Popular baby names in Georgia, 1927

The most popular baby names in Georgia in 1927 were Mary for girls (2,357 babies) and James for boys (2,384). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 61,175 babies born in Georgia in 1927 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Georgia in 1927

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: 66 babies, 19× the national rate
Ossie: 26 babies, 12.8× the national rate
Corene: 18 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Claudie: 20 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Charlie: 42 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Lonnie: 17 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Gussie: 42 babies, 7× the national rate
Mattie: 428 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Lizzie: 95 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Rubye: 28 babies, 6.2× the national rate

Boys

Linton: 15 babies, 16.5× the national rate
Felton: 31 babies, 12.3× the national rate
Lucious: 20 babies, 12.2× the national rate
Hoyt: 41 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Lamar: 55 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Howell: 19 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Emory: 49 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Grady: 110 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Early: 17 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Talmadge: 17 babies, 6.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Georgia, 1927

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1926	US rank
1	Mary	2,357	–	1
2	Dorothy	912	–	2
3	Annie	892	–	36
4	Betty	759	–	3
5	Willie	531	–	71
6	Mildred	530	–	11
7	Frances	522	↑1	12
8	Martha	494	↑4	24
9	Margaret	481	↑2	5
10	Louise	468	↓3	27
11	Ruby	459	↓2	30
12	Helen	452	↑1	4
13	Doris	440	↓3	7
14	Elizabeth	433	↑2	13
15	Mattie	428	↓1	>100
16	Sarah	394	↓1	61
17	Evelyn	389	–	15
18	Virginia	377	↑1	8
19	Ruth	351	↓1	6
20	Lillie	296	↑2	94
21	Thelma	292	↓1	38
22	Gladys	285	↑4	37
23	Sara	281	–	>100
24	Hazel	274	↓3	53
25	Edna	251	–	40
26	Alice	235	↓2	17
27	Christine	228	↑16	>100
28	Rosa	222	↑1	>100
29	Lillian	221	↓2	32
30	Emma	219	↓2	64
31	Ethel	218	–	47
32	Lois	211	–	19
33	Bessie	208	–	88
34	Catherine	206	↑2	31
35	Clara	200	↑7	63
36	Juanita	193	↑2	55
37	Jessie	189	↓3	95
38	Minnie	188	↓3	>100
39	Carrie	186	↓9	>100
40	Hattie	186	↑4	>100
41	Nellie	180	↓4	>100
42	Mamie	179	new	>100
43	Marie	179	↓4	20
44	Fannie	176	↑3	>100
45	Bertha	169	↑4	80
46	Ida	169	↑2	84
47	Carolyn	162	new	99
48	Eva	161	↓3	79
49	Bernice	160	↓3	49
50	Barbara	159	new	10

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1926	US rank
1	James	2,384	–	3
2	William	1,543	–	4
3	John	1,433	–	2
4	Robert	1,276	–	1
5	Willie	1,114	–	27
6	Charles	868	–	5
7	George	720	–	7
8	Thomas	541	–	11
9	Henry	465	–	19
10	Joseph	403	↑1	9
11	Jack	384	↑2	16
12	Charlie	361	↓2	80
13	Walter	361	↓1	17
14	Edward	301	↑1	10
15	Harold	278	↑2	14
16	Roy	277	↑4	34
17	Frank	267	↓3	12
18	Joe	261	↓2	30
19	Albert	250	–	23
20	Clarence	248	↑5	32
21	Fred	233	↑5	35
22	David	232	↑1	21
23	Richard	211	↓5	6
24	Johnnie	207	↑4	>100
25	Arthur	202	↓1	22
26	Ralph	200	↓4	24
27	Eugene	188	↑3	20
28	Eddie	183	↓1	>100
29	Paul	183	↓8	13
30	Billy	177	↑6	31
31	Samuel	170	↑2	49
32	Harry	156	↑7	25
33	Raymond	156	↓1	15
34	Marvin	155	new	47
35	Howard	154	↓4	28
36	Carl	151	↑4	26
37	Ernest	149	↓8	41
38	Leroy	146	↓4	51
39	Lewis	141	↑6	82
40	Herbert	138	new	42
41	Jessie	138	↓4	>100
42	Calvin	130	↓1	73
43	Horace	129	↓5	>100
44	Herman	126	↑3	70
45	Jesse	126	↓3	89
46	Clifford	124	↓11	65
47	Earl	123	↑3	33
48	Cecil	121	↑1	92
49	Jimmie	121	↓3	>100
50	Marion	113	↓2	>100

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