Popular baby names in Georgia, 1926

The most popular baby names in Georgia in 1926 were Mary for girls (2,375 babies) and James for boys (2,249). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 58,750 babies born in Georgia in 1926 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Georgia in 1926

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: 63 babies, 18.1× the national rate
Lilla: 20 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Ossie: 17 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Emmie: 16 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Corene: 22 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Charlie: 41 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Gussie: 43 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Mittie: 19 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Mattie: 404 babies, 6× the national rate
Lizzie: 87 babies, 6× the national rate

Boys

Emory: 58 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Lucious: 19 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Felton: 22 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Hoyt: 34 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Garnett: 16 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Howell: 16 babies, 9× the national rate
Grady: 125 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Lamar: 41 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Tommie: 74 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Ulysses: 28 babies, 6.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Georgia, 1926

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1925	US rank
1	Mary	2,375	–	1
2	Dorothy	930	↑1	2
3	Annie	908	↓1	34
4	Betty	574	↑7	3
5	Willie	535	↑1	73
6	Mildred	528	↓2	9
7	Louise	513	↑3	27
8	Frances	475	↓1	10
9	Ruby	469	↓4	30
10	Doris	466	↑4	7
11	Margaret	458	↓2	5
12	Martha	446	↓4	24
13	Helen	424	↓1	4
14	Mattie	404	↓1	>100
15	Sarah	404	↑2	63
16	Elizabeth	385	↓1	11
17	Evelyn	368	↑1	13
18	Ruth	347	↓2	6
19	Virginia	337	–	8
20	Thelma	275	↑2	36
21	Hazel	274	–	48
22	Lillie	268	↓2	99
23	Sara	262	↑1	>100
24	Alice	255	↑8	17
25	Edna	252	↑1	38
26	Gladys	251	↓3	35
27	Lillian	233	↑2	28
28	Emma	225	–	59
29	Rosa	217	↑1	>100
30	Carrie	209	↑4	>100
31	Ethel	207	↓6	41
32	Lois	207	↓5	19
33	Bessie	205	–	89
34	Jessie	198	↑11	93
35	Minnie	195	↑4	>100
36	Catherine	185	↓1	31
37	Nellie	180	↑6	>100
38	Juanita	179	↓2	52
39	Marie	178	↓8	18
40	Julia	176	–	75
41	Ella	175	new	98
42	Clara	174	↓4	61
43	Christine	172	↑4	>100
44	Hattie	172	↓2	>100
45	Eva	170	↑4	79
46	Bernice	165	new	45
47	Fannie	162	new	>100
48	Ida	162	↑2	82
49	Bertha	158	new	76
50	Pauline	157	↓6	39

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1925	US rank
1	James	2,249	–	3
2	William	1,450	↑1	4
3	John	1,355	↓1	2
4	Robert	1,155	↑1	1
5	Willie	1,083	↓1	28
6	Charles	713	↑1	5
7	George	636	↓1	6
8	Thomas	500	–	11
9	Henry	465	–	19
10	Charlie	379	–	81
11	Joseph	370	–	8
12	Walter	342	–	17
13	Jack	327	–	16
14	Frank	297	–	12
15	Edward	283	–	10
16	Joe	249	↑3	33
17	Harold	247	↓1	14
18	Richard	240	↑5	7
19	Albert	224	↑5	21
20	Roy	223	↓3	34
21	Paul	217	↑5	13
22	Ralph	216	↓1	24
23	David	210	↓5	22
24	Arthur	200	↑5	20
25	Clarence	200	–	29
26	Fred	192	↓4	31
27	Eddie	183	–	>100
28	Johnnie	171	↓8	>100
29	Ernest	170	↑1	37
30	Eugene	167	↓2	23
31	Howard	167	–	27
32	Raymond	156	–	15
33	Samuel	153	–	48
34	Leroy	139	↑4	51
35	Clifford	136	↑4	62
36	Billy	131	new	40
37	Jessie	131	↑10	>100
38	Horace	129	↑7	>100
39	Harry	128	↓5	25
40	Carl	127	↓3	26
41	Calvin	126	↓6	65
42	Jesse	126	↓2	87
43	Grady	125	↓2	>100
44	Clyde	117	new	67
45	Lewis	117	↓9	82
46	Jimmie	114	↓2	>100
47	Herman	112	new	69
48	Marion	112	new	>100
49	Cecil	111	new	86
50	Earl	110	↓4	32

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