State roster

Top names in Georgia

The names most likely to appear on 1949 Georgia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 86,484 Georgia births in 1949 across 1,136 distinct names.

Distinctively Georgia

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

#38Willie#179 nationally
#59Lillie#197 nationally
#64Mattieoutside the national top 200
#28Charlie#146 nationally
#87Johnnieoutside the national top 200
#90Carrieoutside the national top 200
#96Minnieoutside the national top 200
#99Horaceoutside the national top 200
#97Bernice#198 nationally
#97Hugh#198 nationally
#79Nathaniel#179 nationally
#56Rosa#155 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,251US #2
#2Linda2,059US #1
#3Patricia1,252US #3
#4Brenda1,221US #13
#5Barbara1,100US #4
#6Betty944US #22
#7Sandra855US #6
#8Shirley815US #18
#9Carolyn618US #17
#10Judy610US #20
#11Martha597US #34
#12Dorothy552US #32
#13Annie542US #103
#14Gloria516US #29
#15Janice497US #24
#16Nancy496US #7
#17Susan469US #5
#18Margaret468US #14
#19Carol388US #8
#20Peggy373US #38
#21Elizabeth369US #25
#22Joyce365US #26
#23Deborah361US #15
#24Donna357US #12
#25Sharon323US #10
#26Wanda308US #56
#27Beverly294US #31
#28Sarah289US #84
#29Glenda280US #87
#30Helen270US #46
#31Virginia253US #39
#32Frances251US #49
#33Rebecca248US #40
#34Jo229US #60
#35Cynthia221US #27
#36Diane220US #19
#37Ruby217US #123
#38Willie217US #179
#39Alice213US #53
#40Catherine212US #37
#41Evelyn212US #80
#42Connie204US #43
#43Kathy192US #42
#44Charlotte187US #71
#45Cheryl187US #28
#46Patsy186US #106
#47Doris182US #69
#48Gwendolyn181US #114
#49Phyllis179US #50
#50Bonnie177US #35
#51Geraldine173US #90
#52Judith173US #16
#53Pamela173US #21
#54Gail171US #51
#55Karen168US #11
#56Rosa164US #155
#57Mildred159US #120
#58Joan157US #36
#59Lillie154US #197
#60Christine151US #30
#61Dianne151US #85
#62Ann150US #44
#63Emma148US #147
#64Mattie144
#65Lynda141US #93
#66Laura140US #65
#67Marie139US #67
#68Sara139US #148
#69Cathy138US #81
#70Janet137US #23
#71Teresa137US #82
#72Elaine136US #57
#73Marilyn136US #33
#74Julia135US #112
#75Edna133US #142
#76Jane132US #41
#77Sherry132US #68
#78Sheila131US #76
#79Vivian130US #136
#80Juanita129US #107
#81Rita126US #54
#82Ruth122US #47
#83Jacqueline121US #58
#84Margie121US #169
#85Kathryn119US #52
#86Delores118US #126
#87Johnnie118
#88Joann112US #101
#89Ethel111US #164
#90Carrie110
#91Marsha109US #79
#92Louise108US #104
#93Vicki108US #70
#94Sylvia107US #94
#95Theresa107US #63
#96Minnie104
#97Bernice102US #198
#98Katherine102US #59
#99Ella101US #177
#100Jacquelyn100US #190

Boys

#1James2,810US #1
#2William1,754US #4
#3Robert1,716US #2
#4John1,677US #3
#5Charles1,351US #9
#6Larry1,277US #10
#7Willie1,205US #41
#8David1,018US #6
#9Thomas885US #8
#10Michael799US #5
#11Richard698US #7
#12Jerry689US #23
#13George675US #18
#14Johnny648US #49
#15Ronald625US #11
#16Jimmy540US #53
#17Donald522US #13
#18Joseph520US #14
#19Kenneth456US #15
#20Bobby453US #67
#21Edward392US #21
#22Gary390US #12
#23Walter367US #37
#24Henry360US #46
#25Eddie355US #80
#26Danny341US #40
#27Ronnie329US #65
#28Charlie317US #146
#29Tommy315US #84
#30Terry309US #28
#31Billy299US #57
#32Harold298US #42
#33Roy293US #51
#34Joe272US #52
#35Paul253US #17
#36Stephen248US #19
#37Frank245US #27
#38Arthur239US #44
#39Wayne238US #35
#40Samuel224US #62
#41Roger223US #25
#42Raymond212US #30
#43Daniel211US #22
#44Jack211US #47
#45Dennis208US #16
#46Ralph208US #50
#47Melvin201US #82
#48Harry193US #59
#49Carl188US #43
#50Marvin186US #89
#51Douglas185US #29
#52Albert179US #56
#53Ernest179US #76
#54Leroy176US #101
#55Phillip176US #66
#56Eugene174US #58
#57Freddie170US #152
#58Calvin156US #112
#59Clarence156US #94
#60Gerald156US #33
#61Jesse154US #110
#62Steve144US #68
#63Anthony139US #36
#64Howard139US #63
#65Curtis136US #97
#66Steven136US #20
#67Stanley135US #60
#68Jimmie134US #130
#69Herman127US #157
#70Johnnie127US #150
#71Fred125US #72
#72Lawrence124US #32
#73Andrew123US #75
#74Earl122US #91
#75Randall120US #79
#76Leon119US #121
#77Glenn118US #61
#78Clifford116US #103
#79Nathaniel116US #179
#80Allen108US #71
#81Benjamin108US #135
#82Herbert108US #107
#83Jackie108US #140
#84Alvin107US #128
#85Donnie107US #156
#86Lewis107US #132
#87Leonard105US #74
#88Jerome104US #104
#89Timothy103US #34
#90Alfred101US #96
#91Gregory100US #31
#92Lonnie100US #134
#93Bruce98US #26
#94Mark98US #24
#95Ray98US #109
#96Tony98US #139
#97Hugh97US #198
#98Lee95US #93
#99Horace94
#100Randy94US #92

On the move since 1948

Rising

↑35Anthony#63
↑24Karen#55
↑24Stephen#36
↑23Deborah#23
↑17Geraldine#51
↑17Lawrence#72
↑15Charlotte#44
↑12Catherine#40

Falling

↓29Louise#92
↓27Tony#96
↓24Bernice#97
↓18Juanita#80
↓16Mildred#57
↓15Mattie#64
↓15Ray#95
↓14Ann#62

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1948 rankings.