Popular baby names in Georgia, 1928

The most popular baby names in Georgia in 1928 were Mary for girls (2,211 babies) and James for boys (2,277). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 59,525 babies born in Georgia in 1928 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Georgia in 1928

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: 49 babies, 15× the national rate
Charlie: 46 babies, 9× the national rate
Mozelle: 26 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Lizzie: 88 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Johnnie: 190 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Lucile: 106 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Mattie: 347 babies, 6× the national rate
Mittie: 16 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Leila: 43 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Susie: 157 babies, 5.5× the national rate

Boys

Felton: 27 babies, 12.4× the national rate
Hoyt: 33 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Lamar: 49 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Emory: 44 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Lucius: 18 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Grady: 93 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Charlie: 439 babies, 7× the national rate
Rogers: 17 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Talmadge: 15 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Rufus: 94 babies, 6.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Georgia, 1928

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1927	US rank
1	Mary	2,211	–	1
2	Betty	1,031	↑2	2
3	Dorothy	925	↓1	3
4	Annie	843	↓1	37
5	Martha	510	↑3	22
6	Mildred	485	–	15
7	Frances	476	–	13
8	Louise	468	↑2	31
9	Margaret	448	–	5
10	Helen	446	↑2	4
11	Ruby	440	–	34
12	Willie	438	↓7	74
13	Evelyn	436	↑4	17
14	Doris	434	↓1	7
15	Sarah	385	↑1	64
16	Virginia	371	↑2	9
17	Elizabeth	361	↓3	14
18	Mattie	347	↓3	>100
19	Ruth	345	–	6
20	Hazel	281	↑4	59
21	Gladys	267	↑1	41
22	Thelma	267	↓1	40
23	Sara	264	–	>100
24	Lillie	250	↓4	>100
25	Barbara	247	↑25	8
26	Alice	242	–	19
27	Emma	240	↑3	67
28	Lillian	223	↑1	35
29	Ethel	211	↑2	55
30	Catherine	207	↑4	33
31	Edna	206	↓6	45
32	Lois	205	–	18
33	Minnie	201	↑5	>100
34	Rosa	200	↓6	>100
35	Ida	195	↑11	87
36	Clara	192	↓1	65
37	Johnnie	190	new	>100
38	Juanita	188	↓2	58
39	Bessie	182	↓6	>100
40	Jessie	180	↓3	>100
41	Christine	179	↓14	>100
42	Ella	173	new	100
43	Carrie	164	↓4	>100
44	Marie	164	↓1	21
45	Eva	163	↑3	79
46	Bernice	161	↑3	53
47	Marjorie	159	new	29
48	Susie	157	new	>100
49	Julia	156	new	80
50	Carolyn	154	↓3	91

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1927	US rank
1	James	2,277	–	3
2	William	1,445	–	4
3	John	1,429	–	2
4	Robert	1,166	–	1
5	Willie	1,058	–	29
6	Charles	826	–	5
7	George	663	–	8
8	Thomas	498	–	11
9	Henry	479	–	21
10	Charlie	439	↑2	80
11	Joseph	384	↓1	9
12	Walter	339	↑1	18
13	Jack	338	↓2	15
14	Edward	336	–	10
15	Frank	294	↑2	12
16	Harold	269	↓1	14
17	Joe	245	↑1	30
18	David	239	↑4	19
19	Johnnie	239	↑5	>100
20	Richard	237	↑3	6
21	Albert	236	↓2	23
22	Ralph	229	↑4	24
23	Roy	222	↓7	34
24	Eugene	221	↑3	20
25	Herbert	219	↑15	25
26	Arthur	217	↓1	22
27	Billy	213	↑3	27
28	Clarence	207	↓8	35
29	Fred	198	↓8	36
30	Eddie	191	↓2	>100
31	Paul	188	↓2	13
32	Howard	164	↑3	31
33	Ernest	152	↑4	43
34	Samuel	150	↓3	52
35	Donald	145	new	7
36	Jimmie	145	↑13	100
37	Earl	139	↑10	37
38	Marvin	139	↓4	46
39	Raymond	139	↓6	16
40	Alfred	134	new	33
41	Jessie	133	–	>100
42	Carl	131	↓6	28
43	Harry	130	↓11	26
44	Bobby	128	new	65
45	Lewis	128	↓6	86
46	Leroy	127	↓8	51
47	Curtis	120	new	>100
48	Benjamin	118	new	>100
49	Calvin	117	↓7	94
50	Earnest	117	new	>100

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