State roster

Top names in Georgia

The names most likely to appear on 1929 Georgia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 56,979 Georgia births in 1929 across 957 distinct names.

Distinctively Georgia

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

#45Gradyoutside the national top 200
#51Johnnie#195 nationally
#63Susieoutside the national top 200
#67Rufusoutside the national top 200
#49Mamie#176 nationally
#74Lizzieoutside the national top 200
#52Otis#177 nationally
#46Fannie#169 nationally
#43Hattie#164 nationally
#85Tommieoutside the national top 200
#87Katieoutside the national top 200
#88Maggieoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary2,152US #1
#2Betty1,133US #2
#3Dorothy901US #3
#4Annie778US #37
#5Martha517US #27
#6Willie481US #76
#7Mildred444US #18
#8Doris440US #6
#9Helen434US #4
#10Louise428US #31
#11Margaret405US #5
#12Ruby400US #36
#13Frances389US #16
#14Evelyn360US #19
#15Elizabeth348US #15
#16Sarah345US #68
#17Mattie337US #121
#18Virginia317US #11
#19Ruth290US #8
#20Thelma273US #41
#21Sara269US #133
#22Lillie260US #103
#23Hazel235US #64
#24Alice228US #21
#25Emma225US #69
#26Gladys225US #44
#27Barbara220US #7
#28Ethel211US #56
#29Edna210US #51
#30Lois202US #17
#31Clara192US #65
#32Juanita189US #60
#33Christine187US #123
#34Rosa187US #129
#35Bessie180US #107
#36Bernice176US #55
#37Catherine175US #34
#38Minnie174US #124
#39Carolyn173US #77
#40Eva168US #83
#41Marie167US #22
#42Lillian165US #40
#43Hattie164US #164
#44Carrie160US #148
#45Joyce155US #23
#46Fannie151US #169
#47Jessie149US #110
#48Julia147US #88
#49Mamie143US #176
#50Pauline143US #50
#51Johnnie140US #195
#52Ella134US #102
#53Geneva132US #130
#54Grace131US #54
#55Edith130US #59
#56Lula129US #158
#57Irene128US #29
#58Marjorie128US #30
#59Bertha126US #93
#60Ida125US #96
#61Margie120US #108
#62Nellie119US #113
#63Susie119
#64Jean118US #12
#65Georgia114US #115
#66Laura114US #90
#67Vera114US #99
#68Lucille111US #57
#69Anna108US #20
#70Beatrice108US #72
#71Ann107US #46
#72Geraldine106US #43
#73Peggy106US #70
#74Lizzie104
#75Mae104US #132
#76Daisy100US #182
#77Katherine100US #84
#78Gloria96US #28
#79Vivian96US #81
#80Alma95US #106
#81Inez94US #165
#82Josephine94US #45
#83Marion89US #53
#84Nancy88US #32
#85Lucy87US #116
#86Agnes86US #94
#87Katie86
#88Maggie86
#89Bobbie85US #146
#90Eloise84US #194
#91Marian82US #75
#92Cora81US #153
#93Rose81US #26
#94Anne80US #91
#95Eunice80US #145
#96Florence80US #35
#97Myrtle80US #117
#98Eula79US #191
#99Janie77
#100Patricia77US #10

Boys

#1James2,211US #2
#2William1,384US #4
#3John1,263US #3
#4Robert1,183US #1
#5Willie1,081US #29
#6Charles819US #5
#7George612US #8
#8Thomas500US #11
#9Henry452US #21
#10Jack353US #14
#11Charlie350US #87
#12Joseph334US #9
#13Walter306US #19
#14Edward298US #10
#15Harold286US #16
#16Frank279US #12
#17Joe277US #30
#18Billy275US #23
#19Richard263US #6
#20David247US #17
#21Paul231US #13
#22Roy217US #35
#23Herbert215US #25
#24Clarence214US #37
#25Ralph202US #26
#26Albert201US #24
#27Eugene199US #20
#28Eddie198US #102
#29Johnnie198US #103
#30Bobby196US #50
#31Arthur189US #22
#32Fred183US #34
#33Raymond170US #15
#34Donald152US #7
#35Samuel152US #53
#36Ernest142US #43
#37Jimmie138US #98
#38Howard129US #31
#39Harry125US #27
#40Johnny124US #113
#41Marvin124US #46
#42Curtis123US #99
#43Leroy121US #51
#44Carl119US #28
#45Grady117
#46Horace116US #153
#47Clifford115US #72
#48Herman111US #75
#49Jessie110US #129
#50Lewis109US #84
#51Andrew107US #59
#52Otis106US #177
#53Earl104US #36
#54Hubert102US #124
#55Marion101US #118
#56Jesse100US #93
#57Cecil99US #101
#58Earnest99US #155
#59Leon94US #81
#60Clyde91US #74
#61Bennie87US #158
#62Claude87US #119
#63Ray87US #57
#64Alfred86US #41
#65Oscar85US #117
#66Junior84US #120
#67Rufus84
#68Benjamin83US #107
#69Daniel83US #47
#70Melvin83US #49
#71Leonard81US #42
#72Louis81US #32
#73Lee79US #85
#74Luther79US #145
#75Alvin78US #77
#76Homer78US #141
#77Calvin77US #109
#78Milton77US #94
#79Nathaniel75US #184
#80Floyd74US #58
#81Jimmy71US #115
#82Kenneth71US #18
#83Hugh69US #139
#84Lonnie69US #190
#85Tommie68
#86Lawrence66US #38
#87Ben64US #159
#88Harvey63US #90
#89Lester63US #88
#90Freddie62US #172
#91Allen59US #86
#92Alton58US #191
#93Sam58US #105
#94Edgar57US #116
#95Vernon57US #71
#96Wallace57US #106
#97Morris54US #147
#98Bill53US #63
#99Edwin53US #66
#100Gene53US #68

On the move since 1928

Rising

↑29Joyce#45
↑21Geraldine#72
↑21Leon#59
↑21Claude#62
↑20Margie#61
↑19Peggy#73
↑19Johnny#40
↑18Grady#45

Falling

↓28Calvin#77
↓25Ida#60
↓24Alfred#64
↓20Benjamin#68
↓20Louis#72
↓20Edwin#99
↓16Earl#53
↓16Freddie#90

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1928 rankings.