Popular baby names in Georgia, 1942

The most popular baby names in Georgia in 1942 were Mary for girls (2,314 babies) and James for boys (2,782). Social Security records list 70,476 babies born in Georgia in 1942 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Georgia in 1942

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: 30 babies, 21.7× the national rate
Charlie: 35 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Gussie: 26 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Lizzie: 61 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Lucile: 26 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Mattie: 217 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Annie: 641 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Mamie: 92 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Willie: 297 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Ola: 41 babies, 5.4× the national rate

Boys

Felton: 26 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Emory: 49 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Waymon: 21 babies, 9.2× the national rate
Lamar: 51 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Ulysses: 30 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Hoyt: 22 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Grady: 91 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Terrell: 18 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Willie: 1,198 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Charlie: 296 babies, 6.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Georgia, 1942

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1941	US rank
1	Mary	2,314	–	1
2	Betty	1,275	–	9
3	Barbara	1,098	–	2
4	Linda	837	↑1	4
5	Patricia	757	↓1	3
6	Dorothy	665	–	17
7	Martha	646	–	29
8	Shirley	644	–	12
9	Annie	641	–	62
10	Carolyn	598	–	10
11	Sandra	593	–	6
12	Brenda	456	↑8	40
13	Margaret	429	↓1	14
14	Joyce	377	–	13
15	Nancy	375	↑6	8
16	Elizabeth	360	↓3	22
17	Sarah	340	↓2	67
18	Helen	331	↓2	26
19	Frances	321	–	30
20	Willie	297	↑4	>100
21	Gloria	296	↑7	31
22	Peggy	292	↓4	42
23	Ruby	287	↓1	77
24	Doris	286	↓1	41
25	Virginia	279	↓8	23
26	Carol	260	↑8	5
27	Glenda	257	↑13	89
28	Judy	245	↑4	15
29	Mildred	239	↓4	71
30	Evelyn	233	↓4	53
31	Patsy	229	↑4	57
32	Janice	225	↓2	25
33	Alice	218	↓6	39
34	Mattie	217	↓5	>100
35	Louise	211	↓4	61
36	Sara	207	–	>100
37	Lillie	205	↑4	>100
38	Ann	197	↑4	38
39	Joan	192	new	18
40	Juanita	182	↓3	90
41	Charlotte	172	↓2	51
42	Emma	170	↓9	>100
43	Catherine	162	↑1	49
44	Judith	161	new	7
45	Marie	159	↑2	43
46	Rosa	158	↓8	>100
47	Ruth	156	↑3	33
48	Sylvia	146	new	72
49	Johnnie	145	↓3	>100
50	Bernice	143	↓2	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1941	US rank
1	James	2,782	–	1
2	William	1,572	–	4
3	Robert	1,507	–	2
4	John	1,419	–	3
5	Charles	1,203	–	7
6	Willie	1,198	–	37
7	Thomas	675	–	8
8	George	629	–	14
9	Larry	598	↑1	12
10	Jerry	597	↓1	16
11	Bobby	543	–	43
12	David	514	–	6
13	Jimmy	494	–	47
14	Henry	450	–	31
15	Douglas	410	new	23
16	Richard	403	–	5
17	Joseph	401	–	11
18	Billy	399	↓3	35
19	Johnny	384	–	55
20	Edward	368	↑3	17
21	Donald	363	↓3	10
22	Ronald	341	↑5	9
23	Walter	334	↓2	26
24	Joe	314	↓4	33
25	Charlie	296	↓1	>100
26	Eddie	277	–	86
27	Roy	269	↓5	42
28	Kenneth	268	↓3	15
29	Tommy	235	↑6	73
30	Harold	232	↓2	27
31	Albert	226	↑5	40
32	Arthur	219	↑2	29
33	Frank	215	↓3	21
34	Paul	214	↓3	19
35	Jack	206	↓6	34
36	Raymond	204	↓3	24
37	Ralph	197	–	38
38	Samuel	184	↑4	59
39	Eugene	183	↓7	45
40	Wayne	183	new	41
41	Ernest	179	↑2	61
42	Clarence	176	↓3	67
43	Leroy	176	↑4	69
44	Michael	168	new	13
45	Fred	165	↓5	46
46	Melvin	160	↓1	60
47	Marvin	156	↓9	66
48	Harry	150	↓2	48
49	Curtis	149	new	98
50	Johnnie	146	↓9	>100

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