State roster

Top names in Georgia

The names most likely to appear on 1954 Georgia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 94,459 Georgia births in 1954 across 1,215 distinct names.

Distinctively Georgia

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

#44Charlie#181 nationally
#65Willieoutside the national top 200
#34Annie#150 nationally
#85Bobbieoutside the national top 200
#94Unknownoutside the national top 200
#97Unknownoutside the national top 200
#62Ruby#162 nationally
#93Shelia#190 nationally
#99Jacquelyn#196 nationally
#85Freddie#179 nationally
#92Mildred#180 nationally
#79Rosa#165 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,772US #1
#2Deborah1,544US #3
#3Linda1,328US #2
#4Patricia1,206US #4
#5Brenda1,014US #18
#6Debra956US #6
#7Barbara892US #7
#8Susan784US #5
#9Sandra729US #13
#10Pamela635US #12
#11Cynthia618US #10
#12Donna601US #11
#13Shirley601US #33
#14Betty594US #36
#15Nancy554US #9
#16Carolyn544US #27
#17Janice523US #25
#18Kathy487US #23
#19Judy486US #29
#20Karen457US #8
#21Wanda455US #58
#22Gloria435US #42
#23Beverly426US #31
#24Elizabeth426US #20
#25Martha419US #46
#26Sharon419US #16
#27Carol414US #15
#28Dorothy389US #55
#29Rebecca351US #26
#30Joyce344US #28
#31Teresa337US #34
#32Margaret331US #21
#33Connie306US #39
#34Annie304US #150
#35Marilyn297US #35
#36Cathy289US #59
#37Janet287US #19
#38Diane284US #17
#39Peggy277US #48
#40Vickie271US #69
#41Jo270US #53
#42Sheila259US #60
#43Cheryl249US #22
#44Vicki240US #50
#45Gwendolyn231US #122
#46Rhonda229US #71
#47Sherry227US #62
#48Glenda225US #114
#49Gail222US #37
#50Sarah218US #103
#51Catherine209US #32
#52Virginia207US #61
#53Phyllis206US #75
#54Helen200US #72
#55Angela199US #118
#56Laura186US #45
#57Frances185US #83
#58Alice179US #81
#59Bonnie179US #52
#60Rita171US #67
#61Marsha164US #86
#62Ruby160US #162
#63Charlotte155US #113
#64Kathryn154US #51
#65Willie154
#66Rose152US #54
#67Jacqueline149US #68
#68Doris148US #93
#69Katherine148US #64
#70Dianne146US #116
#71Theresa146US #47
#72Christine145US #43
#73Evelyn145US #109
#74Sylvia145US #101
#75Joan144US #40
#76Robin142US #41
#77Elaine141US #74
#78Judith134US #30
#79Rosa133US #165
#80Ann130US #44
#81Sara128US #164
#82Patsy127US #155
#83Paula125US #38
#84Anita123US #96
#85Bobbie121
#86Debbie120US #92
#87Denise119US #24
#88Jane119US #49
#89Vivian116US #156
#90Geraldine115US #143
#91Kathleen114US #14
#92Mildred113US #180
#93Shelia111US #190
#94Unknown111
#95Juanita108US #144
#96Delores107US #177
#97Julia107US #127
#98Lynn106US #63
#99Jacquelyn104US #196
#100Marcia104US #90

Boys

#1James2,621US #3
#2Robert1,751US #2
#3William1,723US #6
#4John1,614US #4
#5David1,571US #5
#6Michael1,532US #1
#7Charles1,328US #10
#8Larry989US #19
#9Willie930US #53
#10Richard902US #7
#11Thomas825US #8
#12Gary704US #9
#13Kenneth689US #17
#14Donald641US #14
#15Jerry610US #31
#16Ronald565US #15
#17George557US #24
#18Joseph553US #13
#19Johnny535US #54
#20Bobby459US #72
#21Danny453US #42
#22Terry438US #27
#23Jimmy422US #74
#24Steven405US #11
#25Ricky387US #46
#26Gregory381US #25
#27Stephen381US #20
#28Edward379US #22
#29Randy375US #33
#30Eddie365US #91
#31Henry350US #59
#32Mark350US #12
#33Ronnie334US #78
#34Dennis327US #21
#35Billy325US #65
#36Anthony316US #32
#37Walter293US #49
#38Paul291US #16
#39Daniel276US #18
#40Timothy276US #26
#41Roger274US #34
#42Wayne259US #41
#43Roy255US #56
#44Charlie253US #181
#45Samuel251US #71
#46Tommy249US #100
#47Harold247US #60
#48Stanley241US #58
#49Marvin236US #97
#50Joe222US #67
#51Carl221US #47
#52Melvin217US #92
#53Frank214US #36
#54Tony212US #105
#55Douglas207US #29
#56Calvin200US #117
#57Phillip196US #75
#58Randall196US #55
#59Raymond196US #35
#60Arthur193US #52
#61Curtis186US #84
#62Jack184US #57
#63Ralph184US #61
#64Barry182US #68
#65Steve180US #76
#66Bruce165US #30
#67Glenn155US #63
#68Clarence153US #108
#69Harry153US #86
#70Gerald151US #44
#71Eugene146US #77
#72Rickey141US #113
#73Albert140US #73
#74Leroy139US #125
#75Micheal139US #88
#76Alvin138US #135
#77Howard137US #80
#78Jeffrey137US #23
#79Donnie134US #162
#80Allen133US #82
#81Jerome133US #114
#82Benjamin131US #132
#83Andrew128US #70
#84Ernest128US #87
#85Freddie128US #179
#86Russell128US #69
#87Leon123US #140
#88Alan120US #43
#89Clifford115US #112
#90Fred115US #93
#91Ray110US #118
#92Alfred109US #116
#93Lawrence108US #39
#94Frederick106US #83
#95Keith106US #45
#96Rodney106US #66
#97Unknown106
#98Jackie105US #150
#99Lonnie105US #146
#100Earl104US #98

On the move since 1953

Rising

↑25Rhonda#46
↑20Rita#60
↑20Rickey#72
↑18Ricky#25
↑16Clarence#68
↑15Charlotte#63
↑14Anita#84
↑13Sherry#47

Falling

↓20Paula#83
↓20Lawrence#93
↓18Patsy#82
↓16Joan#75
↓16Benjamin#82
↓13Virginia#52
↓13Vivian#89
↓12Dianne#70

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1953 rankings.