Popular baby names in Georgia, 1953

The most popular baby names in Georgia in 1953 were Mary for girls (1,827 babies) and James for boys (2,553). James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 91,501 babies born in Georgia in 1953 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Georgia in 1953

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: 121 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Lizzie: 33 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Ola: 24 babies, 6× the national rate
Mattie: 106 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Eddie: 24 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Annie: 326 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Bettye: 42 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Willie: 143 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Johnnie: 89 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Lillie: 127 babies, 5× the national rate

Boys

Emory: 44 babies, 11.6× the national rate
Lamar: 68 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Felton: 25 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Unknown: 107 babies, 8.6× the national rate
Rogers: 29 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Ulysses: 29 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Charlie: 234 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Willie: 1,026 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Horace: 94 babies, 6× the national rate
Grady: 52 babies, 5.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Georgia, 1953

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1952	US rank
1	Mary	1,827	–	1
2	Linda	1,493	–	2
3	Deborah	1,403	↑1	3
4	Patricia	1,290	↓1	4
5	Brenda	1,043	–	18
6	Barbara	931	–	6
7	Debra	712	↑9	7
8	Shirley	709	–	29
9	Susan	691	↑1	5
10	Betty	687	↓3	33
11	Sandra	672	↓2	11
12	Nancy	603	↑1	8
13	Carolyn	572	↓1	25
14	Pamela	549	↑11	10
15	Cynthia	539	↑11	12
16	Janice	536	↓2	22
17	Judy	528	↓6	27
18	Gloria	521	↓1	38
19	Martha	485	↓4	41
20	Donna	442	↓1	13
21	Kathy	438	↑1	23
22	Elizabeth	413	↑2	21
23	Sharon	410	↓3	15
24	Beverly	409	↑6	34
25	Wanda	406	↓7	57
26	Carol	385	↓3	16
27	Dorothy	383	↓6	49
28	Karen	360	↑5	9
29	Rebecca	356	↑2	24
30	Joyce	352	↓2	26
31	Annie	326	↓4	>100
32	Margaret	307	↓3	20
33	Peggy	307	↓1	44
34	Teresa	296	↑4	42
35	Diane	277	↓1	17
36	Janet	277	–	19
37	Connie	272	↑8	47
38	Sheila	260	↑2	60
39	Virginia	249	↓4	53
40	Cathy	231	↑6	56
41	Gail	230	↑8	39
42	Gwendolyn	229	↑1	>100
43	Catherine	226	↓4	35
44	Glenda	221	↓3	>100
45	Marilyn	218	new	36
46	Jo	217	↑1	54
47	Sarah	208	↓10	93
48	Vickie	204	new	79
49	Cheryl	200	↓7	28
50	Angela	196	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1952	US rank
1	James	2,553	–	2
2	Robert	1,730	↑1	1
3	William	1,704	↓1	6
4	John	1,573	–	4
5	David	1,464	–	5
6	Charles	1,355	–	9
7	Michael	1,345	–	3
8	Larry	1,096	–	18
9	Willie	1,026	–	49
10	Richard	893	–	7
11	Thomas	786	–	8
12	Donald	629	↑2	14
13	Kenneth	609	↑6	17
14	Gary	607	↑3	10
15	Ronald	598	↓2	15
16	George	589	↓1	22
17	Johnny	581	↓5	52
18	Jerry	571	↓2	29
19	Joseph	542	↓1	13
20	Bobby	450	–	74
21	Jimmy	422	–	72
22	Terry	402	↑5	30
23	Danny	393	↓1	41
24	Dennis	383	↑8	19
25	Ronnie	365	↑5	79
26	Steven	365	↑3	11
27	Henry	355	↓3	54
28	Edward	333	↓2	23
29	Paul	330	↑6	16
30	Eddie	323	↓7	97
31	Walter	317	↓3	45
32	Stephen	315	↓7	21
33	Randy	293	↑11	35
34	Billy	290	–	65
35	Roy	287	↑5	55
36	Gregory	281	↑5	24
37	Anthony	269	↑2	32
38	Daniel	263	↓7	20
39	Mark	257	new	12
40	Roger	256	↑3	31
41	Harold	250	↓3	56
42	Tommy	249	↓9	95
43	Ricky	238	new	51
44	Charlie	234	↓8	>100
45	Wayne	233	↓3	40
46	Frank	228	↓1	33
47	Raymond	228	–	34
48	Timothy	228	new	26
49	Samuel	226	↓12	70
50	Arthur	224	new	50

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