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Baby names in Georgia in the 1930s

In Georgia in the 1930s the most given names were James (22,204 boys) and Mary (21,338 girls), of 588,288 births recorded.

Babies SSA recorded in Georgia each year, the 1930s shaded
Georgia births by year and sex20k40k60k80k19101930195019701990201020251930-1939BoysGirls
Georgia births by year and sex20k40k60k80k19101930195019701990201020251930-1939BoysGirls
Georgia births by year and sex20k40k60k80k19101930195019701990201020251930-1939BoysGirls
Georgia births by year and sex20k40k60k80k19101950199020251930-1939BoysGirls

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

Georgia, 1930-1939: SSA state baby-name file, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s state data.

The top names in Georgia, 1930s

Girls, 1930-1939
#NameBirths
1Mary21,338
2Betty15,022
3Dorothy7,495
4Annie7,180
5Barbara6,936
6Martha5,286
7Shirley4,676
8Margaret3,865
9Frances3,736
10Ruby3,483
11Helen3,460
12Doris3,392
13Willie3,358
14Mildred3,289
15Sarah3,268
16Elizabeth3,217
17Carolyn3,098
18Evelyn3,048
19Virginia2,915
20Louise2,853
Boys, 1930-1939
#NameBirths
1James22,204
2William13,651
3Robert12,514
4John12,343
5Willie10,651
6Charles10,078
7George5,713
8Bobby5,159
9Thomas5,064
10Billy4,434
11Henry3,836
12Joe3,299
13Joseph3,272
14Richard3,133
15Walter3,132
16Donald3,087
17Charlie3,083
18Edward2,991
19Jack2,989
20Eugene2,930

Births summed over 1930-1939, per sex.

The names most over-represented in Georgia in the 1930s

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, 1930-1939.

More about names in Georgia

  1. The 1930s 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 1940sThe next decade in the state.
  4. The top names of 1930The 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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