Most popular boys’ names in Georgia, 1953

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,553
2	Robert	1,730
3	William	1,704
4	John	1,573
5	David	1,464
6	Charles	1,355
7	Michael	1,345
8	Larry	1,096
9	Willie	1,026
10	Richard	893
11	Thomas	786
12	Donald	629
13	Kenneth	609
14	Gary	607
15	Ronald	598
16	George	589
17	Johnny	581
18	Jerry	571
19	Joseph	542
20	Bobby	450
21	Jimmy	422
22	Terry	402
23	Danny	393
24	Dennis	383
25	Ronnie	365

Rank	Name	Babies
25	Steven	365
27	Henry	355
28	Edward	333
29	Paul	330
30	Eddie	323
31	Walter	317
32	Stephen	315
33	Randy	293
34	Billy	290
35	Roy	287
36	Gregory	281
37	Anthony	269
38	Daniel	263
39	Mark	257
40	Roger	256
41	Harold	250
42	Tommy	249
43	Ricky	238
44	Charlie	234
45	Wayne	233
46	Frank	228
46	Raymond	228
46	Timothy	228
49	Samuel	226
50	Arthur	224
51	Carl	218
52	Joe	217
53	Melvin	209
54	Stanley	208
55	Marvin	199
56	Calvin	195
56	Jack	195
58	Douglas	194
59	Steve	188
60	Phillip	186
61	Randall	178
62	Tony	176
63	Albert	173
63	Bruce	173
65	Ralph	168
66	Benjamin	161
67	Eugene	156
68	Curtis	155
69	Barry	148
70	Allen	146
70	Gerald	146
72	Andrew	145
73	Lawrence	143
74	Harry	142
75	Glenn	141
75	Jesse	141
77	Micheal	140
78	Freddie	139
79	Jerome	136
80	Donnie	134
81	Ernest	124
82	Alan	122
82	Howard	122
84	Clarence	120
84	Jeffrey	120
84	Leroy	120
87	Leon	118
88	Nathaniel	117
89	Alvin	113
90	Unknown	107
91	Philip	106
91	Rickey	106
93	Fred	105
94	Leonard	104
95	Alfred	103
95	Jimmie	103
97	Clifford	101
97	Earl	101
97	Lewis	101
100	Rodney	100