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Top names in Georgia

The names most likely to appear on 1941 Georgia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 64,961 Georgia births in 1941 across 1,009 distinct names.

Distinctively Georgia

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

#46Johnnie#192 nationally
#29Mattie#164 nationally
#62Horace#193 nationally
#72Gradyoutside the national top 200
#82Hattieoutside the national top 200
#38Rosa#154 nationally
#88Rufusoutside the national top 200
#24Willie#136 nationally
#89Rooseveltoutside the national top 200
#90Fannieoutside the national top 200
#56Minnie#166 nationally
#75Earnest#185 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,175US #1
#2Betty1,173US #7
#3Barbara936US #2
#4Patricia687US #3
#5Linda621US #5
#6Dorothy619US #14
#7Martha616US #25
#8Shirley615US #10
#9Annie587US #59
#10Carolyn481US #11
#11Sandra450US #9
#12Margaret388US #12
#13Elizabeth344US #21
#14Joyce343US #13
#15Sarah324US #60
#16Helen323US #24
#17Virginia319US #23
#18Peggy312US #39
#19Frances307US #31
#20Brenda306US #41
#21Nancy299US #8
#22Ruby290US #69
#23Doris278US #38
#24Willie278US #136
#25Mildred262US #64
#26Evelyn255US #50
#27Alice245US #34
#28Gloria245US #26
#29Mattie222US #164
#30Janice212US #22
#31Louise200US #62
#32Judy198US #16
#33Emma195US #99
#34Carol189US #4
#35Patsy186US #52
#36Sara178US #124
#37Juanita168US #84
#38Rosa168US #154
#39Charlotte163US #55
#40Glenda161US #96
#41Lillie161US #144
#42Ann159US #37
#43Geraldine158US #45
#44Catherine153US #51
#45Edna151US #89
#46Johnnie148US #192
#47Marie148US #42
#48Bernice146US #133
#49Clara145US #111
#50Ruth142US #28
#51Christine141US #101
#52Vivian139US #113
#53Annette138US #128
#54Gladys136US #118
#55Judith136US #6
#56Minnie136US #166
#57Rebecca130US #86
#58Nellie129US #167
#59Julia128US #88
#60Joan127US #17
#61Jean126US #32
#62Jo126US #66
#63Sylvia123US #65
#64Bobbie122US #145
#65Hazel122US #131
#66Thelma122US #108
#67Beverly121US #29
#68Wanda117US #53
#69Eva116US #135
#70Ella115US #141
#71Eleanor113US #78
#72Bertha112US #140
#73Jeanette111US #98
#74Ida110US #148
#75Bessie108US #173
#76Joann106US #58
#77Bonnie105US #33
#78Norma105US #47
#79Carrie104US #183
#80Jessie104US #165
#81Margie102US #122
#82Hattie101
#83Jane101US #46
#84Lillian100US #104
#85Laura98US #115
#86Faye97US #160
#87Edith95US #103
#88Georgia95US #127
#89Lois95US #43
#90Fannie93
#91Josephine92US #92
#92Delores91US #80
#93Ethel91US #116
#94Mae91US #191
#95Emily90US #162
#96Lula85
#97Marilyn85US #30
#98Rose84US #49
#99Geneva83US #180
#100Jacqueline81US #73

Boys

#1James2,464US #1
#2William1,499US #4
#3Robert1,423US #2
#4John1,376US #3
#5Charles1,129US #6
#6Willie1,048US #36
#7Thomas637US #8
#8George582US #13
#9Jerry549US #14
#10Larry529US #11
#11Bobby505US #35
#12David492US #7
#13Jimmy418US #45
#14Henry417US #28
#15Billy409US #27
#16Richard392US #5
#17Joseph373US #12
#18Donald354US #10
#19Johnny354US #55
#20Joe340US #30
#21Walter323US #26
#22Roy292US #39
#23Edward273US #17
#24Charlie259US #115
#25Kenneth259US #15
#26Eddie253US #78
#27Ronald249US #9
#28Harold248US #24
#29Jack240US #32
#30Frank220US #21
#31Paul216US #18
#32Eugene209US #42
#33Raymond205US #22
#34Arthur194US #33
#35Tommy194US #71
#36Albert186US #40
#37Ralph175US #38
#38Marvin170US #63
#39Clarence164US #62
#40Fred154US #43
#41Johnnie150US #131
#42Samuel150US #65
#43Ernest148US #61
#44Carl145US #29
#45Melvin143US #56
#46Harry139US #48
#47Leroy137US #67
#48Howard132US #47
#49Jimmie132US #89
#50Freddie129US #138
#51Gerald129US #20
#52Wayne126US #37
#53Michael123US #16
#54Jesse121US #99
#55Curtis114US #100
#56Douglas112US #53
#57Franklin111US #98
#58Earl107US #58
#59Herman107US #114
#60Gary106US #19
#61Lewis103US #109
#62Horace102US #193
#63Andrew101US #82
#64Gene101US #72
#65Cecil100US #132
#66Clifford99US #94
#67Daniel99US #31
#68Herbert97US #76
#69Jessie97US #162
#70Leon92US #93
#71Bennie91US #180
#72Grady91
#73Alvin90US #107
#74Ray89US #83
#75Earnest86US #185
#76Roger86US #25
#77Nathaniel85US #182
#78Lee82US #81
#79Alfred81US #74
#80Dennis81US #23
#81Benjamin80US #124
#82Marion80US #164
#83Harvey79US #106
#84Hugh78US #160
#85Oscar78US #165
#86Allen77US #73
#87Calvin76US #133
#88Rufus76
#89Roosevelt75
#90Luther72US #179
#91Floyd71US #102
#92Jackie71US #110
#93Milton71US #140
#94Leonard70US #54
#95Lonnie70US #148
#96Claude69US #151
#97Clyde68US #113
#98Ronnie68US #79
#99Tommie68
#100Hubert67US #196

On the move since 1940

Rising

↑36Judy#32
↑30Michael#53
↑26Rosa#38
↑21Roger#76
↑20Marie#47
↑19Wanda#68
↑19Bessie#75
↑18Earnest#75

Falling

↓33Ethel#93
↓27Margie#81
↓20Lois#89
↓19Jean#61
↓19Thelma#66
↓18Marion#82
↓16Hugh#84
↓16Leonard#94

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1940 rankings.