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Top names in Georgia

The names most likely to appear on 1944 Georgia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 72,120 Georgia births in 1944 across 1,062 distinct names.

Distinctively Georgia

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

#32Mattie#185 nationally
#44Johnnie#192 nationally
#72Carrie#197 nationally
#81Horaceoutside the national top 200
#73Bennie#188 nationally
#45Lillie#159 nationally
#87Gradyoutside the national top 200
#85Otis#198 nationally
#26Willie#138 nationally
#88Hubert#197 nationally
#92Susieoutside the national top 200
#82Bessie#189 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,318US #1
#2Linda1,173US #3
#3Betty1,147US #10
#4Barbara980US #2
#5Patricia865US #4
#6Sandra678US #6
#7Shirley669US #15
#8Martha667US #29
#9Brenda614US #30
#10Dorothy609US #19
#11Carolyn600US #11
#12Annie562US #71
#13Nancy431US #7
#14Margaret411US #14
#15Elizabeth387US #23
#16Gloria378US #25
#17Joyce367US #18
#18Judy348US #12
#19Frances331US #33
#20Carol320US #5
#21Virginia302US #26
#22Peggy297US #45
#23Sarah293US #67
#24Janice276US #28
#25Helen274US #31
#26Willie249US #138
#27Ruby242US #87
#28Glenda237US #79
#29Doris233US #42
#30Mildred226US #81
#31Evelyn218US #57
#32Mattie216US #185
#33Alice201US #38
#34Joan191US #22
#35Louise187US #69
#36Juanita180US #94
#37Judith172US #9
#38Beverly171US #35
#39Ann164US #39
#40Rosa163US #145
#41Jo161US #61
#42Geraldine158US #53
#43Catherine156US #49
#44Johnnie156US #192
#45Lillie156US #159
#46Emma155US #118
#47Sara155US #136
#48Susan153US #13
#49Sharon149US #8
#50Patsy147US #72
#51Bonnie143US #34
#52Donna143US #17
#53Ruth143US #32
#54Charlotte142US #50
#55Julia138US #102
#56Diane131US #24
#57Bobbie128US #144
#58Rebecca128US #84
#59Wanda128US #58
#60Christine125US #75
#61Cheryl124US #36
#62Jane124US #41
#63Gladys123US #137
#64Ethel122US #127
#65Marie117US #48
#66Bernice116US #149
#67Carole115US #43
#68Janet115US #21
#69Lynda115US #113
#70Phyllis113US #40
#71Sylvia112US #83
#72Carrie110US #197
#73Minnie110US #175
#74Vivian110US #129
#75Ella109US #158
#76Joann109US #65
#77Hazel108US #147
#78Edna107US #112
#79Margie104US #130
#80Thelma104US #131
#81Annette102US #146
#82Bessie102US #189
#83Lois102US #47
#84Gail100US #56
#85Connie99US #51
#86Jean99US #37
#87Clara97US #134
#88Eva97US #148
#89Delores95US #97
#90Gwendolyn95US #160
#91Josephine95US #115
#92Susie95
#93Marilyn94US #27
#94Sue94US #62
#95Edith92US #123
#96Faye89US #165
#97Laura89US #119
#98Lillian89US #126
#99Ida85US #166
#100Marjorie85US #85

Boys

#1James2,721US #1
#2John1,618US #3
#3William1,567US #4
#4Robert1,536US #2
#5Charles1,299US #7
#6Willie1,152US #31
#7Larry716US #12
#8George667US #14
#9David656US #6
#10Jerry643US #19
#11Thomas630US #8
#12Richard533US #5
#13Johnny510US #45
#14Jimmy486US #41
#15Joseph440US #13
#16Bobby436US #50
#17Donald429US #11
#18Henry386US #35
#19Walter351US #26
#20Billy346US #38
#21Ronald346US #10
#22Kenneth326US #16
#23Edward318US #18
#24Eddie302US #79
#25Michael297US #9
#26Charlie288US #120
#27Roy286US #39
#28Joe285US #33
#29Frank252US #21
#30Tommy248US #70
#31Harold247US #27
#32Jack239US #30
#33Arthur232US #29
#34Paul232US #17
#35Gary221US #15
#36Ralph209US #42
#37Albert208US #44
#38Eugene206US #48
#39Raymond195US #22
#40Douglas187US #34
#41Harry187US #49
#42Wayne187US #37
#43Samuel178US #62
#44Jimmie164US #98
#45Clarence162US #74
#46Fred158US #47
#47Gerald157US #24
#48Roger156US #23
#49Marvin151US #75
#50Ronnie151US #69
#51Carl149US #36
#52Ernest142US #59
#53Leroy139US #78
#54Freddie135US #138
#55Curtis133US #97
#56Earl129US #65
#57Melvin127US #67
#58Daniel124US #25
#59Howard124US #53
#60Terry124US #43
#61Johnnie119US #131
#62Clifford118US #99
#63Jesse118US #103
#64Herman116US #129
#65Lewis114US #112
#66Cecil113US #142
#67Franklin113US #121
#68Dennis111US #20
#69Lee107US #85
#70Herbert106US #90
#71Ray105US #86
#72Danny101US #76
#73Bennie98US #188
#74Marion96US #175
#75Jackie94US #128
#76Lawrence94US #32
#77Benjamin92US #130
#78Leon92US #108
#79Nathaniel92US #184
#80Andrew90US #81
#81Horace89
#82Lonnie89US #148
#83Calvin88US #124
#84Allen86US #77
#85Otis86US #198
#86Jessie84US #167
#87Grady83
#88Hubert83US #197
#89Earnest80US #182
#90Clyde79US #111
#91Hugh79US #165
#92Leonard79US #56
#93Alvin78US #115
#94Alfred75US #82
#95Harvey74US #118
#96Phillip73US #83
#97Milton70US #146
#98Rufus70
#99Russell69US #63
#100Norman68US #58

On the move since 1943

Rising

↑39Sharon#49
↑33Terry#60
↑28Diane#56
↑28Janet#68
↑27Phyllis#70
↑22Jackie#75
↑19Wanda#59
↑16Donna#52

Falling

↓26Clara#87
↓24Edna#78
↓24Jean#86
↓23Alvin#93
↓20Margie#79
↓19Marie#65
↓17Patsy#50
↓17Eva#88

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1943 rankings.