Baby names in Georgia in the 1910s

In Georgia in the 1910s the most given names were James (16,138 boys) and Mary (15,843 girls), of 466,246 births recorded.

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Babies SSA recorded in Georgia each year, the 1910s shaded

Births under names given to 5 or more babies of one sex in the state that year.

Georgia, 1910-1919: SSA state baby-name file, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s state data.

The top names in Georgia, 1910s

Girls, 1910-1919
#	Name	Births
1	Mary	15,843
2	Annie	7,852
3	Ruby	4,915
4	Willie	4,627
5	Louise	4,070
6	Mattie	3,907
7	Ruth	3,751
8	Frances	3,401
9	Mildred	3,296
10	Elizabeth	3,295
11	Margaret	3,139
12	Dorothy	3,098
13	Martha	2,939
14	Lillie	2,928
15	Sarah	2,890
16	Ethel	2,656
17	Gladys	2,524
18	Helen	2,468
19	Evelyn	2,423
20	Thelma	2,398

Boys, 1910-1919
#	Name	Births
1	James	16,138
2	John	12,423
3	William	10,775
4	Willie	8,484
5	Robert	7,627
6	George	5,660
7	Henry	4,139
8	Charles	4,014
9	Thomas	3,981
10	Charlie	3,383
11	Joseph	3,022
12	Walter	2,728
13	Frank	2,645
14	Joe	2,330
15	Edward	2,101
16	Albert	2,039
17	Jack	1,838
18	Clarence	1,752
19	Fred	1,742
20	Arthur	1,704

Births summed over 1910-1919, per sex.

The names most over-represented in Georgia in the 1910s

Each figure is the name’s births in the state in the decade against the births its national share, year by year, would predict (names with at least 100 births in the state).

Girls

Myrtice · 13.5×Florrie · 10.1×Clifford · 9.9×Ossie · 8.9×Charlie · 7.3×Clyde · 6.7×

Boys

Felton · 9.8×Lucious · 8.5×Hoyt · 7.2×Lucius · 6.9×Lamar · 6.6×Dorsey · 5.8×

Ratios: observed over predicted births, 1910-1919.

More about names in Georgia

The 1910s across the U.S.The most given names of the decade nationally.
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