Most popular boys’ names in Georgia, 1956

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	James	2,593
2	Michael	1,786
3	William	1,689
4	Robert	1,665
5	David	1,559
6	John	1,523
7	Charles	1,238
8	Richard	961
9	Larry	905
10	Willie	840
11	Kenneth	768
12	Thomas	753
13	Gary	620
14	Donald	582
15	Joseph	580
16	Ronald	568
17	Johnny	559
18	Mark	534
19	Gregory	530
20	Terry	519
21	Jerry	517
22	George	490
22	Randy	490
24	Ricky	462
25	Steven	438

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Timothy	432
27	Anthony	431
28	Bobby	402
29	Jimmy	394
30	Dennis	386
31	Danny	379
32	Stephen	373
33	Eddie	353
34	Ronnie	340
35	Edward	336
36	Walter	317
37	Billy	308
38	Paul	301
39	Tony	300
40	Daniel	284
41	Stanley	279
42	Henry	259
43	Roger	248
44	Wayne	242
45	Curtis	239
46	Phillip	236
46	Tommy	236
48	Frank	233
49	Steve	229
50	Calvin	226
51	Roy	221
52	Douglas	220
52	Harold	220
54	Raymond	218
55	Carl	217
56	Samuel	213
57	Charlie	212
58	Joe	211
59	Melvin	209
60	Randall	207
61	Jeffrey	197
62	Bruce	195
63	Marvin	192
64	Keith	191
65	Arthur	183
66	Rickey	172
67	Alan	169
68	Micheal	168
68	Ralph	168
70	Albert	165
71	Jack	164
72	Jerome	160
73	Freddie	151
74	Gerald	150
75	Jeffery	149
76	Barry	146
77	Alvin	145
77	Andrew	145
79	Eugene	142
79	Rodney	142
81	Allen	134
81	Donnie	134
83	Darrell	133
83	Glenn	133
85	Christopher	128
86	Ernest	127
87	Benjamin	123
87	Clarence	123
87	Harry	123
87	Russell	123
91	Ray	122
92	Alfred	110
92	Leon	110
94	Lee	108
95	Clifford	107
95	Joel	107
97	Earl	106
98	Mike	104
99	Jesse	103
99	Leroy	103