State roster

Top names in Georgia

The names most likely to appear on 1946 Georgia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 79,778 Georgia births in 1946 across 1,103 distinct names.

Distinctively Georgia

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

#47Mattieoutside the national top 200
#40Lillie#178 nationally
#32Willie#159 nationally
#75Minnieoutside the national top 200
#80Horaceoutside the national top 200
#67Nathaniel#186 nationally
#82Johnnieoutside the national top 200
#86Gradyoutside the national top 200
#88Otisoutside the national top 200
#89Carrieoutside the national top 200
#83Marion#189 nationally
#95Earnestoutside the national top 200

Girls

#1Mary2,253US #1
#2Linda1,497US #2
#3Patricia1,156US #3
#4Betty1,086US #14
#5Barbara1,073US #4
#6Brenda974US #24
#7Sandra766US #6
#8Shirley756US #18
#9Martha669US #32
#10Carolyn666US #12
#11Dorothy626US #23
#12Annie539US #97
#13Judy521US #11
#14Nancy498US #7
#15Gloria467US #26
#16Carol417US #5
#17Margaret408US #17
#18Janice386US #22
#19Joyce375US #20
#20Elizabeth347US #25
#21Virginia324US #31
#22Frances319US #39
#23Peggy316US #43
#24Helen308US #36
#25Susan299US #8
#26Sarah276US #92
#27Beverly261US #30
#28Ruby260US #105
#29Glenda253US #99
#30Evelyn252US #65
#31Doris235US #51
#32Willie232US #159
#33Patsy226US #85
#34Alice210US #44
#35Sharon207US #9
#36Joan203US #28
#37Mildred201US #103
#38Cheryl196US #27
#39Jo191US #53
#40Lillie183US #178
#41Judith180US #10
#42Diane177US #19
#43Donna177US #13
#44Louise177US #91
#45Ann173US #40
#46Wanda173US #59
#47Mattie172
#48Geraldine167US #66
#49Rebecca164US #68
#50Sara161US #135
#51Catherine159US #48
#52Emma159US #131
#53Jane157US #35
#54Sylvia152US #82
#55Connie151US #45
#56Julia149US #114
#57Laura149US #75
#58Marilyn147US #29
#59Christine144US #50
#60Gail143US #49
#61Charlotte140US #64
#62Ruth137US #38
#63Juanita136US #110
#64Rosa132US #168
#65Janet131US #21
#66Marie131US #54
#67Phyllis131US #41
#68Gwendolyn130US #132
#69Vivian130US #120
#70Bonnie129US #33
#71Elaine129US #47
#72Bobbie128US #171
#73Dianne127US #76
#74Margie122US #138
#75Minnie117
#76Bernice115US #179
#77Clara114US #145
#78Ethel112US #140
#79Gladys111US #157
#80Hazel109US #175
#81Janie109US #158
#82Johnnie109
#83Lillian109US #129
#84Cynthia108US #46
#85Katherine107US #78
#86Lynda107US #109
#87Sue107US #61
#88Annette105US #142
#89Carrie105
#90Delores105US #115
#91Edna105US #126
#92Thelma105US #150
#93Sherry101US #73
#94Sheila100US #70
#95Jacqueline99US #62
#96Jean98US #37
#97Joann98US #90
#98Ellen96US #58
#99Mae96
#100Ella92US #177

Boys

#1James2,913US #1
#2William1,682US #4
#3Robert1,645US #2
#4John1,627US #3
#5Charles1,307US #9
#6Willie1,106US #40
#7Larry969US #11
#8David798US #6
#9Thomas775US #8
#10Jerry718US #20
#11Richard697US #5
#12Jimmy648US #42
#13George607US #16
#14Johnny577US #47
#15Ronald538US #10
#16Joseph528US #14
#17Bobby522US #53
#18Donald465US #13
#19Michael418US #7
#20Henry414US #41
#21Billy399US #45
#22Edward376US #19
#23Kenneth375US #15
#24Walter354US #30
#25Eddie345US #85
#26Roy338US #43
#27Gary326US #12
#28Tommy294US #77
#29Joe288US #37
#30Harold283US #33
#31Ronnie279US #54
#32Charlie267US #135
#33Paul260US #18
#34Danny259US #46
#35Frank259US #22
#36Harry230US #50
#37Arthur222US #36
#38Raymond213US #25
#39Wayne212US #29
#40Terry205US #26
#41Dennis201US #17
#42Ralph200US #48
#43Samuel198US #70
#44Roger194US #23
#45Jack190US #35
#46Eugene185US #57
#47Marvin179US #88
#48Clarence177US #89
#49Ernest175US #71
#50Leroy169US #90
#51Jimmie165US #104
#52Carl162US #39
#53Albert160US #52
#54Fred159US #51
#55Daniel157US #21
#56Douglas148US #34
#57Melvin143US #86
#58Jesse137US #109
#59Curtis133US #99
#60Howard133US #55
#61Johnnie129US #141
#62Freddie121US #151
#63Stephen121US #24
#64Gerald118US #27
#65Calvin114US #128
#66Lee114US #91
#67Nathaniel114US #186
#68Alvin110US #126
#69Ray110US #95
#70Steve110US #69
#71Phillip109US #83
#72Andrew107US #84
#73Lewis107US #118
#74Earl105US #82
#75Clifford104US #100
#76Stanley101US #65
#77Glenn100US #81
#78Lawrence99US #31
#79Franklin98US #140
#80Horace98
#81Allen97US #74
#82Herman97US #152
#83Marion97US #189
#84Leon95US #113
#85Herbert91US #97
#86Grady89
#87Jackie89US #139
#88Otis89
#89Sammy87US #170
#90Benjamin86US #146
#91Lonnie85US #136
#92Cecil84US #159
#93Milton82US #156
#94Tony81US #129
#95Earnest80
#96Edwin80US #112
#97Leonard80US #67
#98Randall80US #123
#99Alfred77US #94
#100Clyde77US #122

On the move since 1945

Rising

↑32Connie#55
↑28Janet#65
↑26Marilyn#58
↑23Dennis#41
↑22Cheryl#38
↑21Ronnie#31
↑20Terry#40
↑20Nathaniel#67

Falling

↓26Edna#91
↓23Ellen#98
↓22Ella#100
↓20Juanita#63
↓19Rosa#64
↓19Johnnie#82
↓19Lynda#86
↓19Jean#96

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1945 rankings.