Popular baby names in Georgia, 1988

The most popular baby names in Georgia in 1988 were Jessica for girls (1,634 babies) and Christopher for boys (1,730). Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 86,815 babies born in Georgia in 1988 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Georgia in 1988

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: 34 babies, 20.1× the national rate
Chiquita: 25 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Valencia: 25 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Laquita: 22 babies, 5× the national rate
Lashonda: 25 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Shameka: 25 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Lakeshia: 21 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Octavia: 35 babies, 3.7× the national rate
India: 39 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Kenya: 21 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Dontavious: 26 babies, 22.7× the national rate
Octavius: 26 babies, 11.5× the national rate
Darrius: 27 babies, 6.3× the national rate
Jarvis: 89 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Demario: 38 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Jody: 28 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Quinton: 53 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Darius: 93 babies, 4× the national rate
Roderick: 55 babies, 4× the national rate
Demarcus: 42 babies, 3.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Georgia, 1988

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1987	US rank
1	Jessica	1,634	–	1
2	Ashley	1,565	–	2
3	Brittany	1,159	–	6
4	Amanda	979	–	3
5	Tiffany	741	↑1	13
6	Jennifer	708	↓1	5
7	Sarah	655	↑2	4
8	Lauren	635	↑2	11
9	Amber	619	↓1	15
10	Heather	604	↓3	14
11	Kimberly	478	↑1	25
12	Elizabeth	469	↑1	10
13	Courtney	458	↑9	24
14	Kayla	450	↑7	20
15	Stephanie	450	↓4	7
16	Megan	431	–	12
17	Whitney	369	↓3	39
18	Samantha	367	↑2	8
19	Emily	356	↑5	18
20	Mary	346	↓5	34
21	Jasmine	333	new	53
22	Rachel	330	↓4	19
23	Brittney	313	↑14	52
24	Laura	311	↑4	23
25	Crystal	310	↓8	28
26	Melissa	304	↓7	16
27	Rebecca	302	↓1	26
28	Katherine	301	↓3	27
29	Christina	296	↓6	22
30	Erica	284	↓3	31
31	Anna	275	↑10	54
32	Danielle	270	↓3	17
33	Kristen	261	↑1	36
34	April	248	↓1	65
35	Victoria	241	↑7	42
36	Hannah	239	↑12	61
37	Lindsey	224	↓6	48
38	Kelly	223	↓6	32
39	Nicole	216	↓3	9
40	Erin	209	–	37
41	Katie	209	↓3	40
42	Amy	208	↓12	29
43	Michelle	201	↓8	21
44	Allison	196	↓5	46
45	Chelsea	196	new	33
46	Sara	183	↓3	30
47	Angela	175	↓3	38
48	Kathryn	174	↓2	55
49	Kristin	163	new	58
50	Jamie	162	↓5	45

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1987	US rank
1	Christopher	1,730	–	2
2	Joshua	1,511	↑1	4
3	Michael	1,440	↓1	1
4	Matthew	1,172	↑1	3
5	James	1,155	↓1	9
6	Justin	1,118	↑1	7
7	William	1,075	↓1	16
8	Brandon	958	–	17
9	Robert	897	↑1	10
10	David	857	↑1	6
11	John	852	↓2	11
12	Andrew	718	–	5
13	Jonathan	710	–	15
14	Daniel	685	–	8
15	Joseph	683	–	12
16	Nicholas	506	↑11	14
17	Charles	489	↑1	37
18	Timothy	476	↓2	25
19	Thomas	474	↓2	23
20	Anthony	456	↓1	18
21	Kevin	455	↑1	20
22	Benjamin	448	↑1	30
23	Jeremy	430	↓3	35
24	Ryan	430	–	13
25	Steven	427	↑3	24
26	Stephen	416	↑4	40
27	Zachary	409	↑5	29
28	Brian	402	↓7	22
29	Eric	385	–	19
30	Richard	373	↓4	32
31	Jacob	351	↑5	28
32	Jason	326	↓7	27
33	Adam	318	–	26
34	Travis	313	–	41
35	Kyle	312	↑2	21
36	Cody	291	↑12	43
37	Dustin	291	↓6	48
38	Kenneth	286	↓3	51
39	Patrick	280	↑1	42
40	Corey	261	↑5	56
41	Tyler	257	↑2	33
42	Samuel	248	↓1	45
43	Alexander	246	↑6	34
44	Jeffrey	246	↓6	36
45	Gregory	245	↓6	50
46	Aaron	236	↑4	31
47	Marcus	230	↓1	66
48	Antonio	229	↓4	72
49	Mark	207	↓7	39
50	Bradley	195	new	57

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