Most popular boys’ names in Georgia, 1942

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,782
2	William	1,572
3	Robert	1,507
4	John	1,419
5	Charles	1,203
6	Willie	1,198
7	Thomas	675
8	George	629
9	Larry	598
10	Jerry	597
11	Bobby	543
12	David	514
13	Jimmy	494
14	Henry	450
15	Douglas	410
16	Richard	403
17	Joseph	401
18	Billy	399
19	Johnny	384
20	Edward	368
21	Donald	363
22	Ronald	341
23	Walter	334
24	Joe	314
25	Charlie	296

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Eddie	277
27	Roy	269
28	Kenneth	268
29	Tommy	235
30	Harold	232
31	Albert	226
32	Arthur	219
33	Frank	215
34	Paul	214
35	Jack	206
36	Raymond	204
37	Ralph	197
38	Samuel	184
39	Eugene	183
39	Wayne	183
41	Ernest	179
42	Clarence	176
42	Leroy	176
44	Michael	168
45	Fred	165
46	Melvin	160
47	Marvin	156
48	Harry	150
49	Curtis	149
50	Johnnie	146
51	Franklin	140
52	Gerald	137
52	Jimmie	137
54	Carl	134
55	Jesse	133
56	Earl	124
57	Howard	122
58	Lewis	118
59	Freddie	117
60	Benjamin	116
60	Daniel	116
62	Herman	115
63	Ray	114
64	Ronnie	112
65	Andrew	111
65	Horace	111
65	Leon	111
68	Bennie	106
69	Gary	99
70	Cecil	98
71	Gene	96
72	Marion	94
73	Hugh	93
73	Nathaniel	93
75	Grady	91
75	Otis	91
77	Alvin	90
77	Jessie	90
79	Allen	89
79	Clifford	89
81	Calvin	87
82	Harvey	86
82	Roger	86
84	Claude	85
85	Herbert	83
85	Leonard	83
87	Mack	82
88	Dennis	81
89	Lawrence	80
90	Louis	79
90	Oscar	79
90	Terry	79
93	Lonnie	78
94	Alfred	74
94	Lee	74
96	Benny	73
97	Earnest	71
98	Clyde	69
98	Jackie	69
100	Glenn	68
100	Tommie	68