Popular baby names in Georgia, 1929

The most popular baby names in Georgia in 1929 were Mary for girls (2,152 babies) and James for boys (2,211). James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 56,979 babies born in Georgia in 1929 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Georgia in 1929

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: 54 babies, 19.1× the national rate
Willene: 22 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Charlie: 41 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Rubye: 35 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Lizzie: 104 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Gussie: 32 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Rutha: 17 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Mattie: 337 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Mozelle: 17 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Sara: 269 babies, 5.7× the national rate

Boys

Felton: 26 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Lucious: 16 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Grady: 117 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Emory: 41 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Hoyt: 25 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Lamar: 36 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Willie: 1,081 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Charlie: 350 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Talmadge: 17 babies, 6× the national rate
Rufus: 84 babies, 5.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Georgia, 1929

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1928	US rank
1	Mary	2,152	–	1
2	Betty	1,133	–	2
3	Dorothy	901	–	3
4	Annie	778	–	37
5	Martha	517	–	27
6	Willie	481	↑6	76
7	Mildred	444	↓1	18
8	Doris	440	↑6	6
9	Helen	434	↑1	4
10	Louise	428	↓2	31
11	Margaret	405	↓2	5
12	Ruby	400	↓1	36
13	Frances	389	↓6	16
14	Evelyn	360	↓1	19
15	Elizabeth	348	↑2	15
16	Sarah	345	↓1	68
17	Mattie	337	↑1	>100
18	Virginia	317	↓2	11
19	Ruth	290	–	8
20	Thelma	273	↑2	41
21	Sara	269	↑2	>100
22	Lillie	260	↑2	>100
23	Hazel	235	↓3	64
24	Alice	228	↑2	21
25	Emma	225	↑2	69
26	Gladys	225	↓5	44
27	Barbara	220	↓2	7
28	Ethel	211	↑1	56
29	Edna	210	↑2	51
30	Lois	202	↑2	17
31	Clara	192	↑5	65
32	Juanita	189	↑6	60
33	Christine	187	↑8	>100
34	Rosa	187	–	>100
35	Bessie	180	↑4	>100
36	Bernice	176	↑10	55
37	Catherine	175	↓7	34
38	Minnie	174	↓5	>100
39	Carolyn	173	↑11	77
40	Eva	168	↑5	83
41	Marie	167	↑3	22
42	Lillian	165	↓14	40
43	Hattie	164	new	>100
44	Carrie	160	↓1	>100
45	Joyce	155	new	23
46	Fannie	151	new	>100
47	Jessie	149	↓7	>100
48	Julia	147	↑1	88
49	Mamie	143	new	>100
50	Pauline	143	new	50

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1928	US rank
1	James	2,211	–	2
2	William	1,384	–	4
3	John	1,263	–	3
4	Robert	1,183	–	1
5	Willie	1,081	–	29
6	Charles	819	–	5
7	George	612	–	8
8	Thomas	500	–	11
9	Henry	452	–	21
10	Jack	353	↑3	14
11	Charlie	350	↓1	87
12	Joseph	334	↓1	9
13	Walter	306	↓1	19
14	Edward	298	–	10
15	Harold	286	↑1	16
16	Frank	279	↓1	12
17	Joe	277	–	30
18	Billy	275	↑9	23
19	Richard	263	↑1	6
20	David	247	↓2	17
21	Paul	231	↑10	13
22	Roy	217	↑1	35
23	Herbert	215	↑2	25
24	Clarence	214	↑4	37
25	Ralph	202	↓3	26
26	Albert	201	↓5	24
27	Eugene	199	↓3	20
28	Eddie	198	↑2	>100
29	Johnnie	198	↓10	>100
30	Bobby	196	↑14	50
31	Arthur	189	↓5	22
32	Fred	183	↓3	34
33	Raymond	170	↑6	15
34	Donald	152	↑1	7
35	Samuel	152	↓1	53
36	Ernest	142	↓3	43
37	Jimmie	138	↓1	98
38	Howard	129	↓6	31
39	Harry	125	↑4	27
40	Johnny	124	new	>100
41	Marvin	124	↓3	46
42	Curtis	123	↑5	99
43	Leroy	121	↑3	51
44	Carl	119	↓2	28
45	Grady	117	new	>100
46	Horace	116	new	>100
47	Clifford	115	new	72
48	Herman	111	new	75
49	Jessie	110	↓8	>100
50	Lewis	109	↓5	84

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