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Top names in Georgia

The names most likely to appear on 1935 Georgia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 58,879 Georgia births in 1935 across 975 distinct names.

Distinctively Georgia

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

#53Gradyoutside the national top 200
#51Johnnie#193 nationally
#64Mamieoutside the national top 200
#74Susieoutside the national top 200
#72Fannie#198 nationally
#62Hattie#182 nationally
#56Horace#174 nationally
#43Carrie#158 nationally
#86Eloiseoutside the national top 200
#68Otis#182 nationally
#24Mattie#136 nationally
#90Lizzieoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary2,086US #1
#2Betty1,500US #4
#3Shirley897US #2
#4Dorothy744US #6
#5Barbara740US #3
#6Annie686US #38
#7Martha512US #24
#8Ruby372US #41
#9Willie359US #99
#10Margaret349US #8
#11Sarah342US #61
#12Elizabeth339US #17
#13Helen339US #10
#14Frances338US #19
#15Doris328US #13
#16Mildred319US #35
#17Carolyn311US #28
#18Evelyn307US #31
#19Joyce280US #12
#20Louise275US #45
#21Virginia267US #16
#22Patricia262US #5
#23Peggy260US #36
#24Mattie254US #136
#25Sara243US #128
#26Lillie220US #118
#27Ruth214US #15
#28Thelma189US #76
#29Alice186US #25
#30Gloria186US #32
#31Edna184US #67
#32Nancy182US #9
#33Juanita181US #72
#34Emma178US #89
#35Gladys173US #78
#36Joan172US #7
#37Catherine168US #42
#38Clara166US #81
#39Hazel166US #92
#40Ethel165US #82
#41Rosa161US #137
#42Minnie156US #139
#43Carrie150US #158
#44Lois148US #21
#45Marie140US #33
#46Jean139US #18
#47Bessie135US #129
#48Bobbie135US #116
#49Ann134US #30
#50Geraldine132US #40
#51Johnnie131US #193
#52Julia130US #102
#53Ida129US #121
#54Jessie127US #135
#55Lillian127US #66
#56Bernice123US #90
#57Bertha122US #114
#58Christine122US #130
#59Geneva118US #156
#60Margie114US #100
#61Ella112US #122
#62Hattie112US #182
#63Nellie111US #131
#64Mamie108
#65Pauline108US #80
#66Norma107US #29
#67Alma103US #132
#68Jeanette102US #104
#69Grace100US #83
#70Eva99US #110
#71Laura98US #101
#72Fannie97US #198
#73Lula96US #174
#74Susie95
#75Charlotte94US #65
#76Annette91US #142
#77Jo91US #73
#78Vivian91US #112
#79Josephine89US #75
#80Sylvia88US #60
#81June87US #55
#82Joann85US #53
#83Eleanor84US #48
#84Mae83US #160
#85Beatrice82US #107
#86Eloise82
#87Katherine82US #103
#88Marjorie82US #46
#89Edith81US #87
#90Lizzie81
#91Patsy81US #56
#92Beverly80US #20
#93Cora80US #175
#94Katie80
#95Janie78
#96Lucille78US #85
#97Essie76
#98Gwendolyn75US #180
#99Jane75US #43
#100Vera75US #124

Boys

#1James2,171US #2
#2William1,358US #4
#3Robert1,239US #1
#4John1,206US #3
#5Charles1,045US #6
#6Willie1,037US #30
#7George607US #8
#8Bobby568US #24
#9Billy506US #19
#10Thomas450US #9
#11Henry375US #27
#12Joe360US #25
#13Charlie343US #100
#14Eugene314US #26
#15Donald310US #7
#16Richard302US #5
#17Edward300US #13
#18Jack298US #18
#19Joseph298US #10
#20Walter293US #23
#21Harold289US #20
#22Jimmy269US #47
#23David261US #11
#24Frank238US #16
#25Roy219US #40
#26Johnny215US #74
#27Eddie211US #87
#28Jerry204US #22
#29Paul184US #14
#30Albert183US #31
#31Jimmie181US #69
#32Arthur178US #29
#33Samuel166US #62
#34Kenneth164US #15
#35Fred161US #34
#36Ralph161US #32
#37Marvin156US #45
#38Johnnie154US #118
#39Raymond150US #17
#40Howard148US #39
#41Clarence144US #48
#42Ronald144US #12
#43Ernest142US #55
#44Leroy142US #50
#45Franklin141US #71
#46Carl127US #28
#47Larry126US #33
#48Harry116US #37
#49Earl111US #46
#50Curtis109US #108
#51Herbert108US #58
#52Herman107US #101
#53Grady106
#54Jesse106US #104
#55Tommy106US #95
#56Horace105US #174
#57Melvin98US #57
#58Lewis97US #98
#59Bennie95US #155
#60Gene95US #66
#61Lee94US #80
#62Cecil93US #109
#63Marion93US #134
#64Jessie92US #140
#65Leonard87US #54
#66Clifford86US #88
#67Alvin85US #91
#68Otis85US #182
#69Louis84US #42
#70Luther84US #169
#71Ray82US #64
#72Clyde81US #82
#73Daniel80US #43
#74Andrew79US #85
#75Leon79US #86
#76Hugh78US #139
#77Nathaniel77US #180
#78Benjamin76US #123
#79Oscar76US #143
#80Roosevelt76US #179
#81Freddie74US #145
#82Harvey74US #99
#83Alfred73US #63
#84Earnest73US #163
#85Wayne72US #49
#86Homer71US #170
#87Gerald70US #21
#88Norman70US #38
#89Floyd69US #76
#90Claude68US #129
#91Alton66US #188
#92Milton65US #117
#93Jackie63US #102
#94Calvin62US #127
#95Douglas62US #75
#96Wallace62US #133
#97Ben59US #161
#98Hubert58US #160
#99Edgar56US #138
#100Glenn56US #78

On the move since 1934

Rising

↑29Herman#52
↑26Leonard#65
↑20Larry#47
↑18Grady#53
↑18Lee#61
↑18Luther#70
↑17Thelma#28
↑17Pauline#65

Falling

↓35Roosevelt#80
↓30Vera#100
↓29Earnest#84
↓21Bernice#56
↓21Benjamin#78
↓20Franklin#45
↓20Hubert#98
↓18Josephine#79

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1934 rankings.