State roster

Top names in Georgia

The names most likely to appear on 1931 Georgia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 56,888 Georgia births in 1931 across 980 distinct names.

Distinctively Georgia

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

#50Gradyoutside the national top 200
#44Johnnie#187 nationally
#59Mamie#191 nationally
#73Susieoutside the national top 200
#77Nathaniel#199 nationally
#43Horace#160 nationally
#83Eloise#197 nationally
#87Katieoutside the national top 200
#22Sara#135 nationally
#89Essieoutside the national top 200
#19Mattie#130 nationally
#58Fannie#169 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,135US #1
#2Betty1,612US #2
#3Dorothy877US #3
#4Annie718US #41
#5Martha464US #28
#6Margaret420US #7
#7Frances409US #18
#8Doris403US #10
#9Mildred399US #26
#10Helen396US #6
#11Ruby394US #39
#12Barbara388US #4
#13Evelyn378US #24
#14Willie365US #93
#15Elizabeth344US #16
#16Louise344US #33
#17Sarah319US #71
#18Virginia284US #12
#19Mattie272US #130
#20Ruth256US #11
#21Joyce235US #15
#22Sara225US #135
#23Alice220US #21
#24Carolyn215US #60
#25Gladys211US #55
#26Lillie208US #112
#27Thelma207US #53
#28Hazel204US #74
#29Juanita199US #57
#30Edna197US #52
#31Emma196US #76
#32Lois182US #20
#33Peggy176US #42
#34Rosa172US #138
#35Bernice171US #63
#36Catherine167US #36
#37Ethel166US #67
#38Jean156US #13
#39Ann154US #35
#40Christine154US #125
#41Lillian154US #47
#42Bessie149US #113
#43Minnie149US #129
#44Johnnie148US #187
#45Carrie147US #148
#46Marie144US #27
#47Clara143US #61
#48Ella142US #110
#49Ida142US #100
#50Eva138US #94
#51Gloria136US #23
#52Julia133US #91
#53Nellie133US #119
#54Bertha131US #102
#55Jessie129US #122
#56Geraldine127US #38
#57Bobbie122US #124
#58Fannie122US #169
#59Mamie122US #191
#60Patricia119US #8
#61Joan118US #5
#62Marjorie117US #34
#63Nancy117US #17
#64Hattie115US #175
#65Inez114US #166
#66Grace110US #70
#67Laura110US #89
#68Pauline109US #56
#69Edith108US #65
#70Vera106US #111
#71Alma104US #114
#72Irene102US #37
#73Susie98
#74Lucille97US #62
#75Lula97US #162
#76Margie96US #107
#77Daisy95US #178
#78Cora94US #160
#79Vivian94US #82
#80Mae93US #141
#81Geneva92US #136
#82Katherine90US #92
#83Eloise86US #197
#84Anne84US #80
#85Georgia84US #120
#86Josephine82US #51
#87Katie82
#88Shirley82US #9
#89Essie81
#90Marion80US #66
#91Myrtle80US #134
#92Norma80US #22
#93Jeanette79US #105
#94Anna78US #25
#95Eleanor76US #40
#96Eula76
#97Lucy76US #126
#98Jane75US #50
#99Lizzie75
#100Lena74US #149

Boys

#1James2,168US #2
#2William1,395US #4
#3Robert1,214US #1
#4John1,198US #3
#5Willie1,076US #31
#6Charles960US #6
#7George581US #8
#8Thomas520US #10
#9Billy426US #19
#10Henry399US #22
#11Bobby356US #32
#12Joseph340US #9
#13Jack336US #15
#14Walter326US #20
#15Charlie316US #94
#16Richard306US #5
#17Edward299US #11
#18Joe262US #29
#19Harold261US #18
#20David243US #13
#21Roy242US #35
#22Frank241US #16
#23Donald239US #7
#24Eugene229US #21
#25Clarence210US #39
#26Albert207US #24
#27Johnnie204US #110
#28Eddie195US #95
#29Arthur192US #23
#30Paul191US #12
#31Fred187US #33
#32Ralph182US #25
#33Marvin162US #45
#34Ernest153US #47
#35Samuel151US #56
#36Jimmie142US #81
#37Raymond141US #17
#38Carl139US #28
#39Herbert135US #41
#40Howard131US #34
#41Leroy126US #52
#42Harry125US #30
#43Horace125US #160
#44Johnny121US #105
#45Curtis114US #108
#46Kenneth110US #14
#47Clifford101US #75
#48Earl100US #40
#49Jessie100US #135
#50Grady97
#51Ray95US #60
#52Luther94US #156
#53Hubert93US #137
#54Leon91US #84
#55Lewis91US #87
#56Jesse90US #97
#57Marion89US #133
#58Herman88US #83
#59Melvin88US #51
#60Bennie86US #169
#61Cecil86US #102
#62Jimmy86US #89
#63Alvin85US #80
#64Clyde85US #77
#65Benjamin84US #113
#66Louis84US #37
#67Daniel83US #44
#68Alfred82US #50
#69Lee82US #90
#70Otis82US #181
#71Andrew81US #65
#72Earnest81US #162
#73Oscar81US #129
#74Homer78US #144
#75Hugh74US #131
#76Calvin73US #119
#77Nathaniel73US #199
#78Harvey72US #93
#79Leonard72US #48
#80Wallace69US #114
#81Vernon67US #74
#82Freddie66US #171
#83Billie65US #128
#84Alton64US #186
#85Jerry64US #43
#86Tommy64US #115
#87Floyd62US #66
#88Gene62US #64
#89Milton62US #99
#90Roosevelt62
#91Sam62US #118
#92Lawrence61US #38
#93Junior60US #150
#94Norman60US #36
#95Lonnie59US #183
#96Tommie59
#97Ben56US #163
#98Emory56
#99Douglas55US #85
#100Claude53US #134

On the move since 1930

Rising

↑36Patricia#60
↑36Luther#52
↑24Peggy#33
↑22Nancy#63
↑19Joyce#21
↑19Inez#65
↑17Geraldine#56
↑15Jean#38

Falling

↓36Claude#100
↓28Andrew#71
↓22Georgia#85
↓19Eloise#83
↓19Anna#94
↓19Eula#96
↓18Homer#74
↓17Katherine#82

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1930 rankings.