Most popular boys’ names in Georgia, 1929

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

RankNameBabies
1James2,211
2William1,384
3John1,263
4Robert1,183
5Willie1,081
6Charles819
7George612
8Thomas500
9Henry452
10Jack353
11Charlie350
12Joseph334
13Walter306
14Edward298
15Harold286
16Frank279
17Joe277
18Billy275
19Richard263
20David247
21Paul231
22Roy217
23Herbert215
24Clarence214
25Ralph202
RankNameBabies
26Albert201
27Eugene199
28Eddie198
28Johnnie198
30Bobby196
31Arthur189
32Fred183
33Raymond170
34Donald152
34Samuel152
36Ernest142
37Jimmie138
38Howard129
39Harry125
40Johnny124
40Marvin124
42Curtis123
43Leroy121
44Carl119
45Grady117
46Horace116
47Clifford115
48Herman111
49Jessie110
50Lewis109
51Andrew107
52Otis106
53Earl104
54Hubert102
55Marion101
56Jesse100
57Cecil99
57Earnest99
59Leon94
60Clyde91
61Bennie87
61Claude87
61Ray87
64Alfred86
65Oscar85
66Junior84
66Rufus84
68Benjamin83
68Daniel83
68Melvin83
71Leonard81
71Louis81
73Lee79
73Luther79
75Alvin78
75Homer78
77Calvin77
77Milton77
79Nathaniel75
80Floyd74
81Jimmy71
81Kenneth71
83Hugh69
83Lonnie69
85Tommie68
86Lawrence66
87Ben64
88Harvey63
88Lester63
90Freddie62
91Allen59
92Alton58
92Sam58
94Edgar57
94Vernon57
94Wallace57
97Morris54
98Bill53
98Edwin53
98Gene53