Georgia · 1917

Top 100 names in Georgia, 1917, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	2,025
#2	Annie	928
#3	Ruby	594
#4	Willie	523
#5	Frances	491
#6	Ruth	470
#7	Louise	468
#8	Mattie	458
#9	Mildred	455
#10	Martha	419
#11	Margaret	416
#12	Dorothy	411
#13	Elizabeth	378
#14	Sarah	343
#15	Lillie	330
#16	Evelyn	310
#17	Helen	308
#18	Gladys	306
#19	Edna	287
#20	Thelma	275
#21	Lillian	272
#22	Ethel	270
#23	Rosa	268
#24	Minnie	259
#25	Sara	259
#26	Marie	258
#27	Emma	249
#28	Bessie	245
#29	Lois	245
#30	Virginia	236
#31	Jessie	234
#32	Alice	232
#33	Grace	221
#34	Pauline	216
#35	Carrie	214
#36	Eva	213
#37	Lucile	213
#38	Mamie	210
#39	Hazel	209
#40	Fannie	208
#41	Ida	202
#42	Clara	201
#43	Julia	199
#44	Lucille	195
#45	Nellie	192
#46	Ella	192
#47	Susie	185
#48	Irene	180
#49	Doris	179
#50	Bertha	175
#51	Essie	168
#52	Inez	167
#53	Hattie	164
#54	Alma	160
#55	Edith	158
#56	Beatrice	155
#57	Lula	154
#58	Maggie	146
#59	Myrtle	139
#60	Georgia	138
#61	Anna	137
#62	Daisy	137
#63	Sallie	134
#64	Cora	130
#65	Lizzie	129
#66	Florence	128
#67	Eula	127
#68	Vera	125
#69	Eunice	125
#70	Catherine	123
#71	Laura	118
#72	Agnes	117
#73	Johnnie	116
#74	Bernice	116
#75	Mae	115
#76	Christine	115
#77	Lucy	113
#78	Pearl	112
#79	Gertrude	111
#80	Betty	108
#81	Lena	102
#82	Katie	101
#83	Rose	100
#84	Ollie	97
#85	Katherine	95
#86	Nettie	95
#87	Janie	94
#88	Josephine	94
#89	Alberta	91
#90	Viola	90
#91	Elsie	85
#92	Addie	84
#93	Geneva	84
#94	Nancy	84
#95	Beulah	80
#96	Marjorie	79
#97	Marion	78
#98	Ola	77
#99	Kathryn	77
#100	Jewell	76

Uniquely popular in Georgia

Names whose share of births in this state is far above the national share (per 10,000 births).

Name	Births	Per 10k in state	Per 10k nationwide
Myrtice	62	20	1
Clifford	21	7	1
Clyde	42	13	1
Lilla	20	6	1
Ossie	22	7	1
Emmie	20	6	1
Charlie	37	12	1
Ouida	22	7	1
Claudie	23	7	1
Lizzie	129	41	6
Evie	22	7	1
Tommie	40	13	2

Figures are from the U.S. Social Security Administration Popular Baby Names dataset (public domain). Names with fewer than 5 recorded births in a year or state are suppressed by the source.