Most popular boys’ names in Georgia, 1944

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,721
2	John	1,619
3	William	1,567
4	Robert	1,536
5	Charles	1,299
6	Willie	1,152
7	Larry	716
8	George	667
9	David	656
10	Jerry	643
11	Thomas	630
12	Richard	533
13	Johnny	510
14	Jimmy	486
15	Joseph	440
16	Bobby	436
17	Donald	429
18	Henry	386
19	Walter	351
20	Billy	346
20	Ronald	346
22	Kenneth	326
23	Edward	318
24	Eddie	302
25	Michael	297

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Charlie	288
27	Roy	286
28	Joe	285
29	Frank	252
30	Tommy	248
31	Harold	247
32	Jack	239
33	Arthur	232
33	Paul	232
35	Gary	221
36	Ralph	209
37	Albert	208
38	Eugene	206
39	Raymond	195
40	Douglas	187
40	Harry	187
40	Wayne	187
43	Samuel	178
44	Jimmie	164
45	Clarence	162
46	Fred	158
47	Gerald	157
48	Roger	156
49	Marvin	151
49	Ronnie	151
51	Carl	149
52	Ernest	142
53	Leroy	140
54	Freddie	135
55	Curtis	133
56	Earl	129
57	Melvin	127
58	Daniel	124
58	Howard	124
58	Terry	124
61	Johnnie	119
62	Clifford	118
62	Jesse	118
64	Herman	116
65	Lewis	114
66	Cecil	113
66	Franklin	113
68	Dennis	111
69	Lee	107
70	Herbert	106
71	Ray	105
72	Danny	101
73	Bennie	98
74	Marion	96
75	Jackie	94
75	Lawrence	94
77	Benjamin	92
77	Leon	92
77	Nathaniel	92
80	Andrew	90
81	Horace	89
81	Lonnie	89
83	Calvin	88
84	Allen	86
84	Otis	86
86	Jessie	84
87	Grady	83
87	Hubert	83
89	Earnest	80
90	Clyde	79
90	Hugh	79
90	Leonard	79
93	Alvin	78
94	Alfred	75
95	Harvey	74
96	Phillip	73
97	Milton	70
97	Rufus	70
99	Russell	69
100	Norman	68