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Top names in Georgia

The names most likely to appear on 1940 Georgia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 62,896 Georgia births in 1940 across 1,023 distinct names.

Distinctively Georgia

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

#61Johnnieoutside the national top 200
#62Gradyoutside the national top 200
#61Horace#199 nationally
#32Mattie#163 nationally
#81Rufusoutside the national top 200
#83Mamieoutside the national top 200
#82Hattie#198 nationally
#86Otis#200 nationally
#31Lillie#143 nationally
#56Minnie#168 nationally
#91Tommieoutside the national top 200
#22Willie#128 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,176US #1
#2Betty1,281US #5
#3Barbara954US #2
#4Martha649US #26
#5Shirley635US #9
#6Annie614US #56
#7Patricia593US #3
#8Dorothy575US #12
#9Carolyn464US #15
#10Linda437US #8
#11Frances364US #28
#12Margaret350US #11
#13Joyce347US #13
#14Elizabeth346US #20
#15Sandra328US #10
#16Helen325US #18
#17Sarah310US #60
#18Nancy300US #7
#19Virginia289US #21
#20Doris285US #31
#21Gloria279US #30
#22Willie269US #128
#23Peggy259US #37
#24Ruby257US #66
#25Mildred243US #58
#26Louise235US #59
#27Alice225US #32
#28Evelyn220US #48
#29Sara218US #122
#30Brenda190US #42
#31Lillie189US #143
#32Mattie188US #163
#33Emma177US #94
#34Janice173US #22
#35Geraldine168US #46
#36Patsy163US #57
#37Carol160US #6
#38Juanita157US #78
#39Edna154US #86
#40Ann151US #35
#41Ruth151US #24
#42Jean150US #29
#43Vivian147US #115
#44Clara146US #111
#45Glenda146US #107
#46Bernice144US #121
#47Thelma143US #101
#48Catherine142US #53
#49Charlotte141US #55
#50Hazel141US #123
#51Christine138US #118
#52Joan138US #14
#53Annette136US #126
#54Margie135US #114
#55Jo133US #72
#56Minnie132US #168
#57Rebecca130US #96
#58Gladys129US #116
#59Beverly126US #27
#60Ethel124US #106
#61Johnnie124
#62Bertha123US #141
#63Bobbie123US #147
#64Rosa123US #148
#65Julia122US #91
#66Judith118US #4
#67Marie118US #41
#68Judy117US #16
#69Lois115US #38
#70Sylvia114US #62
#71Lillian113US #97
#72Eleanor111US #68
#73Norma110US #43
#74Joann108US #63
#75Nellie107US #161
#76Carrie106US #176
#77Faye104US #153
#78Eva103US #132
#79Laura103US #108
#80Jessie102US #158
#81Ella101US #146
#82Hattie100US #198
#83Mamie100
#84Bonnie97US #39
#85Jeanette95US #90
#86Mae95US #185
#87Wanda95US #52
#88Emily93US #164
#89Geneva91US #178
#90Georgia91US #138
#91Ida90US #144
#92Rose87US #44
#93Wilma87US #93
#94Bessie84US #162
#95Marilyn84US #25
#96Grace83US #105
#97Gwendolyn83US #169
#98Fannie81
#99Anna80US #51
#100Jane80US #47

Boys

#1James2,414US #1
#2William1,415US #4
#3Robert1,345US #2
#4John1,279US #3
#5Charles1,062US #6
#6Willie1,030US #35
#7Thomas586US #8
#8George576US #11
#9Bobby535US #30
#10Jerry487US #14
#11David424US #7
#12Jimmy414US #44
#13Donald407US #9
#14Richard398US #5
#15Henry395US #31
#16Billy374US #27
#17Joseph361US #12
#18Joe344US #28
#19Johnny325US #51
#20Larry322US #13
#21Walter305US #25
#22Roy287US #42
#23Charlie286US #111
#24Edward283US #16
#25Eugene273US #38
#26Harold255US #23
#27Frank237US #20
#28Jack230US #29
#29Albert220US #41
#30Kenneth216US #15
#31Eddie215US #81
#32Ronald215US #10
#33Paul212US #17
#34Ralph196US #37
#35Tommy195US #76
#36Arthur184US #33
#37Johnnie170US #129
#38Raymond170US #22
#39Clarence167US #64
#40Melvin155US #53
#41Fred154US #40
#42Jimmie152US #86
#43Ernest151US #58
#44Marvin146US #63
#45Harry145US #47
#46Samuel138US #65
#47Howard130US #45
#48Leroy127US #66
#49Wayne127US #39
#50Franklin125US #87
#51Curtis123US #97
#52Gerald117US #21
#53Carl116US #32
#54Lewis116US #107
#55Earl113US #52
#56Jesse112US #93
#57Daniel107US #34
#58Gene106US #70
#59Ray104US #77
#60Herbert103US #75
#61Horace102US #199
#62Grady101
#63Cecil100US #117
#64Marion99US #158
#65Freddie98US #138
#66Benjamin97US #128
#67Douglas95US #56
#68Hugh94US #157
#69Jessie91US #162
#70Herman89US #113
#71Andrew88US #84
#72Clifford87US #94
#73Nathaniel87US #176
#74Gary86US #19
#75Alvin85US #106
#76Bennie83US #175
#77Jackie83US #108
#78Leonard82US #54
#79Calvin81US #127
#80Lee81US #80
#81Rufus81
#82Clyde80US #102
#83Michael77US #18
#84Leon76US #89
#85Homer74US #185
#86Otis74US #200
#87Alfred72US #69
#88Lester72US #116
#89Lawrence71US #36
#90Norman71US #48
#91Tommie71
#92Wendell71US #114
#93Earnest70US #184
#94Louis70US #50
#95Luther70US #177
#96Milton70US #132
#97Roger68US #26
#98Hubert67US #187
#99Allen64US #71
#100Joel64US #140

On the move since 1939

Rising

↑38Vivian#43
↑32Rebecca#57
↑24Carol#37
↑22Franklin#50
↑21Patsy#36
↑16Clara#44
↑16Hugh#68
↑14Linda#10

Falling

↓30Rosa#64
↓28Fannie#98
↓27Julia#65
↓27Jeanette#85
↓24Roger#97
↓22Marie#67
↓21Jane#100
↓19Ella#81

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1939 rankings.