Popular baby names in Georgia, 1916

The most popular baby names in Georgia in 1916 were Mary for girls (1,948 babies) and James for boys (2,120). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 57,467 babies born in Georgia in 1916 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Georgia in 1916

Names given at least 15 times in Georgia that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Montine: 18 babies, 30× the national rate
Myrtice: 64 babies, 16.7× the national rate
Clifford: 18 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Charlie: 35 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Clyde: 30 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Tommie: 48 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Corene: 18 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Pinkie: 18 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Lilla: 16 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Mozell: 25 babies, 7.1× the national rate

Boys

Linton: 16 babies, 16.5× the national rate
Felton: 30 babies, 12.8× the national rate
Dorsey: 54 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Lucius: 38 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Watson: 19 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Lamar: 40 babies, 8.2× the national rate
General: 15 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Emory: 54 babies, 8× the national rate
Early: 15 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Hoyt: 28 babies, 7.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Georgia, 1916

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1915	US rank
1	Mary	1,948	–	1
2	Annie	887	–	36
3	Ruby	639	–	23
4	Willie	554	–	73
5	Louise	474	–	18
6	Ruth	470	↑1	5
7	Frances	451	↑1	9
8	Mattie	444	↓2	93
9	Margaret	430	↑2	4
10	Mildred	427	↓1	6
11	Dorothy	410	↑2	3
12	Martha	387	–	24
13	Elizabeth	371	↓3	8
14	Sarah	351	↑1	52
15	Helen	336	↑10	2
16	Lillie	323	↓2	88
17	Ethel	322	↑2	25
18	Evelyn	321	↓2	11
19	Gladys	316	↓2	22
20	Thelma	295	–	29
21	Edna	279	↑2	19
22	Emma	273	↓4	41
23	Rosa	266	↑1	>100
24	Bessie	256	↑2	56
25	Minnie	255	↓3	71
26	Lillian	254	↑5	16
27	Lois	252	↑7	43
28	Marie	232	↑4	12
29	Hazel	231	↑4	31
30	Carrie	230	–	>100
31	Sara	230	↓2	>100
32	Fannie	222	↑8	>100
33	Mamie	219	↑5	>100
34	Alice	218	↓7	13
35	Grace	218	–	26
36	Jessie	213	↓15	68
37	Lucille	213	↓1	30
38	Hattie	210	↑6	>100
39	Nellie	201	↑7	61
40	Virginia	199	↓3	10
41	Julia	197	↑4	46
42	Clara	196	↓1	39
43	Irene	196	new	17
44	Beatrice	193	↓2	38
45	Eva	192	↑3	55
46	Ida	191	↓3	54
47	Pauline	190	↓8	33
48	Lula	188	new	>100
49	Bertha	187	↓21	49
50	Susie	184	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1915	US rank
1	James	2,120	–	3
2	John	1,541	–	1
3	William	1,338	–	2
4	Willie	987	–	30
5	Robert	920	–	4
6	George	686	–	7
7	Charles	528	↑2	6
8	Thomas	500	–	10
9	Henry	489	↓2	14
10	Charlie	414	–	68
11	Joseph	381	–	5
12	Frank	342	↑1	9
13	Hugh	309	↑20	96
14	Walter	305	↓2	11
15	Joe	291	↓1	35
16	Edward	253	↓1	8
17	Albert	232	↓1	17
18	Fred	217	↓1	29
19	David	212	↑5	28
20	Roy	208	↑1	33
21	Jack	205	↓2	26
22	Clarence	203	↓2	24
23	Arthur	197	↓5	18
24	Paul	174	↓1	12
25	Ralph	171	↓3	21
26	Johnnie	168	–	>100
27	Eddie	162	↑2	>100
28	Leroy	162	–	63
29	Ernest	159	↓2	36
30	Eugene	156	–	39
31	Richard	156	↓6	15
32	Samuel	156	–	41
33	Harry	154	↓2	19
34	Sam	146	–	74
35	Lewis	141	↑9	71
36	Jesse	140	↓1	77
37	Carl	132	↑9	23
38	Jessie	125	↓1	>100
39	Andrew	122	↑6	46
40	Harold	119	↑1	13
41	Woodrow	119	↑7	64
42	Herman	116	↑7	56
43	Horace	115	–	>100
44	Otis	115	↓2	>100
45	Clyde	113	new	62
46	Clifford	111	↓7	61
47	Herbert	107	↓7	40
48	Cecil	105	new	80
49	Luther	102	new	>100
50	Marvin	101	new	66

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