State roster

Top names in Georgia

The names most likely to appear on 1938 Georgia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 60,390 Georgia births in 1938 across 1,008 distinct names.

Distinctively Georgia

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

#56Mamieoutside the national top 200
#65Johnnieoutside the national top 200
#70Rufusoutside the national top 200
#60Horace#188 nationally
#70Hattie#198 nationally
#68Roosevelt#195 nationally
#74Gradyoutside the national top 200
#27Mattie#153 nationally
#67Carrie#179 nationally
#89Daisyoutside the national top 200
#79Otis#190 nationally
#95Fannieoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary2,183US #1
#2Betty1,357US #4
#3Barbara899US #2
#4Annie702US #47
#5Shirley694US #5
#6Dorothy656US #8
#7Martha637US #26
#8Carolyn420US #15
#9Margaret387US #9
#10Patricia386US #3
#11Frances358US #23
#12Joyce323US #11
#13Helen317US #13
#14Ruby307US #61
#15Sarah306US #67
#16Elizabeth304US #17
#17Doris295US #25
#18Evelyn284US #38
#19Mildred274US #52
#20Peggy272US #35
#21Willie270US #121
#22Virginia250US #22
#23Nancy246US #7
#24Louise237US #59
#25Sara218US #124
#26Alice217US #29
#27Mattie207US #153
#28Gloria201US #36
#29Juanita186US #80
#30Emma181US #96
#31Carol178US #6
#32Ruth172US #21
#33Lillie169US #132
#34Sandra165US #14
#35Thelma162US #86
#36Catherine161US #48
#37Clara158US #98
#38Hazel158US #111
#39Bobbie157US #127
#40Ann149US #32
#41Bernice148US #112
#42Edna148US #82
#43Geraldine148US #45
#44Jean145US #27
#45Rosa136US #146
#46Sylvia136US #56
#47Joan135US #10
#48Annette133US #119
#49Ethel133US #94
#50Gladys132US #103
#51Linda130US #31
#52Patsy129US #55
#53Julia128US #107
#54Lois128US #33
#55Beverly126US #18
#56Mamie126
#57Margie126US #109
#58Christine124US #129
#59Janice124US #24
#60Jo122US #78
#61Minnie122US #161
#62Lillian119US #88
#63Marie118US #37
#64Eva117US #126
#65Johnnie117
#66Laura116US #108
#67Carrie115US #179
#68Norma115US #34
#69Bertha104US #131
#70Hattie104US #198
#71Jeanette104US #91
#72Bessie103US #155
#73Jane103US #44
#74Ella102US #140
#75Eleanor100US #60
#76Geneva99US #171
#77Shelby99US #142
#78Glenda98US #123
#79Emily96US #164
#80Joann96US #68
#81Mae96US #183
#82Jessie95US #150
#83Charlotte93US #70
#84Nellie92US #152
#85Georgia91US #138
#86Grace91US #100
#87Marjorie91US #53
#88Rose90US #39
#89Daisy89
#90Vivian88US #135
#91Irene87US #72
#92Pauline87US #97
#93Rebecca87US #145
#94Delores85US #75
#95Fannie84
#96Katherine82US #105
#97Anne81US #84
#98Susie80
#99Jacqueline78US #69
#100Alma77US #147

Boys

#1James2,252US #2
#2William1,413US #4
#3Robert1,307US #1
#4John1,275US #3
#5Willie1,038US #34
#6Charles1,034US #6
#7Thomas544US #9
#8Bobby543US #27
#9George534US #11
#10Billy471US #24
#11Donald385US #7
#12Joe384US #28
#13Jerry372US #17
#14Henry369US #30
#15David361US #8
#16Jimmy340US #45
#17Walter328US #26
#18Joseph322US #12
#19Richard296US #5
#20Edward283US #13
#21Johnny261US #63
#22Charlie250US #112
#23Eugene245US #33
#24Harold237US #23
#25Frank232US #18
#26Jack232US #25
#27Eddie215US #79
#28Larry208US #16
#29Kenneth205US #14
#30Raymond194US #20
#31Ralph191US #35
#32Roy186US #41
#33Albert178US #37
#34Ronald176US #10
#35Paul174US #15
#36Johnnie171US #123
#37Arthur167US #32
#38Fred167US #38
#39Marvin165US #53
#40Jimmie163US #76
#41Tommy160US #77
#42Clarence148US #58
#43Samuel146US #62
#44Curtis137US #101
#45Carl135US #29
#46Harry132US #44
#47Leroy128US #61
#48Melvin125US #54
#49Ernest123US #55
#50Howard122US #42
#51Earl119US #50
#52Herman118US #108
#53Franklin116US #100
#54Gene116US #65
#55Gerald116US #19
#56Cecil111US #118
#57Hugh109US #146
#58Marion103US #145
#59Lewis102US #109
#60Horace100US #188
#61Leon100US #85
#62Herbert98US #68
#63Benjamin97US #125
#64Clifford97US #89
#65Jesse94US #107
#66Jessie93US #163
#67Ray93US #72
#68Roosevelt92US #195
#69Daniel90US #39
#70Rufus88
#71Clyde87US #97
#72Wayne87US #40
#73Bennie86US #170
#74Grady86
#75Homer84US #171
#76Freddie83US #132
#77Calvin80US #122
#78Earnest80US #176
#79Otis79US #190
#80Louis76US #47
#81Alvin75US #98
#82Andrew74US #82
#83Jackie73US #105
#84Norman73US #43
#85Roger73US #31
#86Douglas72US #60
#87Lee70US #80
#88Leonard70US #57
#89Oscar70US #158
#90Floyd69US #96
#91Hubert67US #178
#92Alfred65US #69
#93Michael65US #21
#94Wallace65US #139
#95Harvey64US #99
#96Lonnie63US #160
#97Milton63US #127
#98Alton62US #185
#99Luther62US #177
#100Nathaniel62US #186

On the move since 1937

Rising

↑45Sandra#34
↑41Mamie#56
↑39Linda#51
↑31Hugh#57
↑24Roosevelt#68
↑22Carol#31
↑21Jane#73
↑20Emily#79

Falling

↓27Nathaniel#100
↓26Jessie#82
↓26Vivian#90
↓24Freddie#76
↓22Minnie#61
↓20Alma#100
↓20Lee#87
↓19Ella#74

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1937 rankings.