Popular baby names in Georgia, 1937

The most popular baby names in Georgia in 1937 were Mary for girls (2,100 babies) and James for boys (2,291). James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 59,433 babies born in Georgia in 1937 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Georgia in 1937

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: 17 babies, 22.9× the national rate
Myrtice: 27 babies, 14.8× the national rate
Willene: 24 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Charlie: 44 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Lucile: 50 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Gussie: 30 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Rubye: 20 babies, 7× the national rate
Lizzie: 60 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Mattie: 266 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Annie: 709 babies, 5.6× the national rate

Boys

Lucious: 18 babies, 11× the national rate
Artis: 20 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Emory: 52 babies, 10.2× the national rate
Lamar: 54 babies, 9× the national rate
Hoyt: 25 babies, 8.4× the national rate
Felton: 22 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Lucius: 17 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Ulysses: 25 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Talmadge: 16 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Grady: 89 babies, 6.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Georgia, 1937

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1936	US rank
1	Mary	2,100	–	1
2	Betty	1,384	–	5
3	Barbara	901	↑1	2
4	Shirley	787	↓1	4
5	Annie	709	–	46
6	Dorothy	651	–	8
7	Martha	556	–	24
8	Patricia	413	↑8	3
9	Carolyn	371	↑3	20
10	Margaret	354	↓2	10
11	Elizabeth	353	↑9	17
12	Frances	329	↓3	19
13	Doris	320	↑6	22
14	Willie	320	↓1	>100
15	Helen	315	↓4	12
16	Sarah	300	↓6	65
17	Ruby	296	–	52
18	Virginia	296	–	16
19	Mattie	266	↑2	>100
20	Joyce	262	↓6	11
21	Evelyn	258	↑1	36
22	Peggy	256	↑1	31
23	Louise	252	↑1	48
24	Mildred	240	↓9	43
25	Alice	234	↑2	28
26	Ruth	207	↑5	15
27	Nancy	204	↑1	7
28	Lillie	201	↓2	>100
29	Sara	196	↓4	>100
30	Emma	184	↑2	89
31	Juanita	183	↓1	75
32	Gloria	180	↑7	32
33	Bobbie	175	↑5	>100
34	Catherine	172	↑3	47
35	Hazel	172	↑9	>100
36	Ann	171	↑7	30
37	Thelma	161	↓2	78
38	Gladys	154	↓2	86
39	Minnie	153	new	>100
40	Rosa	150	↓6	>100
41	Edna	149	↓12	74
42	Annette	147	new	>100
43	Bernice	147	↑2	>100
44	Geraldine	137	↓3	44
45	Jean	137	↓5	23
46	Joan	137	↓4	9
47	Christine	135	new	>100
48	Clara	134	↑2	100
49	Julia	132	new	>100
50	Sylvia	132	new	50

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1936	US rank
1	James	2,291	–	2
2	William	1,303	–	4
3	John	1,291	↑1	3
4	Robert	1,247	↓1	1
5	Charles	1,045	–	6
6	Willie	1,025	–	32
7	Bobby	572	–	24
8	George	557	–	10
9	Thomas	492	–	9
10	Billy	441	–	22
11	Joe	406	–	25
12	Donald	392	↑2	7
13	Henry	391	↓1	30
14	Jimmy	376	↑3	45
15	David	351	↑6	8
16	Joseph	337	↓1	12
17	Richard	315	↓4	5
18	Jerry	299	↑10	17
19	Edward	291	↓3	13
20	Charlie	290	–	>100
21	Walter	285	↑1	26
22	Jack	250	↓3	23
23	Frank	234	↑3	18
24	Harold	233	–	21
25	Johnny	225	–	69
26	Eugene	216	↓8	33
27	Raymond	205	↑7	19
28	Eddie	203	↓5	83
29	Roy	198	↓2	40
30	Arthur	189	↑1	31
31	Kenneth	185	↑6	14
32	Ralph	181	–	34
33	Albert	176	↓4	37
34	Paul	171	↓4	15
35	Larry	166	↑10	16
36	Johnnie	157	↓3	>100
37	Fred	154	↑1	35
38	Jimmie	153	↓2	72
39	Franklin	151	↑3	77
40	Tommy	150	↑9	84
41	Clarence	149	↓6	54
42	Ronald	139	↑1	11
43	Samuel	139	↑7	66
44	Carl	133	↑2	28
45	Marvin	131	↓4	49
46	Harry	130	new	41
47	Leroy	126	↓7	56
48	Ernest	123	↓9	53
49	Melvin	115	new	50
50	Howard	114	↓6	42

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