Popular baby names in Georgia, 1944

The most popular baby names in Georgia in 1944 were Mary for girls (2,318 babies) and James for boys (2,721). Social Security records list 72,121 babies born in Georgia in 1944 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Georgia in 1944

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: 20 babies, 16.9× the national rate
Willene: 20 babies, 12.2× the national rate
Gussie: 26 babies, 9× the national rate
Charlie: 29 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Lizzie: 54 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Mattie: 216 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Corine: 24 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Lucile: 20 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Annie: 562 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Lelia: 20 babies, 5.6× the national rate

Boys

Emory: 53 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Lamar: 60 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Hoyt: 21 babies, 8× the national rate
Rogers: 24 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Grady: 83 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Mcarthur: 24 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Willie: 1,152 babies, 6× the national rate
Moses: 42 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Charlie: 288 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Terrell: 20 babies, 5.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Georgia, 1944

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1943	US rank
1	Mary	2,318	–	1
2	Linda	1,173	↑1	3
3	Betty	1,147	↓1	10
4	Barbara	979	–	2
5	Patricia	865	–	4
6	Sandra	678	–	6
7	Shirley	669	–	15
8	Martha	667	–	29
9	Brenda	614	↑3	30
10	Dorothy	609	–	19
11	Carolyn	600	↓2	11
12	Annie	562	↓1	71
13	Nancy	431	–	7
14	Margaret	411	↑1	14
15	Elizabeth	387	↑2	23
16	Gloria	378	↑2	25
17	Joyce	367	↓3	18
18	Judy	348	↑1	12
19	Frances	331	↓3	33
20	Carol	320	↑6	5
21	Virginia	302	↑4	26
22	Peggy	297	↑1	45
23	Sarah	293	↓1	67
24	Janice	276	↑3	28
25	Helen	274	↓4	31
26	Willie	249	↓2	>100
27	Ruby	242	↑1	87
28	Glenda	237	↑1	79
29	Doris	233	↓9	42
30	Mildred	226	↑2	81
31	Evelyn	218	↓1	57
32	Mattie	216	↑4	>100
33	Alice	201	↓2	38
34	Joan	191	↑4	22
35	Louise	187	↓1	69
36	Juanita	180	↑11	94
37	Judith	172	↑3	9
38	Beverly	171	↑6	35
39	Ann	164	↓2	39
40	Rosa	163	↓5	>100
41	Jo	161	↑4	61
42	Geraldine	158	new	53
43	Catherine	156	↑6	49
44	Johnnie	156	new	>100
45	Lillie	156	↓2	>100
46	Emma	155	↓4	>100
47	Sara	155	↓8	>100
48	Susan	153	↑2	13
49	Sharon	149	new	8
50	Patsy	147	↓17	72

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1943	US rank
1	James	2,721	–	1
2	John	1,619	↑1	3
3	William	1,567	↓1	4
4	Robert	1,536	–	2
5	Charles	1,299	–	7
6	Willie	1,152	–	31
7	Larry	716	–	12
8	George	667	↑2	14
9	David	656	↑2	6
10	Jerry	643	↓1	19
11	Thomas	630	↓3	8
12	Richard	533	↑2	5
13	Johnny	510	–	45
14	Jimmy	486	↓2	41
15	Joseph	440	↑1	13
16	Bobby	436	↓1	50
17	Donald	429	↑2	11
18	Henry	386	↓1	35
19	Walter	351	↑1	26
20	Billy	346	↓2	38
21	Ronald	346	–	10
22	Kenneth	326	↑6	16
23	Edward	318	↑1	18
24	Eddie	302	↑2	79
25	Michael	297	↑10	9
26	Charlie	288	↓1	>100
27	Roy	286	↓4	39
28	Joe	285	↓6	33
29	Frank	252	↑1	21
30	Tommy	248	↑2	70
31	Harold	247	↓4	27
32	Jack	239	↑2	30
33	Arthur	232	–	29
34	Paul	232	↓5	17
35	Gary	221	↑12	15
36	Ralph	209	↑2	42
37	Albert	208	↑2	44
38	Eugene	206	↑4	48
39	Raymond	195	↓2	22
40	Douglas	187	↓9	34
41	Harry	187	↓5	49
42	Wayne	187	↑1	37
43	Samuel	178	↑1	62
44	Jimmie	164	↑6	98
45	Clarence	162	↑4	74
46	Fred	158	↓5	47
47	Gerald	157	↓2	24
48	Roger	156	new	23
49	Marvin	151	↓9	75
50	Ronnie	151	new	69

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