Popular baby names in Georgia, 1957

The most popular baby names in Georgia in 1957 were Mary for girls (1,453 babies) and James for boys (2,458). James ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 95,900 babies born in Georgia in 1957 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Georgia in 1957

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: 66 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Lizzie: 25 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Mattie: 72 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Tommie: 24 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Willie: 102 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Earnestine: 34 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Annie: 230 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Delois: 28 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Lillie: 84 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Angelia: 30 babies, 4.7× the national rate

Boys

Emory: 36 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Lamar: 59 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Unknown: 62 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Grady: 57 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Horace: 77 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Willie: 860 babies, 6× the national rate
Charlie: 194 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Terrell: 28 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Rufus: 48 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Norris: 30 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Georgia, 1957

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1956	US rank
1	Mary	1,453	–	1
2	Deborah	1,172	–	6
3	Linda	1,115	↑1	3
4	Patricia	1,010	↓1	8
5	Cynthia	969	↑4	7
6	Brenda	905	–	13
7	Debra	898	↓2	4
8	Susan	794	↓1	2
9	Barbara	761	↓1	9
10	Kathy	679	↑4	20
11	Donna	656	↓1	10
12	Sandra	643	–	15
13	Pamela	638	–	12
14	Karen	633	↑1	5
15	Sharon	617	↓4	14
16	Wanda	538	↑4	59
17	Teresa	531	↑2	24
18	Janice	513	↓2	32
19	Shirley	480	↓1	46
20	Betty	452	↓3	50
21	Cheryl	445	↑4	16
22	Nancy	437	↓1	11
23	Carol	434	↓1	18
24	Carolyn	428	↓1	33
25	Elizabeth	392	↑4	22
26	Cathy	389	↑2	39
27	Judy	368	↓1	38
28	Angela	361	↑8	89
29	Beverly	354	↓2	48
30	Gloria	350	↓6	66
31	Debbie	349	↑10	27
32	Vickie	341	↑6	70
33	Janet	321	↑2	23
34	Martha	300	↓4	63
35	Joyce	293	↓2	40
36	Dorothy	290	↓4	74
37	Rebecca	288	↓3	34
38	Lisa	276	new	26
39	Sheila	273	–	58
40	Diane	264	↓9	17
41	Connie	260	↓4	47
42	Margaret	253	↓2	29
43	Cindy	252	new	19
44	Rhonda	252	↑3	52
45	Phyllis	246	↑5	90
46	Sherry	244	↓4	55
47	Gwendolyn	239	↑2	>100
48	Robin	239	↓3	30
49	Vicki	238	↓3	51
50	Annie	230	↓7	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1956	US rank
1	James	2,458	–	2
2	Michael	1,691	–	1
3	Robert	1,570	↑1	4
4	William	1,545	↓1	6
5	David	1,531	–	3
6	John	1,520	–	5
7	Charles	1,237	–	11
8	Richard	888	–	8
9	Willie	860	↑1	63
10	Larry	827	↓1	22
11	Kenneth	764	–	14
12	Thomas	739	–	9
13	Donald	613	↑1	15
14	Mark	605	↑4	7
15	Ronald	591	↑1	17
16	Gary	590	↓3	13
17	Terry	578	↑3	33
18	Johnny	566	↓1	61
19	Joseph	542	↓4	12
20	Anthony	525	↑7	27
21	Gregory	521	↓2	23
22	Jerry	501	↓1	35
23	Randy	501	–	31
24	Ricky	497	–	40
25	George	471	↓3	29
26	Steven	464	↓1	10
27	Timothy	459	↓1	19
28	Bobby	397	–	78
29	Jimmy	397	–	77
30	Ronnie	397	↑4	73
31	Danny	385	–	45
32	Tony	378	↑7	71
33	Edward	373	↑2	25
34	Dennis	332	↓4	28
35	Stephen	327	↓3	24
36	Eddie	306	↓3	95
37	Paul	298	↑1	18
38	Steve	290	↑11	44
39	Daniel	289	↑1	16
40	Henry	286	↑2	75
41	Tommy	283	↑6	>100
42	Billy	278	↓5	64
43	Walter	270	↓7	58
44	Wayne	270	–	47
45	Stanley	255	↓4	81
46	Jeffrey	239	new	21
47	Samuel	232	new	82
48	Roger	227	↓5	42
49	Douglas	225	new	30
50	Keith	215	new	36

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