Popular baby names in Georgia, 1950

The most popular baby names in Georgia in 1950 were Mary for girls (2,064 babies) and James for boys (2,711). Mary ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 85,286 babies born in Georgia in 1950 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Georgia in 1950

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

Girls

Unknown: 97 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Lizzie: 45 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Essie: 54 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Mamie: 72 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Queen: 35 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Willie: 186 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Mattie: 125 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Earnestine: 54 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Annie: 443 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Dollie: 22 babies, 5.3× the national rate

Boys

Lamar: 86 babies, 12.8× the national rate
Felton: 25 babies, 12× the national rate
Emory: 42 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Charlie: 287 babies, 7× the national rate
Ulysses: 28 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Willie: 1,161 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Rufus: 59 babies, 6× the national rate
Grady: 58 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Unknown: 56 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Elijah: 35 babies, 5.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Georgia, 1950

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1949	US rank
1	Mary	2,064	–	2
2	Linda	1,890	–	1
3	Patricia	1,271	–	3
4	Brenda	1,120	–	14
5	Barbara	1,051	–	4
6	Betty	848	–	26
7	Sandra	797	–	8
8	Shirley	720	–	19
9	Deborah	621	↑14	7
10	Judy	620	–	25
11	Carolyn	600	↓2	20
12	Martha	581	↓1	32
13	Nancy	550	↑3	6
14	Gloria	515	–	30
15	Dorothy	505	↓3	35
16	Janice	497	↓1	22
17	Susan	486	–	5
18	Annie	443	↓5	>100
19	Margaret	410	↓1	15
20	Wanda	386	↑6	52
21	Elizabeth	376	–	24
22	Carol	365	↓3	9
23	Donna	344	↑1	13
24	Joyce	341	↓2	27
25	Sharon	340	–	11
26	Beverly	303	↑1	31
27	Peggy	290	↓7	41
28	Glenda	289	↑1	87
29	Cynthia	279	↑6	23
30	Sarah	270	↓2	88
31	Virginia	264	–	43
32	Frances	254	–	51
33	Helen	246	↓3	50
34	Rebecca	244	↓1	36
35	Kathy	238	↑8	38
36	Pamela	238	new	17
37	Catherine	234	↑3	34
38	Diane	230	↓2	16
39	Jo	209	↓5	64
40	Connie	199	↑2	44
41	Gail	197	new	42
42	Janet	195	new	18
43	Karen	193	new	12
44	Alice	192	↓5	57
45	Doris	186	↑2	74
46	Willie	186	↓8	>100
47	Bonnie	185	↑3	33
48	Evelyn	185	↓7	86
49	Sherry	183	new	62
50	Cheryl	180	↓5	29

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1949	US rank
1	James	2,711	–	1
2	Robert	1,653	↑1	2
3	John	1,639	↑1	3
4	William	1,567	↓2	6
5	Charles	1,321	–	9
6	Larry	1,309	–	11
7	Willie	1,161	–	42
8	David	1,099	–	5
9	Michael	911	↑1	4
10	Thomas	792	↓1	8
11	Richard	686	–	7
12	Jerry	683	–	24
13	Johnny	633	↑1	50
14	Ronald	618	↑1	12
15	George	584	↓2	20
16	Donald	583	↑1	14
17	Joseph	526	↑1	13
18	Gary	500	↑4	10
19	Jimmy	489	↓3	55
20	Kenneth	472	↓1	15
21	Bobby	452	↓1	65
22	Edward	387	↓1	22
23	Henry	386	↑1	47
24	Danny	378	↑2	39
25	Walter	331	↓2	40
26	Eddie	327	↓1	89
27	Billy	306	↑4	57
28	Terry	300	↑2	30
29	Ronnie	297	↓2	76
30	Charlie	287	↓2	>100
31	Paul	286	↑4	18
32	Stephen	280	↑4	19
33	Roy	259	–	51
34	Wayne	259	↑5	35
35	Tommy	256	↓6	94
36	Harold	248	↓4	45
37	Joe	240	↓3	54
38	Frank	239	↓1	29
39	Daniel	233	↑4	21
40	Arthur	226	↓2	46
41	Roger	223	–	27
42	Dennis	219	↑3	17
43	Samuel	212	↓3	62
44	Eugene	205	new	58
45	Jack	199	↓1	48
46	Raymond	199	↓4	31
47	Albert	190	new	56
48	Melvin	189	↓1	87
49	Marvin	186	↑1	93
50	Gregory	178	new	25

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