Popular baby names in Georgia, 1917

The most popular baby names in Georgia in 1917 were Mary for girls (2,025 babies) and James for boys (2,083). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 57,418 babies born in Georgia in 1917 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Georgia in 1917

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

Girls

Myrtice: 62 babies, 16.1× the national rate
Clifford: 21 babies, 12.5× the national rate
Clyde: 42 babies, 11.7× the national rate
Ossie: 22 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Lilla: 20 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Charlie: 37 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Emmie: 20 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Claudie: 23 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Ouida: 22 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Savannah: 18 babies, 7.5× the national rate

Boys

Ivey: 15 babies, 14× the national rate
Felton: 33 babies, 13.4× the national rate
Dorsey: 35 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Lucious: 20 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Lucius: 29 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Hoyt: 36 babies, 9× the national rate
Lindsey: 17 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Dock: 25 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Rogers: 24 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Lamar: 37 babies, 8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Georgia, 1917

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1916	US rank
1	Mary	2,025	–	1
2	Annie	928	–	35
3	Ruby	594	–	27
4	Willie	523	–	72
5	Frances	491	↑2	9
6	Ruth	470	–	5
7	Louise	468	↓2	19
8	Mattie	458	–	94
9	Mildred	455	↑1	6
10	Martha	419	↑2	22
11	Margaret	416	↓2	4
12	Dorothy	411	↓1	3
13	Elizabeth	378	–	8
14	Sarah	343	–	52
15	Lillie	330	↑1	86
16	Evelyn	310	↑2	11
17	Helen	308	↓2	2
18	Gladys	306	↑1	23
19	Edna	287	↑2	20
20	Thelma	275	–	32
21	Lillian	272	↑5	15
22	Ethel	270	↓5	24
23	Rosa	268	–	>100
24	Minnie	259	↑1	75
25	Sara	259	↑6	>100
26	Marie	258	↑2	12
27	Emma	249	↓5	46
28	Bessie	245	↓4	61
29	Lois	245	↓2	43
30	Virginia	236	↑10	10
31	Jessie	234	↑5	70
32	Alice	232	↑2	13
33	Grace	221	↑2	30
34	Pauline	216	↑13	33
35	Carrie	214	↓5	>100
36	Eva	213	↑9	54
37	Lucile	213	new	>100
38	Mamie	210	↓5	>100
39	Hazel	209	↓10	31
40	Fannie	208	↓8	>100
41	Ida	202	↑5	56
42	Clara	201	–	41
43	Julia	199	↓2	47
44	Lucille	195	↓7	29
45	Ella	192	new	83
46	Nellie	192	↓7	64
47	Susie	185	↑3	>100
48	Irene	180	↓5	17
49	Doris	179	new	25
50	Bertha	175	↓1	51

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1916	US rank
1	James	2,083	–	3
2	John	1,556	–	1
3	William	1,404	–	2
4	Willie	1,029	–	31
5	Robert	996	–	4
6	George	727	–	6
7	Thomas	548	↑1	10
8	Henry	538	↑1	15
9	Charles	515	↓2	7
10	Charlie	404	–	67
11	Joseph	394	–	5
12	Walter	359	↑2	11
13	Frank	298	↓1	9
14	Edward	289	↑2	8
15	Joe	267	–	35
16	Albert	252	↑1	18
17	Jack	237	↑4	22
18	Roy	218	↑2	33
19	Clarence	215	↑3	25
20	Fred	205	↓2	29
21	Ernest	201	↑8	37
22	Paul	199	↑2	13
23	David	193	↓4	28
24	Ralph	187	↑1	21
25	Leroy	186	↑3	60
26	Johnnie	183	–	>100
27	Arthur	181	↓4	17
28	Richard	166	↑3	14
29	Eddie	160	↓2	>100
30	Samuel	159	↑2	42
31	Eugene	158	↓1	39
32	Jessie	147	↑6	>100
33	Hugh	138	↓20	>100
34	Howard	134	new	26
35	Harry	131	↓2	19
36	Jesse	130	–	79
37	Carl	129	–	24
38	Lewis	129	↓3	70
39	Sam	124	↓5	72
40	Woodrow	123	↑1	73
41	Oscar	122	new	87
42	Horace	119	↑1	>100
43	Otis	118	↑1	>100
44	Andrew	117	↓5	48
45	Grady	115	new	>100
46	Herman	109	↓4	58
47	Herbert	107	–	40
48	Clifford	104	↓2	59
49	Luther	104	–	>100
50	Clyde	103	↓5	64

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