State roster

Top names in Georgia

The names most likely to appear on 1948 Georgia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 85,756 Georgia births in 1948 across 1,126 distinct names.

Distinctively Georgia

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

#49Mattieoutside the national top 200
#33Willie#168 nationally
#66Lillie#189 nationally
#81Johnnieoutside the national top 200
#27Charlie#144 nationally
#84Minnieoutside the national top 200
#86Horaceoutside the national top 200
#73Bernice#185 nationally
#92Bennieoutside the national top 200
#82Nathaniel#180 nationally
#55Herman#146 nationally
#61Rosa#149 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,284US #2
#2Linda2,210US #1
#3Brenda1,322US #17
#4Patricia1,182US #4
#5Barbara1,118US #3
#6Betty989US #18
#7Sandra797US #6
#8Shirley746US #20
#9Carolyn673US #14
#10Martha622US #32
#11Dorothy563US #29
#12Judy551US #16
#13Annie541US #97
#14Gloria520US #28
#15Nancy508US #7
#16Margaret415US #13
#17Janice413US #23
#18Susan413US #5
#19Elizabeth403US #26
#20Carol384US #8
#21Joyce380US #21
#22Peggy356US #38
#23Donna312US #11
#24Virginia312US #36
#25Frances308US #42
#26Wanda292US #57
#27Helen282US #40
#28Glenda274US #92
#29Sarah274US #85
#30Beverly265US #31
#31Cynthia252US #27
#32Sharon249US #9
#33Willie248US #168
#34Cheryl246US #25
#35Ruby230US #114
#36Evelyn226US #74
#37Rebecca212US #50
#38Doris204US #64
#39Alice202US #49
#40Diane199US #19
#41Mildred196US #120
#42Patsy192US #98
#43Jo191US #56
#44Phyllis191US #46
#45Connie183US #43
#46Deborah178US #30
#47Gwendolyn178US #124
#48Ann176US #44
#49Mattie173
#50Joan168US #37
#51Bonnie166US #34
#52Catherine166US #41
#53Pamela166US #22
#54Dianne165US #86
#55Sara164US #142
#56Lynda163US #84
#57Gail161US #51
#58Teresa160US #82
#59Charlotte158US #69
#60Christine158US #35
#61Rosa158US #149
#62Juanita155US #107
#63Louise153US #99
#64Judith151US #15
#65Laura148US #73
#66Lillie148US #189
#67Emma147US #138
#68Geraldine146US #83
#69Marilyn142US #33
#70Elaine141US #53
#71Jane136US #39
#72Sherry134US #61
#73Bernice133US #185
#74Vivian133US #126
#75Julia132US #118
#76Marie130US #60
#77Janet127US #24
#78Delores125US #116
#79Karen122US #12
#80Ruth118US #45
#81Johnnie115
#82Jacqueline111US #58
#83Sheila111US #71
#84Minnie109
#85Edna107US #139
#86Joann106US #94
#87Marsha106US #76
#88Margie105US #148
#89Annette103US #146
#90Paula101US #52
#91Sylvia101US #100
#92Rita100US #59
#93Katherine98US #68
#94Clara97US #160
#95Rose96US #62
#96Ethel95US #152
#97Gladys94US #173
#98Theresa94US #63
#99Bertha93US #183
#100Ella93US #177

Boys

#1James2,880US #1
#2Robert1,753US #2
#3William1,743US #4
#4John1,741US #3
#5Charles1,368US #9
#6Willie1,283US #40
#7Larry1,231US #11
#8David1,018US #5
#9Thomas785US #8
#10Jerry759US #21
#11Richard666US #7
#12Johnny649US #52
#13George638US #16
#14Michael610US #6
#15Jimmy591US #50
#16Ronald591US #10
#17Donald516US #14
#18Bobby514US #62
#19Joseph513US #13
#20Henry425US #45
#21Kenneth423US #15
#22Gary405US #12
#23Walter371US #35
#24Eddie356US #78
#25Edward353US #19
#26Tommy337US #79
#27Charlie326US #144
#28Danny323US #39
#29Ronnie313US #59
#30Billy296US #53
#31Roy296US #49
#32Joe292US #47
#33Frank283US #25
#34Harold275US #36
#35Terry270US #26
#36Paul259US #18
#37Arthur247US #44
#38Samuel236US #70
#39Raymond232US #27
#40Harry229US #57
#41Roger227US #24
#42Wayne224US #34
#43Jack212US #43
#44Ralph204US #51
#45Daniel201US #22
#46Dennis200US #17
#47Melvin199US #81
#48Albert177US #55
#49Clarence176US #87
#50Carl175US #42
#51Marvin174US #90
#52Ernest173US #76
#53Leroy172US #97
#54Eugene171US #61
#55Herman171US #146
#56Gerald167US #30
#57Curtis162US #101
#58Douglas162US #33
#59Fred159US #66
#60Stephen153US #20
#61Howard150US #63
#62Calvin149US #117
#63Phillip148US #69
#64Steve144US #60
#65Freddie142US #152
#66Jesse138US #108
#67Johnnie136US #150
#68Andrew129US #77
#69Tony128US #125
#70Earl126US #83
#71Randall126US #98
#72Steven125US #23
#73Jimmie118US #120
#74Donnie117US #162
#75Glenn117US #73
#76Leon116US #119
#77Stanley116US #65
#78Alvin114US #124
#79Lewis114US #130
#80Ray111US #100
#81Lonnie108US #135
#82Nathaniel107US #180
#83Timothy106US #38
#84Benjamin105US #139
#85Clifford104US #105
#86Horace101
#87Allen99US #72
#88Mike99US #68
#89Lawrence97US #31
#90Lee97US #93
#91Leonard97US #71
#92Bennie96
#93Herbert95US #103
#94Alfred94US #96
#95Jackie93US #147
#96Don91US #91
#97Jerome90US #110
#98Anthony89US #41
#99Gregory89US #32
#100Bruce87US #28

On the move since 1947

Rising

↑42Pamela#53
↑24Cynthia#31
↑21Christine#60
↑18Dianne#54
↑18Laura#65
↑17Karen#79
↑17Alvin#78
↑16Donnie#74

Falling

↓28Sylvia#91
↓23Judith#64
↓20Janet#77
↓18Leonard#91
↓17Jane#71
↓17Jackie#95
↓16Julia#75
↓15Geraldine#68

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1947 rankings.