State roster

Top names in Georgia

The names most likely to appear on 1926 Georgia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 58,750 Georgia births in 1926 across 1,022 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
#61Essieoutside the national top 200
#66Rufusoutside the national top 200
#68Lucileoutside the national top 200
#52Susie#184 nationally
#64Johnnie#191 nationally
#75Julian#199 nationally
#79Tommieoutside the national top 200
#82Lonnieoutside the national top 200
#51Mamie#167 nationally
#73Maggie#189 nationally
#55Otis#168 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,375US #1
#2Dorothy930US #2
#3Annie908US #34
#4Betty574US #3
#5Willie535US #73
#6Mildred528US #9
#7Louise513US #27
#8Frances475US #10
#9Ruby469US #30
#10Doris466US #7
#11Margaret458US #5
#12Martha446US #24
#13Helen424US #4
#14Mattie404US #109
#15Sarah404US #63
#16Elizabeth385US #11
#17Evelyn368US #13
#18Ruth347US #6
#19Virginia337US #8
#20Thelma275US #36
#21Hazel274US #48
#22Lillie268US #99
#23Sara262US #131
#24Alice255US #17
#25Edna252US #38
#26Gladys251US #35
#27Lillian233US #28
#28Emma225US #59
#29Rosa217US #125
#30Carrie209US #138
#31Ethel207US #41
#32Lois207US #19
#33Bessie205US #89
#34Jessie198US #93
#35Minnie195US #111
#36Catherine185US #31
#37Nellie180US #102
#38Juanita179US #52
#39Marie178US #18
#40Julia176US #75
#41Ella175US #98
#42Clara174US #61
#43Christine172US #120
#44Hattie172US #151
#45Eva170US #79
#46Bernice165US #45
#47Fannie162US #153
#48Ida162US #82
#49Bertha158US #76
#50Pauline157US #39
#51Mamie156US #167
#52Susie153US #184
#53Irene149US #21
#54Grace145US #46
#55Lula142US #154
#56Laura141US #81
#57Carolyn139US #114
#58Marjorie138US #22
#59Edith134US #42
#60Lucille133US #43
#61Essie131
#62Inez131US #149
#63Beatrice130US #58
#64Johnnie128US #191
#65Barbara124US #16
#66Geneva124US #117
#67Georgia121US #116
#68Lucile119
#69Vera118US #84
#70Mae114US #118
#71Cora112US #158
#72Margie111US #103
#73Maggie109US #189
#74Anna107US #15
#75Alma106US #91
#76Ann104US #55
#77Josephine104US #37
#78Marion102US #47
#79Eula100US #179
#80Jean99US #12
#81Florence98US #26
#82Katherine97US #72
#83Gloria96US #20
#84Agnes95US #77
#85Eloise95US #175
#86Jane94US #56
#87Daisy92US #171
#88Myrtle91US #101
#89Ollie91
#90Katie89
#91Geraldine88US #54
#92Lizzie87
#93Vivian87US #80
#94Joyce86US #44
#95Viola86US #97
#96Kathryn85US #87
#97Rose84US #25
#98Eunice83US #134
#99Anne81US #86
#100Lucy80US #106

Boys

#1James2,249US #3
#2William1,450US #4
#3John1,355US #2
#4Robert1,155US #1
#5Willie1,083US #28
#6Charles713US #5
#7George636US #6
#8Thomas500US #11
#9Henry465US #19
#10Charlie379US #81
#11Joseph370US #8
#12Walter342US #17
#13Jack327US #16
#14Frank297US #12
#15Edward283US #10
#16Joe249US #33
#17Harold247US #14
#18Richard240US #7
#19Albert224US #21
#20Roy223US #34
#21Paul217US #13
#22Ralph216US #24
#23David210US #22
#24Arthur200US #20
#25Clarence200US #29
#26Fred192US #31
#27Eddie183US #108
#28Johnnie171US #104
#29Ernest170US #37
#30Eugene167US #23
#31Howard167US #27
#32Raymond156US #15
#33Samuel153US #48
#34Leroy139US #51
#35Clifford136US #62
#36Billy131US #40
#37Jessie131US #124
#38Horace129US #149
#39Harry128US #25
#40Carl127US #26
#41Calvin126US #65
#42Jesse126US #87
#43Grady125
#44Clyde117US #67
#45Lewis117US #82
#46Jimmie114US #115
#47Herman112US #69
#48Marion112US #113
#49Cecil111US #86
#50Earl110US #32
#51Marvin105US #50
#52Curtis104US #112
#53Herbert103US #44
#54Earnest98US #147
#55Otis98US #168
#56Benjamin96US #98
#57Hubert95US #131
#58Lee95US #85
#59Luther94US #135
#60Louis93US #30
#61Homer92US #123
#62Milton92US #83
#63Donald89US #9
#64Ray87US #57
#65Claude84US #106
#66Rufus84
#67Johnny82US #136
#68Floyd81US #53
#69Leon81US #73
#70Andrew80US #59
#71Melvin78US #47
#72Oscar78US #105
#73Bobby77US #116
#74Daniel77US #46
#75Julian77US #199
#76Alvin75US #72
#77Hugh75US #128
#78Sam75US #92
#79Tommie74
#80Bennie70US #169
#81Kenneth70US #18
#82Lonnie70
#83Lester68US #78
#84Alfred67US #45
#85Nathaniel66US #176
#86Junior65US #117
#87Leonard65US #38
#88Lawrence64US #36
#89Dewey62US #188
#90Allen60US #93
#91Harvey60US #90
#92Bill59US #74
#93Tom59US #138
#94Emory58
#95Edwin56US #55
#96Freddie56US #198
#97Wallace56US #95
#98Edgar55US #109
#99Ben54US #155
#100Vernon54US #66

On the move since 1925

Rising

↑20Essie#61
↑20Hubert#57
↑19Billy#36
↑18Carolyn#57
↑18Daniel#74
↑16Cora#71
↑15Tommie#79
↑14Jean#80

Falling

↓31Lizzie#92
↓28Lucy#100
↓27Eunice#98
↓22Andrew#70
↓21Oscar#72
↓19Alvin#76
↓19Edgar#98
↓19Ben#99

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1925 rankings.