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Top names in Georgia

The names most likely to appear on 1930 Georgia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 58,455 Georgia births in 1930 across 983 distinct names.

Distinctively Georgia

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

#50Johnnieoutside the national top 200
#59Gradyoutside the national top 200
#58Mamie#187 nationally
#74Susieoutside the national top 200
#64Eloise#189 nationally
#47Fannie#166 nationally
#82Rufusoutside the national top 200
#44Horace#158 nationally
#21Sara#134 nationally
#69Daisy#181 nationally
#89Lizzieoutside the national top 200
#49Hattie#160 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,172US #1
#2Betty1,432US #2
#3Dorothy940US #3
#4Annie764US #40
#5Martha501US #27
#6Willie438US #87
#7Doris436US #9
#8Ruby434US #36
#9Frances431US #16
#10Margaret413US #5
#11Mildred408US #21
#12Louise406US #31
#13Evelyn384US #19
#14Helen346US #4
#15Virginia340US #12
#16Sarah336US #70
#17Elizabeth329US #15
#18Barbara313US #6
#19Mattie300US #128
#20Ruth283US #10
#21Sara258US #134
#22Hazel244US #71
#23Gladys238US #48
#24Thelma238US #45
#25Catherine216US #35
#26Lillie214US #111
#27Emma213US #73
#28Alice208US #20
#29Juanita205US #57
#30Carolyn201US #72
#31Rosa200US #129
#32Minnie196US #122
#33Edna195US #51
#34Lois184US #17
#35Bessie183US #108
#36Clara172US #64
#37Ethel171US #65
#38Lillian168US #44
#39Bernice166US #58
#40Joyce166US #18
#41Christine152US #124
#42Jessie151US #114
#43Marie146US #26
#44Carrie143US #145
#45Ida142US #94
#46Julia140US #90
#47Fannie134US #166
#48Ella131US #107
#49Hattie131US #160
#50Johnnie131
#51Ann129US #41
#52Bobbie129US #135
#53Jean127US #14
#54Gloria126US #30
#55Laura126US #89
#56Nellie126US #113
#57Peggy126US #67
#58Mamie123US #187
#59Edith122US #61
#60Vera122US #104
#61Grace121US #62
#62Eva120US #86
#63Georgia117US #117
#64Eloise116US #189
#65Katherine113US #85
#66Lula112US #157
#67Irene110US #33
#68Bertha109US #95
#69Daisy109US #181
#70Marjorie108US #32
#71Pauline106US #52
#72Geneva105US #133
#73Geraldine103US #43
#74Susie100
#75Anna99US #23
#76Cora98US #161
#77Eula96US #182
#78Lucille96US #59
#79Alma95US #109
#80Josephine95US #49
#81Mae95US #137
#82Margie95US #112
#83Myrtle95US #123
#84Inez92US #171
#85Nancy92US #24
#86Lucy91US #119
#87Florence90US #38
#88Vivian90US #91
#89Lizzie89
#90Marion88US #60
#91Essie86
#92Anne82US #83
#93Janie81
#94Katie81
#95Marian81US #80
#96Patricia79US #7
#97Beatrice78US #76
#98Eunice78US #148
#99Lucile78
#100Ellen77US #100

Boys

#1James2,377US #2
#2William1,523US #4
#3Robert1,329US #1
#4John1,299US #3
#5Willie1,136US #29
#6Charles906US #6
#7George643US #8
#8Thomas554US #11
#9Henry389US #22
#10Walter352US #19
#11Billy350US #20
#12Jack337US #14
#13Charlie335US #91
#14Joseph325US #9
#15Edward290US #10
#16Richard281US #5
#17Bobby271US #41
#18Harold269US #18
#19Frank259US #13
#20Joe246US #27
#21David245US #15
#22Roy245US #33
#23Eugene228US #21
#24Paul215US #12
#25Arthur208US #23
#26Johnnie207US #104
#27Clarence205US #39
#28Albert204US #24
#29Fred200US #32
#30Eddie197US #97
#31Donald193US #7
#32Ralph186US #25
#33Ernest177US #43
#34Raymond162US #16
#35Howard158US #31
#36Carl155US #26
#37Marvin146US #48
#38Leroy142US #53
#39Herbert139US #35
#40Jimmie138US #86
#41Samuel134US #55
#42Harry127US #28
#43Andrew122US #62
#44Horace120US #158
#45Jessie120US #133
#46Jesse119US #94
#47Curtis118US #106
#48Earl118US #38
#49Johnny116US #101
#50Lewis110US #87
#51Clifford108US #73
#52Herman105US #78
#53Cecil104US #99
#54Hubert101US #137
#55Lee99US #82
#56Homer98US #146
#57Ray97US #57
#58Earnest96US #153
#59Grady96
#60Louis94US #34
#61Kenneth89US #17
#62Marion89US #126
#63Melvin89US #50
#64Claude88US #122
#65Leon86US #81
#66Oscar85US #124
#67Calvin84US #111
#68Otis83US #172
#69Alvin82US #79
#70Floyd82US #61
#71Bennie81US #162
#72Clyde81US #76
#73Jimmy80US #102
#74Alfred76US #46
#75Hugh76US #131
#76Jerry76US #51
#77Lawrence76US #36
#78Daniel75US #47
#79Sam73US #110
#80Benjamin72US #115
#81Leonard71US #45
#82Rufus70
#83Milton69US #93
#84Harvey68US #92
#85Nathaniel68US #185
#86Lonnie65US #193
#87Ben64US #154
#88Luther63US #148
#89Junior62US #135
#90Edwin61US #66
#91Wallace61US #112
#92Edgar60US #119
#93Julian60
#94Roosevelt60
#95Freddie59US #171
#96Lester58US #95
#97Tommie58
#98Bill57US #59
#99Willis56US #159
#100Tommy54US #127

On the move since 1929

Rising

↑37Bobbie#52
↑26Eloise#64
↑24Gloria#54
↑21Eula#77
↑21Kenneth#61
↑20Ann#51
↑20Homer#56
↑18Lee#55

Falling

↓27Beatrice#97
↓23Junior#89
↓22Eva#62
↓21Pauline#71
↓21Margie#82
↓19Geneva#72
↓16Herbert#39
↓16Otis#68

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1929 rankings.