Popular baby names in Georgia, 1934

The most popular baby names in Georgia in 1934 were Mary for girls (2,219 babies) and James for boys (2,278). James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 59,106 babies born in Georgia in 1934 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Georgia in 1934

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: 33 babies, 13.5× the national rate
Charlie: 42 babies, 10.7× the national rate
Ossie: 16 babies, 10× the national rate
Willene: 16 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Lizzie: 80 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Rubye: 28 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Lucile: 58 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Gussie: 20 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Mattie: 280 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Eddie: 51 babies, 5.6× the national rate

Boys

Talmadge: 45 babies, 14.4× the national rate
Felton: 31 babies, 14.4× the national rate
Emory: 48 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Lamar: 59 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Lucius: 16 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Grady: 84 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Willie: 1,128 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Columbus: 18 babies, 6× the national rate
Hoyt: 18 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Raleigh: 16 babies, 5.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Georgia, 1934

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1933	US rank
1	Mary	2,219	–	1
2	Betty	1,675	–	2
3	Dorothy	754	↑1	5
4	Barbara	736	↑1	3
5	Annie	713	↓2	38
6	Martha	540	–	27
7	Margaret	386	↑2	8
8	Frances	381	↑2	19
9	Helen	361	↓2	9
10	Elizabeth	353	↑9	18
11	Mildred	348	↑3	35
12	Sarah	344	↓1	67
13	Ruby	343	↓5	39
14	Doris	334	↓1	11
15	Carolyn	312	↑6	33
16	Evelyn	312	–	29
17	Willie	310	↓5	>100
18	Virginia	297	↓1	15
19	Shirley	291	new	4
20	Louise	282	↓2	40
21	Mattie	280	↓6	>100
22	Peggy	264	↑2	36
23	Joyce	253	↓3	12
24	Sara	233	↓2	>100
25	Alice	231	↑2	25
26	Patricia	217	↑15	6
27	Ruth	217	↓4	13
28	Lillie	198	↓3	>100
29	Gloria	196	↑19	30
30	Edna	193	↓2	55
31	Emma	193	↓5	85
32	Juanita	186	↑1	64
33	Gladys	185	↓3	66
34	Bobbie	182	↑5	>100
35	Bernice	174	↑14	82
36	Ethel	171	↑4	78
37	Hazel	169	↓8	87
38	Lillian	168	new	52
39	Clara	167	↓1	76
40	Joan	164	↑7	7
41	Rosa	163	↓10	>100
42	Catherine	155	↓10	42
43	Nancy	154	↑1	10
44	Christine	153	↓8	>100
45	Thelma	150	↓11	65
46	Lois	149	new	20
47	Minnie	149	↓10	>100
48	Ann	148	↓13	32
49	Bessie	148	↓4	>100
50	Ella	140	↓4	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1933	US rank
1	James	2,278	–	2
2	William	1,332	–	4
3	Robert	1,267	–	1
4	John	1,182	–	3
5	Willie	1,128	–	30
6	Charles	947	–	7
7	Bobby	592	↑1	23
8	George	541	↓1	8
9	Billy	510	↑2	20
10	Thomas	479	↓1	9
11	Eugene	390	↓1	24
12	Henry	360	–	27
13	Walter	347	↑5	21
14	Jack	327	↑3	17
15	Joe	317	↑7	26
16	Donald	316	↑5	6
17	Joseph	304	↓3	10
18	Edward	291	↓3	13
19	Harold	286	↑5	18
20	Richard	286	↓4	5
21	David	285	↑2	12
22	Charlie	272	↓9	100
23	Frank	269	↓3	16
24	Jimmy	233	↑5	56
25	Franklin	227	↓6	46
26	Roy	227	↑2	35
27	Clarence	200	↑6	45
28	Eddie	200	↓3	92
29	Albert	195	↑2	32
30	Johnny	191	↑6	83
31	Arthur	190	↑1	29
32	Ralph	190	↓5	31
33	Jimmie	186	↑2	68
34	Paul	184	↓4	14
35	Fred	177	↓9	33
36	Raymond	166	↑5	19
37	Johnnie	162	↓3	>100
38	Howard	157	↑6	37
39	Jerry	152	↑6	25
40	Marvin	150	↑2	44
41	Samuel	140	↓2	66
42	Leroy	136	↑6	54
43	Kenneth	130	–	15
44	Ernest	126	↓7	51
45	Roosevelt	123	↓7	>100
46	Jesse	121	new	>100
47	Carl	120	↓7	28
48	Curtis	117	↓2	>100
49	Earl	115	↓2	41
50	Harry	112	↓1	36

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