Georgia ★ 1940

Top names in Georgia, 1940

Mary led for girls with 2,176 babies ; James for boys with 2,414. State counts omit names with fewer than five babies that year.

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Girls

#	Name	Babies
1	Mary	2,176
2	Betty	1,281
3	Barbara	954
4	Martha	649
5	Shirley	636
6	Annie	614
7	Patricia	593
8	Dorothy	575
9	Carolyn	464
10	Linda	437
11	Frances	364
12	Margaret	350
13	Joyce	347
14	Elizabeth	346
15	Sandra	328
16	Helen	325
17	Sarah	310
18	Nancy	300
19	Virginia	289
20	Doris	285
21	Gloria	279
22	Willie	269
23	Peggy	259
24	Ruby	257
25	Mildred	243
26	Louise	235
27	Alice	225
28	Evelyn	220
29	Sara	218
30	Brenda	190
31	Lillie	189
32	Mattie	188
33	Emma	177
34	Janice	173
35	Geraldine	168
36	Patsy	163
37	Carol	160
38	Juanita	157
39	Edna	154
40	Ann	151
40	Ruth	151
42	Jean	150
43	Vivian	147
44	Clara	146
44	Glenda	146
46	Bernice	144
47	Thelma	143
48	Catherine	142
49	Charlotte	141
49	Hazel	141
51	Christine	138
51	Joan	138
53	Annette	136
54	Margie	135
55	Jo	133
56	Minnie	132
57	Rebecca	130
58	Gladys	129
59	Beverly	126
60	Ethel	124
60	Johnnie	124
62	Bertha	123
62	Bobbie	123
62	Rosa	123
65	Julia	122
66	Judith	118
66	Marie	118
68	Judy	117
69	Lois	115
70	Sylvia	114
71	Lillian	113
72	Eleanor	111
73	Norma	110
74	Joann	108
75	Nellie	107
76	Carrie	106
77	Faye	104
78	Eva	103
78	Laura	103
80	Jessie	102
81	Ella	101
82	Hattie	100
82	Mamie	100
84	Bonnie	97
85	Jeanette	95
85	Mae	95
85	Wanda	95
88	Emily	93
89	Geneva	91
89	Georgia	91
91	Ida	90
92	Rose	87
92	Wilma	87
94	Bessie	84
94	Marilyn	84
96	Grace	83
96	Gwendolyn	83
98	Fannie	81
99	Anna	80
99	Jane	80

Boys

#	Name	Babies
1	James	2,414
2	William	1,415
3	Robert	1,345
4	John	1,279
5	Charles	1,062
6	Willie	1,030
7	Thomas	586
8	George	576
9	Bobby	535
10	Jerry	487
11	David	424
12	Jimmy	414
13	Donald	407
14	Richard	398
15	Henry	395
16	Billy	374
17	Joseph	361
18	Joe	344
19	Johnny	325
20	Larry	322
21	Walter	305
22	Roy	287
23	Charlie	286
24	Edward	283
25	Eugene	273
26	Harold	255
27	Frank	237
28	Jack	230
29	Albert	220
30	Kenneth	216
31	Eddie	215
31	Ronald	215
33	Paul	212
34	Ralph	196
35	Tommy	195
36	Arthur	184
37	Johnnie	170
37	Raymond	170
39	Clarence	167
40	Melvin	155
41	Fred	154
42	Jimmie	152
43	Ernest	151
44	Marvin	146
45	Harry	145
46	Samuel	138
47	Howard	130
48	Leroy	127
48	Wayne	127
50	Franklin	125
51	Curtis	123
52	Gerald	117
53	Carl	116
53	Lewis	116
55	Earl	113
56	Jesse	112
57	Daniel	107
58	Gene	106
59	Ray	104
60	Herbert	103
61	Horace	102
62	Grady	101
63	Cecil	100
64	Marion	99
65	Freddie	98
66	Benjamin	97
67	Douglas	95
68	Hugh	94
69	Jessie	91
70	Herman	89
71	Andrew	88
72	Clifford	87
72	Nathaniel	87
74	Gary	86
75	Alvin	85
76	Bennie	83
76	Jackie	83
78	Leonard	82
79	Calvin	81
79	Lee	81
79	Rufus	81
82	Clyde	80
83	Michael	77
84	Leon	76
85	Homer	74
85	Otis	74
87	Alfred	72
87	Lester	72
89	Lawrence	71
89	Norman	71
89	Tommie	71
89	Wendell	71
93	Earnest	70
93	Louis	70
93	Luther	70
93	Milton	70
97	Roger	68
98	Hubert	67
99	Allen	64
99	Joel	64