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Top names in Georgia

The names most likely to appear on 1942 Georgia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 70,474 Georgia births in 1942 across 1,037 distinct names.

Distinctively Georgia

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

#49Johnnie#192 nationally
#34Mattie#171 nationally
#66Horaceoutside the national top 200
#59Carrie#185 nationally
#75Gradyoutside the national top 200
#76Otisoutside the national top 200
#84Hattieoutside the national top 200
#74Nathaniel#188 nationally
#20Willie#133 nationally
#37Lillie#150 nationally
#88Mamieoutside the national top 200
#89Maeoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary2,314US #1
#2Betty1,275US #9
#3Barbara1,098US #2
#4Linda837US #4
#5Patricia757US #3
#6Dorothy665US #17
#7Martha646US #29
#8Shirley645US #12
#9Annie641US #62
#10Carolyn598US #10
#11Sandra593US #6
#12Brenda456US #40
#13Margaret429US #14
#14Joyce377US #13
#15Nancy375US #8
#16Elizabeth360US #22
#17Sarah340US #67
#18Helen331US #26
#19Frances321US #30
#20Willie297US #133
#21Gloria296US #31
#22Peggy292US #42
#23Ruby287US #77
#24Doris286US #41
#25Virginia279US #23
#26Carol260US #5
#27Glenda257US #89
#28Judy245US #15
#29Mildred239US #71
#30Evelyn233US #53
#31Patsy229US #57
#32Janice225US #25
#33Alice218US #39
#34Mattie217US #171
#35Louise211US #61
#36Sara207US #128
#37Lillie206US #150
#38Ann197US #38
#39Joan192US #18
#40Juanita182US #90
#41Charlotte172US #51
#42Emma170US #108
#43Catherine162US #49
#44Judith161US #7
#45Marie159US #43
#46Rosa158US #155
#47Ruth156US #33
#48Sylvia146US #72
#49Johnnie145US #192
#50Bernice143US #137
#51Jo139US #65
#52Edna137US #99
#53Beverly136US #32
#54Bobbie136US #151
#55Hazel134US #139
#56Rebecca134US #85
#57Bonnie133US #34
#58Julia129US #95
#59Carrie128US #185
#60Clara127US #122
#61Geraldine127US #47
#62Minnie127US #161
#63Annette126US #134
#64Christine125US #96
#65Ella120US #152
#66Lois116US #44
#67Carole115US #35
#68Jane115US #46
#69Joann115US #58
#70Margie115US #126
#71Laura107US #115
#72Gladys106US #127
#73Jean106US #36
#74Vivian105US #125
#75Wanda105US #54
#76Bessie104US #176
#77Ethel103US #124
#78Eva103US #140
#79Lillian103US #111
#80Thelma103US #121
#81Nellie101US #183
#82Jeanette96US #104
#83Norma96US #52
#84Hattie95
#85Ida93US #153
#86Susan93US #21
#87Anne92US #76
#88Mamie92
#89Mae91
#90Ellen90US #64
#91Gwendolyn90US #169
#92Phyllis89US #37
#93Jessie88US #167
#94Fannie87
#95Faye87US #175
#96Delores86US #86
#97Donna86US #20
#98Emily86US #164
#99Jacqueline86US #69
#100Bertha85US #147

Boys

#1James2,781US #1
#2William1,572US #4
#3Robert1,506US #2
#4John1,419US #3
#5Charles1,203US #7
#6Willie1,199US #37
#7Thomas675US #8
#8George629US #14
#9Larry598US #12
#10Jerry597US #16
#11Bobby543US #43
#12David514US #6
#13Jimmy494US #47
#14Henry450US #31
#15Douglas410US #23
#16Richard403US #5
#17Joseph401US #11
#18Billy399US #35
#19Johnny384US #55
#20Edward368US #17
#21Donald363US #10
#22Ronald341US #9
#23Walter334US #26
#24Joe314US #33
#25Charlie296US #118
#26Eddie277US #86
#27Roy269US #42
#28Kenneth268US #15
#29Tommy235US #73
#30Harold232US #27
#31Albert226US #40
#32Arthur219US #29
#33Frank215US #21
#34Paul214US #19
#35Jack206US #34
#36Raymond204US #24
#37Ralph197US #38
#38Samuel184US #59
#39Eugene183US #45
#40Wayne183US #41
#41Ernest179US #61
#42Clarence176US #67
#43Leroy176US #69
#44Michael168US #13
#45Fred165US #46
#46Melvin160US #60
#47Marvin156US #66
#48Harry150US #48
#49Curtis149US #98
#50Johnnie146US #138
#51Franklin140US #103
#52Gerald137US #22
#53Jimmie137US #94
#54Carl134US #36
#55Jesse133US #100
#56Earl124US #62
#57Howard122US #49
#58Lewis118US #112
#59Freddie117US #140
#60Benjamin116US #129
#61Daniel116US #28
#62Herman115US #122
#63Ray114US #84
#64Ronnie112US #78
#65Andrew111US #80
#66Horace111
#67Leon111US #93
#68Bennie105US #177
#69Gary99US #18
#70Cecil98US #131
#71Gene96US #82
#72Marion94US #163
#73Hugh93US #154
#74Nathaniel93US #188
#75Grady91
#76Otis91
#77Alvin90US #115
#78Jessie90US #167
#79Allen89US #71
#80Clifford89US #95
#81Calvin87US #136
#82Harvey86US #107
#83Roger86US #25
#84Claude85US #149
#85Herbert83US #83
#86Leonard83US #57
#87Mack82US #190
#88Dennis81US #20
#89Lawrence80US #30
#90Louis79US #51
#91Oscar79US #172
#92Terry79US #52
#93Lonnie78US #148
#94Alfred74US #76
#95Lee74US #87
#96Benny73US #180
#97Earnest71US #192
#98Clyde69US #109
#99Jackie69US #119
#100Glenn68US #88

On the move since 1941

Rising

↑41Douglas#15
↑34Ronnie#64
↑23Lois#66
↑21Joan#39
↑21Benjamin#60
↑20Bonnie#57
↑20Carrie#59
↑16Ethel#77

Falling

↓28Bertha#100
↓23Nellie#81
↓22Vivian#74
↓22Earnest#97
↓18Geraldine#61
↓18Gladys#72
↓17Herbert#85
↓17Lee#95

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1941 rankings.