512US #10
#12Mattie477US #105
#13Helen469US #3
#14Ruth462US #5
#15Sarah449US #54
#16Evelyn394US #12
#17Virginia394US #6
#18Gladys376US #24
#19Doris372US #13
#20Lillie320US #94
#21Sara317US #115
#22Edna313US #27
#23Marie307US #14
#24Thelma302US #30
#25Ethel300US #32
#26Emma296US #52
#27Hazel296US #34
#28Lois285US #38
#29Lillian275US #19
#30Rosa266US #131
#31Alice251US #15
#32Carrie251US #126
#33Minnie250US #96
#34Grace241US #35
#35Bessie235US #75
#36Jessie234US #91
#37Fannie230US #135
#38Julia226US #58
#39Bertha216US #59
#40Clara211US #45
#41Pauline210US #37
#42Ella207US #89
#43Nellie198US #80
#44Hattie197US #144
#45Ida197US #67
#46Catherine196US #23
#47Irene192US #18
#48Lucille191US #31
#49Mamie190US #150
#50Eva186US #63
#51Christine178US #118
#52Alma175US #78
#53Marjorie174US #16
#54Edith170US #33
#55Bernice168US #39
#56Beatrice166US #41
#57Lula166US #143
#58Inez165US #127
#59Lucile162US #178
#60Anna159US #11
#61Susie158US #168
#62Myrtle157US #73
#63Vera155US #76
#64Laura152US #71
#65Juanita150US #57
#66Geneva149US #113
#67Daisy143US #160
#68Katherine141US #49
#69Essie140US #199
#70Lizzie139
#71Betty138US #8
#72Georgia138US #117
#73Eunice137US #120
#74Florence134US #17
#75Johnnie134
#76Maggie132US #173
#77Cora131US #140
#78Eula127US #170
#79Mae127US #110
#80Lucy123US #93
#81Josephine118US #28
#82Katie118
#83Agnes115US #56
#84Eloise112US #164
#85Gertrude110US #46
#86Vivian110US #68
#87Sallie108
#88Kathryn100US #64
#89Marion99US #43
#90Nancy96US #87
#91Addie95
#92Carolyn94US #146
#93Ollie93
#94Viola93US #66
#95Geraldine92US #62
#96Elsie91US #55
#97Janie89
#98Ola88
#99Pearl88US #65
#100Ann87US #53

Boys

#1James2,619US #4
#2John1,802US #1
#3William1,705US #3
#4Robert1,215US #2
#5Willie1,103US #34
#6George799US #6
#7Charles723US #5
#8Thomas666US #11
#9Henry602US #17
#10Joseph483US #7
#11Charlie455US #76
#12Walter377US #15
#13Edward346US #8
#14Frank332US #9
#15Joe319US #36
#16Jack298US #18
#17Roy280US #32
#18Ralph271US #23
#19David253US #25
#20Albert248US #20
#21Arthur245US #19
#22Clarence239US #28
#23Harold227US #12
#24Fred219US #33
#25Paul214US #14
#26Johnnie212US #108
#27Leroy209US #55
#28Ernest207US #38
#29Eddie202US #118
#30Eugene202US #26
#31Richard201US #10
#32Howard179US #27
#33Samuel178US #44
#34Marvin176US #59
#35Raymond165US #16
#36Carl157US #30
#37Harry153US #21
#38Jesse153US #77
#39Jessie146US #117
#40Benjamin144US #82
#41Andrew141US #51
#42Cecil139US #79
#43Horace139US #129
#44Lewis139US #71
#45Grady134
#46Warren133US #24
#47Sam125US #85
#48Jimmie124US #147
#49Lee123US #86
#50Herbert122US #42
#51Luther119US #123
#52Herman117US #64
#53Clifford115US #62
#54Marion113US #102
#55Otis112US #151
#56Hugh111US #120
#57Oscar111US #92
#58Curtis108US #122
#59Earnest106US #138
#60Homer104US #105
#61Clyde102US #69
#62Hubert101US #115
#63Rufus101US #191
#64Daniel100US #49
#65Louis97US #29
#66Earl95US #31
#67Tom93US #144
#68Alfred86US #43
#69Bennie86US #181
#70Edwin86US #54
#71Claude84US #96
#72Lester78US #66
#73Julian77US #182
#74Edgar76US #90
#75Leonard76US #39
#76Nathaniel76US #187
#77Milton74US #75
#78Alvin73US #73
#79Floyd71US #63
#80Harvey71US #87
#81Melvin71US #53
#82Tommie70
#83Allen69US #94
#84Lonnie69
#85Lawrence68US #37
#86Emory66
#87Johnny65US #175
#88Ben64US #139
#89Jim62US #165
#90Clinton60US #169
#91Julius60US #128
#92Wallace60US #88
#93Willis60US #133
#94Oliver59US #135
#95Ray59US #67
#96Leon58US #74
#97Elmer57US #48
#98Kenneth55US #22
#99Sidney55US #110
#100Grover54US #198

On the move since 1920

Rising

↑25Marjorie#53
↑24Bernice#55
↑23Warren#46
↑17Julian#73
↑16Geneva#66
↑16Edwin#70
↑15Betty#71
↑14Christine#51

Falling

↓25Leon#96
↓23Clyde#61
↓19Pearl#99
↓15Ray#95
↓14Agnes#83
↓13Bessie#35
↓13Clifford#53
↓12Louis#65

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1920 rankings.