Popular baby names in Georgia, 1961

The most popular baby names in Georgia in 1961 were Mary for girls (1,105 babies) and James for boys (2,150). James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 92,379 babies born in Georgia in 1961 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Georgia in 1961

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: 23 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Angelia: 86 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Valencia: 24 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Mamie: 31 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Annie: 155 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Willie: 57 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Hattie: 27 babies, 5× the national rate
Johnnie: 36 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Lillie: 53 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Alfreda: 25 babies, 4.7× the national rate

Boys

Emory: 33 babies, 11.9× the national rate
Lamar: 46 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Unknown: 26 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Horace: 47 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Willie: 571 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Dexter: 49 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Rufus: 39 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Grady: 38 babies, 5× the national rate
Norris: 28 babies, 5× the national rate
Charlie: 132 babies, 4.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Georgia, 1961

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1960	US rank
1	Mary	1,105	–	1
2	Donna	859	–	7
3	Lisa	837	↑10	2
4	Cynthia	820	↓1	8
5	Linda	814	↓1	4
6	Brenda	810	↓1	11
7	Teresa	748	↑2	18
8	Patricia	716	↓2	6
9	Deborah	712	↓2	10
10	Sandra	692	↓2	9
11	Angela	672	↑5	38
12	Pamela	666	↓1	15
13	Susan	631	↓3	3
14	Sharon	588	↑5	17
15	Barbara	576	↓1	12
16	Karen	567	↓1	5
17	Debra	498	↓5	13
18	Kathy	451	↓1	25
19	Tammy	451	↑6	28
20	Wanda	449	↓2	70
21	Cheryl	391	↑1	20
22	Janice	372	↓1	52
23	Debbie	370	↓3	31
24	Carol	365	–	24
25	Janet	339	↑7	32
26	Nancy	338	↓3	16
27	Rhonda	337	↑9	46
28	Cindy	326	↑1	33
29	Carolyn	324	↑1	42
30	Robin	320	↑5	27
31	Elizabeth	319	↓5	19
32	Sherry	317	↑10	53
33	Connie	313	↓6	50
34	Beverly	299	↑3	66
35	Cathy	299	↑3	55
36	Kimberly	288	↑8	22
37	Tina	286	↑12	41
38	Gloria	277	↓5	82
39	Betty	275	↓11	87
40	Sheila	273	↓6	59
41	Laura	272	↓1	21
42	Judy	267	↓1	58
43	Shirley	264	↓12	85
44	Vickie	250	↓5	>100
45	Dorothy	237	–	99
46	Jacqueline	234	new	37
47	Jennifer	229	new	47
48	Terri	212	new	51
49	Julie	205	new	23
50	Martha	205	↓4	81

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1960	US rank
1	James	2,150	–	4
2	Michael	1,684	↑1	1
3	David	1,485	↓1	2
4	Robert	1,415	↑1	5
5	John	1,397	↑1	3
6	William	1,343	↓2	7
7	Charles	990	–	13
8	Mark	807	↑1	6
9	Kenneth	793	↓1	16
10	Richard	700	–	8
11	Gregory	673	↑2	23
12	Timothy	659	↓1	15
13	Anthony	643	↑2	25
14	Thomas	620	–	9
15	Willie	571	↓3	86
16	Ricky	485	↑2	44
17	Tony	479	↑2	53
18	Jeffrey	468	↑9	11
19	Joseph	466	↑1	12
20	Terry	466	↓3	32
21	Larry	450	↓5	30
22	Donald	440	↓1	22
23	Gary	437	–	21
24	Johnny	432	↓2	70
25	Ronald	432	↓1	24
26	Steven	412	↑4	10
27	Jerry	387	↑2	37
28	Jimmy	377	↓2	71
29	Bobby	371	↑3	76
30	Randy	371	↓2	33
31	George	365	↓6	31
32	Jeffery	359	↑9	50
33	Christopher	341	↑7	26
34	Danny	330	↓3	54
35	Paul	289	↑7	18
36	Keith	283	↑8	35
37	Billy	277	↓3	68
38	Edward	276	↓1	29
39	Dennis	272	↓6	34
40	Stephen	267	↑3	27
41	Ronnie	261	↓6	91
42	Eddie	253	↓6	>100
43	Steve	250	↓5	45
44	Walter	246	↑2	74
45	Douglas	236	new	28
46	Stanley	232	↑1	>100
47	Daniel	224	↑1	17
48	Henry	221	new	92
49	Curtis	220	new	75
50	Phillip	218	↓5	69

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