Popular baby names in Georgia, 1955

The most popular baby names in Georgia in 1955 were Mary for girls (1,633 babies) and James for boys (2,568). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 95,068 babies born in Georgia in 1955 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Georgia in 1955

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: 124 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Lizzie: 35 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Mattie: 92 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Annie: 279 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Willie: 111 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Bettye: 29 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Earnestine: 34 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Angelia: 24 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Lillie: 94 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Delois: 25 babies, 4.4× the national rate

Boys

Emory: 37 babies, 11× the national rate
Lamar: 71 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Unknown: 100 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Grady: 71 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Charlie: 207 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Willie: 902 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Terrell: 26 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Horace: 71 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Donny: 35 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Rufus: 46 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Georgia, 1955

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1954	US rank
1	Mary	1,633	–	1
2	Deborah	1,465	–	2
3	Linda	1,233	–	3
4	Patricia	1,178	–	6
5	Debra	1,005	↑1	4
6	Brenda	931	↓1	18
7	Susan	805	↑1	5
8	Barbara	775	↓1	7
9	Pamela	705	↑1	12
10	Sandra	683	↓1	13
11	Cynthia	659	–	11
12	Donna	642	–	10
13	Shirley	605	–	37
14	Kathy	566	↑4	22
15	Betty	539	↓1	36
16	Sharon	538	↑10	16
17	Nancy	521	↓2	9
18	Carolyn	489	↓2	30
19	Janice	487	↓2	25
20	Wanda	467	↑1	61
21	Karen	458	↓1	8
22	Teresa	440	↑9	26
23	Gloria	436	↓1	47
24	Judy	430	↓5	32
25	Carol	410	↑2	15
26	Beverly	371	↓3	34
27	Martha	371	↓2	53
28	Elizabeth	365	↓4	21
29	Diane	355	↑9	14
30	Dorothy	341	↓2	64
31	Cheryl	337	↑12	19
32	Janet	333	↑5	20
33	Joyce	321	↓3	29
34	Rebecca	319	↓5	27
35	Cathy	315	↑1	44
36	Connie	313	↓3	35
37	Vickie	280	↑3	68
38	Annie	279	↓4	>100
39	Catherine	277	new	28
40	Margaret	277	↓8	24
41	Peggy	274	↓2	51
42	Sherry	254	↑5	56
43	Sheila	252	↓1	57
44	Jo	240	↓3	58
45	Angela	238	new	>100
46	Phyllis	235	new	74
47	Marilyn	230	↓12	49
48	Vicki	222	↓4	52
49	Gwendolyn	221	↓4	>100
50	Virginia	218	new	66

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1954	US rank
1	James	2,568	–	3
2	William	1,731	↑1	6
3	David	1,683	↑2	2
4	John	1,613	–	5
5	Robert	1,611	↓3	4
6	Michael	1,523	–	1
7	Charles	1,232	–	11
8	Richard	956	↑2	7
9	Willie	902	–	54
10	Larry	891	↓2	19
11	Thomas	782	–	8
12	Kenneth	705	↑1	15
13	Gary	655	↓1	12
14	Ronald	594	↑2	18
15	Donald	591	↓1	14
16	Johnny	587	↑3	55
17	Joseph	566	↑1	13
18	Jerry	531	↓3	33
19	George	529	↓2	26
20	Terry	482	↑2	28
21	Gregory	461	↑5	24
22	Mark	455	↑10	9
23	Randy	425	↑6	30
24	Dennis	423	↑10	23
25	Bobby	421	↓5	75
26	Danny	419	↓5	45
27	Steven	411	↓3	10
28	Jimmy	393	↓5	78
29	Stephen	388	↓2	21
30	Anthony	375	↑6	31
31	Edward	375	↓3	25
32	Ricky	357	↓7	46
33	Timothy	350	↑7	22
34	Paul	347	↑4	16
35	Eddie	317	↓5	92
36	Ronnie	313	↓3	80
37	Walter	305	–	51
38	Daniel	298	↑1	17
39	Billy	286	↓4	69
40	Stanley	272	↑8	64
41	Henry	262	↓10	61
42	Roger	250	↓1	37
43	Tony	241	new	93
44	Carl	238	new	47
45	Tommy	238	↑1	>100
46	Phillip	237	new	74
47	Samuel	234	↓2	71
48	Wayne	225	↓6	44
49	Harold	223	↓2	63
50	Joe	223	–	68

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