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Baby names in Georgia in the 1920s

In Georgia in the 1920s the most given names were James (24,261 boys) and Mary (24,184 girls), of 629,509 births recorded.

Babies SSA recorded in Georgia each year, the 1920s shaded
Georgia births by year and sex20k40k60k80k19101930195019701990201020251920-1929BoysGirls
Georgia births by year and sex20k40k60k80k19101930195019701990201020251920-1929BoysGirls
Georgia births by year and sex20k40k60k80k19101930195019701990201020251920-1929BoysGirls
Georgia births by year and sex20k40k60k80k19101950199020251920-1929BoysGirls

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

Georgia, 1920-1929: SSA state baby-name file, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s state data.

The top names in Georgia, 1920s

Girls, 1920-1929
#NameBirths
1Mary24,184
2Annie9,430
3Dorothy8,970
4Mildred5,565
5Willie5,348
6Louise5,338
7Ruby5,302
8Margaret5,152
9Frances5,126
10Betty5,058
11Martha5,047
12Helen4,532
13Elizabeth4,316
14Doris4,204
15Mattie4,183
16Sarah4,110
17Ruth4,104
18Evelyn3,881
19Virginia3,595
20Gladys3,106
Boys, 1920-1929
#NameBirths
1James24,261
2William15,642
3John15,421
4Robert11,938
5Willie11,141
6Charles7,384
7George7,298
8Thomas5,598
9Henry5,164
10Charlie4,095
11Joseph4,037
12Walter3,601
13Jack3,277
14Edward3,242
15Frank3,140
16Joe2,717
17Roy2,490
18Harold2,457
19Albert2,373
20David2,349

Births summed over 1920-1929, per sex.

The names most over-represented in Georgia in the 1920s

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

Boys

Ratios: observed over predicted births, 1920-1929.

More about names in Georgia

  1. The 1920s across the U.S.The most given names of the decade nationally.
  2. Georgia: 2025 and every year since 1910The state’s top names now and its number ones by year.
  3. Georgia in the 1930sThe next decade in the state.
  4. The top names of 1920The first year of the decade, nationally.
  5. Every state’s most given namesEach state since 1910.
  6. Look up any nameIts rank, births since 1880 and the people alive with it.

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