Popular baby names in Georgia, 1962

The most popular baby names in Georgia in 1962 were Mary for girls (1,020 babies) and James for boys (1,990). Mary ranked #2 nationally for girls. James ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 90,571 babies born in Georgia in 1962 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Georgia in 1962

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

Girls

Harriett: 31 babies, 10.7× the national rate
Johnnie: 40 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Annie: 159 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Willie: 54 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Angelia: 68 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Mattie: 33 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Alesia: 38 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Felecia: 35 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Bridgett: 23 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Bessie: 27 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Boys

Emory: 28 babies, 10× the national rate
Lamar: 45 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Dexter: 66 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Horace: 50 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Terrell: 29 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Grady: 43 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Willie: 569 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Norris: 27 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Alphonso: 32 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Rufus: 27 babies, 4.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Georgia, 1962

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1961	US rank
1	Mary	1,020	–	2
2	Lisa	951	↑1	1
3	Cynthia	819	↑1	8
4	Donna	771	↓2	7
5	Linda	756	–	5
6	Angela	722	↑5	36
7	Patricia	692	↑1	6
8	Sandra	688	↑2	10
9	Brenda	686	↓3	12
10	Teresa	675	↓3	18
11	Deborah	661	↓2	9
12	Pamela	642	–	13
13	Sharon	634	↑1	17
14	Susan	617	↓1	3
15	Karen	594	↑1	4
16	Barbara	518	↓1	14
17	Tammy	493	↑2	23
18	Debra	469	↓1	15
19	Kathy	426	↓1	27
20	Janice	412	↑2	58
21	Wanda	391	↓1	77
22	Elizabeth	385	↑9	20
23	Tina	357	↑14	33
24	Kimberly	348	↑12	16
25	Rhonda	347	↑2	45
26	Sherry	346	↑6	48
27	Connie	338	↑6	51
28	Debbie	338	↓5	32
29	Cheryl	333	↓8	24
30	Robin	332	–	25
31	Cindy	325	↓3	34
32	Janet	310	↓7	35
33	Sheila	300	↑7	52
34	Nancy	298	↓8	19
35	Carolyn	297	↓6	46
36	Jennifer	289	↑11	41
37	Beverly	285	↓3	69
38	Laura	273	↑3	21
39	Carol	267	↓15	28
40	Gloria	257	↓2	90
41	Shirley	256	↑2	96
42	Betty	241	↓3	97
43	Jacqueline	236	↑3	44
44	Judy	234	↓2	63
45	Vickie	231	↓1	>100
46	Terri	230	↑2	54
47	Cathy	227	↓12	62
48	Lori	213	new	11
49	Martha	212	↑1	87
50	Julie	209	↓1	22

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1961	US rank
1	James	1,990	–	4
2	Michael	1,620	–	1
3	David	1,489	–	2
4	John	1,366	↑1	3
5	Robert	1,343	↓1	5
6	William	1,318	–	7
7	Charles	963	–	15
8	Kenneth	793	↑1	18
9	Mark	789	↓1	6
10	Gregory	685	↑1	21
11	Richard	666	↓1	8
12	Timothy	648	–	16
13	Anthony	623	–	24
14	Thomas	579	–	9
15	Willie	569	–	89
16	Gary	510	↑7	22
17	Joseph	500	↑2	13
18	Tony	499	↓1	52
19	Jeffrey	492	↓1	10
20	Terry	475	–	34
21	Ricky	463	↓5	50
22	Donald	438	–	23
23	Jerry	423	↑4	38
24	Johnny	411	–	69
25	Jeffery	409	↑7	45
26	Steven	400	–	12
27	Larry	395	↓6	31
28	Christopher	370	↑5	26
29	Bobby	361	–	78
30	Ronald	354	↓5	25
31	George	350	–	32
32	Randy	350	↓2	35
33	Jimmy	322	↓5	75
34	Scott	304	new	11
35	Paul	290	–	19
36	Stephen	283	↑4	28
37	Billy	277	–	71
38	Danny	275	↓4	54
39	Edward	269	↓1	29
40	Keith	269	↓4	36
41	Daniel	258	↑6	17
42	Douglas	258	↑3	27
43	Dennis	239	↓4	37
44	Eddie	237	↓2	>100
45	Tommy	234	new	>100
46	Ronnie	228	↓5	100
47	Stanley	227	↓1	>100
48	Steve	225	↓5	46
49	Kevin	224	new	14
50	Walter	222	↓6	79

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