Popular baby names in Georgia, 1925

The most popular baby names in Georgia in 1925 were Mary for girls (2,557 babies) and James for boys (2,430). James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 63,175 babies born in Georgia in 1925 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Georgia in 1925

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: 70 babies, 17.4× the national rate
Charlie: 53 babies, 10.2× the national rate
Ossie: 23 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Willene: 20 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Gussie: 66 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Lizzie: 144 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Corene: 20 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Rubye: 35 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Claudie: 18 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Mattie: 451 babies, 5.6× the national rate

Boys

Lucious: 25 babies, 15.6× the national rate
Grady: 124 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Felton: 21 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Emory: 53 babies, 8× the national rate
Howell: 16 babies, 8× the national rate
Hoyt: 28 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Lamar: 46 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Rogers: 17 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Lucius: 18 babies, 7× the national rate
Willie: 1,180 babies, 6.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Georgia, 1925

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1924	US rank
1	Mary	2,557	–	1
2	Annie	1,012	–	32
3	Dorothy	952	–	2
4	Mildred	555	–	9
5	Ruby	548	↑2	30
6	Willie	544	↑4	68
7	Frances	532	↓1	11
8	Martha	532	–	23
9	Margaret	515	–	5
10	Louise	505	↓5	27
11	Betty	494	↑8	3
12	Helen	468	–	4
13	Mattie	451	↑5	100
14	Doris	445	↓1	8
15	Elizabeth	438	–	10
16	Ruth	438	↓2	6
17	Sarah	401	↓6	58
18	Evelyn	347	↓2	12
19	Virginia	333	↓2	7
20	Lillie	323	↑3	91
21	Hazel	322	↓1	45
22	Thelma	313	↑2	35
23	Gladys	305	↓1	33
24	Sara	302	↓3	>100
25	Ethel	298	↑3	43
26	Edna	293	↓1	37
27	Lois	265	↑4	18
28	Emma	263	↓1	57
29	Lillian	257	–	25
30	Rosa	249	↑2	>100
31	Marie	248	↑8	16
32	Alice	237	↓2	15
33	Bessie	227	↑2	87
34	Carrie	227	–	>100
35	Catherine	222	↑2	29
36	Juanita	221	↑6	49
37	Mamie	220	↑1	>100
38	Clara	217	↓5	55
39	Minnie	209	↓13	>100
40	Julia	205	↓4	65
41	Grace	196	↓1	44
42	Hattie	194	↑4	>100
43	Nellie	193	–	98
44	Pauline	193	↑4	38
45	Jessie	191	↓1	97
46	Susie	186	new	>100
47	Christine	184	new	>100
48	Lula	184	new	>100
49	Eva	170	–	71
50	Ida	168	–	82

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1924	US rank
1	James	2,430	–	4
2	John	1,554	↑1	2
3	William	1,553	↓1	3
4	Willie	1,180	↑1	27
5	Robert	1,146	↓1	1
6	George	734	↑1	6
7	Charles	625	↓1	5
8	Thomas	569	–	11
9	Henry	558	–	18
10	Charlie	426	–	78
11	Joseph	402	↑1	7
12	Walter	361	↓1	16
13	Jack	317	↑2	17
14	Frank	313	↓1	12
15	Edward	312	↓1	9
16	Harold	264	–	14
17	Roy	249	↑1	32
18	David	238	↑1	22
19	Joe	232	↓2	34
20	Johnnie	219	↑5	100
21	Ralph	219	↑3	25
22	Fred	216	↑1	33
23	Richard	216	↑3	8
24	Albert	214	↓3	21
25	Clarence	213	↓5	30
26	Paul	213	↑1	13
27	Eddie	210	↑2	>100
28	Eugene	195	↑2	24
29	Arthur	190	↓7	20
30	Ernest	178	↑2	37
31	Howard	177	↑4	26
32	Raymond	175	↑4	15
33	Samuel	173	↓2	46
34	Harry	171	–	23
35	Calvin	148	↓7	47
36	Lewis	145	↑2	79
37	Carl	139	↑2	28
38	Leroy	138	↓5	52
39	Clifford	133	↓2	59
40	Jesse	126	↑6	85
41	Grady	124	↑2	>100
42	Marvin	124	↑3	51
43	Curtis	117	new	>100
44	Jimmie	117	–	>100
45	Horace	113	↓5	>100
46	Earl	112	new	31
47	Jessie	112	↓6	>100
48	Andrew	110	–	56
49	Luther	108	↓7	>100
50	Benjamin	107	new	93

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