Most popular boys’ names in Georgia, 1940

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,414
2	William	1,415
3	Robert	1,345
4	John	1,279
5	Charles	1,062
6	Willie	1,030
7	Thomas	586
8	George	576
9	Bobby	535
10	Jerry	487
11	David	424
12	Jimmy	414
13	Donald	407
14	Richard	398
15	Henry	395
16	Billy	374
17	Joseph	361
18	Joe	344
19	Johnny	325
20	Larry	322
21	Walter	305
22	Roy	287
23	Charlie	286
24	Edward	283
25	Eugene	273

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Harold	255
27	Frank	237
28	Jack	230
29	Albert	220
30	Kenneth	216
31	Eddie	215
31	Ronald	215
33	Paul	212
34	Ralph	196
35	Tommy	195
36	Arthur	184
37	Johnnie	170
37	Raymond	170
39	Clarence	167
40	Melvin	155
41	Fred	154
42	Jimmie	152
43	Ernest	151
44	Marvin	146
45	Harry	145
46	Samuel	138
47	Howard	130
48	Leroy	127
48	Wayne	127
50	Franklin	125
51	Curtis	123
52	Gerald	117
53	Carl	116
53	Lewis	116
55	Earl	113
56	Jesse	112
57	Daniel	107
58	Gene	106
59	Ray	104
60	Herbert	103
61	Horace	102
62	Grady	101
63	Cecil	100
64	Marion	99
65	Freddie	98
66	Benjamin	97
67	Douglas	95
68	Hugh	94
69	Jessie	91
70	Herman	89
71	Andrew	88
72	Clifford	87
72	Nathaniel	87
74	Gary	86
75	Alvin	85
76	Bennie	83
76	Jackie	83
78	Leonard	82
79	Calvin	81
79	Lee	81
79	Rufus	81
82	Clyde	80
83	Michael	77
84	Leon	76
85	Homer	74
85	Otis	74
87	Alfred	72
87	Lester	72
89	Lawrence	71
89	Norman	71
89	Tommie	71
89	Wendell	71
93	Earnest	70
93	Louis	70
93	Luther	70
93	Milton	70
97	Roger	68
98	Hubert	67
99	Allen	64
99	Joel	64