Popular baby names in Georgia, 1952

The most popular baby names in Georgia in 1952 were Mary for girls (1,972 babies) and James for boys (2,723). Mary ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 90,741 babies born in Georgia in 1952 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Georgia in 1952

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: 41 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Unknown: 120 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Earnestine: 68 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Queen: 36 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Essie: 42 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Dollie: 24 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Eula: 35 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Annie: 367 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Willie: 153 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Mattie: 105 babies, 5.4× the national rate

Boys

Lamar: 79 babies, 12× the national rate
Emory: 39 babies, 11.4× the national rate
Felton: 25 babies, 10.7× the national rate
Unknown: 90 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Horace: 114 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Charlie: 282 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Ulysses: 31 babies, 7× the national rate
Willie: 1,016 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Rufus: 62 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Grady: 56 babies, 5.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Georgia, 1952

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1951	US rank
1	Mary	1,972	–	2
2	Linda	1,563	–	1
3	Patricia	1,345	–	3
4	Deborah	1,260	↑1	4
5	Brenda	1,107	↓1	15
6	Barbara	976	–	6
7	Betty	723	–	32
8	Shirley	651	↑1	28
9	Sandra	640	↓1	10
10	Susan	574	↑1	5
11	Judy	569	↑4	26
12	Carolyn	562	↓2	24
13	Nancy	550	–	7
14	Janice	534	↓2	23
15	Martha	526	↓1	40
16	Debra	502	↑15	9
17	Gloria	472	↓1	36
18	Wanda	461	–	54
19	Donna	450	–	13
20	Sharon	415	↑4	14
21	Dorothy	410	↓4	46
22	Kathy	407	↑8	29
23	Carol	403	–	12
24	Elizabeth	386	↓2	22
25	Pamela	384	↑2	17
26	Cynthia	374	↑3	18
27	Annie	367	↓7	>100
28	Joyce	362	↓2	27
29	Margaret	361	↓8	21
30	Beverly	352	↓2	35
31	Rebecca	346	↑1	30
32	Peggy	327	↓7	43
33	Karen	286	↑2	8
34	Diane	275	–	16
35	Virginia	267	↑1	49
36	Janet	258	↑10	19
37	Sarah	249	↑4	93
38	Teresa	244	↑7	52
39	Catherine	241	↑1	34
40	Sheila	241	new	64
41	Glenda	240	↓8	97
42	Cheryl	237	↑6	31
43	Gwendolyn	233	–	>100
44	Frances	229	↓7	67
45	Connie	224	↓6	44
46	Cathy	221	new	56
47	Jo	214	↓3	55
48	Helen	209	↓10	63
49	Gail	200	↓7	39
50	Bonnie	199	↓1	41

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1951	US rank
1	James	2,723	–	1
2	William	1,771	↑1	6
3	Robert	1,723	↓1	2
4	John	1,685	–	3
5	David	1,359	↑2	5
6	Charles	1,329	↓1	9
7	Michael	1,271	↑1	4
8	Larry	1,129	↓2	14
9	Willie	1,016	–	48
10	Richard	890	↑1	7
11	Thomas	881	↓1	8
12	Johnny	614	↑2	53
13	Ronald	603	–	15
14	Donald	600	↑2	13
15	George	594	–	22
16	Jerry	585	↓4	26
17	Gary	575	–	10
18	Joseph	573	↑1	12
19	Kenneth	569	↓1	16
20	Bobby	437	↑1	77
21	Jimmy	408	↓1	72
22	Danny	384	↑2	40
23	Eddie	382	↑4	93
24	Henry	380	↓1	50
25	Stephen	375	↑3	21
26	Edward	366	↓4	23
27	Terry	348	↓1	29
28	Walter	338	↓3	44
29	Steven	336	↑16	11
30	Ronnie	315	–	82
31	Daniel	307	↑7	20
32	Dennis	303	↓1	18
33	Tommy	302	↑2	97
34	Billy	299	↓5	65
35	Paul	288	↑2	19
36	Charlie	282	↓2	>100
37	Samuel	267	↑6	67
38	Harold	264	↓6	51
39	Anthony	262	new	34
40	Roy	262	↓7	55
41	Gregory	259	↑7	24
42	Wayne	256	↓3	38
43	Roger	247	↓1	30
44	Randy	232	new	41
45	Frank	228	↓5	32
46	Melvin	226	↑1	91
47	Raymond	226	↓3	33
48	Joe	222	↓12	62
49	Douglas	213	↓3	28
50	Carl	207	new	45

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