Most popular boys’ names in Georgia, 1939

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,253
2	William	1,369
3	John	1,293
4	Robert	1,292
5	Charles	1,088
6	Willie	1,068
7	George	601
8	Bobby	582
9	Thomas	575
10	Jerry	459
11	Richard	394
12	David	392
13	Henry	390
14	Billy	378
15	Donald	375
16	Joe	353
17	Jimmy	337
17	Joseph	337
19	Walter	327
20	Charlie	304
21	Edward	303
22	Larry	270
23	Harold	267
24	Johnny	255
25	Jack	252

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Kenneth	251
27	Frank	239
28	Eugene	236
29	Eddie	224
30	Roy	220
31	Paul	207
32	Ralph	199
33	Arthur	197
34	Albert	187
35	Ronald	185
36	Raymond	179
37	Clarence	171
38	Samuel	163
39	Johnnie	160
40	Tommy	156
41	Carl	155
42	Marvin	154
43	Leroy	146
44	Ernest	145
44	Howard	145
46	Jimmie	142
47	Harry	139
48	Fred	138
49	Wayne	134
50	Curtis	127
51	Gerald	120
52	Earl	119
53	Freddie	118
54	Melvin	117
55	Jessie	108
56	Grady	107
56	Herman	107
58	Bennie	106
59	Jesse	105
60	Ray	104
61	Cecil	103
61	Herbert	103
61	Lewis	103
64	Daniel	100
64	Gene	100
66	Benjamin	98
67	Horace	97
68	Clifford	95
69	Otis	94
70	Marion	92
71	Nathaniel	90
72	Franklin	89
72	Roger	89
74	Calvin	82
75	Leon	81
76	Douglas	79
76	Earnest	79
76	Harvey	79
76	Louis	79
80	Andrew	78
80	Milton	78
82	Oscar	77
82	Roosevelt	77
84	Hugh	72
84	Lee	72
86	Leonard	71
87	Alvin	70
87	Luther	70
89	Rufus	69
90	Jackie	68
90	Lonnie	68
90	Michael	68
93	Norman	65
94	Edwin	64
95	Alton	63
96	Allen	62
96	Hubert	62
96	Joel	62
99	Homer	61
99	Lawrence	61
99	Tommie	61