State roster

Top names in Georgia

The names most likely to appear on 1934 Georgia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 59,103 Georgia births in 1934 across 992 distinct names.

Distinctively Georgia

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

#57Johnnie#190 nationally
#71Gradyoutside the national top 200
#72Mamieoutside the national top 200
#63Fannie#185 nationally
#52Horace#170 nationally
#83Janieoutside the national top 200
#86Susieoutside the national top 200
#21Mattie#132 nationally
#65Hattie#176 nationally
#90Rufusoutside the national top 200
#92Katieoutside the national top 200
#93Lizzieoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary2,219US #1
#2Betty1,675US #2
#3Dorothy754US #5
#4Barbara736US #3
#5Annie713US #38
#6Martha540US #27
#7Margaret386US #8
#8Frances381US #19
#9Helen361US #9
#10Elizabeth353US #18
#11Mildred348US #35
#12Sarah344US #67
#13Ruby343US #39
#14Doris334US #11
#15Carolyn312US #33
#16Evelyn312US #29
#17Willie310US #102
#18Virginia297US #15
#19Shirley291US #4
#20Louise282US #40
#21Mattie280US #132
#22Peggy264US #36
#23Joyce253US #12
#24Sara233US #125
#25Alice231US #25
#26Patricia217US #6
#27Ruth217US #13
#28Lillie198US #116
#29Gloria196US #30
#30Edna193US #55
#31Emma193US #85
#32Juanita186US #64
#33Gladys185US #66
#34Bobbie182US #110
#35Bernice174US #82
#36Ethel171US #78
#37Hazel169US #87
#38Lillian168US #52
#39Clara167US #76
#40Joan164US #7
#41Rosa163US #136
#42Catherine155US #42
#43Nancy154US #10
#44Christine153US #121
#45Thelma150US #65
#46Lois149US #20
#47Minnie149US #133
#48Ann148US #32
#49Bessie148US #128
#50Ella140US #113
#51Julia140US #105
#52Nellie140US #126
#53Carrie138US #158
#54Jean136US #16
#55Marie135US #34
#56Geraldine133US #43
#57Johnnie125US #190
#58Margie123US #103
#59Bertha122US #112
#60Jessie120US #129
#61Josephine117US #60
#62Eva115US #100
#63Fannie110US #185
#64Grace110US #79
#65Hattie107US #176
#66Geneva105US #139
#67Ida105US #118
#68Jo104US #75
#69Laura104US #96
#70Vera104US #127
#71Lula102US #166
#72Mamie100
#73Marjorie99US #41
#74Norma96US #24
#75June95US #46
#76Joann93US #50
#77Vivian92US #98
#78Charlotte91US #72
#79Alma89US #123
#80Jeanette89US #106
#81Mae89US #147
#82Pauline89US #71
#83Janie88
#84Katherine88US #101
#85Lucy87US #134
#86Susie87
#87Cora86US #168
#88Georgia86US #122
#89Irene85US #49
#90Eleanor81US #44
#91Eunice81US #161
#92Katie81
#93Lizzie80
#94Patsy79US #59
#95Billie77US #92
#96Bonnie77US #58
#97Faye76US #146
#98Edith75US #81
#99Jane75US #48
#100Eloise74

Boys

#1James2,278US #2
#2William1,332US #4
#3Robert1,267US #1
#4John1,182US #3
#5Willie1,128US #30
#6Charles947US #7
#7Bobby592US #23
#8George541US #8
#9Billy510US #20
#10Thomas479US #9
#11Eugene390US #24
#12Henry360US #27
#13Walter347US #21
#14Jack327US #17
#15Donald316US #6
#16Joe316US #26
#17Joseph304US #10
#18Edward291US #13
#19Harold286US #18
#20Richard286US #5
#21David285US #12
#22Charlie272US #100
#23Frank269US #16
#24Jimmy233US #56
#25Franklin227US #46
#26Roy227US #35
#27Clarence200US #45
#28Eddie200US #92
#29Albert195US #32
#30Johnny191US #83
#31Arthur190US #29
#32Ralph190US #31
#33Jimmie186US #68
#34Paul184US #14
#35Fred177US #33
#36Raymond166US #19
#37Johnnie162US #116
#38Howard157US #37
#39Jerry152US #25
#40Marvin150US #44
#41Samuel140US #66
#42Leroy136US #54
#43Kenneth130US #15
#44Ernest126US #51
#45Roosevelt123US #149
#46Jesse121US #102
#47Carl120US #28
#48Curtis117US #103
#49Earl115US #41
#50Harry112US #36
#51Herbert110US #57
#52Horace106US #170
#53Ray104US #63
#54Clifford103US #85
#55Earnest101US #161
#56Melvin99US #55
#57Benjamin97US #117
#58Lewis97US #94
#59Ronald95US #11
#60Marion93US #139
#61Gene92US #67
#62Andrew90US #76
#63Cecil89US #111
#64Tommy89US #98
#65Alfred88US #64
#66Jessie88US #144
#67Larry88US #43
#68Leon88US #87
#69Bennie86US #173
#70Nathaniel85US #174
#71Grady84
#72Daniel83US #42
#73Clyde82US #84
#74Floyd80US #73
#75Louis78US #40
#76Otis78US #177
#77Claude77US #130
#78Hubert77US #150
#79Lee77US #79
#80Harvey76US #99
#81Herman76US #97
#82Lonnie76US #180
#83Alvin75US #93
#84Freddie75US #152
#85Lawrence75US #34
#86Calvin72US #128
#87Hugh72US #135
#88Luther72US #167
#89Norman69US #38
#90Rufus69
#91Leonard68US #53
#92Milton68US #115
#93Gerald66US #22
#94Oscar65US #143
#95Tommie65
#96Homer64US #156
#97Douglas59US #72
#98Lamar59
#99Bill57US #59
#100Sam57US #127

On the move since 1933

Rising

↑43Shirley#19
↑32Gene#61
↑30Tommy#64
↑27Josephine#61
↑24Joann#76
↑24Clifford#54
↑23Alfred#65
↑22Larry#67

Falling

↓37Homer#96
↓35Eloise#100
↓30Leonard#91
↓26Edith#98
↓23Herman#81
↓20Grady#71
↓20Tommie#95
↓18Pauline#82

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1933 rankings.