Popular baby names in Georgia, 1960

The most popular baby names in Georgia in 1960 were Mary for girls (1,166 babies) and James for boys (2,130). James ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 92,772 babies born in Georgia in 1960 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Georgia in 1960

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: 23 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Angelia: 63 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Earnestine: 25 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Mattie: 47 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Mamie: 28 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Willie: 65 babies, 5× the national rate
Annie: 159 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Fannie: 24 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Johnnie: 41 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Felecia: 32 babies, 4.2× the national rate

Boys

Emory: 25 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Lamar: 49 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Grady: 57 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Terrell: 35 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Unknown: 29 babies, 6.6× the national rate
Dexter: 63 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Rufus: 45 babies, 6× the national rate
Willie: 665 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Norris: 28 babies, 5× the national rate
Sammie: 32 babies, 4.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Georgia, 1960

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1959	US rank
1	Mary	1,166	–	1
2	Donna	1,073	–	5
3	Cynthia	875	↑2	9
4	Linda	850	↓1	3
5	Brenda	811	↑2	13
6	Patricia	803	↓2	7
7	Deborah	794	↓1	10
8	Sandra	715	↑2	11
9	Teresa	685	↑4	19
10	Susan	683	↑2	2
11	Pamela	650	↓2	14
12	Debra	641	↓4	8
13	Lisa	635	↑5	6
14	Barbara	604	↓3	12
15	Karen	599	–	4
16	Angela	554	↑5	50
17	Kathy	525	↓3	21
18	Wanda	500	↓1	66
19	Sharon	499	↓3	16
20	Debbie	449	↓1	24
21	Janice	442	↓1	41
22	Cheryl	441	–	17
23	Nancy	386	↑3	15
24	Carol	381	↑1	23
25	Tammy	371	↑3	31
26	Elizabeth	365	↑1	18
27	Connie	344	↑10	47
28	Betty	335	↓4	68
29	Cindy	331	↑2	30
30	Carolyn	327	↓1	43
31	Shirley	320	↓8	70
32	Janet	319	–	32
33	Gloria	318	↑3	79
34	Sheila	317	↑4	56
35	Robin	308	↑6	33
36	Rhonda	303	↓1	44
37	Beverly	289	↓4	60
38	Cathy	284	↓8	46
39	Vickie	284	–	100
40	Laura	266	↑7	25
41	Judy	262	↓7	48
42	Sherry	257	–	54
43	Rebecca	244	–	38
44	Kimberly	243	new	26
45	Dorothy	237	↓1	95
46	Martha	234	↓6	83
47	Denise	223	new	29
48	Diane	219	↓3	22
49	Tina	216	new	45
50	Joyce	211	↓1	58

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1959	US rank
1	James	2,130	–	3
2	David	1,633	↑1	1
3	Michael	1,539	↓1	2
4	William	1,481	–	7
5	Robert	1,413	↑1	5
6	John	1,382	↓1	4
7	Charles	1,039	–	13
8	Kenneth	865	–	16
9	Mark	807	↑1	6
10	Richard	761	↓1	8
11	Timothy	708	↑1	11
12	Willie	665	↑2	81
13	Gregory	595	↑3	24
14	Thomas	561	↓3	9
15	Anthony	556	↑5	25
16	Larry	545	↓1	28
17	Terry	534	↑1	34
18	Ricky	521	↓5	38
19	Tony	490	↑6	52
20	Joseph	479	↓1	12
21	Donald	475	↓4	19
22	Johnny	472	↑2	65
23	Gary	440	↑4	22
24	Ronald	419	↓2	21
25	George	406	↑4	33
26	Jimmy	399	↑6	69
27	Jeffrey	397	↑7	14
28	Randy	397	↓5	32
29	Jerry	391	↓8	37
30	Steven	387	↓2	10
31	Danny	382	↓1	48
32	Bobby	369	↓6	73
33	Dennis	336	↓2	31
34	Billy	307	↑3	67
35	Ronnie	307	↓2	87
36	Eddie	303	↑3	>100
37	Edward	289	↓2	26
38	Steve	279	↑2	43
39	Tommy	277	↑4	>100
40	Christopher	270	new	29
41	Jeffery	269	↑1	55
42	Paul	267	↓6	18
43	Stephen	254	↓5	27
44	Keith	253	↓3	35
45	Phillip	246	new	66
46	Walter	246	↓2	70
47	Stanley	237	↑1	100
48	Daniel	233	↓3	17
49	Mike	231	–	36
50	Wayne	226	–	58

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