State roster

Top names in Georgia

The names most likely to appear on 1924 Georgia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 62,161 Georgia births in 1924 across 1,040 distinct names.

Distinctively Georgia

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

#43Gradyoutside the national top 200
#60Essieoutside the national top 200
#58Rufus#197 nationally
#59Johnnie#196 nationally
#68Lucileoutside the national top 200
#79Tommieoutside the national top 200
#55Susie#176 nationally
#81Emoryoutside the national top 200
#82Lizzieoutside the national top 200
#38Mamie#156 nationally
#86Janieoutside the national top 200
#87Sallieoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary2,503US #1
#2Annie929US #32
#3Dorothy898US #2
#4Mildred604US #8
#5Louise566US #24
#6Frances560US #10
#7Ruby547US #26
#8Martha541US #21
#9Margaret525US #5
#10Willie497US #68
#11Sarah472US #54
#12Helen465US #3
#13Doris450US #9
#14Ruth440US #6
#15Elizabeth437US #11
#16Evelyn390US #12
#17Virginia388US #7
#18Mattie373US #109
#19Betty348US #4
#20Hazel345US #42
#21Sara335US #116
#22Gladys323US #30
#23Lillie305US #97
#24Thelma286US #33
#25Edna278US #31
#26Minnie263US #100
#27Emma261US #57
#28Ethel258US #39
#29Lillian254US #23
#30Alice250US #15
#31Lois247US #22
#32Rosa245US #129
#33Clara229US #56
#34Carrie224US #135
#35Bessie219US #86
#36Julia206US #62
#37Catherine202US #27
#38Mamie200US #156
#39Marie199US #14
#40Grace197US #43
#41Ella191US #94
#42Juanita191US #48
#43Nellie191US #92
#44Jessie190US #91
#45Bertha188US #65
#46Hattie184US #149
#47Edith181US #36
#48Pauline181US #38
#49Eva176US #66
#50Ida171US #70
#51Fannie167US #152
#52Christine166US #115
#53Bernice164US #47
#54Lula162US #146
#55Susie161US #176
#56Laura158US #72
#57Lucille149US #37
#58Irene148US #18
#59Johnnie148US #196
#60Essie142
#61Marjorie142US #17
#62Beatrice141US #50
#63Katherine139US #59
#64Inez136US #144
#65Vera135US #85
#66Eula129US #177
#67Geneva129US #110
#68Lucile129
#69Georgia127US #113
#70Carolyn123US #127
#71Cora120US #155
#72Margie120US #102
#73Vivian120US #71
#74Alma119US #87
#75Marion117US #46
#76Myrtle117US #89
#77Anna116US #13
#78Agnes115US #63
#79Eunice115US #130
#80Mae115US #114
#81Maggie113US #181
#82Lizzie110
#83Lucy109US #98
#84Josephine107US #34
#85Daisy106US #166
#86Janie105
#87Sallie103
#88Viola102US #82
#89Florence101US #20
#90Katie99
#91Eloise93US #185
#92Geraldine92US #58
#93Nancy90US #69
#94Kathryn89US #81
#95Elsie86US #61
#96Jean84US #16
#97Rose83US #25
#98Ann81US #55
#99Emily81US #136
#100Gertrude81US #60

Boys

#1James2,356US #4
#2William1,576US #3
#3John1,511US #2
#4Robert1,109US #1
#5Willie1,021US #30
#6Charles720US #5
#7George706US #6
#8Thomas551US #11
#9Henry510US #18
#10Charlie411US #80
#11Walter367US #16
#12Joseph360US #7
#13Frank326US #12
#14Edward314US #9
#15Jack313US #17
#16Harold260US #13
#17Joe251US #35
#18Roy249US #31
#19David243US #24
#20Clarence235US #29
#21Albert215US #21
#22Arthur215US #20
#23Fred213US #32
#24Ralph205US #23
#25Johnnie204US #101
#26Richard203US #8
#27Paul189US #14
#28Calvin181US #44
#29Eddie171US #113
#30Eugene170US #25
#31Samuel168US #45
#32Ernest162US #37
#33Leroy156US #53
#34Harry155US #22
#35Howard153US #26
#36Raymond151US #15
#37Clifford141US #64
#38Lewis137US #77
#39Carl133US #27
#40Horace126US #143
#41Jessie124US #124
#42Luther124US #127
#43Grady123
#44Jimmie119US #132
#45Marvin118US #50
#46Jesse116US #86
#47Homer115US #109
#48Andrew114US #56
#49Oscar114US #99
#50Cecil113US #85
#51Hubert113US #115
#52Earl109US #33
#53Herman107US #70
#54Earnest105US #145
#55Benjamin102US #89
#56Curtis100US #117
#57Lee100US #83
#58Rufus99US #197
#59Louis97US #28
#60Clyde94US #69
#61Marion94US #112
#62Bennie92US #168
#63Claude87US #103
#64Hugh87US #116
#65Sam87US #91
#66Otis86US #158
#67Daniel84US #47
#68Leonard84US #38
#69Donald82US #10
#70Herbert82US #41
#71Johnny78US #152
#72Ray75US #60
#73Edwin74US #55
#74Allen73US #94
#75Lester73US #72
#76Nathaniel73US #180
#77Billy71US #63
#78Milton71US #81
#79Tommie71
#80Alvin69US #73
#81Emory67
#82Harvey67US #88
#83Leon66US #76
#84Melvin64US #48
#85Lawrence61US #36
#86Lonnie61US #196
#87Mack60
#88Ben58US #141
#89Jim58US #160
#90Julian58US #193
#91Floyd57US #66
#92Wallace57US #87
#93Warren56US #58
#94Edgar55US #96
#95Elmer55US #57
#96Junior55US #121
#97Julius53US #146
#98Norman53US #42
#99Dewey52US #186
#100Kenneth52US #19

On the move since 1923

Rising

↑32Calvin#28
↑24Homer#47
↑23Allen#74
↑22Luther#42
↑19Claude#63
↑19Donald#69
↑18Bennie#62
↑17Vivian#73

Falling

↓27Warren#93
↓23Wallace#92
↓22Herbert#70
↓20Daisy#85
↓20Leon#83
↓17Lawrence#85
↓16Otis#66
↓15Benjamin#55

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1923 rankings.