State roster

Top names in Georgia

The names most likely to appear on 1925 Georgia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 63,174 Georgia births in 1925 across 1,047 distinct names.

Distinctively Georgia

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

#41Gradyoutside the national top 200
#52Rufusoutside the national top 200
#61Lizzieoutside the national top 200
#62Lucileoutside the national top 200
#58Johnnie#189 nationally
#46Susie#172 nationally
#37Mamie#160 nationally
#81Essieoutside the national top 200
#82Katieoutside the national top 200
#85Freddieoutside the national top 200
#86Sallieoutside the national top 200
#84Julian#195 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,557US #1
#2Annie1,012US #32
#3Dorothy952US #2
#4Mildred555US #9
#5Ruby548US #30
#6Willie544US #68
#7Frances532US #11
#8Martha532US #23
#9Margaret515US #5
#10Louise505US #27
#11Betty494US #3
#12Helen468US #4
#13Mattie451US #100
#14Doris445US #8
#15Elizabeth438US #10
#16Ruth438US #6
#17Sarah401US #58
#18Evelyn347US #12
#19Virginia333US #7
#20Lillie323US #91
#21Hazel322US #45
#22Thelma313US #35
#23Gladys305US #33
#24Sara302US #133
#25Ethel298US #43
#26Edna293US #37
#27Lois265US #18
#28Emma263US #57
#29Lillian257US #25
#30Rosa249US #125
#31Marie248US #16
#32Alice237US #15
#33Bessie227US #87
#34Carrie227US #134
#35Catherine222US #29
#36Juanita221US #49
#37Mamie220US #160
#38Clara217US #55
#39Minnie209US #104
#40Julia205US #65
#41Grace196US #44
#42Hattie194US #148
#43Nellie193US #98
#44Pauline193US #38
#45Jessie191US #97
#46Susie186US #172
#47Christine184US #123
#48Lula184US #149
#49Eva170US #71
#50Ida168US #82
#51Fannie167US #151
#52Ella166US #93
#53Geneva165US #109
#54Bernice159US #46
#55Beatrice157US #50
#56Marjorie157US #21
#57Irene155US #19
#58Johnnie152US #189
#59Bertha151US #74
#60Inez146US #139
#61Lizzie144
#62Lucile143
#63Edith140US #42
#64Lucille138US #41
#65Laura137US #75
#66Georgia133US #112
#67Mae131US #116
#68Anna130US #13
#69Daisy130US #169
#70Alma128US #94
#71Eunice128US #130
#72Lucy128US #102
#73Vera125US #86
#74Margie124US #99
#75Carolyn121US #127
#76Eula119US #182
#77Katherine119US #61
#78Maggie118US #179
#79Myrtle117US #95
#80Agnes116US #69
#81Essie115
#82Katie112
#83Marion112US #47
#84Gloria109US #20
#85Josephine105US #36
#86Sallie105
#87Cora97US #150
#88Rose95US #26
#89Eloise92US #180
#90Geraldine91US #54
#91Lena91US #124
#92Viola91US #84
#93Addie89
#94Jean89US #14
#95Kathryn89US #88
#96Vivian88US #76
#97Mable87US #166
#98Ola86
#99Anne85US #85
#100Elsie85US #63

Boys

#1James2,430US #4
#2John1,554US #2
#3William1,553US #3
#4Willie1,180US #27
#5Robert1,146US #1
#6George734US #6
#7Charles625US #5
#8Thomas569US #11
#9Henry558US #18
#10Charlie426US #78
#11Joseph402US #7
#12Walter361US #16
#13Jack317US #17
#14Frank313US #12
#15Edward312US #9
#16Harold264US #14
#17Roy249US #32
#18David238US #22
#19Joe232US #34
#20Johnnie219US #100
#21Ralph219US #25
#22Fred216US #33
#23Richard216US #8
#24Albert214US #21
#25Clarence213US #30
#26Paul213US #13
#27Eddie210US #101
#28Eugene195US #24
#29Arthur190US #20
#30Ernest178US #37
#31Howard176US #26
#32Raymond175US #15
#33Samuel173US #46
#34Harry171US #23
#35Calvin148US #47
#36Lewis145US #79
#37Carl139US #28
#38Leroy138US #52
#39Clifford133US #59
#40Jesse126US #85
#41Grady124
#42Marvin124US #51
#43Curtis117US #118
#44Jimmie117US #121
#45Horace113US #145
#46Earl112US #31
#47Jessie112US #123
#48Andrew110US #56
#49Luther108US #132
#50Benjamin107US #93
#51Oscar107US #99
#52Rufus107
#53Clyde105US #68
#54Cecil104US #87
#55Billy102US #49
#56Marion102US #109
#57Alvin99US #70
#58Herman99US #69
#59Lee99US #82
#60Earnest98US #148
#61Herbert98US #42
#62Sam98US #91
#63Claude95US #102
#64Floyd95US #58
#65Melvin94US #50
#66Otis91US #159
#67Bennie87US #169
#68Nathaniel87US #178
#69Leonard82US #38
#70Hugh81US #127
#71Louis81US #29
#72Milton80US #80
#73Donald79US #10
#74Alfred78US #43
#75Homer78US #116
#76Johnny76US #142
#77Hubert75US #124
#78Ray75US #64
#79Edgar73US #96
#80Ben72US #153
#81Edwin72US #57
#82Leon72US #76
#83Tom71US #138
#84Julian69US #195
#85Freddie68
#86Willis66US #139
#87Allen65US #94
#88Lester64US #81
#89Lonnie63US #200
#90Wallace62US #92
#91Lawrence60US #36
#92Daniel59US #44
#93Jim59US #147
#94Tommie59
#95Elmer56US #61
#96Alton55US #197
#97Harvey55US #88
#98Julius54US #149
#99Emory53
#100Norman53US #41

On the move since 1924

Rising

↑27Floyd#64
↑23Alvin#57
↑22Billy#55
↑21Lizzie#61
↑19Melvin#65
↑16Daisy#69
↑15Edgar#79
↑14Geneva#53

Falling

↓28Homer#75
↓26Hubert#77
↓25Daniel#92
↓23Vivian#96
↓21Essie#81
↓18Emory#99
↓16Edith#63
↓16Cora#87

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1924 rankings.