State roster

Top names in Georgia

The names most likely to appear on 1943 Georgia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 73,230 Georgia births in 1943 across 1,091 distinct names.

Distinctively Georgia

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

#36Mattie#183 nationally
#58Johnnie#196 nationally
#80Tommieoutside the national top 200
#35Rosa#154 nationally
#73Carrie#192 nationally
#82Mamieoutside the national top 200
#82Gradyoutside the national top 200
#83Horaceoutside the national top 200
#24Willie#139 nationally
#43Lillie#158 nationally
#76Nathaniel#191 nationally
#78Bennie#189 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,382US #1
#2Betty1,176US #10
#3Linda1,127US #4
#4Barbara1,080US #2
#5Patricia876US #3
#6Sandra695US #6
#7Shirley689US #12
#8Martha685US #29
#9Carolyn652US #11
#10Dorothy641US #19
#11Annie610US #69
#12Brenda512US #35
#13Nancy430US #9
#14Joyce402US #16
#15Margaret395US #14
#16Frances353US #31
#17Elizabeth343US #23
#18Gloria327US #30
#19Judy307US #13
#20Doris305US #40
#21Helen305US #28
#22Sarah295US #71
#23Peggy289US #41
#24Willie282US #139
#25Virginia278US #25
#26Carol276US #5
#27Janice272US #26
#28Ruby271US #82
#29Glenda266US #83
#30Evelyn260US #53
#31Alice251US #38
#32Mildred231US #76
#33Patsy211US #61
#34Louise194US #70
#35Rosa186US #154
#36Mattie184US #183
#37Ann181US #37
#38Joan179US #21
#39Sara174US #137
#40Judith173US #7
#41Charlotte172US #47
#42Emma165US #114
#43Lillie165US #158
#44Beverly162US #32
#45Jo160US #63
#46Marie155US #45
#47Juanita152US #91
#48Julia151US #95
#49Catherine150US #48
#50Susan150US #18
#51Geraldine149US #51
#52Ruth146US #33
#53Rebecca144US #87
#54Edna143US #106
#55Gladys141US #131
#56Bobbie139US #147
#57Bernice137US #143
#58Johnnie135US #196
#59Margie131US #128
#60Sylvia129US #77
#61Clara125US #133
#62Jean124US #36
#63Bertha123US #150
#64Christine123US #84
#65Minnie122US #173
#66Bonnie121US #34
#67Ethel119US #126
#68Donna115US #17
#69Georgia115US #119
#70Hazel114US #144
#71Eva112US #148
#72Thelma110US #127
#73Carrie109US #192
#74Annette108US #142
#75Vivian108US #122
#76Lynda107US #115
#77Jane106US #44
#78Wanda105US #56
#79Jessie102US #177
#80Carole100US #42
#81Joann100US #60
#82Mamie100
#83Marilyn100US #27
#84Diane99US #24
#85Ella97US #155
#86Gwendolyn96US #161
#87Marjorie96US #79
#88Sharon96US #8
#89Bessie95US #190
#90Delores93US #99
#91Laura93US #117
#92Emily92US #175
#93Jeanette92US #110
#94Eleanor91US #107
#95Faye90US #163
#96Janet89US #20
#97Phyllis89US #39
#98Dianne88US #88
#99Lillian88US #116
#100Susie88

Boys

#1James2,882US #1
#2William1,680US #4
#3John1,631US #3
#4Robert1,586US #2
#5Charles1,275US #7
#6Willie1,192US #36
#7Larry672US #12
#8Thomas672US #8
#9Jerry647US #17
#10George645US #14
#11David627US #6
#12Jimmy520US #42
#13Johnny518US #52
#14Richard476US #5
#15Bobby470US #46
#16Joseph463US #13
#17Henry430US #31
#18Billy395US #37
#19Donald381US #11
#20Walter375US #26
#21Ronald342US #9
#22Joe319US #35
#23Roy319US #38
#24Edward314US #18
#25Charlie308US #122
#26Eddie280US #80
#27Harold272US #27
#28Kenneth269US #15
#29Paul250US #19
#30Frank230US #21
#31Douglas229US #28
#32Tommy222US #77
#33Arthur217US #30
#34Jack211US #34
#35Michael209US #10
#36Harry201US #50
#37Raymond200US #22
#38Ralph197US #40
#39Albert192US #43
#40Marvin188US #66
#41Fred181US #45
#42Eugene178US #47
#43Wayne178US #41
#44Samuel177US #62
#45Gerald163US #23
#46Howard158US #48
#47Gary154US #16
#48Melvin150US #63
#49Clarence149US #68
#50Jimmie149US #95
#51Leroy147US #74
#52Roger141US #24
#53Ernest139US #61
#54Curtis138US #100
#55Freddie136US #143
#56Jesse134US #105
#57Carl131US #33
#58Ronnie130US #71
#59Johnnie127US #135
#60Herbert125US #86
#61Cecil122US #132
#62Lewis121US #115
#63Herman119US #129
#64Benjamin117US #130
#65Earl116US #60
#66Clifford107US #94
#67Daniel107US #25
#68Franklin106US #119
#69Leon105US #103
#70Alvin101US #113
#71Marion101US #170
#72Lonnie98US #144
#73Ray96US #84
#74Andrew95US #79
#75Lawrence95US #32
#76Nathaniel93US #191
#77Dennis92US #20
#78Bennie91US #189
#79Jessie90US #166
#80Tommie90
#81Allen87US #76
#82Grady86
#83Horace86
#84Calvin84US #126
#85Lee84US #91
#86Gene82US #89
#87Glenn82US #85
#88Earnest81US #177
#89Alfred80US #78
#90Milton80US #141
#91Otis80
#92Joel79US #128
#93Terry79US #49
#94Hugh78US #160
#95Leonard77US #55
#96Clyde76US #114
#97Jackie76US #124
#98Oscar76US #169
#99Homer74
#100Louis74US #53

On the move since 1942

Rising

↑37Bertha#63
↑36Susan#50
↑31Roger#52
↑29Donna#68
↑25Herbert#60
↑22Gary#47
↑21Lonnie#72
↑17Gladys#55

Falling

↓21Hugh#94
↓20Ella#85
↓20Laura#91
↓20Lillian#99
↓17Franklin#68
↓17Horace#83
↓16Douglas#31
↓15Hazel#70

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1942 rankings.