Georgia · 1920

Top 100 names in Georgia, 1920, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	2,538
#2	Annie	1,048
#3	Dorothy	769
#4	Ruby	667
#5	Willie	623
#6	Louise	616
#7	Margaret	601
#8	Mildred	594
#9	Frances	590
#10	Elizabeth	523
#11	Ruth	519
#12	Martha	501
#13	Mattie	479
#14	Helen	442
#15	Sarah	428
#16	Evelyn	411
#17	Gladys	398
#18	Virginia	338
#19	Lillie	320
#20	Edna	318
#21	Doris	316
#22	Bessie	314
#23	Sara	313
#24	Rosa	298
#25	Ethel	296
#26	Thelma	295
#27	Lois	291
#28	Emma	287
#29	Hazel	287
#30	Lillian	283
#31	Marie	278
#32	Grace	274
#33	Minnie	269
#34	Alice	265
#35	Jessie	249
#36	Fannie	247
#37	Nellie	244
#38	Carrie	244
#39	Eva	231
#40	Ida	227
#41	Mamie	219
#42	Bertha	218
#43	Julia	218
#44	Ella	218
#45	Clara	218
#46	Irene	215
#47	Pauline	208
#48	Lucile	204
#49	Catherine	203
#50	Lucille	200
#51	Susie	200
#52	Hattie	197
#53	Alma	189
#54	Anna	185
#55	Inez	183
#56	Beatrice	182
#57	Edith	180
#58	Myrtle	178
#59	Laura	178
#60	Lula	175
#61	Vera	169
#62	Essie	163
#63	Katherine	162
#64	Eunice	160
#65	Christine	155
#66	Lizzie	152
#67	Florence	151
#68	Daisy	147
#69	Juanita	143
#70	Agnes	143
#71	Lucy	141
#72	Georgia	139
#73	Josephine	138
#74	Mae	138
#75	Katie	138
#76	Cora	133
#77	Eula	131
#78	Marjorie	127
#79	Bernice	126
#80	Pearl	125
#81	Sallie	123
#82	Geneva	120
#83	Gertrude	117
#84	Viola	116
#85	Maggie	114
#86	Betty	109
#87	Johnnie	108
#88	Nancy	105
#89	Jewell	104
#90	Kathleen	102
#91	Ollie	100
#92	Elsie	100
#93	Addie	98
#94	Eloise	97
#95	Rosie	96
#96	Rose	94
#97	Ann	92
#98	Carolyn	90
#99	Marion	90
#100	Nettie	89

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	59	16	1
Ossie	29	8	1
Clyde	26	7	1
Evie	29	8	1
Tommie	55	15	2
Pinkie	22	6	1
Charlie	46	12	2
Lizzie	152	41	6
Claudie	23	6	1
Gussie	65	17	3
Ouida	23	6	1
Pearlie	55	15	3

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.