Popular baby names in Georgia, 1986

The most popular baby names in Georgia in 1986 were Jessica for girls (1,608 babies) and Christopher for boys (1,815). Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 81,867 babies born in Georgia in 1986 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Georgia in 1986

Names given at least 15 times in Georgia that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Ansley: 19 babies, 19.2× the national rate
Chiquita: 54 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Shaquita: 25 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Latonya: 45 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Shameka: 29 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Sharonda: 20 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Valencia: 20 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Lashonda: 24 babies, 3.8× the national rate
India: 48 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Santana: 30 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Jarvis: 74 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Demarcus: 48 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Rashad: 50 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Demario: 26 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Cedric: 73 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Cornelius: 39 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Demetrius: 74 babies, 4× the national rate
Cecil: 26 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Carlton: 34 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Antwan: 32 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Georgia, 1986

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1985	US rank
1	Jessica	1,608	↑1	1
2	Ashley	1,596	↓1	2
3	Amanda	1,039	–	3
4	Jennifer	883	–	4
5	Brittany	882	–	8
6	Tiffany	613	↑2	17
7	Heather	569	–	9
8	Kimberly	560	↓2	18
9	Sarah	552	↑3	5
10	Amber	524	↑3	13
11	Stephanie	492	↓2	6
12	Elizabeth	465	↓1	10
13	Lauren	451	↑1	14
14	Crystal	408	↓4	25
15	Mary	365	↑2	37
16	Whitney	363	↑29	32
17	Courtney	342	↑14	35
18	Rachel	342	↑2	15
19	Megan	337	–	11
20	Laura	329	↓5	20
21	Melissa	315	↓5	12
22	Christina	313	↓4	19
23	Samantha	301	↑10	21
24	Amy	298	↓1	22
25	Emily	298	↓1	24
26	Rebecca	291	↓4	26
27	Erica	289	–	31
28	Katherine	278	–	28
29	April	259	↓8	53
30	Lindsey	249	–	39
31	Kelly	247	↓5	29
32	Danielle	246	↑4	16
33	Erin	235	↓8	30
34	Brittney	224	new	65
35	Kristen	222	↑12	41
36	Nicole	220	↓7	7
37	Michelle	214	–	23
38	Anna	212	↑2	51
39	Katie	211	↑2	38
40	Allison	203	↑3	42
41	Sara	198	↑9	27
42	Jamie	192	↓10	34
43	Shannon	188	↓1	44
44	Brandi	184	↓10	79
45	Angela	181	↓10	33
46	Brandy	175	↓7	84
47	Victoria	171	↑2	54
48	Alicia	170	↓2	45
49	Kayla	170	new	64
50	Holly	158	new	63

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1985	US rank
1	Christopher	1,815	–	2
2	Michael	1,431	–	1
3	James	1,223	↑1	7
4	Joshua	1,169	↓1	4
5	Matthew	1,082	↑2	3
6	William	1,052	–	15
7	Brandon	977	↓2	13
8	John	923	–	10
9	Robert	908	↑1	9
10	David	896	↓1	5
11	Justin	811	↑2	14
12	Jonathan	764	↓1	16
13	Joseph	728	↑1	12
14	Daniel	703	↓2	6
15	Andrew	679	↑1	8
16	Charles	559	↑1	34
17	Jeremy	534	↑7	28
18	Thomas	511	↑2	26
19	Jason	499	↓4	18
20	Anthony	479	↑1	19
21	Timothy	469	↓2	27
22	Kevin	467	↑4	21
23	Brian	448	↓5	20
24	Ryan	440	↑1	11
25	Nicholas	403	↑3	17
26	Eric	394	↑1	22
27	Richard	385	↓5	29
28	Steven	383	↓5	25
29	Benjamin	359	↑3	30
30	Stephen	348	↓1	36
31	Adam	347	–	24
32	Dustin	346	↑3	42
33	Kenneth	320	↓3	50
34	Kyle	316	↑5	23
35	Patrick	289	↓2	39
36	Zachary	277	↑2	38
37	Travis	268	↓3	49
38	Jeffrey	260	↓2	32
39	Marcus	259	↓2	63
40	Jacob	252	↑1	31
41	Gregory	250	↑1	46
42	Mark	232	↓2	35
43	Antonio	220	–	73
44	Samuel	217	–	52
45	Bryan	200	–	47
46	Corey	197	↑1	62
47	Jesse	196	new	48
48	Alexander	189	new	41
49	Paul	182	↓1	45
50	Bradley	181	new	54

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