State roster

Top names in Georgia

The names most likely to appear on 1933 Georgia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 55,760 Georgia births in 1933 across 968 distinct names.

Distinctively Georgia

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

#51Gradyoutside the national top 200
#65Eloiseoutside the national top 200
#66Mamieoutside the national top 200
#61Johnnie#195 nationally
#70Talmadgeoutside the national top 200
#75Tommieoutside the national top 200
#78Eulaoutside the national top 200
#79Rufusoutside the national top 200
#15Mattie#130 nationally
#86Katieoutside the national top 200
#89Lizzieoutside the national top 200
#63Fannie#174 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,114US #1
#2Betty1,556US #2
#3Annie792US #37
#4Dorothy759US #4
#5Barbara661US #3
#6Martha482US #27
#7Helen386US #8
#8Ruby383US #43
#9Margaret380US #7
#10Frances360US #18
#11Sarah334US #58
#12Willie332US #93
#13Doris329US #10
#14Mildred326US #32
#15Mattie304US #130
#16Evelyn292US #30
#17Virginia290US #15
#18Louise288US #39
#19Elizabeth277US #17
#20Joyce261US #12
#21Carolyn254US #40
#22Sara246US #123
#23Ruth226US #13
#24Peggy209US #36
#25Lillie208US #111
#26Emma197US #75
#27Alice191US #22
#28Edna185US #55
#29Hazel182US #82
#30Gladys180US #60
#31Rosa175US #132
#32Catherine173US #44
#33Juanita163US #63
#34Thelma163US #57
#35Ann162US #34
#36Christine161US #128
#37Minnie159US #135
#38Clara158US #67
#39Bobbie157US #114
#40Ethel157US #71
#41Patricia157US #6
#42Carrie155US #150
#43Jean155US #14
#44Nancy153US #11
#45Bessie150US #117
#46Ella141US #113
#47Joan140US #5
#48Gloria138US #31
#49Bernice134US #83
#50Margie134US #95
#51Lillian124US #51
#52Geraldine123US #42
#53Lois121US #19
#54Marie121US #33
#55Bertha120US #106
#56Eva118US #101
#57Jessie113US #127
#58Julia112US #97
#59Hattie111US #167
#60Ida111US #109
#61Johnnie111US #195
#62Shirley109US #9
#63Fannie108US #174
#64Pauline108US #64
#65Eloise105
#66Mamie105
#67Nellie104US #120
#68Laura102US #91
#69Lula102US #166
#70Anna101US #29
#71Grace99US #69
#72Edith94US #80
#73Jo93US #90
#74Marjorie93US #41
#75Vera92US #121
#76Beatrice91US #94
#77Charlotte89US #79
#78Eula89
#79Lucy88US #129
#80Jeanette87US #103
#81Vivian87US #98
#82Geneva86US #141
#83Irene85US #46
#84Mae85US #148
#85Georgia84US #126
#86Katie84
#87Alma83US #124
#88Josephine83US #62
#89Lizzie83
#90Katherine82US #100
#91Marion81US #73
#92Lucille80US #78
#93Norma80US #23
#94Daisy79US #197
#95Susie79
#96Eleanor78US #38
#97Janie78
#98Cora77US #157
#99Billie76US #92
#100Joann73US #72

Boys

#1James2,038US #2
#2William1,305US #4
#3Robert1,176US #1
#4John1,171US #3
#5Willie1,041US #32
#6Charles977US #6
#7George515US #8
#8Bobby508US #26
#9Thomas449US #10
#10Eugene436US #23
#11Billy432US #20
#12Henry365US #24
#13Charlie328US #95
#14Joseph322US #9
#15Edward306US #11
#16Richard295US #5
#17Jack283US #17
#18Walter275US #21
#19Franklin274US #33
#20Frank255US #16
#21Donald250US #7
#22Joe247US #27
#23David230US #13
#24Harold220US #18
#25Eddie203US #93
#26Fred185US #34
#27Ralph184US #29
#28Roy184US #39
#29Jimmy181US #64
#30Paul181US #14
#31Albert172US #30
#32Arthur164US #25
#33Clarence163US #43
#34Johnnie158US #115
#35Jimmie157US #72
#36Johnny140US #90
#37Ernest138US #50
#38Roosevelt138US #132
#39Samuel138US #61
#40Carl130US #28
#41Raymond130US #19
#42Marvin126US #44
#43Kenneth124US #15
#44Howard123US #36
#45Jerry120US #31
#46Curtis117US #107
#47Earl114US #41
#48Leroy111US #56
#49Harry109US #35
#50Lewis107US #92
#51Grady106
#52Herbert103US #49
#53Jesse103US #100
#54Andrew100US #76
#55Ronald98US #12
#56Earnest97US #166
#57Horace97US #165
#58Herman92US #96
#59Homer92US #150
#60Ray91US #62
#61Leonard89US #47
#62Lee85US #79
#63Melvin85US #51
#64Jessie83US #143
#65Alvin82US #88
#66Bennie82US #169
#67Hubert82US #155
#68Otis81US #175
#69Benjamin80US #118
#70Talmadge78
#71Cecil77US #111
#72Clyde77US #87
#73Leon77US #85
#74Nathaniel75US #178
#75Tommie75
#76Hugh74US #141
#77Oscar74US #142
#78Clifford73US #86
#79Rufus73
#80Floyd71US #69
#81Marion71US #133
#82Calvin69US #112
#83Daniel69US #42
#84Louis69US #40
#85Milton69US #113
#86Freddie66US #156
#87Harvey66US #97
#88Alfred65US #57
#89Larry65US #58
#90Lonnie65US #176
#91Norman65US #37
#92Alton64US #184
#93Gene64US #66
#94Tommy62US #109
#95Lamar59
#96Lawrence58US #38
#97Sam58US #121
#98Claude56US #131
#99Luther56US #162
#100Douglas55US #81

On the move since 1932

Rising

↑31Roosevelt#38
↑30Leonard#61
↑27Nancy#44
↑27Jo#73
↑26Eloise#65
↑25Ronald#55
↑24Franklin#19
↑19Hattie#59

Falling

↓27Daisy#94
↓26Clifford#78
↓26Marion#81
↓22Mamie#66
↓19Irene#83
↓17Lois#53
↓15Leroy#48
↓14Geneva#82

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1932 rankings.