Popular baby names in Georgia, 1958

The most popular baby names in Georgia in 1958 were Mary for girls (1,322 babies) and James for boys (2,159). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 93,573 babies born in Georgia in 1958 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Georgia in 1958

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, 10.2× the national rate
Angelia: 46 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Annie: 230 babies, 6× the national rate
Valencia: 24 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Unknown: 26 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Willie: 83 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Mattie: 58 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Johnnie: 47 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Earnestine: 24 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Robbie: 42 babies, 4× the national rate

Boys

Lamar: 65 babies, 10.9× the national rate
Unknown: 48 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Grady: 56 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Horace: 60 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Willie: 706 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Terrell: 32 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Rufus: 41 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Charlie: 160 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Dexter: 51 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Donny: 31 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Georgia, 1958

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1957	US rank
1	Mary	1,322	–	1
2	Linda	998	↑1	3
3	Patricia	969	↑1	5
4	Deborah	939	↓2	7
5	Cynthia	870	–	8
6	Brenda	841	–	16
7	Debra	778	–	6
8	Susan	776	–	2
9	Barbara	688	–	9
10	Kathy	673	–	14
11	Sandra	666	↑1	15
12	Pamela	664	↑1	11
13	Donna	637	↓2	10
14	Karen	607	–	4
15	Teresa	591	↑2	26
16	Sharon	525	↓1	17
17	Cheryl	500	↑4	13
18	Janice	500	–	35
19	Wanda	465	↓3	66
20	Carolyn	434	↑4	37
21	Debbie	429	↑10	24
22	Carol	423	↑1	20
23	Nancy	422	↓1	12
24	Shirley	413	↓5	52
25	Judy	404	↑2	36
26	Cathy	400	–	34
27	Angela	396	↑1	83
28	Elizabeth	377	↓3	22
29	Betty	370	↓9	54
30	Lisa	361	↑8	19
31	Janet	347	↑2	28
32	Vickie	345	–	75
33	Beverly	339	↓4	55
34	Gloria	321	↓4	77
35	Cindy	306	↑8	25
36	Peggy	301	new	42
37	Sheila	298	↑2	59
38	Dorothy	281	↓2	86
39	Martha	277	↓5	69
40	Laura	273	new	29
41	Diane	268	↓1	18
42	Robin	265	↑6	32
43	Rhonda	264	↑1	48
44	Connie	262	↓3	50
45	Margaret	256	↓3	31
46	Sherry	256	–	67
47	Rebecca	243	↓10	41
48	Joyce	237	↓13	46
49	Phyllis	236	↓4	94
50	Annie	230	–	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1957	US rank
1	James	2,159	–	3
2	Michael	1,739	–	1
3	David	1,550	↑2	2
4	William	1,537	–	6
5	Robert	1,498	↓2	4
6	John	1,366	–	5
7	Charles	1,145	–	11
8	Richard	850	–	8
9	Kenneth	783	↑2	14
10	Thomas	708	↑2	9
11	Willie	706	↓2	70
12	Larry	699	↓2	22
13	Ricky	645	↑11	34
14	Mark	640	–	7
15	Timothy	572	↑12	13
16	Anthony	559	↑4	27
17	Gregory	551	↑4	23
18	Donald	532	↓5	18
19	Terry	523	↓2	33
20	Jerry	495	↑2	35
21	Ronald	492	↓6	19
22	Joseph	489	↓3	12
23	Johnny	488	↓5	61
24	Randy	479	↓1	32
25	Gary	460	↓9	17
26	George	452	↓1	31
27	Tony	426	↑5	57
28	Danny	410	↑3	45
29	Jimmy	397	–	73
30	Bobby	386	↓2	69
31	Dennis	369	↑3	29
32	Ronnie	367	↓2	66
33	Steven	354	↓7	10
34	Paul	318	↑3	15
35	Edward	311	↓2	28
36	Billy	309	↑6	64
37	Tommy	309	↑4	>100
38	Eddie	301	↓2	100
39	Stephen	282	↓4	26
40	Daniel	276	↓1	16
41	Jeffrey	269	↑5	21
42	Steve	257	↓4	44
43	Walter	246	–	63
44	Henry	245	↓4	83
45	Wayne	245	↓1	48
46	Douglas	237	↑3	30
47	Stanley	229	↓2	88
48	Calvin	226	new	>100
49	Jeffery	222	new	59
50	Keith	219	–	37

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