Popular baby names in Georgia, 1924

The most popular baby names in Georgia in 1924 were Mary for girls (2,503 babies) and James for boys (2,356). James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 62,160 babies born in Georgia in 1924 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Georgia in 1924

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: 71 babies, 17.3× the national rate
Ossie: 18 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Charlie: 41 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Evie: 19 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Clyde: 18 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Lizzie: 110 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Eddie: 72 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Claudie: 21 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Gussie: 46 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Rubye: 37 babies, 6× the national rate

Boys

Linton: 16 babies, 16.7× the national rate
Felton: 31 babies, 13.9× the national rate
Emory: 67 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Grady: 123 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Bonnie: 15 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Lucius: 24 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Lamar: 47 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Hoyt: 34 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Rogers: 17 babies, 7× the national rate
Tommie: 71 babies, 6.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Georgia, 1924

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1923	US rank
1	Mary	2,503	–	1
2	Annie	929	–	32
3	Dorothy	898	–	2
4	Mildred	604	↑1	8
5	Louise	566	↑1	24
6	Frances	560	↑3	10
7	Ruby	547	↑1	26
8	Martha	541	↑2	21
9	Margaret	525	↓2	5
10	Willie	497	↓6	68
11	Sarah	472	↑3	54
12	Helen	465	↓1	3
13	Doris	450	↑2	9
14	Ruth	440	↑2	6
15	Elizabeth	437	↓3	11
16	Evelyn	390	↑1	12
17	Virginia	388	↑1	7
18	Mattie	373	↓5	>100
19	Betty	348	↑9	4
20	Hazel	345	↑4	42
21	Sara	335	↑1	>100
22	Gladys	323	↓1	30
23	Lillie	305	–	97
24	Thelma	286	↓5	33
25	Edna	278	–	31
26	Minnie	263	↑5	100
27	Emma	261	↑2	57
28	Ethel	258	↓1	39
29	Lillian	254	↓9	23
30	Alice	250	↓4	15
31	Lois	247	↑5	22
32	Rosa	245	–	>100
33	Clara	229	↑1	56
34	Carrie	224	↑1	>100
35	Bessie	219	↓2	86
36	Julia	206	↑3	62
37	Catherine	202	↑8	27
38	Mamie	200	–	>100
39	Marie	199	↓9	14
40	Grace	197	↓3	43
41	Ella	191	↑9	94
42	Juanita	191	↑7	48
43	Nellie	191	↑4	92
44	Jessie	190	↓2	91
45	Bertha	188	↓4	65
46	Hattie	184	↓3	>100
47	Edith	181	new	36
48	Pauline	181	↓8	38
49	Eva	176	↓3	66
50	Ida	171	↓6	70

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1923	US rank
1	James	2,356	–	4
2	William	1,576	–	3
3	John	1,511	–	2
4	Robert	1,109	–	1
5	Willie	1,021	–	30
6	Charles	720	↑1	5
7	George	706	↓1	6
8	Thomas	551	↑1	11
9	Henry	510	↓1	18
10	Charlie	411	↑1	80
11	Walter	367	↑1	16
12	Joseph	360	↓2	7
13	Frank	326	↑2	12
14	Edward	314	–	9
15	Jack	313	↓2	17
16	Harold	260	↑7	13
17	Joe	251	–	35
18	Roy	249	↓2	31
19	David	243	↑5	24
20	Clarence	235	↑2	29
21	Albert	215	↓2	21
22	Arthur	215	↓1	20
23	Fred	213	↓3	32
24	Ralph	205	↓6	23
25	Johnnie	204	↑6	>100
26	Richard	203	↑1	8
27	Paul	189	↓1	14
28	Calvin	181	new	44
29	Eddie	171	↓4	>100
30	Eugene	170	↓2	25
31	Samuel	168	↓1	45
32	Ernest	162	↓3	37
33	Leroy	156	↑2	53
34	Harry	155	↑3	22
35	Howard	152	↓2	26
36	Raymond	151	↑3	15
37	Clifford	141	↓5	64
38	Lewis	137	↓2	77
39	Carl	133	↑4	27
40	Horace	126	↓6	>100
41	Jessie	124	–	>100
42	Luther	124	new	>100
43	Grady	123	↓5	>100
44	Jimmie	119	↑3	>100
45	Marvin	118	↓1	50
46	Jesse	116	↓4	86
47	Homer	115	new	>100
48	Andrew	114	↑1	56
49	Oscar	114	new	99
50	Cecil	113	↓4	85

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