Popular baby names in Georgia, 1932

The most popular baby names in Georgia in 1932 were Mary for girls (2,211 babies) and James for boys (2,193). James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 59,929 babies born in Georgia in 1932 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Georgia in 1932

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, 17.2× the national rate
Charlie: 45 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Eddie: 51 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Lizzie: 68 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Mamie: 156 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Pearlie: 52 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Tommie: 50 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Mattie: 287 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Gussie: 23 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Johnnie: 141 babies, 5.1× the national rate

Boys

Talmadge: 47 babies, 12.9× the national rate
Lucious: 18 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Lucius: 27 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Felton: 23 babies, 9× the national rate
Emory: 53 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Hoyt: 32 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Lamar: 50 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Grady: 98 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Ulysses: 29 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Willie: 1,115 babies, 6.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Georgia, 1932

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1931	US rank
1	Mary	2,211	–	1
2	Betty	1,718	–	2
3	Dorothy	826	–	4
4	Annie	758	–	41
5	Barbara	596	↑7	3
6	Martha	496	↓1	27
7	Margaret	442	↓1	7
8	Frances	403	↓1	19
9	Mildred	400	–	26
10	Doris	397	↓2	10
11	Ruby	387	–	38
12	Helen	377	↓2	8
13	Willie	369	↑1	91
14	Sarah	337	↑3	67
15	Elizabeth	324	–	17
16	Virginia	322	↑2	14
17	Louise	321	↓1	36
18	Evelyn	319	↓5	23
19	Mattie	287	–	>100
20	Joyce	267	↑1	12
21	Ruth	248	↓1	11
22	Carolyn	233	↑2	46
23	Lillie	232	↑3	>100
24	Sara	226	↓2	>100
25	Gladys	224	–	54
26	Thelma	208	↑1	51
27	Emma	205	↑4	76
28	Alice	203	↓5	21
29	Edna	202	↑1	50
30	Hazel	202	↓2	75
31	Peggy	195	↑2	40
32	Juanita	191	↓3	58
33	Rosa	186	↑1	>100
34	Minnie	182	↑9	>100
35	Catherine	176	↑1	39
36	Lois	174	↓4	20
37	Christine	170	↑3	>100
38	Patricia	169	new	6
39	Clara	161	↑8	70
40	Ethel	159	↓3	66
41	Bernice	157	↓6	71
42	Jean	157	↓4	15
43	Bessie	156	↓1	>100
44	Mamie	156	new	>100
45	Lillian	154	↓4	48
46	Joan	152	new	5
47	Gloria	151	new	25
48	Carrie	147	↓3	>100
49	Bobbie	146	new	>100
50	Ann	144	↓11	34

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1931	US rank
1	James	2,193	–	2
2	William	1,396	–	4
3	Robert	1,258	–	1
4	John	1,254	–	3
5	Willie	1,115	–	31
6	Charles	1,018	–	6
7	George	577	–	8
8	Bobby	545	↑3	30
9	Thomas	487	↓1	10
10	Billy	467	↓1	20
11	Henry	446	↓1	23
12	Jack	383	↑1	17
13	Charlie	356	↑2	90
14	Joseph	354	↓2	9
15	Eugene	339	↑9	22
16	Walter	321	↓2	21
17	Richard	320	↓1	5
18	Edward	314	↓1	11
19	Donald	292	↑4	7
20	Frank	289	↑2	15
21	Joe	278	↓3	29
22	Harold	274	↓3	18
23	David	246	↓3	12
24	Ralph	236	↑8	27
25	Clarence	231	–	40
26	Eddie	225	↑2	91
27	Roy	221	↓6	38
28	Paul	218	↑2	13
29	Johnnie	210	↓2	>100
30	Albert	201	↓4	26
31	Arthur	188	↓2	25
32	Fred	178	↓1	33
33	Leroy	171	↑8	53
34	Samuel	167	↑1	56
35	Carl	156	↑3	28
36	Johnny	147	↑8	96
37	Raymond	145	–	19
38	Ernest	140	↓4	47
39	Jimmie	139	↓3	75
40	Marvin	134	↓7	46
41	Howard	133	↓1	36
42	Curtis	128	↑3	>100
43	Franklin	125	new	66
44	Jimmy	123	new	76
45	Jerry	116	new	34
46	Ray	114	new	59
47	Herbert	113	↓8	44
48	Jesse	112	new	99
49	Harry	110	↓7	32
50	Earl	109	↓2	41

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