Popular baby names in Georgia, 1936

The most popular baby names in Georgia in 1936 were Mary for girls (1,923 babies) and James for boys (2,182). James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 57,923 babies born in Georgia in 1936 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Georgia in 1936

Names given at least 15 times in Georgia that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Wylene: 16 babies, 22.7× the national rate
Myrtice: 34 babies, 18.2× the national rate
Ossie: 15 babies, 13.3× the national rate
Elease: 19 babies, 11.2× the national rate
Lizzie: 61 babies, 7× the national rate
Lucile: 46 babies, 7× the national rate
Gussie: 24 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Johnnie: 163 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Mattie: 260 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Charlie: 22 babies, 6× the national rate

Boys

Lucious: 16 babies, 12.4× the national rate
Felton: 27 babies, 11.3× the national rate
Emory: 58 babies, 10.7× the national rate
Waymon: 25 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Lamar: 52 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Hoyt: 28 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Talmadge: 19 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Anderson: 20 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Ulysses: 22 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Grady: 80 babies, 6.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Georgia, 1936

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1935	US rank
1	Mary	1,923	–	1
2	Betty	1,416	–	4
3	Shirley	917	–	2
4	Barbara	808	↑1	3
5	Annie	727	↑1	45
6	Dorothy	689	↓2	6
7	Martha	468	–	24
8	Margaret	384	↑2	9
9	Frances	354	↑5	19
10	Sarah	343	↑1	63
11	Helen	338	↑2	11
12	Carolyn	330	↑5	23
13	Willie	312	↓4	>100
14	Joyce	300	↑5	12
15	Mildred	298	↑1	40
16	Patricia	298	↑6	5
17	Ruby	289	↓9	51
18	Virginia	289	↑3	14
19	Doris	286	↓4	15
20	Elizabeth	274	↓8	18
21	Mattie	260	↑3	>100
22	Evelyn	239	↓4	34
23	Peggy	237	–	35
24	Louise	232	↓4	46
25	Sara	206	–	>100
26	Lillie	188	–	>100
27	Alice	186	↑2	27
28	Nancy	177	↑4	8
29	Edna	176	↑2	71
30	Juanita	172	↑3	75
31	Ruth	169	↓4	16
32	Emma	166	↑2	85
33	Johnnie	163	new	>100
34	Rosa	162	↑7	>100
35	Thelma	158	↓7	74
36	Gladys	157	↓1	84
37	Catherine	156	–	44
38	Bobbie	154	↑10	>100
39	Gloria	148	↓9	32
40	Jean	143	↑6	20
41	Geraldine	142	↑9	41
42	Joan	142	↓6	7
43	Ann	141	↑6	28
44	Hazel	140	↓5	96
45	Bernice	139	new	95
46	Lois	137	↓2	26
47	Bessie	136	–	>100
48	Carrie	136	↓5	>100
49	Ethel	136	↓9	90
50	Clara	133	↓12	91

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1935	US rank
1	James	2,182	–	2
2	William	1,258	–	4
3	Robert	1,185	–	1
4	John	1,174	–	3
5	Charles	1,057	–	6
6	Willie	986	–	32
7	Bobby	621	↑1	24
8	George	557	↓1	9
9	Thomas	514	↑1	8
10	Billy	453	↓1	22
11	Joe	447	↑1	23
12	Henry	352	↓1	28
13	Richard	338	↑3	5
14	Donald	334	↑1	7
15	Joseph	332	↑4	11
16	Edward	314	↑1	13
17	Jimmy	303	↑5	46
18	Eugene	297	↓4	29
19	Jack	290	↓1	20
20	Charlie	289	↓7	>100
21	David	286	↑2	10
22	Walter	278	↓2	26
23	Eddie	265	↑4	79
24	Harold	238	↓3	21
25	Johnny	236	↑1	72
26	Frank	235	↓2	16
27	Roy	230	↓2	42
28	Jerry	212	–	18
29	Albert	199	↑1	34
30	Paul	198	↓1	15
31	Arthur	180	↑1	30
32	Ralph	180	↑4	31
33	Johnnie	175	↑5	>100
34	Raymond	167	↑5	17
35	Clarence	166	↑6	52
36	Jimmie	161	↓5	71
37	Kenneth	158	↓3	14
38	Fred	152	↓3	36
39	Ernest	142	↑4	55
40	Leroy	142	↑4	57
41	Marvin	141	↓4	49
42	Franklin	139	↑3	64
43	Ronald	135	↓1	12
44	Howard	129	↓4	40
45	Larry	128	↑2	25
46	Carl	125	–	27
47	Earl	122	↑2	47
48	Curtis	120	↑2	>100
49	Tommy	120	new	91
50	Samuel	117	↓17	67

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