Popular baby names in Georgia, 1989

The most popular baby names in Georgia in 1989 were Brittany for girls (1,600 babies) and Christopher for boys (1,817). Brittany ranked #3 nationally for girls. Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 91,303 babies born in Georgia in 1989 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Georgia in 1989

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: 54 babies, 24.3× the national rate
Chiquita: 32 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Laquita: 26 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Valencia: 26 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Demetria: 23 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Whitley: 43 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Portia: 22 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Kierra: 43 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Chasity: 52 babies, 3.2× the national rate
India: 32 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Marquez: 31 babies, 9.5× the national rate
Jarvis: 110 babies, 7× the national rate
Demario: 41 babies, 5× the national rate
Demarcus: 52 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Chandler: 33 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Dexter: 72 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Carlton: 46 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Rico: 27 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Quinton: 64 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Darius: 133 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Georgia, 1989

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1988	US rank
1	Brittany	1,600	↑2	3
2	Ashley	1,591	–	2
3	Jessica	1,474	↓2	1
4	Amanda	842	–	4
5	Tiffany	667	–	16
6	Lauren	648	↑2	9
7	Amber	641	↑2	14
8	Sarah	609	↓1	5
9	Jennifer	580	↓3	7
10	Kayla	560	↑4	20
11	Jasmine	533	↑10	30
12	Heather	531	↓2	15
13	Courtney	518	–	21
14	Megan	482	↑2	11
15	Elizabeth	471	↓3	10
16	Stephanie	437	↓1	8
17	Samantha	428	↑1	6
18	Kimberly	415	↓7	28
19	Emily	399	–	13
20	Mary	364	–	38
21	Brittney	331	↑2	41
22	Katherine	329	↑6	26
23	Hannah	326	↑13	42
24	Rebecca	325	↑3	24
25	Whitney	324	↓8	57
26	Rachel	323	↓4	18
27	Christina	294	↑2	23
28	Chelsea	290	↑17	27
29	Erica	288	↑1	34
30	Melissa	286	↓4	19
31	Crystal	270	↓6	32
32	Kristen	267	↑1	36
33	Danielle	262	↓1	17
34	Anna	258	↓3	51
35	Victoria	255	–	44
36	Lindsey	242	↑1	48
37	Laura	240	↓13	25
38	Katie	224	↑3	45
39	Kelly	217	↓1	37
40	Amy	202	↑2	35
41	Michelle	198	↑2	22
42	Nicole	195	↓3	12
43	Kristin	190	↑6	60
44	April	189	↓10	66
45	Allison	185	↓1	46
46	Erin	173	↓6	40
47	Sara	169	↓1	29
48	Alicia	167	new	53
49	Kiara	166	new	>100
50	Kathryn	163	↓2	58

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1988	US rank
1	Christopher	1,817	–	2
2	Joshua	1,509	–	4
3	Michael	1,490	–	1
4	James	1,218	↑1	9
5	Justin	1,164	↑1	8
6	Matthew	1,103	↓2	3
7	William	1,062	–	15
8	Brandon	970	–	18
9	John	934	↑2	12
10	David	911	–	5
11	Robert	906	↓2	10
12	Andrew	787	–	7
13	Joseph	714	↑2	11
14	Jonathan	688	↓1	17
15	Daniel	653	↓1	6
16	Nicholas	580	–	14
17	Thomas	529	↑2	23
18	Timothy	510	–	28
19	Zachary	491	↑8	25
20	Anthony	490	–	16
21	Charles	477	↓4	36
22	Jeremy	474	↑1	34
23	Benjamin	457	↓1	29
24	Kevin	455	↓3	19
25	Steven	450	–	22
26	Ryan	435	↓2	13
27	Jacob	414	↑4	26
28	Stephen	409	↓2	40
29	Richard	396	↑1	33
30	Eric	379	↓1	21
31	Dustin	351	↑6	48
32	Brian	347	↓4	24
33	Kyle	342	↑2	20
34	Travis	330	–	41
35	Patrick	327	↑4	38
36	Adam	320	↓3	27
37	Kenneth	314	↑1	53
38	Tyler	311	↑3	30
39	Corey	301	↑1	55
40	Jason	285	↓8	35
41	Cody	280	↓5	45
42	Aaron	269	↑4	31
43	Samuel	263	↓1	47
44	Jeffrey	261	–	37
45	Marcus	250	↑2	67
46	Alexander	248	↓3	32
47	Jordan	246	new	44
48	Gregory	240	↓3	52
49	Bradley	221	↑1	58
50	Jesse	217	new	50

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