State roster

Top names in Georgia

The names most likely to appear on 1945 Georgia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 69,197 Georgia births in 1945 across 1,017 distinct names.

Distinctively Georgia

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

#42Mattie#191 nationally
#63Johnnieoutside the national top 200
#80Horaceoutside the national top 200
#83Otisoutside the national top 200
#83Carrie#199 nationally
#72Minnie#187 nationally
#53Lillie#167 nationally
#71Marion#184 nationally
#26Willie#137 nationally
#23Charlie#128 nationally
#86Bessie#190 nationally
#97Gradyoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary2,098US #1
#2Linda1,278US #2
#3Betty1,098US #11
#4Barbara966US #3
#5Patricia948US #4
#6Shirley680US #14
#7Sandra645US #6
#8Brenda637US #29
#9Carolyn590US #12
#10Martha579US #30
#11Annie563US #69
#12Dorothy562US #21
#13Nancy433US #7
#14Judy432US #13
#15Margaret407US #15
#16Gloria376US #23
#17Elizabeth339US #26
#18Carol333US #5
#19Frances305US #34
#20Joyce301US #18
#21Janice298US #24
#22Sarah284US #76
#23Virginia279US #28
#24Peggy273US #45
#25Helen271US #31
#26Willie253US #137
#27Doris242US #46
#28Evelyn228US #57
#29Glenda219US #92
#30Ruby219US #95
#31Mildred205US #93
#32Susan197US #10
#33Alice184US #41
#34Ann176US #39
#35Louise176US #78
#36Patsy176US #84
#37Beverly172US #37
#38Judith171US #9
#39Joan163US #25
#40Sara163US #135
#41Emma161US #123
#42Mattie160US #191
#43Juanita157US #108
#44Donna153US #17
#45Rosa153US #147
#46Christine145US #62
#47Ruth145US #33
#48Diane139US #22
#49Jo137US #60
#50Catherine133US #50
#51Geraldine133US #56
#52Charlotte132US #55
#53Lillie132US #167
#54Sharon130US #8
#55Bonnie128US #35
#56Wanda128US #58
#57Jane127US #36
#58Marie127US #49
#59Sylvia122US #83
#60Cheryl121US #32
#61Laura121US #77
#62Ethel117US #134
#63Johnnie117
#64Phyllis117US #40
#65Edna116US #119
#66Rebecca114US #85
#67Lynda113US #111
#68Dianne112US #72
#69Bobbie111US #150
#70Vivian111US #118
#71Julia108US #115
#72Minnie107US #187
#73Gail106US #52
#74Margie106US #138
#75Ellen102US #61
#76Jeanette102US #122
#77Jean101US #38
#78Ella100US #158
#79Hazel100US #164
#80Bernice98US #157
#81Gwendolyn96US #151
#82Faye95US #169
#83Carrie94US #199
#84Marilyn94US #27
#85Thelma94US #131
#86Bessie93US #190
#87Connie93US #47
#88Annette92US #149
#89Gladys92US #141
#90Elaine91US #44
#91Lillian91US #124
#92Rose87US #54
#93Janet86US #20
#94Anne85US #81
#95Clara85US #136
#96Eva85US #146
#97Ida85US #173
#98Janie85US #159
#99Sue85US #66
#100Lois84US #48

Boys

#1James2,568US #1
#2Robert1,473US #2
#3William1,442US #4
#4John1,364US #3
#5Charles1,160US #7
#6Willie1,112US #31
#7Larry789US #11
#8Thomas678US #8
#9Jerry665US #20
#10David597US #6
#11George592US #15
#12Richard586US #5
#13Johnny521US #45
#14Jimmy496US #41
#15Bobby464US #53
#16Joseph424US #14
#17Henry409US #37
#18Donald364US #12
#19Walter349US #27
#20Billy338US #42
#21Edward338US #18
#22Ronald326US #10
#23Charlie305US #128
#24Michael298US #9
#25Roy292US #40
#26Kenneth290US #16
#27Eddie284US #81
#28Tommy271US #75
#29Joe255US #36
#30Harold239US #28
#31Frank234US #21
#32Harry222US #47
#33Gary206US #13
#34Jack206US #32
#35Arthur204US #34
#36Paul199US #17
#37Raymond194US #23
#38Ralph192US #44
#39Douglas190US #29
#40Roger185US #22
#41Samuel182US #62
#42Eugene177US #50
#43Albert169US #49
#44Wayne169US #35
#45Marvin156US #80
#46Clarence155US #82
#47Carl147US #39
#48Leroy146US #83
#49Johnnie143US #133
#50Curtis142US #97
#51Melvin141US #78
#52Ronnie141US #67
#53Danny139US #56
#54Ernest134US #60
#55Fred132US #51
#56Jesse129US #104
#57Freddie127US #145
#58Jimmie124US #102
#59Gerald122US #25
#60Terry120US #33
#61Howard119US #54
#62Daniel116US #24
#63Franklin105US #119
#64Dennis104US #19
#65Calvin103US #124
#66Earl103US #71
#67Lawrence101US #30
#68Lewis101US #123
#69Stephen93US #26
#70Jackie91US #142
#71Marion91US #184
#72Ray91US #92
#73Alvin89US #120
#74Herbert89US #94
#75Jessie88US #175
#76Andrew87US #86
#77Herman87US #146
#78Phillip87US #85
#79Clifford86US #99
#80Horace84
#81Benjamin83US #140
#82Leon83US #111
#83Otis83
#84Lee81US #87
#85Cecil80US #152
#86Harvey80US #116
#87Nathaniel80US #181
#88Hugh79US #171
#89Steve79US #79
#90Bennie78US #190
#91Louis75US #55
#92Clyde73US #121
#93Sammy73US #174
#94Glenn72US #93
#95Don71US #73
#96Leonard71US #57
#97Grady70
#98Lonnie70US #143
#99Oscar70US #176
#100Allen69US #74

On the move since 1944

Rising

↑36Laura#61
↑20Alvin#73
↑19Danny#53
↑18Calvin#65
↑18Phillip#78
↑16Susan#32
↑14Patsy#36
↑14Christine#46

Falling

↓26Gladys#89
↓25Janet#93
↓19Johnnie#63
↓19Cecil#85
↓17Lois#100
↓17Clifford#79
↓17Bennie#90
↓16Julia#71

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1944 rankings.