Popular baby names in Georgia, 1951

The most popular baby names in Georgia in 1951 were Mary for girls (1,981 babies) and James for boys (2,679). Mary ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 87,826 babies born in Georgia in 1951 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Georgia in 1951

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: 55 babies, 10.2× the national rate
Charlie: 23 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Unknown: 97 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Essie: 46 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Mattie: 122 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Harriett: 38 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Annie: 429 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Johnnie: 114 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Mamie: 52 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Willie: 164 babies, 5.4× the national rate

Boys

Emory: 40 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Lamar: 69 babies, 10.2× the national rate
Unknown: 76 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Ulysses: 29 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Charlie: 265 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Willie: 1,081 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Grady: 68 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Rufus: 62 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Horace: 82 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Elijah: 29 babies, 5.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Georgia, 1951

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1950	US rank
1	Mary	1,981	–	2
2	Linda	1,747	–	1
3	Patricia	1,365	–	3
4	Brenda	1,244	–	14
5	Deborah	936	↑4	4
6	Barbara	923	↓1	5
7	Betty	826	↓1	29
8	Sandra	739	↓1	9
9	Shirley	664	↓1	27
10	Carolyn	598	↑1	22
11	Susan	589	↑6	6
12	Janice	570	↑4	21
13	Nancy	568	–	7
14	Martha	541	↓2	38
15	Judy	539	↓5	26
16	Gloria	519	↓2	31
17	Dorothy	470	↓2	42
18	Wanda	445	↑2	52
19	Donna	440	↑4	12
20	Annie	429	↓2	>100
21	Margaret	402	↓2	17
22	Elizabeth	395	↓1	23
23	Carol	392	↓1	11
24	Sharon	371	↑1	13
25	Peggy	335	↑2	40
26	Joyce	330	↓2	28
27	Pamela	305	↑9	16
28	Beverly	304	↓2	33
29	Cynthia	297	–	20
30	Kathy	289	↑5	35
31	Debra	273	new	18
32	Rebecca	268	↑2	32
33	Glenda	263	↓5	89
34	Diane	258	↑4	15
35	Karen	257	↑8	8
36	Virginia	256	↓5	47
37	Frances	246	↓5	59
38	Helen	235	↓5	54
39	Connie	231	↑1	44
40	Catherine	230	↓3	34
41	Sarah	230	↓11	91
42	Gail	216	↓1	36
43	Gwendolyn	210	new	>100
44	Jo	210	↓5	67
45	Teresa	204	new	63
46	Janet	202	↓4	19
47	Alice	195	↓3	62
48	Cheryl	195	↑2	30
49	Bonnie	190	↓2	37
50	Phyllis	189	new	57

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1950	US rank
1	James	2,679	–	1
2	Robert	1,726	–	2
3	William	1,703	↑1	6
4	John	1,631	↓1	3
5	Charles	1,377	–	9
6	Larry	1,309	–	11
7	David	1,126	↑1	5
8	Michael	1,097	↑1	4
9	Willie	1,081	↓2	45
10	Thomas	909	–	8
11	Richard	744	–	7
12	Jerry	656	–	24
13	Ronald	628	↑1	12
14	Johnny	594	↓1	50
15	George	581	–	22
16	Donald	573	–	15
17	Gary	572	↑1	10
18	Kenneth	571	↑2	16
19	Joseph	531	↓2	14
20	Jimmy	509	↓1	62
21	Bobby	406	–	77
22	Edward	393	–	23
23	Henry	387	–	47
24	Danny	380	–	41
25	Walter	350	–	42
26	Terry	338	↑2	30
27	Eddie	337	↓1	89
28	Stephen	310	↑4	19
29	Billy	295	↓2	64
30	Ronnie	286	↓1	82
31	Dennis	272	↑11	17
32	Harold	272	↑4	46
33	Roy	267	–	52
34	Charlie	265	↓4	>100
35	Tommy	250	–	94
36	Joe	248	↑1	57
37	Paul	246	↓6	18
38	Daniel	245	↑1	21
39	Wayne	241	↓5	37
40	Frank	237	↓2	31
41	Arthur	236	↓1	44
42	Roger	235	↓1	29
43	Samuel	233	–	67
44	Raymond	230	↑2	32
45	Steven	227	new	13
46	Douglas	200	new	27
47	Melvin	194	↑1	88
48	Gregory	192	↑2	25
49	Jack	192	↓4	48
50	Marvin	189	↓1	96

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