Popular baby names in Georgia, 1954

The most popular baby names in Georgia in 1954 were Mary for girls (1,772 babies) and James for boys (2,620). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 94,457 babies born in Georgia in 1954 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Georgia in 1954

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: 111 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Angelia: 31 babies, 6.8× the national rate
Mattie: 101 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Willie: 154 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Lizzie: 27 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Annie: 304 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Johnnie: 75 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Minnie: 74 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Pearlie: 25 babies, 5× the national rate
Earnestine: 36 babies, 4.9× the national rate

Boys

Lamar: 69 babies, 10× the national rate
Felton: 25 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Emory: 33 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Unknown: 106 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Ulysses: 31 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Charlie: 253 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Grady: 61 babies, 6× the national rate
Willie: 930 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Horace: 73 babies, 5× the national rate
Donny: 32 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Georgia, 1954

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1953	US rank
1	Mary	1,772	–	1
2	Deborah	1,544	↑1	3
3	Linda	1,328	↓1	2
4	Patricia	1,206	–	4
5	Brenda	1,014	–	18
6	Debra	956	↑1	6
7	Barbara	892	↓1	7
8	Susan	784	↑1	5
9	Sandra	729	↑2	13
10	Pamela	635	↑4	12
11	Cynthia	618	↑4	10
12	Donna	601	↑8	11
13	Shirley	601	↓5	33
14	Betty	594	↓4	36
15	Nancy	554	↓3	9
16	Carolyn	544	↓3	27
17	Janice	523	↓1	25
18	Kathy	487	↑3	23
19	Judy	486	↓2	29
20	Karen	457	↑8	8
21	Wanda	455	↑4	58
22	Gloria	435	↓4	42
23	Beverly	426	↑1	31
24	Elizabeth	426	↓2	20
25	Martha	419	↓6	46
26	Sharon	419	↓3	16
27	Carol	414	↓1	15
28	Dorothy	389	↓1	55
29	Rebecca	351	–	26
30	Joyce	344	–	28
31	Teresa	337	↑3	34
32	Margaret	331	–	21
33	Connie	306	↑4	39
34	Annie	304	↓3	>100
35	Marilyn	297	↑10	35
36	Cathy	289	↑4	59
37	Janet	287	↓1	19
38	Diane	284	↓3	17
39	Peggy	277	↓6	48
40	Vickie	271	↑8	69
41	Jo	270	↑5	53
42	Sheila	259	↓4	60
43	Cheryl	249	↑6	22
44	Vicki	240	new	50
45	Gwendolyn	231	↓3	>100
46	Rhonda	229	new	71
47	Sherry	227	new	62
48	Glenda	225	↓4	>100
49	Gail	222	↓8	37
50	Sarah	218	↓3	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1953	US rank
1	James	2,620	–	3
2	Robert	1,751	–	2
3	William	1,723	–	6
4	John	1,614	–	4
5	David	1,571	–	5
6	Michael	1,531	↑1	1
7	Charles	1,328	↓1	10
8	Larry	989	–	19
9	Willie	930	–	53
10	Richard	902	–	7
11	Thomas	825	–	8
12	Gary	704	↑2	9
13	Kenneth	690	–	17
14	Donald	641	↓2	14
15	Jerry	610	↑3	31
16	Ronald	565	↓1	15
17	George	557	↓1	24
18	Joseph	553	↑1	13
19	Johnny	535	↓2	54
20	Bobby	459	–	72
21	Danny	453	↑2	42
22	Terry	438	–	27
23	Jimmy	422	↓2	74
24	Steven	405	↑2	11
25	Ricky	387	↑18	46
26	Gregory	381	↑10	25
27	Stephen	381	↑5	20
28	Edward	379	–	22
29	Randy	375	↑4	33
30	Eddie	365	–	91
31	Henry	350	↓4	59
32	Mark	350	↑7	12
33	Ronnie	334	↓8	78
34	Dennis	327	↓10	21
35	Billy	325	↓1	65
36	Anthony	316	↑1	32
37	Walter	293	↓6	49
38	Paul	291	↓9	16
39	Daniel	276	↓1	18
40	Timothy	276	↑8	26
41	Roger	274	↓1	34
42	Wayne	259	↑3	41
43	Roy	255	↓8	56
44	Charlie	253	–	>100
45	Samuel	251	↑4	71
46	Tommy	249	↓4	100
47	Harold	247	↓6	60
48	Stanley	241	new	58
49	Marvin	236	new	97
50	Joe	222	new	67

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