State roster

Top names in Georgia

The names most likely to appear on 1950 Georgia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 85,285 Georgia births in 1950 across 1,151 distinct names.

Distinctively Georgia

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

#46Willieoutside the national top 200
#63Lillieoutside the national top 200
#30Charlie#151 nationally
#81Mattieoutside the national top 200
#98Unknownoutside the national top 200
#98Earnestoutside the national top 200
#99Berniceoutside the national top 200
#81Nathaniel#182 nationally
#60Freddie#155 nationally
#64Emma#154 nationally
#18Annie#106 nationally
#97Margie#184 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,064US #2
#2Linda1,890US #1
#3Patricia1,271US #3
#4Brenda1,120US #14
#5Barbara1,051US #4
#6Betty848US #26
#7Sandra797US #8
#8Shirley720US #19
#9Deborah621US #7
#10Judy620US #25
#11Carolyn600US #20
#12Martha581US #32
#13Nancy550US #6
#14Gloria515US #30
#15Dorothy505US #35
#16Janice496US #22
#17Susan486US #5
#18Annie443US #106
#19Margaret410US #15
#20Wanda386US #52
#21Elizabeth376US #24
#22Carol365US #9
#23Donna344US #13
#24Joyce341US #27
#25Sharon340US #11
#26Beverly303US #31
#27Peggy290US #41
#28Glenda289US #87
#29Cynthia279US #23
#30Sarah270US #88
#31Virginia264US #43
#32Frances254US #51
#33Helen246US #50
#34Rebecca244US #36
#35Kathy238US #38
#36Pamela238US #17
#37Catherine234US #34
#38Diane230US #16
#39Jo209US #64
#40Connie199US #44
#41Gail197US #42
#42Janet195US #18
#43Karen193US #12
#44Alice192US #57
#45Doris186US #74
#46Willie186
#47Bonnie185US #33
#48Evelyn185US #86
#49Sherry183US #62
#50Cheryl180US #29
#51Phyllis178US #53
#52Ann177US #45
#53Charlotte177US #80
#54Gwendolyn171US #113
#55Ruby168US #130
#56Juanita164US #115
#57Christine162US #28
#58Dianne160US #90
#59Teresa160US #81
#60Judith159US #21
#61Elaine150US #60
#62Jacqueline149US #55
#63Lillie145
#64Emma144US #154
#65Jane144US #39
#66Patsy144US #117
#67Sheila144US #70
#68Joan143US #40
#69Laura139US #63
#70Marilyn139US #37
#71Rosa138US #155
#72Sylvia137US #97
#73Rita136US #56
#74Geraldine134US #102
#75Mildred132US #135
#76Cathy128US #75
#77Sara128US #147
#78Kathryn126US #46
#79Marie126US #72
#80Julia125US #119
#81Mattie125
#82Marsha124US #68
#83Ruth117US #49
#84Theresa117US #65
#85Vivian116US #138
#86Katherine109US #58
#87Louise109US #109
#88Rose109US #69
#89Lynda108US #107
#90Marcia108US #77
#91Delores105US #129
#92Jean105US #48
#93Debra103US #59
#94Edna103US #157
#95Ethel103US #176
#96Angela99US #148
#97Margie99US #184
#98Unknown97
#99Bernice94
#100Jacquelyn94US #167

Boys

#1James2,711US #1
#2Robert1,653US #2
#3John1,639US #3
#4William1,567US #6
#5Charles1,321US #9
#6Larry1,309US #11
#7Willie1,161US #42
#8David1,099US #5
#9Michael911US #4
#10Thomas792US #8
#11Richard686US #7
#12Jerry683US #24
#13Johnny633US #50
#14Ronald618US #12
#15George584US #20
#16Donald582US #14
#17Joseph526US #13
#18Gary501US #10
#19Jimmy489US #55
#20Kenneth472US #15
#21Bobby452US #65
#22Edward387US #22
#23Henry386US #47
#24Danny378US #39
#25Walter331US #40
#26Eddie327US #89
#27Billy306US #57
#28Terry300US #30
#29Ronnie297US #76
#30Charlie287US #151
#31Paul286US #18
#32Stephen280US #19
#33Roy259US #51
#34Wayne259US #35
#35Tommy256US #94
#36Harold248US #45
#37Joe240US #54
#38Frank239US #29
#39Daniel233US #21
#40Arthur226US #46
#41Roger223US #27
#42Dennis219US #17
#43Samuel212US #62
#44Eugene205US #58
#45Jack199US #48
#46Raymond198US #31
#47Albert190US #56
#48Melvin189US #87
#49Marvin186US #93
#50Gregory178US #25
#51Harry176US #61
#52Ralph175US #52
#53Steven174US #16
#54Calvin172US #105
#55Carl172US #44
#56Phillip165US #64
#57Clarence163US #95
#58Curtis163US #97
#59Douglas159US #28
#60Freddie159US #155
#61Steve157US #83
#62Anthony154US #36
#63Stanley146US #60
#64Ernest145US #81
#65Gerald145US #34
#66Lewis141US #132
#67Leon138US #119
#68Andrew131US #68
#69Fred131US #84
#70Leroy131US #102
#71Jesse129US #114
#72Allen124US #71
#73Clifford123US #100
#74Howard122US #63
#75Randall121US #70
#76Mark118US #23
#77Alvin117US #121
#78Jimmie116US #141
#79Earl115US #92
#80Jackie115US #140
#81Nathaniel115US #182
#82Donnie114US #150
#83Johnnie113US #157
#84Benjamin111US #123
#85Bruce111US #26
#86Lawrence111US #33
#87Herman110US #159
#88Barry107US #74
#89Randy106US #80
#90Ray106US #111
#91Glenn104US #59
#92Jerome104US #103
#93Leonard102US #77
#94Timothy101US #32
#95Franklin98US #153
#96Alan95US #41
#97Alfred93US #96
#98Earnest88
#99Lee88US #91
#100Tony87US #149

On the move since 1949

Rising

↑41Gregory#50
↑28Janet#42
↑28Sherry#49
↑24Juanita#56
↑22Sylvia#72
↑21Jacqueline#62
↑20Lewis#66
↑18Mark#76

Falling

↓24Lynda#89
↓23Geraldine#74
↓20Patsy#66
↓19Edna#94
↓18Ruby#55
↓18Mildred#75
↓18Herman#87
↓17Mattie#81

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1949 rankings.