Popular baby names in Georgia, 1941

The most popular baby names in Georgia in 1941 were Mary for girls (2,175 babies) and James for boys (2,463). Social Security records list 64,956 babies born in Georgia in 1941 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Georgia in 1941

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: 23 babies, 18.6× the national rate
Willene: 17 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Gussie: 24 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Charlie: 24 babies, 8× the national rate
Rubye: 18 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Lucile: 34 babies, 7× the national rate
Essie: 71 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Lizzie: 63 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Eddie: 47 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Mattie: 222 babies, 6× the national rate

Boys

Emory: 57 babies, 12.3× the national rate
Lamar: 58 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Felton: 27 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Hoyt: 20 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Glynn: 17 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Grady: 91 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Rufus: 76 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Willie: 1,048 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Rogers: 18 babies, 6× the national rate
Charlie: 259 babies, 5.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Georgia, 1941

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1940	US rank
1	Mary	2,175	–	1
2	Betty	1,173	–	7
3	Barbara	936	–	2
4	Patricia	687	↑3	3
5	Linda	621	↑5	5
6	Dorothy	619	↑2	14
7	Martha	616	↓3	25
8	Shirley	615	↓3	10
9	Annie	587	↓3	59
10	Carolyn	481	↓1	11
11	Sandra	450	↑4	9
12	Margaret	388	–	12
13	Elizabeth	344	↑1	21
14	Joyce	343	↓1	13
15	Sarah	324	↑2	60
16	Helen	323	–	24
17	Virginia	319	↑2	23
18	Peggy	312	↑5	39
19	Frances	307	↓8	31
20	Brenda	306	↑10	41
21	Nancy	299	↓3	8
22	Ruby	290	↑2	69
23	Doris	278	↓3	38
24	Willie	278	↓2	>100
25	Mildred	262	–	64
26	Evelyn	255	↑2	50
27	Alice	245	–	34
28	Gloria	245	↓7	26
29	Mattie	222	↑3	>100
30	Janice	212	↑4	22
31	Louise	200	↓5	62
32	Judy	198	new	16
33	Emma	195	–	99
34	Carol	189	↑3	4
35	Patsy	186	↑1	52
36	Sara	178	↓7	>100
37	Juanita	168	↑1	84
38	Rosa	168	new	>100
39	Charlotte	163	↑10	55
40	Glenda	161	↑5	96
41	Lillie	161	↓10	>100
42	Ann	159	↓2	37
43	Geraldine	158	↓8	45
44	Catherine	153	↑4	51
45	Edna	151	↓6	89
46	Johnnie	148	new	>100
47	Marie	148	new	42
48	Bernice	146	↓2	>100
49	Clara	145	↓5	>100
50	Ruth	142	↓9	28

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1940	US rank
1	James	2,463	–	1
2	William	1,499	–	4
3	Robert	1,423	–	2
4	John	1,376	–	3
5	Charles	1,128	–	6
6	Willie	1,048	–	36
7	Thomas	637	–	8
8	George	582	–	13
9	Jerry	549	↑1	14
10	Larry	529	↑10	11
11	Bobby	505	↓2	35
12	David	492	↓1	7
13	Jimmy	418	↓1	45
14	Henry	417	↑1	28
15	Billy	409	↑1	27
16	Richard	392	↓2	5
17	Joseph	373	–	12
18	Donald	354	↓5	10
19	Johnny	354	–	55
20	Joe	340	↓2	30
21	Walter	323	–	26
22	Roy	292	–	39
23	Edward	273	↑1	17
24	Charlie	259	↓1	>100
25	Kenneth	259	↑5	15
26	Eddie	253	↑5	78
27	Ronald	249	↑5	9
28	Harold	248	↓2	24
29	Jack	240	↓1	32
30	Frank	220	↓3	21
31	Paul	216	↑2	18
32	Eugene	209	↓7	42
33	Raymond	205	↑5	22
34	Arthur	194	↑2	33
35	Tommy	194	–	71
36	Albert	186	↓7	40
37	Ralph	175	↓3	38
38	Marvin	170	↑6	63
39	Clarence	164	–	62
40	Fred	154	↑1	43
41	Johnnie	150	↓4	>100
42	Samuel	150	↑4	65
43	Ernest	148	–	61
44	Carl	145	new	29
45	Melvin	143	↓5	56
46	Harry	139	↓1	48
47	Leroy	137	↑1	67
48	Howard	132	↓1	47
49	Jimmie	132	↓7	89
50	Freddie	129	new	>100

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