Popular baby names in Georgia, 1931

The most popular baby names in Georgia in 1931 were Mary for girls (2,135 babies) and James for boys (2,168). James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 56,886 babies born in Georgia in 1931 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Georgia in 1931

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: 47 babies, 19.2× the national rate
Willene: 24 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Ossie: 15 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Charlie: 42 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Myrtis: 23 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Lizzie: 75 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Lucile: 60 babies, 6× the national rate
Mozelle: 15 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Mattie: 272 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Johnnie: 148 babies, 5.5× the national rate

Boys

Felton: 27 babies, 14.7× the national rate
Lucious: 15 babies, 13× the national rate
Hoyt: 42 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Emory: 56 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Adolphus: 15 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Talmadge: 25 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Lamar: 53 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Waymon: 18 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Grady: 97 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Cleveland: 46 babies, 7.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Georgia, 1931

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1930	US rank
1	Mary	2,135	–	1
2	Betty	1,612	–	2
3	Dorothy	876	–	3
4	Annie	718	–	41
5	Martha	464	–	28
6	Margaret	420	↑4	7
7	Frances	409	↑2	18
8	Doris	403	↓1	10
9	Mildred	399	↑2	26
10	Helen	396	↑4	6
11	Ruby	394	↓3	39
12	Barbara	388	↑6	4
13	Evelyn	378	–	24
14	Willie	365	↓8	93
15	Elizabeth	344	↑2	16
16	Louise	344	↓4	33
17	Sarah	319	↓1	71
18	Virginia	284	↓3	12
19	Mattie	272	–	>100
20	Ruth	256	–	11
21	Joyce	235	↑19	15
22	Sara	225	↓1	>100
23	Alice	220	↑5	21
24	Carolyn	215	↑6	60
25	Gladys	211	↓2	55
26	Lillie	208	–	>100
27	Thelma	207	↓3	53
28	Hazel	204	↓6	74
29	Juanita	199	–	57
30	Edna	197	↑3	52
31	Emma	196	↓4	76
32	Lois	182	↑2	20
33	Peggy	176	new	42
34	Rosa	172	↓3	>100
35	Bernice	171	↑4	63
36	Catherine	167	↓11	36
37	Ethel	166	–	67
38	Jean	156	new	13
39	Ann	154	new	35
40	Christine	154	↑1	>100
41	Lillian	154	↓3	47
42	Bessie	149	↓7	>100
43	Minnie	149	↓11	>100
44	Johnnie	148	↑6	>100
45	Carrie	147	↓1	>100
46	Marie	144	↓3	27
47	Clara	143	↓11	61
48	Ella	142	–	>100
49	Ida	142	↓4	100
50	Eva	138	new	94

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1930	US rank
1	James	2,168	–	2
2	William	1,395	–	4
3	Robert	1,214	–	1
4	John	1,198	–	3
5	Willie	1,076	–	31
6	Charles	960	–	6
7	George	581	–	8
8	Thomas	520	–	10
9	Billy	426	↑2	19
10	Henry	399	↓1	22
11	Bobby	356	↑6	32
12	Joseph	340	↑2	9
13	Jack	336	↓1	15
14	Walter	326	↓4	20
15	Charlie	316	↓2	94
16	Richard	305	–	5
17	Edward	299	↓2	11
18	Joe	262	↑2	29
19	Harold	261	↓1	18
20	David	243	↑1	13
21	Roy	242	↑1	35
22	Frank	241	↓3	16
23	Donald	239	↑8	7
24	Eugene	229	↓1	21
25	Clarence	210	↑2	39
26	Albert	207	↑2	24
27	Johnnie	204	↓1	>100
28	Eddie	195	↑2	95
29	Arthur	192	↓4	23
30	Paul	191	↓6	12
31	Fred	187	↓2	33
32	Ralph	182	–	25
33	Marvin	162	↑4	45
34	Ernest	153	↓1	47
35	Samuel	151	↑6	56
36	Jimmie	142	↑4	81
37	Raymond	141	↓3	17
38	Carl	139	↓2	28
39	Herbert	135	–	41
40	Howard	131	↓5	34
41	Leroy	126	↓3	52
42	Harry	125	–	30
43	Horace	125	↑1	>100
44	Johnny	121	↑5	>100
45	Curtis	114	↑2	>100
46	Kenneth	110	new	14
47	Clifford	101	new	75
48	Earl	100	–	40
49	Jessie	100	↓4	>100
50	Grady	97	new	>100

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