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Baby names in Georgia, 1920s

1920–1929 · 629,732 recorded births

James was the most common name given in Georgia across the 1920s, with 24,410 births in the decade. The state recorded 629,732 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Georgia in the 1920s

Names given far more often here than nationally in these years. The multiplier is conservative — it is the low end of the plausible range, so a name carried by a handful of births does not outrank one carried by hundreds.

NameBirthsvs national
Montine9817×
Myrtice61616×
Weyman7315×
Wylene8615×
Render1114×
Eschol2714×
Ulysee5213×
Hardwick1013×

Top 25 in the 1920s

RankNameBirths
#1James24,410
#2Mary24,292
#3Willie16,489
#4William15,731
#5John15,548
#6Robert12,027
#7Annie9,475
#8Dorothy8,985
#9Charles7,456
#10George7,387
#11Thomas5,625
#12Mildred5,565
#13Louise5,378
#14Ruby5,340
#15Henry5,233
#16Frances5,154
#17Margaret5,152
#18Betty5,064
#19Martha5,047
#20Charlie4,537
#21Helen4,532
#22Elizabeth4,322
#23Doris4,264
#24Mattie4,193
#25Sarah4,115

Other decades in Georgia

All Georgia names, 2025

Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. State records begin in 1910. Names given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year are withheld at source. namelegacy.org