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Top names in Georgia

The names most likely to appear on 1936 Georgia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 57,936 Georgia births in 1936 across 964 distinct names.

Distinctively Georgia

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

#33Johnnie#193 nationally
#64Mamieoutside the national top 200
#67Susieoutside the national top 200
#60Hattie#192 nationally
#70Fannieoutside the national top 200
#72Gradyoutside the national top 200
#74Tommieoutside the national top 200
#64Otis#187 nationally
#21Mattie#143 nationally
#67Horace#188 nationally
#48Carrie#166 nationally
#56Earnest#170 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,923US #1
#2Betty1,416US #4
#3Shirley917US #2
#4Barbara808US #3
#5Annie727US #45
#6Dorothy689US #6
#7Martha468US #24
#8Margaret384US #9
#9Frances354US #19
#10Sarah343US #63
#11Helen338US #11
#12Carolyn330US #23
#13Willie312US #108
#14Joyce300US #12
#15Mildred298US #40
#16Patricia298US #5
#17Ruby289US #51
#18Virginia289US #14
#19Doris286US #15
#20Elizabeth274US #18
#21Mattie260US #143
#22Evelyn239US #34
#23Peggy237US #35
#24Louise232US #46
#25Sara206US #129
#26Lillie188US #124
#27Alice186US #27
#28Nancy177US #8
#29Edna176US #71
#30Juanita172US #75
#31Ruth169US #16
#32Emma166US #85
#33Johnnie163US #193
#34Rosa162US #146
#35Thelma158US #74
#36Gladys157US #84
#37Catherine156US #44
#38Bobbie154US #119
#39Gloria148US #32
#40Jean143US #20
#41Geraldine142US #41
#42Joan142US #7
#43Ann141US #28
#44Bernice140US #95
#45Hazel140US #96
#46Lois137US #26
#47Bessie136US #136
#48Carrie136US #166
#49Ethel136US #90
#50Clara133US #91
#51Minnie133US #148
#52Annette130US #125
#53Marie129US #33
#54Julia125US #105
#55Geneva123US #153
#56Margie120US #102
#57Nellie118US #135
#58Christine115US #131
#59Eva115US #116
#60Hattie115US #192
#61Lillian115US #79
#62Sylvia115US #53
#63Beverly114US #17
#64Mamie111
#65Jessie108US #140
#66Ella104US #126
#67Susie104
#68Patsy103US #52
#69Bertha102US #122
#70Fannie100
#71Ida100US #130
#72Joann98US #55
#73Lula98US #175
#74Jeanette97US #94
#75Jo97US #72
#76Edith95US #87
#77Rose93US #37
#78Jane92US #42
#79Vera92US #142
#80Charlotte91US #61
#81Irene91US #57
#82Laura90US #106
#83Mae90US #170
#84Norma90US #29
#85Anna88US #36
#86June87US #62
#87Pauline87US #82
#88Grace86US #86
#89Bonnie85US #65
#90Alma84US #137
#91Emily83US #171
#92Cora82US #181
#93Marjorie82US #49
#94Eleanor81US #47
#95Georgia80US #128
#96Josephine80US #77
#97Lucy80US #147
#98Vivian79US #115
#99Daisy77
#100Katherine77US #100

Boys

#1James2,184US #2
#2William1,258US #4
#3Robert1,185US #1
#4John1,174US #3
#5Charles1,057US #6
#6Willie986US #32
#7Bobby621US #24
#8George557US #9
#9Thomas514US #8
#10Billy453US #22
#11Joe447US #23
#12Henry352US #28
#13Richard338US #5
#14Donald335US #7
#15Joseph332US #11
#16Edward314US #13
#17Jimmy303US #46
#18Eugene297US #29
#19Jack290US #20
#20Charlie289US #103
#21David286US #10
#22Walter278US #26
#23Eddie265US #79
#24Harold238US #21
#25Johnny236US #72
#26Frank235US #16
#27Roy230US #42
#28Jerry212US #18
#29Albert199US #34
#30Paul198US #15
#31Arthur180US #30
#32Ralph180US #31
#33Johnnie175US #117
#34Raymond167US #17
#35Clarence166US #52
#36Jimmie161US #71
#37Kenneth158US #14
#38Fred152US #36
#39Ernest142US #55
#40Leroy142US #57
#41Marvin141US #49
#42Franklin139US #64
#43Ronald135US #12
#44Howard129US #40
#45Larry128US #25
#46Carl125US #27
#47Earl122US #47
#48Curtis120US #107
#49Tommy120US #91
#50Samuel117US #67
#51Melvin112US #53
#52Jesse110US #104
#53Ray108US #65
#54Bennie104US #162
#55Cecil103US #114
#56Earnest101US #170
#57Marion101US #148
#58Clifford94US #90
#59Freddie94US #134
#60Herbert94US #62
#61Harry91US #39
#62Jessie91US #151
#63Leon91US #82
#64Otis91US #187
#65Gerald90US #19
#66Gene89US #66
#67Horace88US #188
#68Benjamin87US #123
#69Lewis86US #101
#70Herman83US #105
#71Andrew80US #83
#72Grady80
#73Roosevelt80US #180
#74Tommie80
#75Norman79US #43
#76Leonard78US #54
#77Harvey76US #97
#78Nathaniel76US #179
#79Hugh75US #142
#80Milton74US #120
#81Clyde73US #89
#82Hubert73US #161
#83Oscar73US #153
#84Russell73US #69
#85Sam72US #131
#86Floyd71US #86
#87Lee71US #76
#88Daniel70US #41
#89Luther70US #171
#90Rufus70
#91Calvin68US #124
#92Allen66US #81
#93Wayne65US #45
#94Douglas64US #78
#95Alvin63US #96
#96Alfred62US #60
#97Lawrence62US #37
#98Louis62US #44
#99Wallace61US #130
#100Jackie59US #106

On the move since 1935

Rising

↑29Beverly#63
↑28Earnest#56
↑24Annette#52
↑23Patsy#68
↑22Freddie#59
↑22Gerald#65
↑21Jane#78
↑21Vera#79

Falling

↓29Louis#98
↓28Alvin#95
↓26Lee#87
↓23Alma#90
↓22Pauline#87
↓20Vivian#98
↓19Grace#88
↓19Grady#72

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1935 rankings.