State roster

Top names in Georgia

The names most likely to appear on 1928 Georgia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 59,525 Georgia births in 1928 across 1,002 distinct names.

Distinctively Georgia

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

#48Susie#194 nationally
#37Johnnie#182 nationally
#62Rufusoutside the national top 200
#63Gradyoutside the national top 200
#72Essieoutside the national top 200
#75Lucileoutside the national top 200
#53Mamie#178 nationally
#74Freddie#191 nationally
#86Tommieoutside the national top 200
#91Lizzieoutside the national top 200
#56Otis#165 nationally
#88Lonnie#197 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,211US #1
#2Betty1,031US #2
#3Dorothy925US #3
#4Annie843US #37
#5Martha510US #22
#6Mildred485US #15
#7Frances476US #13
#8Louise468US #31
#9Margaret448US #5
#10Helen446US #4
#11Ruby440US #34
#12Willie438US #74
#13Evelyn436US #17
#14Doris434US #7
#15Sarah385US #64
#16Virginia371US #9
#17Elizabeth361US #14
#18Mattie347US #121
#19Ruth345US #6
#20Hazel281US #59
#21Gladys267US #41
#22Thelma267US #40
#23Sara264US #129
#24Lillie250US #104
#25Barbara247US #8
#26Alice242US #19
#27Emma240US #67
#28Lillian223US #35
#29Ethel211US #55
#30Catherine207US #33
#31Edna206US #45
#32Lois205US #18
#33Minnie201US #118
#34Rosa200US #125
#35Ida195US #87
#36Clara192US #65
#37Johnnie190US #182
#38Juanita188US #58
#39Bessie182US #101
#40Jessie180US #109
#41Christine179US #120
#42Ella173US #100
#43Carrie164US #140
#44Marie164US #21
#45Eva163US #79
#46Bernice161US #53
#47Marjorie159US #29
#48Susie157US #194
#49Julia156US #80
#50Carolyn154US #91
#51Bertha142US #81
#52Lula142US #158
#53Mamie140US #178
#54Hattie136US #159
#55Pauline135US #48
#56Nellie133US #111
#57Irene130US #28
#58Fannie129US #161
#59Vera129US #92
#60Laura128US #83
#61Geneva126US #124
#62Grace125US #52
#63Ann124US #54
#64Daisy121US #169
#65Jean121US #12
#66Beatrice120US #70
#67Georgia116US #115
#68Marion113US #47
#69Anna108US #16
#70Edith108US #56
#71Lucille108US #51
#72Essie106
#73Josephine106US #42
#74Joyce106US #30
#75Lucile106
#76Alma105US #107
#77Katherine105US #75
#78Inez100US #160
#79Gloria97US #25
#80Mae94US #130
#81Margie94US #108
#82Rose94US #24
#83Agnes93US #85
#84Eloise93US #190
#85Cora91US #155
#86Vivian91US #78
#87Nancy90US #43
#88Eunice89US #138
#89Lucy89US #112
#90Myrtle89US #116
#91Lizzie88
#92Peggy87US #76
#93Geraldine86US #50
#94Bobbie84US #166
#95Katie82
#96Eula80US #189
#97Elsie79US #73
#98Florence78US #32
#99Sallie77
#100Marian76US #71

Boys

#1James2,277US #3
#2William1,445US #4
#3John1,429US #2
#4Robert1,166US #1
#5Willie1,058US #29
#6Charles826US #5
#7George663US #8
#8Thomas498US #11
#9Henry479US #21
#10Charlie439US #80
#11Joseph384US #9
#12Walter339US #18
#13Jack338US #15
#14Edward336US #10
#15Frank294US #12
#16Harold269US #14
#17Joe245US #30
#18David239US #19
#19Johnnie239US #103
#20Richard237US #6
#21Albert236US #23
#22Ralph229US #24
#23Roy222US #34
#24Eugene221US #20
#25Herbert219US #25
#26Arthur217US #22
#27Billy213US #27
#28Clarence207US #35
#29Fred198US #36
#30Eddie191US #105
#31Paul188US #13
#32Howard164US #31
#33Ernest152US #43
#34Samuel150US #52
#35Donald145US #7
#36Jimmie145US #100
#37Earl139US #37
#38Marvin139US #46
#39Raymond139US #16
#40Alfred134US #33
#41Jessie133US #124
#42Carl131US #28
#43Harry130US #26
#44Bobby128US #65
#45Lewis128US #86
#46Leroy127US #51
#47Curtis120US #101
#48Benjamin118US #106
#49Calvin117US #94
#50Earnest117US #153
#51Andrew114US #60
#52Louis109US #32
#53Herman108US #78
#54Horace107US #147
#55Hubert107US #121
#56Otis104US #165
#57Clifford103US #68
#58Jesse101US #91
#59Johnny98US #117
#60Marion98US #118
#61Cecil94US #97
#62Rufus94
#63Grady93
#64Clyde90US #74
#65Melvin90US #48
#66Bennie87US #174
#67Leonard87US #42
#68Luther87US #145
#69Floyd85US #54
#70Junior84US #120
#71Homer83US #131
#72Lee83US #87
#73Alvin82US #72
#74Freddie82US #191
#75Ray82US #57
#76Oscar81US #122
#77Harvey79US #90
#78Hugh77US #129
#79Edwin76US #58
#80Leon75US #81
#81Milton75US #92
#82Sam75US #109
#83Claude73US #116
#84Daniel73US #47
#85Kenneth69US #17
#86Tommie67
#87Lester66US #89
#88Lonnie66US #197
#89Nathaniel64US #194
#90Ben63US #156
#91Jimmy62US #138
#92Vernon62US #70
#93Bill58US #64
#94Johnie56
#95Edgar55US #114
#96Julian55
#97Wallace55US #104
#98Gene54US #62
#99Dan53US #164
#100Julius53US #168

On the move since 1927

Rising

↑34Ann#63
↑31Laura#60
↑27Alfred#40
↑25Barbara#25
↑24Johnnie#37
↑21Louis#52
↑21Freddie#74
↑20Susie#48

Falling

↓21Myrtle#90
↓20Leon#80
↓15Nellie#56
↓15Eunice#88
↓15Wallace#97
↓14Christine#41
↓14Hattie#54
↓14Fannie#58

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1927 rankings.