Georgia · 1937

Top 100 names in Georgia, 1937, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	2,100
#2	Betty	1,384
#3	Barbara	901
#4	Shirley	787
#5	Annie	709
#6	Dorothy	651
#7	Martha	556
#8	Patricia	413
#9	Carolyn	371
#10	Margaret	354
#11	Elizabeth	353
#12	Frances	329
#13	Willie	320
#14	Doris	320
#15	Helen	315
#16	Sarah	300
#17	Ruby	296
#18	Virginia	296
#19	Mattie	266
#20	Joyce	262
#21	Evelyn	258
#22	Peggy	256
#23	Louise	252
#24	Mildred	240
#25	Alice	234
#26	Ruth	207
#27	Nancy	204
#28	Lillie	201
#29	Sara	196
#30	Emma	184
#31	Juanita	183
#32	Gloria	180
#33	Bobbie	175
#34	Catherine	172
#35	Hazel	172
#36	Ann	171
#37	Thelma	161
#38	Gladys	154
#39	Minnie	153
#40	Rosa	150
#41	Edna	149
#42	Annette	147
#43	Bernice	147
#44	Joan	137
#45	Geraldine	137
#46	Jean	137
#47	Christine	135
#48	Clara	134
#49	Julia	132
#50	Sylvia	132
#51	Marie	130
#52	Carol	126
#53	Beverly	126
#54	Johnnie	126
#55	Ella	124
#56	Jessie	120
#57	Bessie	119
#58	Lillian	117
#59	Lois	117
#60	Jo	111
#61	Norma	110
#62	Patsy	109
#63	Shelby	108
#64	Vivian	108
#65	Ethel	107
#66	Ida	107
#67	Geneva	105
#68	Laura	105
#69	Charlotte	105
#70	Nellie	103
#71	Bertha	103
#72	Lula	101
#73	Margie	101
#74	Jeanette	100
#75	Janice	100
#76	Carrie	100
#77	Eva	100
#78	Sandra	99
#79	Eleanor	99
#80	Alma	98
#81	Susie	98
#82	Hattie	97
#83	Fannie	97
#84	Mae	96
#85	Joann	94
#86	Josephine	93
#87	Marjorie	90
#88	Georgia	88
#89	Faye	86
#90	Pauline	86
#91	Linda	86
#92	Rose	83
#93	Edith	83
#94	Jane	81
#95	Yvonne	80
#96	Grace	79
#97	Mamie	79
#98	June	76
#99	Emily	76
#100	Cora	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	27	9	1
Willene	24	8	1
Charlie	44	15	2
Lucile	50	16	2
Gussie	30	10	1
Rubye	20	7	1
Lizzie	60	20	3
Mattie	266	88	14
Annie	709	234	42
Essie	70	23	4
Willie	320	106	21
Doretha	21	7	1

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.