Georgia · 1947

Top 100 names in Georgia, 1947, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	2,351
#2	Linda	2,229
#3	Patricia	1,255
#4	Barbara	1,169
#5	Brenda	1,127
#6	Betty	1,114
#7	Sandra	858
#8	Shirley	856
#9	Carolyn	683
#10	Judy	667
#11	Martha	664
#12	Nancy	639
#13	Dorothy	610
#14	Annie	553
#15	Gloria	532
#16	Margaret	451
#17	Janice	431
#18	Carol	428
#19	Joyce	417
#20	Frances	344
#21	Elizabeth	338
#22	Peggy	337
#23	Helen	331
#24	Susan	330
#25	Sarah	322
#26	Virginia	310
#27	Glenda	303
#28	Donna	292
#29	Patsy	270
#30	Alice	261
#31	Doris	249
#32	Beverly	244
#33	Diane	243
#34	Cheryl	240
#35	Willie	240
#36	Evelyn	238
#37	Ruby	237
#38	Sharon	235
#39	Jo	222
#40	Wanda	220
#41	Judith	213
#42	Joan	212
#43	Phyllis	210
#44	Ann	195
#45	Rebecca	195
#46	Mildred	186
#47	Mattie	186
#48	Sara	184
#49	Gail	176
#50	Charlotte	173
#51	Catherine	173
#52	Gwendolyn	171
#53	Geraldine	170
#54	Jane	166
#55	Cynthia	164
#56	Connie	160
#57	Janet	159
#58	Julia	158
#59	Juanita	158
#60	Lillie	157
#61	Bonnie	156
#62	Lynda	155
#63	Sylvia	152
#64	Louise	148
#65	Bernice	147
#66	Rosa	146
#67	Marilyn	143
#68	Jacqueline	142
#69	Emma	140
#70	Marie	139
#71	Vivian	138
#72	Dianne	136
#73	Delores	134
#74	Ruth	134
#75	Sheila	133
#76	Edna	133
#77	Elaine	132
#78	Margie	131
#79	Sherry	130
#80	Annette	128
#81	Christine	127
#82	Laura	127
#83	Ethel	127
#84	Hazel	124
#85	Katherine	123
#86	Johnnie	122
#87	Joann	122
#88	Minnie	119
#89	Clara	115
#90	Rita	113
#91	Thelma	112
#92	Bobbie	110
#93	Ella	109
#94	Pamela	108
#95	Jean	108
#96	Rose	107
#97	Karen	107
#98	Ellen	105
#99	Norma	105
#100	Kathryn	105

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	21	5	0
Lizzie	54	12	2
Mamie	97	22	3
Mattie	186	43	6
Lucile	21	5	1
Leila	27	6	1
Annie	553	127	21
Willie	240	55	9
Eddie	35	8	1
Bennie	20	5	1
Odessa	21	5	1
Essie	41	9	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.