Popular baby names in Georgia, 1943

The most popular baby names in Georgia in 1943 were Mary for girls (2,382 babies) and James for boys (2,883). Social Security records list 73,230 babies born in Georgia in 1943 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Georgia in 1943

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

Girls

Willene: 29 babies, 15.4× the national rate
Lizzie: 68 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Charlie: 33 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Lucile: 25 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Lessie: 24 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Mamie: 100 babies, 6× the national rate
Essie: 55 babies, 6× the national rate
Ola: 52 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Mattie: 184 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Annie: 610 babies, 5.7× the national rate

Boys

Felton: 24 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Lamar: 63 babies, 10.2× the national rate
Emory: 48 babies, 9.8× the national rate
Hoyt: 21 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Ulysses: 32 babies, 8× the national rate
Grady: 86 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Willie: 1,192 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Charlie: 308 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Mcarthur: 29 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Tommie: 90 babies, 6.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Georgia, 1943

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1942	US rank
1	Mary	2,382	–	1
2	Betty	1,176	–	10
3	Linda	1,127	↑1	4
4	Barbara	1,080	↓1	2
5	Patricia	876	–	3
6	Sandra	695	↑5	6
7	Shirley	689	↑1	12
8	Martha	685	↓1	29
9	Carolyn	652	↑1	11
10	Dorothy	641	↓4	19
11	Annie	610	↓2	69
12	Brenda	512	–	35
13	Nancy	430	↑2	9
14	Joyce	402	–	16
15	Margaret	395	↓2	14
16	Frances	353	↑3	31
17	Elizabeth	343	↓1	23
18	Gloria	327	↑3	30
19	Judy	307	↑9	13
20	Doris	305	↑4	40
21	Helen	305	↓3	28
22	Sarah	295	↓5	71
23	Peggy	289	↓1	41
24	Willie	282	↓4	>100
25	Virginia	278	–	25
26	Carol	276	–	5
27	Janice	272	↑5	26
28	Ruby	271	↓5	82
29	Glenda	266	↓2	83
30	Evelyn	260	–	53
31	Alice	251	↑2	38
32	Mildred	231	↓3	76
33	Patsy	211	↓2	61
34	Louise	194	↑1	70
35	Rosa	186	↑11	>100
36	Mattie	184	↓2	>100
37	Ann	181	↑1	37
38	Joan	179	↑1	21
39	Sara	174	↓3	>100
40	Judith	173	↑4	7
41	Charlotte	172	–	47
42	Emma	165	–	>100
43	Lillie	165	↓6	>100
44	Beverly	162	new	32
45	Jo	160	new	63
46	Marie	155	↓1	45
47	Juanita	152	↓7	91
48	Julia	151	new	95
49	Catherine	150	↓6	48
50	Susan	150	new	18

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1942	US rank
1	James	2,883	–	1
2	William	1,680	–	4
3	John	1,630	↑1	3
4	Robert	1,585	↓1	2
5	Charles	1,275	–	7
6	Willie	1,192	–	36
7	Larry	672	↑2	12
8	Thomas	672	↓1	8
9	Jerry	647	↑1	17
10	George	645	↓2	14
11	David	627	↑1	6
12	Jimmy	520	↑1	42
13	Johnny	518	↑6	52
14	Richard	476	↑2	5
15	Bobby	470	↓4	46
16	Joseph	463	↑1	13
17	Henry	430	↓3	31
18	Billy	395	–	37
19	Donald	381	↑2	11
20	Walter	375	↑3	26
21	Ronald	342	↑1	9
22	Joe	319	↑2	35
23	Roy	319	↑4	38
24	Edward	314	↓4	18
25	Charlie	308	–	>100
26	Eddie	280	–	80
27	Harold	272	↑3	27
28	Kenneth	269	–	15
29	Paul	250	↑5	19
30	Frank	230	↑3	21
31	Douglas	229	↓16	28
32	Tommy	222	↓3	77
33	Arthur	217	↓1	30
34	Jack	211	↑1	34
35	Michael	209	↑9	10
36	Harry	201	↑12	50
37	Raymond	200	↓1	22
38	Ralph	197	↓1	40
39	Albert	192	↓8	43
40	Marvin	188	↑7	66
41	Fred	181	↑4	45
42	Eugene	178	↓3	47
43	Wayne	178	↓3	41
44	Samuel	177	↓6	62
45	Gerald	163	new	23
46	Howard	158	new	48
47	Gary	154	new	16
48	Melvin	150	↓2	63
49	Clarence	149	↓7	68
50	Jimmie	149	new	95

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