Popular baby names in Georgia, 1956

The most popular baby names in Georgia in 1956 were Mary for girls (1,504 babies) and James for boys (2,593). James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 96,874 babies born in Georgia in 1956 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Georgia in 1956

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: 29 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Unknown: 102 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Jimmie: 26 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Earnestine: 37 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Angelia: 38 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Willie: 131 babies, 6× the national rate
Mamie: 46 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Annie: 267 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Essie: 26 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Delois: 27 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Boys

Emory: 32 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Lamar: 57 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Unknown: 86 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Grady: 56 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Charlie: 212 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Rufus: 56 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Willie: 840 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Horace: 66 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Norris: 31 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Freddie: 151 babies, 4.5× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Georgia, 1956

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1955	US rank
1	Mary	1,504	–	1
2	Deborah	1,295	–	4
3	Patricia	1,217	↑1	6
4	Linda	1,138	↓1	3
5	Debra	963	–	2
6	Brenda	926	–	19
7	Susan	800	–	5
8	Barbara	776	–	9
9	Cynthia	743	↑2	8
10	Donna	708	↑2	10
11	Sharon	685	↑5	13
12	Sandra	669	↓2	14
13	Pamela	662	↓4	12
14	Kathy	612	–	20
15	Karen	572	↑6	7
16	Janice	546	↑3	26
17	Betty	536	↓2	44
18	Shirley	530	↓5	41
19	Teresa	529	↑3	24
20	Wanda	529	–	61
21	Nancy	514	↓4	11
22	Carol	455	↑3	16
23	Carolyn	452	↓5	33
24	Gloria	449	↓1	53
25	Cheryl	410	↑6	18
26	Judy	410	↓2	35
27	Beverly	405	↓1	40
28	Cathy	370	↑7	36
29	Elizabeth	359	↓1	22
30	Martha	359	↓3	59
31	Diane	341	↓2	15
32	Dorothy	333	↓2	72
33	Joyce	327	–	30
34	Rebecca	327	–	27
35	Janet	323	↓3	21
36	Angela	320	↑9	93
37	Connie	318	↓1	43
38	Vickie	309	↓1	68
39	Sheila	308	↑4	55
40	Margaret	281	–	25
41	Debbie	278	new	39
42	Sherry	269	–	54
43	Annie	267	↓5	>100
44	Catherine	242	↓5	28
45	Robin	233	new	29
46	Vicki	232	↑2	57
47	Rhonda	229	new	62
48	Peggy	227	↓7	63
49	Gwendolyn	223	–	>100
50	Phyllis	218	↓4	82

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1955	US rank
1	James	2,593	–	2
2	Michael	1,786	↑4	1
3	William	1,689	↓1	6
4	Robert	1,665	↑1	3
5	David	1,559	↓2	4
6	John	1,523	↓2	5
7	Charles	1,238	–	11
8	Richard	961	–	7
9	Larry	905	↑1	21
10	Willie	840	↓1	58
11	Kenneth	768	↑1	16
12	Thomas	753	↓1	9
13	Gary	620	–	13
14	Donald	582	↑1	14
15	Joseph	580	↑2	12
16	Ronald	568	↓2	15
17	Johnny	559	↓1	55
18	Mark	534	↑4	8
19	Gregory	530	↑2	24
20	Terry	519	–	31
21	Jerry	517	↓3	35
22	George	490	↓3	27
23	Randy	490	–	28
24	Ricky	462	↑8	43
25	Steven	438	↑2	10
26	Timothy	432	↑7	19
27	Anthony	431	↑3	30
28	Bobby	402	↓3	77
29	Jimmy	394	↓1	78
30	Dennis	386	↓6	26
31	Danny	379	↓5	46
32	Stephen	373	↓3	23
33	Eddie	353	↑2	93
34	Ronnie	340	↑2	75
35	Edward	336	↓4	25
36	Walter	317	↑1	53
37	Billy	308	↑2	68
38	Paul	301	↓4	17
39	Tony	300	↑4	85
40	Daniel	284	↓2	18
41	Stanley	279	↓1	70
42	Henry	259	↓1	71
43	Roger	248	↓1	41
44	Wayne	242	↑4	45
45	Curtis	239	new	80
46	Phillip	236	–	76
47	Tommy	236	↓2	>100
48	Frank	233	new	38
49	Steve	229	new	59
50	Calvin	226	new	>100

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