State roster

Top names in Georgia

The names most likely to appear on 1937 Georgia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 59,430 Georgia births in 1937 across 1,002 distinct names.

Distinctively Georgia

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

#54Johnnie#198 nationally
#71Gradyoutside the national top 200
#19Mattie#148 nationally
#68Otis#189 nationally
#81Susieoutside the national top 200
#81Rufusoutside the national top 200
#82Fannie#200 nationally
#39Minnie#156 nationally
#63Horace#180 nationally
#73Nathaniel#187 nationally
#40Rosa#152 nationally
#83Hattie#194 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,100US #1
#2Betty1,384US #5
#3Barbara901US #2
#4Shirley787US #4
#5Annie709US #46
#6Dorothy651US #8
#7Martha556US #24
#8Patricia413US #3
#9Carolyn371US #20
#10Margaret354US #10
#11Elizabeth353US #17
#12Frances329US #19
#13Doris320US #22
#14Willie320US #114
#15Helen315US #12
#16Sarah300US #65
#17Ruby296US #52
#18Virginia296US #16
#19Mattie266US #148
#20Joyce262US #11
#21Evelyn258US #36
#22Peggy256US #31
#23Louise252US #48
#24Mildred240US #43
#25Alice234US #28
#26Ruth207US #15
#27Nancy204US #7
#28Lillie201US #131
#29Sara196US #130
#30Emma184US #89
#31Juanita183US #75
#32Gloria180US #32
#33Bobbie175US #122
#34Catherine172US #47
#35Hazel172US #106
#36Ann171US #30
#37Thelma161US #78
#38Gladys154US #86
#39Minnie153US #156
#40Rosa150US #152
#41Edna149US #74
#42Annette147US #115
#43Bernice147US #104
#44Geraldine137US #44
#45Jean137US #23
#46Joan137US #9
#47Christine135US #135
#48Clara134US #100
#49Julia132US #112
#50Sylvia132US #50
#51Marie130US #35
#52Beverly126US #14
#53Carol126US #6
#54Johnnie126US #198
#55Ella124US #134
#56Jessie120US #144
#57Bessie119US #143
#58Lillian117US #84
#59Lois117US #29
#60Jo111US #73
#61Norma110US #33
#62Patsy109US #54
#63Shelby108US #119
#64Vivian108US #127
#65Ethel107US #88
#66Ida107US #133
#67Charlotte105US #67
#68Geneva105US #158
#69Laura105US #105
#70Bertha103US #121
#71Nellie103US #140
#72Lula101US #182
#73Margie101US #111
#74Carrie100US #172
#75Eva100US #117
#76Janice100US #25
#77Jeanette100US #90
#78Eleanor99US #53
#79Sandra99US #26
#80Alma98US #138
#81Susie98
#82Fannie97US #200
#83Hattie97US #194
#84Mae96US #185
#85Joann94US #58
#86Josephine93US #82
#87Marjorie90US #57
#88Georgia88US #132
#89Faye86US #160
#90Linda86US #49
#91Pauline86US #87
#92Edith83US #96
#93Rose83US #38
#94Jane81US #42
#95Yvonne80US #77
#96Grace79US #94
#97Mamie79
#98Cora76US #176
#99Emily76US #161
#100June76US #71

Boys

#1James2,290US #2
#2William1,303US #4
#3John1,291US #3
#4Robert1,247US #1
#5Charles1,045US #6
#6Willie1,025US #32
#7Bobby573US #24
#8George557US #10
#9Thomas492US #9
#10Billy441US #22
#11Joe406US #25
#12Donald392US #7
#13Henry391US #30
#14Jimmy376US #45
#15David351US #8
#16Joseph337US #12
#17Richard315US #5
#18Jerry299US #17
#19Edward291US #13
#20Charlie290US #110
#21Walter285US #26
#22Jack251US #23
#23Frank234US #18
#24Harold233US #21
#25Johnny225US #69
#26Eugene216US #33
#27Raymond205US #19
#28Eddie203US #83
#29Roy198US #40
#30Arthur189US #31
#31Kenneth185US #14
#32Ralph181US #34
#33Albert176US #37
#34Paul171US #15
#35Larry166US #16
#36Johnnie157US #118
#37Fred154US #35
#38Jimmie153US #72
#39Franklin151US #77
#40Tommy150US #84
#41Clarence149US #54
#42Ronald139US #11
#43Samuel139US #66
#44Carl133US #28
#45Marvin131US #49
#46Harry130US #41
#47Leroy126US #56
#48Ernest123US #53
#49Melvin115US #50
#50Howard114US #42
#51Herbert111US #65
#52Freddie109US #134
#53Lewis108US #104
#54Cecil107US #114
#55Earl105US #48
#56Gerald103US #20
#57Clifford102US #90
#58Curtis99US #109
#59Gene96US #61
#60Benjamin94US #119
#61Bennie94US #166
#62Herman94US #101
#63Horace92US #180
#64Marion92US #140
#65Andrew91US #79
#66Jessie91US #148
#67Lee91US #78
#68Otis91US #189
#69Ray91US #71
#70Earnest89US #174
#71Grady89
#72Leon89US #85
#73Nathaniel86US #187
#74Wayne85US #44
#75Jesse84US #102
#76Homer81US #165
#77Floyd78US #80
#78Alfred75US #60
#79Alvin75US #99
#80Jackie75US #107
#81Rufus75
#82Daniel73US #39
#83Milton72US #121
#84Calvin71US #125
#85Alton70US #173
#86Allen69US #76
#87Harvey69US #95
#88Hugh69US #143
#89Louis69US #46
#90Oscar68US #154
#91Carlton67
#92Roosevelt67US #190
#93Claude65US #137
#94Douglas64US #74
#95Hubert64US #164
#96Lawrence64US #38
#97Leonard62US #58
#98Sam62US #132
#99Lester60US #116
#100Luther60US #169

On the move since 1936

Rising

↑34Vivian#64
↑23Norma#61
↑20Lee#67
↑20Jackie#80
↑19Wayne#74
↑18Alfred#78
↑16Eleanor#78
↑16Lewis#53

Falling

↓33Mamie#97
↓26Carrie#74
↓23Hattie#83
↓23Jesse#75
↓21Johnnie#54
↓21Leonard#97
↓19Roosevelt#92
↓17Margie#73

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1936 rankings.