Popular baby names in Georgia, 1959

The most popular baby names in Georgia in 1959 were Mary for girls (1,280 babies) and James for boys (2,220). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 92,715 babies born in Georgia in 1959 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Georgia in 1959

Names given at least 15 times in Georgia that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Earnestine: 33 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Angelia: 58 babies, 6× the national rate
Willie: 71 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Annie: 177 babies, 5× the national rate
Mattie: 45 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Vickey: 30 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Fannie: 24 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Felecia: 25 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Hattie: 26 babies, 4× the national rate
Minnie: 36 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Boys

Emory: 36 babies, 11.9× the national rate
Lamar: 59 babies, 9.7× the national rate
Grady: 63 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Horace: 58 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Norris: 30 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Unknown: 24 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Charlie: 171 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Terrell: 27 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Willie: 635 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Cleveland: 29 babies, 5.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Georgia, 1959

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1958	US rank
1	Mary	1,280	–	1
2	Donna	1,004	↑11	5
3	Linda	947	↓1	3
4	Patricia	920	↓1	6
5	Cynthia	894	–	8
6	Deborah	889	↓2	9
7	Brenda	829	↓1	16
8	Debra	735	↓1	7
9	Pamela	694	↑3	12
10	Sandra	688	↑1	13
11	Barbara	662	↓2	11
12	Susan	658	↓4	2
13	Teresa	649	↑2	24
14	Kathy	603	↓4	15
15	Karen	585	↓1	4
16	Sharon	553	–	17
17	Wanda	492	↑2	65
18	Lisa	483	↑12	10
19	Debbie	469	↑2	20
20	Janice	455	↓2	37
21	Angela	447	↑6	68
22	Cheryl	398	↓5	18
23	Shirley	391	↑1	61
24	Betty	382	↑5	59
25	Carol	380	↓3	22
26	Nancy	362	↓3	14
27	Elizabeth	354	↑1	21
28	Tammy	345	new	31
29	Carolyn	344	↓9	42
30	Cathy	342	↓4	39
31	Cindy	328	↑4	25
32	Janet	326	↓1	28
33	Beverly	323	–	55
34	Judy	317	↓9	41
35	Rhonda	313	↑8	45
36	Gloria	307	↓2	81
37	Connie	298	↑7	48
38	Sheila	298	↓1	52
39	Vickie	295	↓7	90
40	Martha	272	↓1	72
41	Robin	261	↑1	32
42	Sherry	259	↑4	58
43	Rebecca	248	↑4	38
44	Dorothy	235	↓6	94
45	Diane	232	↓4	19
46	Phyllis	227	↑3	>100
47	Laura	225	↓7	30
48	Catherine	208	new	40
49	Joyce	206	↓1	50
50	Margaret	205	↓5	36

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1958	US rank
1	James	2,220	–	3
2	Michael	1,576	–	1
3	David	1,543	–	2
4	William	1,519	–	7
5	John	1,408	↑1	4
6	Robert	1,408	↓1	5
7	Charles	996	–	11
8	Kenneth	814	↑1	15
9	Richard	803	↓1	8
10	Mark	729	↑4	6
11	Thomas	667	↓1	9
12	Timothy	667	↑3	12
13	Ricky	638	–	34
14	Willie	635	↓3	78
15	Larry	617	↓3	25
16	Gregory	558	↑1	23
17	Donald	543	↑1	19
18	Terry	503	↑1	33
19	Joseph	495	↑3	13
20	Anthony	471	↓4	26
21	Jerry	453	↓1	36
22	Ronald	452	↓1	21
23	Randy	442	↑1	31
24	Johnny	440	↓1	64
25	Tony	432	↑2	53
26	Bobby	419	↑4	71
27	Gary	417	↓2	20
28	Steven	385	↑5	10
29	George	379	↓3	32
30	Danny	375	↓2	48
31	Dennis	370	–	29
32	Jimmy	362	↓3	69
33	Ronnie	359	↓1	77
34	Jeffrey	321	↑7	16
35	Edward	311	–	27
36	Paul	298	↓2	17
37	Billy	291	↓1	65
38	Stephen	291	↑1	28
39	Eddie	289	↓1	>100
40	Steve	280	↑2	41
41	Keith	261	↑9	39
42	Jeffery	258	↑7	55
43	Tommy	256	↓6	>100
44	Walter	250	↓1	66
45	Daniel	245	↓5	18
46	Douglas	237	–	30
47	Henry	234	↓3	83
48	Stanley	232	↓1	98
49	Mike	231	new	37
50	Wayne	229	↓5	51

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