State roster

Top names in Georgia

The names most likely to appear on 1932 Georgia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 59,931 Georgia births in 1932 across 1,004 distinct names.

Distinctively Georgia

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

#44Mamie#188 nationally
#62Gradyoutside the national top 200
#53Johnnie#190 nationally
#80Essieoutside the national top 200
#54Earnest#169 nationally
#60Otis#174 nationally
#88Rufusoutside the national top 200
#57Horace#168 nationally
#90Susieoutside the national top 200
#91Eloiseoutside the national top 200
#67Daisy#176 nationally
#68Nathaniel#176 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,211US #1
#2Betty1,718US #2
#3Dorothy826US #4
#4Annie758US #41
#5Barbara596US #3
#6Martha496US #27
#7Margaret442US #7
#8Frances403US #19
#9Mildred400US #26
#10Doris397US #10
#11Ruby387US #38
#12Helen377US #8
#13Willie369US #91
#14Sarah337US #67
#15Elizabeth324US #17
#16Virginia322US #14
#17Louise321US #36
#18Evelyn319US #23
#19Mattie287US #125
#20Joyce267US #12
#21Ruth248US #11
#22Carolyn233US #46
#23Lillie232US #111
#24Sara226US #130
#25Gladys224US #54
#26Thelma208US #51
#27Emma205US #76
#28Alice203US #21
#29Edna202US #50
#30Hazel202US #75
#31Peggy195US #40
#32Juanita191US #58
#33Rosa186US #131
#34Minnie182US #129
#35Catherine176US #39
#36Lois174US #20
#37Christine170US #127
#38Patricia169US #6
#39Clara161US #70
#40Ethel159US #66
#41Bernice157US #71
#42Jean157US #15
#43Bessie156US #117
#44Mamie156US #188
#45Lillian154US #48
#46Joan152US #5
#47Gloria151US #25
#48Carrie147US #145
#49Bobbie146US #113
#50Ann144US #34
#51Ida144US #105
#52Ella143US #108
#53Johnnie141US #190
#54Nellie139US #123
#55Julia138US #92
#56Jessie132US #126
#57Fannie131US #164
#58Bertha128US #101
#59Pauline128US #59
#60Geraldine127US #42
#61Grace127US #72
#62Marie127US #31
#63Eva126US #98
#64Irene119US #43
#65Margie119US #102
#66Shirley117US #9
#67Daisy116US #176
#68Geneva116US #137
#69Laura116US #88
#70Vivian114US #90
#71Nancy112US #13
#72Georgia111US #118
#73Marjorie109US #37
#74Edith108US #69
#75Lula108US #157
#76Josephine106US #57
#77Mae103US #141
#78Hattie101US #178
#79Anna100US #24
#80Essie100
#81Vera99US #121
#82Alma98US #119
#83Lucille98US #63
#84Beatrice89US #87
#85Katherine87US #95
#86Eleanor86US #45
#87Bonnie85US #64
#88Norma85US #22
#89Agnes84US #115
#90Susie83
#91Eloise82
#92Elsie81US #97
#93Inez80US #185
#94June80US #44
#95Maggie80
#96Jane78US #49
#97Marion78US #73
#98Myrtle77US #135
#99Sallie76
#100Jo75US #103

Boys

#1James2,193US #2
#2William1,396US #4
#3Robert1,258US #1
#4John1,254US #3
#5Willie1,116US #31
#6Charles1,018US #6
#7George577US #8
#8Bobby545US #30
#9Thomas487US #10
#10Billy467US #20
#11Henry446US #23
#12Jack383US #17
#13Charlie356US #90
#14Joseph354US #9
#15Eugene339US #22
#16Walter321US #21
#17Richard320US #5
#18Edward314US #11
#19Donald292US #7
#20Frank289US #15
#21Joe278US #29
#22Harold274US #18
#23David246US #12
#24Ralph236US #27
#25Clarence231US #40
#26Eddie225US #91
#27Roy221US #38
#28Paul218US #13
#29Johnnie210US #113
#30Albert201US #26
#31Arthur188US #25
#32Fred178US #33
#33Leroy171US #53
#34Samuel167US #56
#35Carl156US #28
#36Johnny147US #96
#37Raymond145US #19
#38Ernest140US #47
#39Jimmie139US #75
#40Marvin135US #46
#41Howard133US #36
#42Curtis128US #103
#43Franklin125US #66
#44Jimmy123US #76
#45Jerry116US #34
#46Ray114US #59
#47Herbert113US #44
#48Jesse112US #99
#49Harry110US #32
#50Earl109US #41
#51Kenneth109US #14
#52Clifford108US #84
#53Jessie106US #137
#54Earnest103US #169
#55Marion103US #132
#56Herman101US #89
#57Horace101US #168
#58Melvin101US #51
#59Lewis100US #92
#60Otis100US #174
#61Cecil98US #108
#62Grady98
#63Lee94US #86
#64Hugh92US #128
#65Bennie90US #167
#66Oscar90US #138
#67Benjamin89US #115
#68Nathaniel89US #176
#69Roosevelt87US #171
#70Andrew84US #69
#71Leon84US #83
#72Clyde82US #82
#73Hubert82US #146
#74Floyd81US #68
#75Alfred80US #49
#76Homer78US #148
#77Louis78US #39
#78Freddie77US #166
#79Calvin76US #119
#80Ronald75US #16
#81Alvin73US #87
#82Daniel72US #42
#83Harvey72US #95
#84Larry72US #65
#85Gerald70US #24
#86Douglas69US #85
#87Luther69US #157
#88Rufus69
#89Russell69US #63
#90Tommy69US #109
#91Leonard68US #48
#92Sam68US #120
#93Lawrence67US #35
#94Norman67US #37
#95Milton66US #106
#96Claude63US #126
#97Lonnie63US #179
#98Alton62US #184
#99Julian61
#100Ben59US #156

On the move since 1931

Rising

↑40Jerry#45
↑22Patricia#38
↑22Shirley#66
↑21Roosevelt#69
↑18Jimmy#44
↑18Earnest#54
↑15Mamie#44
↑15Joan#46

Falling

↓35Luther#87
↓28Inez#93
↓20Hubert#73
↓18Alvin#81
↓17Susie#90
↓17Leon#71
↓16Marie#62
↓15Daniel#82

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1931 rankings.