Popular baby names in Georgia, 1990

The most popular baby names in Georgia in 1990 were Ashley for girls (1,548 babies) and Christopher for boys (1,720). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 92,828 babies born in Georgia in 1990 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Georgia in 1990

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: 61 babies, 27.4× the national rate
Iesha: 32 babies, 5× the national rate
Whitley: 41 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Jalisa: 48 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Kierra: 49 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Kiera: 35 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Martika: 22 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Chasity: 51 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Precious: 38 babies, 3.1× the national rate
India: 35 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Dontavious: 26 babies, 17.5× the national rate
Marquez: 29 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Jarvis: 81 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Deonte: 36 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Demarcus: 52 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Antwan: 35 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Demetrius: 85 babies, 4× the national rate
Rashad: 64 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Kendrick: 68 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Cornelius: 37 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Georgia, 1990

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1989	US rank
1	Ashley	1,548	↑1	2
2	Brittany	1,465	↓1	3
3	Jessica	1,447	–	1
4	Amanda	765	–	4
5	Amber	626	↑2	15
6	Kayla	618	↑4	14
7	Sarah	617	↑1	6
8	Courtney	611	↑5	17
9	Lauren	595	↓3	10
10	Jasmine	587	↑1	28
11	Jennifer	542	↓2	8
12	Tiffany	534	↓7	23
13	Megan	518	↑1	11
14	Heather	479	↓2	19
15	Elizabeth	477	–	9
16	Stephanie	475	–	7
17	Emily	453	↑2	12
18	Samantha	419	↓1	5
19	Hannah	407	↑4	30
20	Rachel	393	↑6	16
21	Chelsea	371	↑7	24
22	Mary	359	↓2	35
23	Katherine	354	↓1	26
24	Kimberly	352	↓6	31
25	Rebecca	333	↓1	21
26	Victoria	313	↑9	33
27	Anna	307	↑7	45
28	Brittney	307	↓7	44
29	Christina	279	↓2	25
30	Erica	269	↓1	36
31	Lindsey	262	↑5	51
32	Danielle	251	↑1	18
33	Whitney	246	↓8	60
34	Laura	244	↑3	29
35	Kristen	238	↓3	42
36	Melissa	238	↓6	20
37	Crystal	229	↓6	39
38	Morgan	229	new	58
39	Taylor	219	new	46
40	Katie	216	↓2	53
41	Michelle	213	–	22
42	Erin	211	↑4	43
43	Amy	210	↓3	38
44	Nicole	205	↓2	13
45	April	193	↓1	73
46	Jordan	193	new	59
47	Haley	186	new	>100
48	Kathryn	179	↑2	57
49	Kelly	179	↓10	41
50	Sara	178	↓3	34

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1989	US rank
1	Christopher	1,720	–	2
2	Joshua	1,523	–	4
3	Michael	1,461	–	1
4	James	1,225	–	8
5	William	1,156	↑2	16
6	Justin	1,093	↓1	9
7	Matthew	1,072	↓1	3
8	John	888	↑1	12
9	Brandon	857	↓1	19
10	David	818	–	6
11	Robert	809	–	13
12	Andrew	724	–	7
13	Jonathan	679	↑1	17
14	Joseph	677	↓1	10
15	Daniel	603	–	5
16	Nicholas	592	–	14
17	Jacob	543	↑10	20
18	Charles	511	↑3	38
19	Thomas	497	↓2	26
20	Zachary	495	↓1	22
21	Tyler	486	↑17	21
22	Anthony	485	↓2	15
23	Ryan	476	↑3	11
24	Timothy	470	↓6	30
25	Steven	430	–	25
26	Jeremy	427	↓4	40
27	Stephen	425	↑1	39
28	Kevin	406	↓4	23
29	Eric	398	↑1	24
30	Kyle	396	↑3	18
31	Benjamin	387	↓8	33
32	Richard	381	↓3	35
33	Cody	375	↑8	31
34	Brian	361	↓2	27
35	Alexander	320	↑11	28
36	Jordan	315	↑11	29
37	Kenneth	315	–	52
38	Patrick	305	↓3	36
39	Adam	303	↓3	32
40	Travis	296	↓6	42
41	Samuel	293	↑2	45
42	Dustin	285	↓11	50
43	Austin	261	new	55
44	Corey	261	↓5	56
45	Aaron	259	↓3	34
46	Gregory	248	↑2	51
47	Marcus	239	↓2	72
48	Jason	225	↓8	46
49	Taylor	224	new	64
50	Jeffrey	222	↓6	43

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