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Top names in Georgia

The names most likely to appear on 1927 Georgia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 61,176 Georgia births in 1927 across 1,020 distinct names.

Distinctively Georgia

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

#52Gradyoutside the national top 200
#63Rufusoutside the national top 200
#61Johnnie#191 nationally
#77Lucileoutside the national top 200
#78Essieoutside the national top 200
#42Mamie#164 nationally
#40Hattie#156 nationally
#44Fannie#160 nationally
#68Susie#184 nationally
#85Katieoutside the national top 200
#85Tommieoutside the national top 200
#84Lonnie#199 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,357US #1
#2Dorothy912US #2
#3Annie892US #36
#4Betty759US #3
#5Willie531US #71
#6Mildred530US #11
#7Frances522US #12
#8Martha494US #24
#9Margaret481US #5
#10Louise468US #27
#11Ruby459US #30
#12Helen452US #4
#13Doris440US #7
#14Elizabeth433US #13
#15Mattie428US #113
#16Sarah394US #61
#17Evelyn389US #15
#18Virginia377US #8
#19Ruth351US #6
#20Lillie296US #94
#21Thelma292US #38
#22Gladys285US #37
#23Sara281US #129
#24Hazel274US #53
#25Edna251US #40
#26Alice235US #17
#27Christine228US #117
#28Rosa222US #124
#29Lillian221US #32
#30Emma219US #64
#31Ethel218US #47
#32Lois211US #19
#33Bessie208US #88
#34Catherine206US #31
#35Clara200US #63
#36Juanita193US #55
#37Jessie189US #95
#38Minnie188US #114
#39Carrie186US #139
#40Hattie186US #156
#41Nellie180US #105
#42Mamie179US #164
#43Marie179US #20
#44Fannie176US #160
#45Bertha169US #80
#46Ida169US #84
#47Carolyn162US #99
#48Eva161US #79
#49Bernice160US #49
#50Barbara159US #10
#51Grace158US #50
#52Julia157US #76
#53Ella155US #98
#54Vera154US #89
#55Irene149US #21
#56Geneva148US #119
#57Pauline146US #42
#58Edith143US #48
#59Lula141US #150
#60Beatrice136US #67
#61Johnnie136US #191
#62Georgia128US #120
#63Marjorie128US #25
#64Inez126US #149
#65Jean125US #14
#66Katherine123US #73
#67Lucille123US #45
#68Susie122US #184
#69Myrtle120US #110
#70Joyce117US #35
#71Alma114US #97
#72Anna113US #16
#73Eunice112US #134
#74Marion112US #51
#75Vivian112US #77
#76Daisy110US #172
#77Lucile109
#78Essie108
#79Agnes107US #81
#80Margie107US #104
#81Eloise105US #180
#82Mae103US #125
#83Maggie102US #188
#84Gloria101US #22
#85Katie101
#86Geraldine100US #58
#87Eula97US #176
#88Lucy96US #112
#89Lizzie95
#90Anne93US #92
#91Laura93US #82
#92Josephine92US #39
#93Janie91
#94Florence89US #28
#95Addie87
#96Cora87US #158
#97Ann86US #59
#98Nancy85US #56
#99Rose84US #23
#100Jane79US #60

Boys

#1James2,384US #3
#2William1,543US #4
#3John1,433US #2
#4Robert1,276US #1
#5Willie1,114US #27
#6Charles868US #5
#7George720US #7
#8Thomas541US #11
#9Henry465US #19
#10Joseph403US #9
#11Jack384US #16
#12Charlie361US #80
#13Walter361US #17
#14Edward301US #10
#15Harold278US #14
#16Roy277US #34
#17Frank267US #12
#18Joe261US #30
#19Albert250US #23
#20Clarence248US #32
#21Fred233US #35
#22David232US #21
#23Richard211US #6
#24Johnnie207US #105
#25Arthur202US #22
#26Ralph200US #24
#27Eugene188US #20
#28Eddie183US #103
#29Paul183US #13
#30Billy177US #31
#31Samuel170US #49
#32Harry156US #25
#33Raymond156US #15
#34Marvin155US #47
#35Howard154US #28
#36Carl151US #26
#37Ernest149US #41
#38Leroy146US #51
#39Lewis141US #82
#40Herbert138US #42
#41Jessie138US #124
#42Calvin130US #73
#43Horace129US #145
#44Herman126US #70
#45Jesse126US #89
#46Clifford124US #65
#47Earl123US #33
#48Cecil121US #92
#49Jimmie121US #108
#50Marion113US #117
#51Curtis111US #118
#52Grady110
#53Johnny105US #132
#54Donald104US #8
#55Andrew98US #56
#56Bobby97US #91
#57Hubert97US #128
#58Lee97US #86
#59Floyd94US #53
#60Leon94US #78
#61Luther94US #139
#62Earnest93US #148
#63Rufus92
#64Homer91US #129
#65Benjamin90US #101
#66Otis87US #167
#67Alfred86US #45
#68Melvin86US #48
#69Oscar84US #113
#70Ray84US #60
#71Daniel82US #46
#72Clyde81US #68
#73Louis80US #29
#74Sam78US #102
#75Hugh77US #131
#76Bennie76US #174
#77Harvey74US #94
#78Alvin73US #66
#79Junior72US #119
#80Milton71US #88
#81Leonard70US #40
#82Wallace70US #96
#83Claude69US #114
#84Lonnie68US #199
#85Tommie68
#86Edwin67US #57
#87Julian63
#88Kenneth63US #18
#89Ben62US #156
#90Allen61US #95
#91Lester59US #83
#92Bill58US #69
#93Vernon58US #71
#94Edgar57US #107
#95Freddie57US #198
#96Nathaniel56US #187
#97Lamar55
#98Elmer52US #61
#99Johnie52
#100Sidney51US #127

On the move since 1926

Rising

↑25Eunice#73
↑24Joyce#70
↑19Myrtle#69
↑18Vivian#75
↑17Marvin#34
↑17Bobby#56
↑17Alfred#67
↑16Christine#27

Falling

↓35Laura#91
↓28Clyde#72
↓25Cora#96
↓21Ann#97
↓18Milton#80
↓18Claude#83
↓17Essie#78
↓16Susie#68

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1926 rankings.