Recorded 1886–2021 Girls' name Peak 1946 3,558 births

Georgetta — girls' name

3,558 babies named Georgetta in U.S. Social Security records since 1886, with the highest year being 1946. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

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1940s
Peak decade

19% of everyone ever named Georgetta was born in this single decade.

1946
Single peak year

84 babies were named Georgetta in 1946 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Georgetta

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,558 babies named Georgetta between 1886 and 2021, spanning 136 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Georgetta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 1946, when 84 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Georgetta performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 684 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Georgetta shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 380 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and Kentucky. In total, SSA state-level files list Georgetta in 15 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Georgetta in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 3,558 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Georgetta at a glance

Last recorded 2021

Total births

3,558

Since 1886

136 years of records

Peak year

1946

84 births that year

Strongest decade: 1940s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2021

Active since

1886

Recorded for 136 years

Last year on file: 2021

Georgetta popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–1886

Last recorded 2021
Peak year (1946)
84
Annual births at peak — across 136 years of records
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Georgetta by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1940s
Peak decade
1940s
684 births that decade — 19% of Georgetta's all-time total
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Georgetta by state

Where Georgetta concentrates geographically — total births since 1886

Geographically diffuse
Top 8 states by recorded births for the name Georgetta
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Pennsylvania
380 10.7%
#2 Ohio
164 4.6%
#3 Kentucky
137 3.9%
#4 Indiana
89 2.5%
#5 Illinois
65 1.8%
#6 California
61 1.7%
#7 Texas
28 0.8%
#8 Michigan
22 0.6%
Pennsylvania share of Georgetta's total US births 10.7%
Even split

380 of 3,558 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 15 reporting states.

Georgetta appears in 15 states. Explore state details →

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Georgetta?
3,558 babies have been named Georgetta since 1886. It was last recorded in 2021. The peak year was 1946 with 84 births.
When was Georgetta most popular?
Georgetta was most popular in the 1940s decade with 684 total births. The single peak year was 1946.
Where is Georgetta most popular?
The top states for the name Georgetta are Pennsylvania (380 births), Ohio (164 births), Kentucky (137 births).
How long has the name Georgetta been used?
Georgetta has been recorded in Social Security data since 1886, spanning 136 years of data through 2021.
What names are similar to Georgetta?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Georgia, Georgina, Georgette, Georgie, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1886–2021 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.