State roster

Top names in Georgia

The names most likely to appear on 1939 Georgia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 61,660 Georgia births in 1939 across 1,013 distinct names.

Distinctively Georgia

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

#56Gradyoutside the national top 200
#66Johnnieoutside the national top 200
#30Mattie#164 nationally
#67Mamieoutside the national top 200
#70Fannieoutside the national top 200
#67Horace#188 nationally
#75Hattie#195 nationally
#83Rooseveltoutside the national top 200
#34Rosa#151 nationally
#48Minnie#165 nationally
#69Otis#185 nationally
#71Nathaniel#183 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,195US #1
#2Betty1,372US #4
#3Barbara893US #2
#4Shirley705US #5
#5Martha630US #27
#6Annie611US #54
#7Dorothy599US #9
#8Patricia489US #3
#9Carolyn451US #14
#10Frances373US #26
#11Margaret350US #10
#12Elizabeth320US #18
#13Nancy318US #7
#14Sarah307US #68
#15Joyce290US #12
#16Helen285US #16
#17Willie283US #126
#18Virginia280US #21
#19Ruby278US #67
#20Mildred277US #55
#21Evelyn275US #40
#22Peggy274US #34
#23Doris264US #29
#24Linda230US #15
#25Alice223US #31
#26Sara220US #127
#27Louise216US #59
#28Gloria210US #36
#29Sandra203US #13
#30Mattie200US #164
#31Juanita194US #77
#32Emma188US #89
#33Lillie182US #143
#34Rosa168US #151
#35Janice167US #24
#36Joan166US #11
#37Geraldine154US #41
#38Julia152US #91
#39Ann149US #33
#40Annette148US #121
#41Ruth148US #22
#42Hazel147US #118
#43Bernice146US #116
#44Thelma146US #88
#45Marie144US #37
#46Gladys141US #104
#47Margie139US #113
#48Minnie139US #165
#49Edna137US #81
#50Christine136US #124
#51Catherine135US #49
#52Charlotte132US #66
#53Bobbie131US #141
#54Jo129US #70
#55Glenda128US #112
#56Jean127US #32
#57Patsy127US #56
#58Jeanette126US #82
#59Sylvia125US #62
#60Clara123US #103
#61Carol121US #6
#62Ella120US #132
#63Ethel120US #100
#64Lois120US #35
#65Norma119US #38
#66Johnnie114
#67Mamie113
#68Bertha110US #135
#69Beverly106US #25
#70Fannie104
#71Joann104US #57
#72Carrie102US #176
#73Laura101US #107
#74Nellie101US #157
#75Hattie98US #195
#76Lillian98US #99
#77Eleanor97US #63
#78Geneva97US #172
#79Jane97US #46
#80Judith97US #8
#81Vivian97US #128
#82Bessie93US #158
#83Ida91US #145
#84Jessie90US #155
#85Josephine90US #84
#86Vera89US #153
#87Eva88US #129
#88Mae88US #180
#89Rebecca88US #134
#90Daisy87
#91Georgia85US #131
#92Emily83US #163
#93Anna82US #43
#94Bonnie81US #61
#95Edith81US #102
#96Grace81US #108
#97Lula81US #193
#98Lucille80US #110
#99Irene79US #74
#100Essie78

Boys

#1James2,253US #2
#2William1,368US #4
#3John1,293US #3
#4Robert1,292US #1
#5Charles1,088US #6
#6Willie1,068US #33
#7George601US #11
#8Bobby582US #29
#9Thomas575US #9
#10Jerry459US #16
#11Richard394US #5
#12David392US #7
#13Henry390US #31
#14Billy378US #24
#15Donald375US #8
#16Joe353US #27
#17Jimmy337US #43
#18Joseph337US #12
#19Walter327US #25
#20Charlie304US #112
#21Edward303US #15
#22Larry270US #14
#23Harold267US #23
#24Johnny255US #62
#25Jack252US #26
#26Kenneth251US #13
#27Frank239US #20
#28Eugene236US #37
#29Eddie224US #81
#30Roy220US #42
#31Paul207US #17
#32Ralph199US #35
#33Arthur197US #32
#34Albert187US #41
#35Ronald185US #10
#36Raymond179US #22
#37Clarence171US #60
#38Samuel163US #63
#39Johnnie160US #120
#40Tommy156US #77
#41Carl155US #30
#42Marvin154US #52
#43Leroy146US #61
#44Ernest145US #55
#45Howard145US #47
#46Jimmie142US #80
#47Harry139US #45
#48Fred138US #40
#49Wayne134US #39
#50Curtis127US #98
#51Gerald120US #19
#52Earl119US #50
#53Freddie118US #138
#54Melvin117US #51
#55Jessie108US #154
#56Grady107
#57Herman107US #111
#58Bennie106US #168
#59Jesse105US #99
#60Ray104US #74
#61Cecil103US #114
#62Herbert103US #68
#63Lewis103US #107
#64Daniel100US #38
#65Gene100US #69
#66Benjamin98US #124
#67Horace97US #188
#68Clifford95US #88
#69Otis94US #185
#70Marion92US #155
#71Nathaniel90US #183
#72Franklin89US #106
#73Roger89US #28
#74Calvin82US #126
#75Leon81US #86
#76Douglas79US #58
#77Earnest79US #177
#78Harvey79US #102
#79Louis79US #49
#80Andrew78US #84
#81Milton78US #128
#82Oscar77US #159
#83Roosevelt77
#84Hugh72US #160
#85Lee72US #78
#86Leonard71US #54
#87Alvin70US #103
#88Luther70US #184
#89Rufus69
#90Jackie68US #105
#91Lonnie68US #150
#92Michael68US #18
#93Norman65US #44
#94Edwin64US #96
#95Alton63US #192
#96Allen62US #72
#97Hubert62US #181
#98Joel62US #135
#99Homer61US #180
#100Lawrence61US #36

On the move since 1938

Rising

↑31Charlotte#52
↑29Nathaniel#71
↑27Linda#24
↑25Fannie#70
↑24Janice#35
↑23Glenda#55
↑23Wayne#49
↑23Freddie#53

Falling

↓30Carol#61
↓27Hugh#84
↓24Homer#99
↓23Clara#60
↓23Eva#87
↓19Franklin#72
↓19Rufus#89
↓15Catherine#51

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1938 rankings.