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Top names in Georgia

The names most likely to appear on 1922 Georgia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 68,132 Georgia births in 1922 across 1,166 distinct names.

Distinctively Georgia

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

#50Gradyoutside the national top 200
#46Lucile#189 nationally
#60Essie#200 nationally
#57Rufus#188 nationally
#74Johnnieoutside the national top 200
#78Sallieoutside the national top 200
#81Lizzieoutside the national top 200
#75Katie#194 nationally
#63Julian#181 nationally
#84Tommieoutside the national top 200
#87Johnieoutside the national top 200
#62Susie#172 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,614US #1
#2Annie1,070US #30
#3Dorothy900US #2
#4Ruby639US #26
#5Louise620US #22
#6Mildred602US #8
#7Margaret580US #4
#8Willie566US #70
#9Frances549US #10
#10Martha533US #21
#11Ruth491US #5
#12Helen489US #3
#13Mattie457US #103
#14Elizabeth440US #9
#15Doris418US #11
#16Sarah408US #51
#17Evelyn406US #13
#18Gladys367US #25
#19Virginia361US #7
#20Lillie351US #85
#21Hazel346US #37
#22Thelma345US #31
#23Emma327US #50
#24Ethel314US #32
#25Lillian313US #19
#26Alice276US #15
#27Sara276US #118
#28Minnie268US #91
#29Rosa266US #123
#30Edna265US #29
#31Lois259US #35
#32Carrie251US #122
#33Marie251US #14
#34Bessie248US #81
#35Jessie242US #87
#36Grace228US #38
#37Clara225US #47
#38Nellie225US #83
#39Catherine222US #24
#40Bertha221US #63
#41Julia218US #60
#42Eva216US #64
#43Mamie211US #147
#44Betty202US #6
#45Pauline200US #36
#46Lucile193US #189
#47Fannie191US #135
#48Irene191US #17
#49Ella188US #90
#50Lula188US #142
#51Christine187US #116
#52Hattie185US #139
#53Ida185US #65
#54Lucille183US #33
#55Laura176US #68
#56Bernice175US #41
#57Anna174US #12
#58Beatrice174US #43
#59Juanita174US #57
#60Essie172US #200
#61Daisy167US #157
#62Susie167US #172
#63Vera160US #79
#64Inez156US #130
#65Agnes151US #62
#66Marjorie151US #16
#67Katherine149US #54
#68Myrtle147US #75
#69Edith146US #34
#70Eula144US #174
#71Eunice144US #119
#72Georgia141US #114
#73Lucy141US #93
#74Johnnie140
#75Katie139US #194
#76Mae137US #111
#77Geneva133US #110
#78Sallie132
#79Josephine131US #27
#80Alma130US #84
#81Lizzie130
#82Margie130US #100
#83Cora126US #140
#84Maggie126US #170
#85Florence120US #18
#86Nancy119US #78
#87Carolyn118US #144
#88Vivian104US #74
#89Elsie101US #59
#90Rose100US #23
#91Pearl99US #71
#92Viola99US #72
#93Addie97
#94Gertrude97US #48
#95Janie96
#96Jewell95
#97Kathryn94US #73
#98Marion94US #42
#99Ollie93
#100Emily92US #121

Boys

#1James2,572US #4
#2John1,724US #1
#3William1,660US #3
#4Robert1,230US #2
#5Willie1,181US #28
#6George803US #6
#7Charles720US #5
#8Thomas559US #11
#9Henry537US #17
#10Charlie427US #72
#11Joseph426US #7
#12Walter406US #15
#13Edward394US #8
#14Jack345US #18
#15Frank344US #10
#16Joe314US #35
#17Albert275US #20
#18Fred255US #33
#19Roy250US #32
#20Clarence247US #29
#21David243US #24
#22Ralph243US #23
#23Arthur228US #19
#24Harold227US #13
#25Eddie221US #112
#26Paul219US #14
#27Ernest199US #37
#28Johnnie198US #105
#29Samuel195US #43
#30Eugene188US #25
#31Richard180US #9
#32Howard179US #26
#33Leroy161US #55
#34Carl154US #30
#35Jessie154US #111
#36Harry151US #22
#37Luther149US #118
#38Jesse144US #81
#39Benjamin142US #82
#40Clifford141US #63
#41Raymond141US #16
#42Marvin140US #56
#43Horace131US #132
#44Lewis131US #75
#45Jimmie130US #140
#46Herman129US #66
#47Earl128US #31
#48Oscar123US #92
#49Cecil122US #85
#50Grady121
#51Otis120US #156
#52Clyde119US #67
#53Sam118US #84
#54Curtis115US #113
#55Homer112US #108
#56Marion109US #107
#57Rufus109US #188
#58Andrew108US #53
#59Herbert105US #40
#60Hubert104US #116
#61Lee99US #83
#62Leonard97US #38
#63Julian96US #181
#64Claude93US #97
#65Daniel93US #47
#66Earnest92US #143
#67Edwin90US #52
#68Bennie87US #166
#69Leon87US #77
#70Edgar86US #93
#71Hugh85US #120
#72Tom84US #145
#73Louis83US #27
#74Warren83US #45
#75Floyd81US #61
#76Harvey80US #88
#77Nathaniel80US #175
#78Milton79US #74
#79Ben78US #139
#80Alfred76US #42
#81Lester72US #69
#82Johnny71US #170
#83Jim70US #169
#84Tommie70
#85Alvin69US #73
#86Wallace69US #87
#87Johnie67
#88Calvin65US #128
#89Lonnie65US #195
#90Ray65US #65
#91Julius63US #129
#92Emory62
#93Donald61US #12
#94Moses60
#95Willis60US #133
#96Lawrence58US #36
#97Mack57
#98Morris57US #109
#99Virgil55US #99
#100Allen54US #95

On the move since 1921

Rising

↑27Betty#44
↑27Leon#69
↑19Earl#47
↑18Agnes#65
↑14Luther#37
↑13Lucile#46
↑13Clifford#40
↑13Leonard#62

Falling

↓28Alma#80
↓28Warren#74
↓17Andrew#58
↓17Allen#100
↓15Edith#69
↓15Hugh#71
↓13Marjorie#66
↓12Lee#61

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1921 rankings.