Most popular boys’ names in Georgia, 1947

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	3,067
2	William	1,948
3	John	1,787
4	Robert	1,777
5	Charles	1,458
6	Larry	1,261
7	Willie	1,221
8	David	1,045
9	Thomas	838
10	Jerry	826
11	Richard	752
12	Johnny	706
13	George	685
14	Jimmy	684
15	Ronald	619
16	Michael	579
17	Bobby	573
18	Joseph	526
19	Donald	510
20	Henry	434
21	Kenneth	429
22	Gary	411
23	Eddie	393
24	Billy	388
25	Walter	381

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Edward	363
27	Ronnie	341
28	Joe	333
29	Tommy	316
30	Frank	314
31	Roy	313
32	Charlie	310
33	Paul	279
34	Danny	268
35	Arthur	255
36	Harold	254
37	Wayne	251
38	Terry	240
39	Jack	238
40	Raymond	228
41	Harry	224
42	Samuel	212
43	Dennis	210
44	Ralph	204
45	Ernest	198
46	Albert	197
47	Fred	192
48	Roger	189
49	Melvin	187
50	Clarence	185
51	Eugene	182
52	Douglas	179
53	Stephen	178
54	Steve	177
55	Daniel	176
56	Howard	172
57	Marvin	169
58	Herman	163
59	Carl	160
60	Johnnie	158
61	Leroy	154
62	Curtis	152
63	Jimmie	151
64	Jesse	149
65	Gerald	145
66	Freddie	140
66	Leon	140
68	Ray	139
69	Earl	138
70	Phillip	137
71	Calvin	132
72	Lewis	131
73	Leonard	116
74	Benjamin	109
75	Lawrence	108
75	Tony	108
77	Sammy	107
78	Jackie	106
79	Allen	105
79	Clifford	105
81	Andrew	103
81	Glenn	103
81	Stanley	103
84	Horace	102
85	Bennie	100
85	Mike	100
87	Marion	97
88	Cecil	95
89	Lamar	94
90	Donnie	92
90	Earnest	92
90	Franklin	92
90	Hugh	92
90	Lonnie	92
95	Alvin	91
95	Anthony	91
97	Grady	90
97	Herbert	90
97	Otis	90
100	Louis	88