Popular baby names in Georgia, 1946

The most popular baby names in Georgia in 1946 were Mary for girls (2,253 babies) and James for boys (2,914). Social Security records list 79,776 babies born in Georgia in 1946 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Georgia in 1946

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, 20.4× the national rate
Willene: 21 babies, 14.2× the national rate
Charlie: 25 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Lucile: 24 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Lizzie: 55 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Mattie: 172 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Lessie: 22 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Ola: 38 babies, 6× the national rate
Annie: 538 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Essie: 51 babies, 5.9× the national rate

Boys

Lucious: 22 babies, 15.8× the national rate
Lamar: 65 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Hoyt: 27 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Ulysses: 35 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Grady: 89 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Emory: 36 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Willie: 1,106 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Rufus: 71 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Charlie: 267 babies, 6× the national rate
Horace: 98 babies, 5.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Georgia, 1946

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1945	US rank
1	Mary	2,253	–	1
2	Linda	1,497	–	2
3	Patricia	1,156	↑2	3
4	Betty	1,086	↓1	14
5	Barbara	1,073	↓1	4
6	Brenda	974	↑2	24
7	Sandra	766	–	6
8	Shirley	756	↓2	18
9	Martha	669	↑1	32
10	Carolyn	666	↓1	12
11	Dorothy	626	↑1	23
12	Annie	538	↓1	97
13	Judy	520	↑1	11
14	Nancy	498	↓1	7
15	Gloria	467	↑1	26
16	Carol	417	↑2	5
17	Margaret	408	↓2	17
18	Janice	386	↑3	22
19	Joyce	375	↑1	20
20	Elizabeth	347	↓3	25
21	Virginia	324	↑2	31
22	Frances	319	↓3	39
23	Peggy	316	↑1	43
24	Helen	308	↑1	36
25	Susan	299	↑7	8
26	Sarah	276	↓4	92
27	Beverly	261	↑10	30
28	Ruby	260	↑2	>100
29	Glenda	253	–	99
30	Evelyn	252	↓2	65
31	Doris	235	↓4	51
32	Willie	232	↓6	>100
33	Patsy	226	↑3	85
34	Alice	210	↓1	44
35	Sharon	207	new	9
36	Joan	203	↑3	28
37	Mildred	201	↓6	>100
38	Cheryl	196	new	27
39	Jo	191	↑10	53
40	Lillie	183	new	>100
41	Judith	180	↓3	10
42	Diane	177	↑6	19
43	Donna	177	↑1	13
44	Louise	177	↓9	91
45	Ann	173	↓11	40
46	Wanda	173	new	59
47	Mattie	172	↓5	>100
48	Geraldine	167	new	66
49	Rebecca	164	new	68
50	Sara	161	↓10	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1945	US rank
1	James	2,914	–	1
2	William	1,682	↑1	4
3	Robert	1,645	↓1	2
4	John	1,626	–	3
5	Charles	1,307	–	9
6	Willie	1,106	–	40
7	Larry	969	–	11
8	David	798	↑2	6
9	Thomas	775	↓1	8
10	Jerry	718	↓1	20
11	Richard	697	↑1	5
12	Jimmy	648	↑2	42
13	George	607	↓2	16
14	Johnny	577	↓1	47
15	Ronald	538	↑7	10
16	Joseph	528	–	14
17	Bobby	522	↓2	53
18	Donald	465	–	13
19	Michael	418	↑5	7
20	Henry	414	↓3	41
21	Billy	399	↓1	45
22	Edward	376	↓1	19
23	Kenneth	375	↑3	15
24	Walter	354	↓5	30
25	Eddie	345	↑2	85
26	Roy	338	↓1	43
27	Gary	326	↑6	12
28	Tommy	294	–	77
29	Joe	288	–	37
30	Harold	283	–	33
31	Ronnie	279	new	54
32	Charlie	267	↓9	>100
33	Paul	260	↑3	18
34	Danny	259	new	46
35	Frank	259	↓4	22
36	Harry	230	↓4	50
37	Arthur	222	↓2	36
38	Raymond	213	↓1	25
39	Wayne	212	↑5	29
40	Terry	205	new	26
41	Dennis	201	new	17
42	Ralph	200	↓4	48
43	Samuel	198	↓2	70
44	Roger	194	↓4	23
45	Jack	190	↓11	35
46	Eugene	185	↓4	57
47	Marvin	179	↓2	88
48	Clarence	177	↓2	89
49	Ernest	175	new	71
50	Leroy	169	↓2	90

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