Popular baby names in Georgia, 1947

The most popular baby names in Georgia in 1947 were Mary for girls (2,351 babies) and James for boys (3,067). Mary ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 88,730 babies born in Georgia in 1947 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Georgia in 1947

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

Girls

Lizzie: 54 babies, 8× the national rate
Mamie: 97 babies, 7× the national rate
Mattie: 186 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Leila: 27 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Annie: 553 babies, 6× the national rate
Willie: 240 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Eddie: 35 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Essie: 41 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Johnnie: 122 babies, 5× the national rate
Frankie: 61 babies, 4.9× the national rate

Boys

Lamar: 94 babies, 13.8× the national rate
Artis: 26 babies, 13× the national rate
Emory: 45 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Felton: 24 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Grady: 90 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Charlie: 310 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Willie: 1,221 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Rufus: 71 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Horace: 102 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Ulysses: 23 babies, 5.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Georgia, 1947

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1946	US rank
1	Mary	2,351	–	2
2	Linda	2,229	–	1
3	Patricia	1,255	–	3
4	Barbara	1,169	↑1	4
5	Brenda	1,127	↑1	21
6	Betty	1,114	↓2	17
7	Sandra	858	–	5
8	Shirley	856	–	19
9	Carolyn	683	↑1	15
10	Judy	667	↑3	14
11	Martha	664	↓2	32
12	Nancy	639	↑2	7
13	Dorothy	610	↓2	26
14	Annie	553	↓2	>100
15	Gloria	532	–	27
16	Margaret	451	↑1	16
17	Janice	431	↑1	22
18	Carol	428	↓2	6
19	Joyce	417	–	20
20	Frances	344	↑2	39
21	Elizabeth	338	↓1	25
22	Peggy	337	↑1	42
23	Helen	331	↑1	38
24	Susan	330	↑1	8
25	Sarah	322	↑1	93
26	Virginia	310	↓5	34
27	Glenda	303	↑2	96
28	Donna	292	↑15	10
29	Patsy	270	↑4	87
30	Alice	261	↑4	47
31	Doris	249	–	58
32	Beverly	244	↓5	31
33	Diane	243	↑9	18
34	Cheryl	240	↑4	24
35	Willie	240	↓3	>100
36	Evelyn	238	↓6	72
37	Ruby	237	↓9	>100
38	Sharon	235	↓3	9
39	Jo	222	–	51
40	Wanda	220	↑6	66
41	Judith	213	–	12
42	Joan	212	↓6	30
43	Phyllis	210	new	37
44	Ann	195	↑1	41
45	Rebecca	195	↑4	52
46	Mattie	186	↑1	>100
47	Mildred	186	↓10	>100
48	Sara	184	↑2	>100
49	Gail	176	new	49
50	Catherine	173	new	46

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1946	US rank
1	James	3,067	–	1
2	William	1,948	–	4
3	John	1,787	↑1	3
4	Robert	1,777	↓1	2
5	Charles	1,458	–	9
6	Larry	1,261	↑1	10
7	Willie	1,221	↓1	42
8	David	1,045	–	6
9	Thomas	838	–	8
10	Jerry	826	–	20
11	Richard	752	–	5
12	Johnny	706	↑2	49
13	George	685	–	16
14	Jimmy	684	↓2	44
15	Ronald	619	–	11
16	Michael	579	↑3	7
17	Bobby	573	–	60
18	Joseph	526	↓2	14
19	Donald	510	↓1	13
20	Henry	434	–	46
21	Kenneth	429	↑2	15
22	Gary	411	↑5	12
23	Eddie	393	↑2	80
24	Billy	388	↓3	51
25	Walter	381	↓1	34
26	Edward	363	↓4	19
27	Ronnie	341	↑4	61
28	Joe	333	↑1	43
29	Tommy	316	↓1	79
30	Frank	314	↑5	23
31	Roy	313	↓5	48
32	Charlie	310	–	>100
33	Paul	279	–	18
34	Danny	268	–	39
35	Arthur	255	↑2	38
36	Harold	254	↓6	35
37	Wayne	251	↑2	30
38	Terry	240	↑2	26
39	Jack	238	↑6	37
40	Raymond	228	↓2	27
41	Harry	224	↓5	54
42	Samuel	212	↑1	72
43	Dennis	210	↓2	17
44	Ralph	204	↓2	50
45	Ernest	198	↑4	75
46	Albert	197	new	55
47	Fred	192	new	56
48	Roger	189	↓4	25
49	Melvin	187	new	85
50	Clarence	185	↓2	88

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