State roster

Top names in Georgia

The names most likely to appear on 1955 Georgia birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 95,064 Georgia births in 1955 across 1,275 distinct names.

Distinctively Georgia

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

#55Charlie#184 nationally
#38Annie#160 nationally
#84Unknownoutside the national top 200
#79Freddie#186 nationally
#94Willieoutside the national top 200
#97Berniceoutside the national top 200
#80Shelia#181 nationally
#74Ruby#173 nationally
#73Vivian#154 nationally
#92Patsy#172 nationally
#91Donnie#169 nationally
#49Gwendolyn#122 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,632US #1
#2Deborah1,465US #2
#3Linda1,233US #3
#4Patricia1,178US #6
#5Debra1,005US #4
#6Brenda931US #18
#7Susan805US #5
#8Barbara775US #7
#9Pamela705US #12
#10Sandra683US #13
#11Cynthia659US #11
#12Donna642US #10
#13Shirley605US #37
#14Kathy566US #22
#15Betty539US #36
#16Sharon538US #16
#17Nancy521US #9
#18Carolyn489US #30
#19Janice487US #25
#20Wanda467US #61
#21Karen458US #8
#22Teresa440US #26
#23Gloria436US #47
#24Judy430US #32
#25Carol410US #15
#26Beverly371US #34
#27Martha371US #53
#28Elizabeth365US #21
#29Diane356US #14
#30Dorothy341US #64
#31Cheryl337US #19
#32Janet333US #20
#33Joyce321US #29
#34Rebecca319US #27
#35Cathy315US #44
#36Connie313US #35
#37Vickie280US #68
#38Annie279US #160
#39Catherine277US #28
#40Margaret277US #24
#41Peggy274US #51
#42Sherry254US #56
#43Sheila252US #57
#44Jo240US #58
#45Angela238US #109
#46Phyllis235US #74
#47Marilyn230US #49
#48Vicki222US #52
#49Gwendolyn221US #122
#50Virginia218US #66
#51Debbie204US #63
#52Laura200US #41
#53Helen199US #78
#54Bonnie194US #45
#55Gail190US #42
#56Rhonda186US #71
#57Sarah186US #108
#58Katherine179US #65
#59Alice174US #87
#60Glenda173US #128
#61Robin171US #33
#62Theresa170US #38
#63Frances167US #96
#64Dianne158US #121
#65Marsha154US #106
#66Kathryn153US #59
#67Rose152US #54
#68Joan149US #46
#69Rita148US #72
#70Elaine147US #77
#71Ann145US #43
#72Denise145US #23
#73Vivian145US #154
#74Ruby144US #173
#75Evelyn141US #112
#76Doris138US #101
#77Jacqueline138US #73
#78Lisa138US #48
#79Paula137US #39
#80Shelia136US #181
#81Christine131US #40
#82Jane129US #50
#83Terri126US #85
#84Unknown124
#85Charlotte120US #129
#86Julia117US #131
#87Anita116US #94
#88Jennifer116US #104
#89Kathleen114US #17
#90Lynn113US #62
#91Judith111US #31
#92Patsy111US #172
#93Terry111US #83
#94Willie111
#95Yvonne111US #119
#96Sylvia108US #107
#97Bernice106
#98Jeanette101US #153
#99Geraldine100US #162
#100Ruth99US #70

Boys

#1James2,568US #3
#2William1,731US #6
#3David1,683US #2
#4John1,613US #5
#5Robert1,610US #4
#6Michael1,524US #1
#7Charles1,232US #11
#8Richard956US #7
#9Willie902US #54
#10Larry891US #19
#11Thomas782US #8
#12Kenneth706US #15
#13Gary655US #12
#14Ronald594US #18
#15Donald591US #14
#16Johnny587US #55
#17Joseph566US #13
#18Jerry531US #33
#19George529US #26
#20Terry482US #28
#21Gregory461US #24
#22Mark455US #9
#23Randy425US #30
#24Dennis422US #23
#25Bobby421US #75
#26Danny419US #45
#27Steven411US #10
#28Jimmy393US #78
#29Stephen388US #21
#30Anthony375US #31
#31Edward375US #25
#32Ricky356US #46
#33Timothy350US #22
#34Paul347US #16
#35Eddie317US #92
#36Ronnie313US #80
#37Walter305US #51
#38Daniel298US #17
#39Billy286US #69
#40Stanley272US #64
#41Henry262US #61
#42Roger250US #37
#43Tony241US #93
#44Carl238US #47
#45Tommy238US #108
#46Phillip237US #74
#47Samuel234US #71
#48Wayne225US #44
#49Harold223US #63
#50Joe223US #68
#51Raymond223US #36
#52Roy220US #58
#53Curtis217US #79
#54Douglas217US #29
#55Charlie206US #184
#56Frank201US #34
#57Steve199US #72
#58Melvin194US #95
#59Jeffrey190US #20
#60Marvin189US #94
#61Arthur185US #56
#62Calvin183US #110
#63Randall179US #53
#64Keith177US #39
#65Ralph176US #67
#66Rickey172US #114
#67Barry170US #70
#68Gerald168US #48
#69Jack163US #60
#70Bruce160US #32
#71Jerome156US #112
#72Alan154US #43
#73Eugene152US #81
#74Glenn145US #59
#75Albert142US #76
#76Benjamin141US #132
#77Alvin140US #134
#78Andrew140US #66
#79Freddie140US #186
#80Ernest136US #90
#81Russell134US #57
#82Clarence133US #117
#83Micheal133US #87
#84Ray131US #113
#85Jeffery124US #73
#86Rodney124US #65
#87Alfred122US #119
#88Leon122US #143
#89Allen121US #84
#90Lawrence120US #42
#91Donnie116US #169
#92Darrell115US #91
#93Earl115US #106
#94Jackie115US #148
#95Christopher114US #49
#96Lee114US #96
#97Leroy112US #133
#98Howard111US #83
#99Clifford107US #118
#100Harry107US #89

On the move since 1954

Rising

↑35Debbie#51
↑31Keith#64
↑19Jeffrey#59
↑16Vivian#73
↑16Alan#72
↑15Robin#61
↑15Denise#72
↑13Shelia#80

Falling

↓31Harry#100
↓29Willie#94
↓23Leroy#97
↓22Charlotte#85
↓22Sylvia#96
↓21Howard#98
↓14Clarence#82
↓13Judith#91

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1954 rankings.