State roster

Top names in Georgia

The names most likely to appear on 1947 Georgia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 88,726 Georgia births in 1947 across 1,139 distinct names.

Distinctively Georgia

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

#46Mattieoutside the national top 200
#35Willie#173 nationally
#60Lillie#191 nationally
#84Horaceoutside the national top 200
#85Bennieoutside the national top 200
#87Johnnieoutside the national top 200
#87Marionoutside the national top 200
#32Charlie#145 nationally
#88Minnieoutside the national top 200
#89Lamaroutside the national top 200
#91Earnestoutside the national top 200
#65Bernice#172 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,351US #2
#2Linda2,229US #1
#3Patricia1,255US #3
#4Barbara1,169US #4
#5Brenda1,127US #21
#6Betty1,114US #17
#7Sandra858US #5
#8Shirley856US #19
#9Carolyn683US #15
#10Judy667US #14
#11Martha664US #32
#12Nancy639US #7
#13Dorothy610US #26
#14Annie553US #103
#15Gloria532US #27
#16Margaret451US #16
#17Janice431US #22
#18Carol428US #6
#19Joyce417US #20
#20Frances344US #39
#21Elizabeth338US #25
#22Peggy337US #42
#23Helen331US #38
#24Susan330US #8
#25Sarah322US #93
#26Virginia310US #34
#27Glenda303US #96
#28Donna292US #10
#29Patsy270US #87
#30Alice261US #47
#31Doris249US #58
#32Beverly244US #31
#33Diane243US #18
#34Cheryl240US #24
#35Willie240US #173
#36Evelyn238US #72
#37Ruby237US #112
#38Sharon235US #9
#39Jo222US #51
#40Wanda220US #66
#41Judith213US #12
#42Joan212US #30
#43Phyllis210US #37
#44Ann195US #41
#45Rebecca195US #52
#46Mattie186
#47Mildred186US #109
#48Sara184US #138
#49Gail176US #49
#50Catherine173US #46
#51Charlotte173US #68
#52Gwendolyn171US #130
#53Geraldine170US #78
#54Jane166US #36
#55Cynthia164US #33
#56Connie160US #43
#57Janet159US #23
#58Juanita158US #110
#59Julia158US #116
#60Lillie157US #191
#61Bonnie156US #35
#62Lynda155US #77
#63Sylvia152US #97
#64Louise148US #99
#65Bernice147US #172
#66Rosa145US #167
#67Marilyn143US #29
#68Jacqueline142US #59
#69Emma140US #141
#70Marie139US #57
#71Vivian138US #128
#72Dianne136US #83
#73Delores134US #115
#74Ruth134US #44
#75Edna133US #131
#76Sheila133US #73
#77Elaine132US #50
#78Margie131US #139
#79Sherry130US #67
#80Annette128US #140
#81Christine127US #45
#82Ethel127US #144
#83Laura127US #74
#84Hazel124US #183
#85Katherine123US #76
#86Joann122US #89
#87Johnnie122
#88Minnie119
#89Clara115US #150
#90Rita113US #60
#91Thelma112US #153
#92Bobbie110US #178
#93Ella109US #177
#94Jean108US #40
#95Pamela108US #28
#96Karen107US #13
#97Rose107US #65
#98Ellen105US #61
#99Kathryn105US #55
#100Norma105US #82

Boys

#1James3,067US #1
#2William1,948US #4
#3John1,787US #3
#4Robert1,776US #2
#5Charles1,458US #9
#6Larry1,261US #10
#7Willie1,220US #42
#8David1,045US #6
#9Thomas838US #8
#10Jerry826US #20
#11Richard752US #5
#12Johnny706US #49
#13George685US #16
#14Jimmy684US #44
#15Ronald619US #11
#16Michael579US #7
#17Bobby573US #60
#18Joseph526US #14
#19Donald510US #13
#20Henry434US #46
#21Kenneth429US #15
#22Gary411US #12
#23Eddie393US #80
#24Billy388US #51
#25Walter381US #34
#26Edward363US #19
#27Ronnie340US #61
#28Joe333US #43
#29Tommy316US #79
#30Frank314US #23
#31Roy313US #48
#32Charlie310US #145
#33Paul279US #18
#34Danny268US #39
#35Arthur255US #38
#36Harold254US #35
#37Wayne251US #30
#38Terry240US #26
#39Jack238US #37
#40Raymond228US #27
#41Harry224US #54
#42Samuel212US #72
#43Dennis210US #17
#44Ralph204US #50
#45Ernest198US #75
#46Albert197US #55
#47Fred192US #56
#48Roger189US #25
#49Melvin187US #85
#50Clarence185US #88
#51Eugene182US #59
#52Douglas179US #31
#53Stephen178US #21
#54Steve177US #58
#55Daniel176US #22
#56Howard172US #62
#57Marvin169US #89
#58Herman163US #150
#59Carl160US #40
#60Johnnie157US #148
#61Leroy154US #98
#62Curtis152US #99
#63Jimmie151US #113
#64Jesse149US #107
#65Gerald145US #28
#66Freddie140US #153
#67Leon140US #117
#68Ray139US #97
#69Earl138US #83
#70Phillip137US #74
#71Calvin132US #120
#72Lewis131US #118
#73Leonard116US #71
#74Benjamin109US #144
#75Lawrence108US #32
#76Tony108US #126
#77Sammy107US #175
#78Jackie106US #141
#79Allen105US #73
#80Clifford105US #101
#81Andrew103US #82
#82Glenn103US #70
#83Stanley103US #67
#84Horace102
#85Bennie100
#86Mike100US #65
#87Marion97
#88Cecil95US #165
#89Lamar94
#90Donnie92US #168
#91Earnest92
#92Franklin92US #152
#93Hugh92US #176
#94Lonnie92US #137
#95Alvin91US #129
#96Anthony91US #41
#97Grady90
#98Herbert90US #104
#99Otis90
#100Louis88US #64

On the move since 1946

Rising

↑29Cynthia#55
↑27Jacqueline#68
↑24Phyllis#43
↑24Lynda#62
↑24Herman#58
↑24Leonard#73
↑18Sheila#76
↑18Tony#76

Falling

↓27Alvin#95
↓26Laura#83
↓22Christine#81
↓20Lillie#60
↓20Louise#64
↓20Bobbie#92
↓17Emma#69
↓13Minnie#88

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1946 rankings.