Popular baby names in Georgia, 1949

The most popular baby names in Georgia in 1949 were Mary for girls (2,251 babies) and James for boys (2,810). Mary ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 86,483 babies born in Georgia in 1949 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Georgia in 1949

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

Girls

Charlie: 27 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Lizzie: 41 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Annie: 542 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Mattie: 144 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Unknown: 65 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Mamie: 67 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Willie: 217 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Johnnie: 118 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Bettye: 72 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Earnestine: 49 babies, 4.6× the national rate

Boys

Lamar: 71 babies, 10.7× the national rate
Felton: 29 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Emory: 32 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Grady: 87 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Charlie: 317 babies, 7× the national rate
Willie: 1,205 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Ulysses: 25 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Horace: 94 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Unknown: 38 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Rufus: 67 babies, 5.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Georgia, 1949

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1948	US rank
1	Mary	2,251	–	2
2	Linda	2,059	–	1
3	Patricia	1,252	↑1	3
4	Brenda	1,221	↓1	13
5	Barbara	1,100	–	4
6	Betty	944	–	22
7	Sandra	855	–	6
8	Shirley	815	–	18
9	Carolyn	618	–	17
10	Judy	610	↑2	20
11	Martha	597	↓1	34
12	Dorothy	552	↓1	32
13	Annie	542	–	>100
14	Gloria	516	–	29
15	Janice	497	↑2	24
16	Nancy	496	↓1	7
17	Susan	469	↑1	5
18	Margaret	468	↓2	14
19	Carol	388	↑1	8
20	Peggy	373	↑2	38
21	Elizabeth	369	↓2	25
22	Joyce	365	↓1	26
23	Deborah	361	↑23	15
24	Donna	357	↓1	12
25	Sharon	323	↑7	10
26	Wanda	308	–	56
27	Beverly	294	↑3	31
28	Sarah	289	↑1	84
29	Glenda	280	↓1	87
30	Helen	270	↓3	46
31	Virginia	253	↓7	39
32	Frances	251	↓7	49
33	Rebecca	248	↑4	40
34	Jo	229	↑9	60
35	Cynthia	221	↓4	27
36	Diane	221	↑4	19
37	Ruby	217	↓2	>100
38	Willie	217	↓5	>100
39	Alice	213	–	53
40	Catherine	212	new	37
41	Evelyn	212	↓5	80
42	Connie	204	↑3	43
43	Kathy	192	new	42
44	Charlotte	187	new	71
45	Cheryl	187	↓11	28
46	Patsy	186	↓4	>100
47	Doris	182	↓9	69
48	Gwendolyn	181	↓1	>100
49	Phyllis	179	↓5	50
50	Bonnie	177	new	35

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1948	US rank
1	James	2,810	–	1
2	William	1,754	↑1	4
3	Robert	1,716	↓1	2
4	John	1,677	–	3
5	Charles	1,350	–	9
6	Larry	1,277	↑1	10
7	Willie	1,205	↓1	41
8	David	1,018	–	6
9	Thomas	885	–	8
10	Michael	799	↑4	5
11	Richard	698	–	7
12	Jerry	689	↓2	23
13	George	675	–	18
14	Johnny	648	↓2	49
15	Ronald	625	↑1	11
16	Jimmy	540	↓1	53
17	Donald	521	–	13
18	Joseph	520	↑1	14
19	Kenneth	456	↑2	15
20	Bobby	453	↓2	67
21	Edward	392	↑4	21
22	Gary	391	–	12
23	Walter	367	–	37
24	Henry	360	↓4	46
25	Eddie	355	↓1	80
26	Danny	341	↑2	40
27	Ronnie	328	↑2	65
28	Charlie	317	↓1	>100
29	Tommy	315	↓3	84
30	Terry	309	↑5	28
31	Billy	299	↓1	57
32	Harold	298	↑2	42
33	Roy	293	↓2	51
34	Joe	272	↓2	52
35	Paul	253	↑1	17
36	Stephen	248	new	19
37	Frank	245	↓4	27
38	Arthur	239	↓1	44
39	Wayne	238	↑3	35
40	Samuel	224	↓2	62
41	Roger	223	–	25
42	Raymond	212	↓3	30
43	Daniel	211	↑2	22
44	Jack	211	↓1	47
45	Dennis	208	↑1	16
46	Ralph	208	↓2	50
47	Melvin	201	–	82
48	Harry	193	↓8	59
49	Carl	188	↑1	43
50	Marvin	186	new	89

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