Popular baby names in Georgia, 1987

The most popular baby names in Georgia in 1987 were Jessica for girls (1,826 babies) and Christopher for boys (1,761). Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 84,749 babies born in Georgia in 1987 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Georgia in 1987

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: 37 babies, 22.2× the national rate
Chiquita: 33 babies, 5.7× the national rate
Bridgett: 26 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Lakesha: 20 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Shameka: 20 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Lakeshia: 23 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Latonya: 27 babies, 3.5× the national rate
India: 39 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Marquita: 26 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Lakeisha: 35 babies, 3× the national rate

Boys

Octavius: 31 babies, 12× the national rate
Jarvis: 75 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Demarcus: 52 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Demario: 34 babies, 5× the national rate
Jamaal: 30 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Demetrius: 73 babies, 4× the national rate
Antwan: 34 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Willie: 133 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Darius: 81 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Roderick: 54 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Georgia, 1987

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1986	US rank
1	Jessica	1,826	–	1
2	Ashley	1,670	–	2
3	Brittany	1,013	↑2	7
4	Amanda	999	↓1	3
5	Jennifer	831	↓1	4
6	Tiffany	686	–	18
7	Heather	605	–	9
8	Amber	549	↑2	15
9	Sarah	526	–	5
10	Lauren	498	↑3	16
11	Stephanie	490	–	6
12	Kimberly	480	↓4	23
13	Elizabeth	459	↓1	10
14	Whitney	437	↑2	32
15	Mary	395	–	37
16	Megan	375	↑3	12
17	Crystal	363	↓3	26
18	Rachel	360	–	17
19	Melissa	356	↑2	13
20	Samantha	340	↑3	11
21	Kayla	336	↑28	27
22	Courtney	324	↓5	33
23	Christina	318	↓1	20
24	Emily	317	↑1	19
25	Katherine	311	↑3	28
26	Rebecca	311	–	25
27	Erica	305	–	31
28	Laura	291	↓8	22
29	Danielle	277	↑3	14
30	Amy	268	↓6	24
31	Lindsey	263	↓1	41
32	Kelly	247	↓1	30
33	April	241	↓4	58
34	Kristen	233	↑1	42
35	Michelle	232	↑2	21
36	Nicole	232	–	8
37	Brittney	223	↓3	61
38	Katie	215	↑1	38
39	Allison	212	↑1	44
40	Erin	208	↓7	34
41	Anna	203	↓3	52
42	Victoria	197	↑5	50
43	Sara	193	↓2	29
44	Angela	192	↑1	35
45	Jamie	190	↓3	39
46	Kathryn	189	new	51
47	Shannon	181	↓4	45
48	Hannah	175	new	66
49	Andrea	171	new	36
50	Alicia	161	↓2	46

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1986	US rank
1	Christopher	1,761	–	2
2	Michael	1,449	–	1
3	Joshua	1,317	↑1	4
4	James	1,186	↓1	8
5	Matthew	1,126	–	3
6	William	1,055	–	15
7	Justin	1,046	↑4	9
8	Brandon	978	↓1	14
9	John	897	↓1	11
10	Robert	882	↓1	10
11	David	875	↓1	5
12	Andrew	783	↑3	6
13	Jonathan	713	↓1	18
14	Daniel	698	–	7
15	Joseph	673	↓2	12
16	Timothy	542	↑5	26
17	Thomas	526	↑1	24
18	Charles	525	↓2	35
19	Anthony	463	↑1	17
20	Jeremy	463	↓3	29
21	Brian	460	↑2	20
22	Kevin	452	–	19
23	Benjamin	447	↑6	28
24	Ryan	444	–	13
25	Jason	443	↓6	23
26	Richard	442	↑1	30
27	Nicholas	439	↓2	16
28	Steven	434	–	25
29	Eric	396	↓3	21
30	Stephen	363	–	38
31	Dustin	336	↑1	44
32	Zachary	336	↑4	33
33	Adam	329	↓2	27
34	Travis	327	↑3	42
35	Kenneth	286	↓2	53
36	Jacob	283	↑4	31
37	Kyle	277	↓3	22
38	Jeffrey	265	–	32
39	Gregory	263	↑2	47
40	Patrick	254	↓5	41
41	Samuel	248	↑3	50
42	Mark	243	–	36
43	Tyler	235	new	39
44	Antonio	233	↓1	72
45	Corey	213	↑1	57
46	Marcus	211	↓7	67
47	Bryan	209	↓2	51
48	Cody	204	new	49
49	Alexander	200	↓1	37
50	Aaron	197	new	34

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