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Baby names in Georgia in the 1950s

In Georgia in the 1950s the most given names were James (25,284 boys) and Mary (16,808 girls), of 921,773 births recorded.

Babies SSA recorded in Georgia each year, the 1950s shaded
Georgia births by year and sex20k40k60k80k19101930195019701990201020251950-1959BoysGirls
Georgia births by year and sex20k40k60k80k19101930195019701990201020251950-1959BoysGirls
Georgia births by year and sex20k40k60k80k19101930195019701990201020251950-1959BoysGirls
Georgia births by year and sex20k40k60k80k19101950199020251950-1959BoysGirls

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

Georgia, 1950-1959: SSA state baby-name file, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s state data.

The top names in Georgia, 1950s

Girls, 1950-1959
#NameBirths
1Mary16,808
2Linda13,452
3Patricia11,771
4Deborah11,524
5Brenda9,960
6Barbara8,435
7Susan6,957
8Sandra6,926
9Debra6,925
10Cynthia6,242
11Betty5,957
12Donna5,924
13Shirley5,764
14Pamela5,474
15Janice5,161
16Nancy5,081
17Carolyn5,023
18Kathy4,992
19Sharon4,873
20Judy4,671
Boys, 1950-1959
#NameBirths
1James25,284
2William16,489
3Robert16,335
4John15,572
5David14,485
6Michael14,470
7Charles12,558
8Larry9,771
9Willie9,157
10Richard8,573
11Thomas7,842
12Kenneth6,745
13Donald5,887
14Ronald5,709
15Gary5,700
16Jerry5,602
17Johnny5,597
18Joseph5,397
19George5,226
20Terry4,431

Births summed over 1950-1959, per sex.

The names most over-represented in Georgia in the 1950s

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, 1950-1959.

More about names in Georgia

  1. The 1950s 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 1960sThe next decade in the state.
  4. The top names of 1950The 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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