Popular baby names in Georgia, 1948

The most popular baby names in Georgia in 1948 were Mary for girls (2,284 babies) and James for boys (2,881). Mary ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 85,751 babies born in Georgia in 1948 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Georgia in 1948

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: 24 babies, 24.8× the national rate
Charlie: 30 babies, 10.7× the national rate
Lucile: 23 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Lizzie: 54 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Mattie: 173 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Willie: 248 babies, 6× the national rate
Annie: 541 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Ola: 33 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Eddie: 36 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Freddie: 31 babies, 5.5× the national rate

Boys

Lamar: 75 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Emory: 48 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Felton: 27 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Grady: 76 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Ulysses: 36 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Charlie: 326 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Willie: 1,283 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Rufus: 73 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Rogers: 23 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Horace: 101 babies, 5.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Georgia, 1948

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1947	US rank
1	Mary	2,284	–	2
2	Linda	2,210	–	1
3	Brenda	1,322	↑2	17
4	Patricia	1,182	↓1	4
5	Barbara	1,118	↓1	3
6	Betty	989	–	18
7	Sandra	797	–	6
8	Shirley	746	–	20
9	Carolyn	673	–	14
10	Martha	622	↑1	32
11	Dorothy	563	↑2	29
12	Judy	552	↓2	16
13	Annie	541	↑1	97
14	Gloria	520	↑1	28
15	Nancy	508	↓3	7
16	Margaret	415	–	13
17	Janice	413	–	23
18	Susan	413	↑6	5
19	Elizabeth	403	↑2	26
20	Carol	384	↓2	8
21	Joyce	380	↓2	21
22	Peggy	356	–	38
23	Donna	312	↑5	11
24	Virginia	312	↑2	36
25	Frances	308	↓5	42
26	Wanda	292	↑14	57
27	Helen	282	↓4	40
28	Glenda	274	↓1	92
29	Sarah	274	↓4	85
30	Beverly	265	↑2	31
31	Cynthia	252	new	27
32	Sharon	249	↑6	9
33	Willie	248	↑2	>100
34	Cheryl	246	–	25
35	Ruby	230	↑2	>100
36	Evelyn	226	–	74
37	Rebecca	212	↑8	50
38	Doris	204	↓7	64
39	Alice	202	↓9	49
40	Diane	199	↓7	19
41	Mildred	196	↑6	>100
42	Patsy	192	↓13	98
43	Jo	191	↓4	56
44	Phyllis	191	↓1	46
45	Connie	183	new	43
46	Deborah	178	new	30
47	Gwendolyn	178	new	>100
48	Ann	176	↓4	44
49	Mattie	173	↓3	>100
50	Joan	168	↓8	37

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1947	US rank
1	James	2,881	–	1
2	Robert	1,752	↑2	2
3	William	1,743	↓1	4
4	John	1,742	↓1	3
5	Charles	1,369	–	9
6	Willie	1,283	↑1	40
7	Larry	1,231	↓1	11
8	David	1,018	–	5
9	Thomas	785	–	8
10	Jerry	759	–	21
11	Richard	666	–	7
12	Johnny	649	–	52
13	George	638	–	16
14	Michael	610	↑2	6
15	Jimmy	591	↓1	50
16	Ronald	591	↓1	10
17	Donald	516	↑2	14
18	Bobby	514	↓1	62
19	Joseph	513	↓1	13
20	Henry	425	–	45
21	Kenneth	423	–	15
22	Gary	405	–	12
23	Walter	371	↑2	35
24	Eddie	356	↓1	78
25	Edward	353	↑1	19
26	Tommy	337	↑3	79
27	Charlie	326	↑5	>100
28	Danny	323	↑6	39
29	Ronnie	313	↓2	59
30	Billy	296	↓6	53
31	Roy	296	–	49
32	Joe	292	↓4	47
33	Frank	283	↓3	25
34	Harold	275	↑2	36
35	Terry	270	↑3	26
36	Paul	259	↓3	18
37	Arthur	247	↓2	44
38	Samuel	236	↑4	70
39	Raymond	232	↑1	27
40	Harry	229	↑1	57
41	Roger	227	↑7	24
42	Wayne	224	↓5	34
43	Jack	212	↓4	43
44	Ralph	204	–	51
45	Daniel	201	new	22
46	Dennis	200	↓3	17
47	Melvin	199	↑2	81
48	Albert	177	↓2	55
49	Clarence	176	↑1	87
50	Carl	175	new	42

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