Popular baby names in Georgia, 1991

The most popular baby names in Georgia in 1991 were Ashley for girls (1,471 babies) and Christopher for boys (1,583). Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 90,509 babies born in Georgia in 1991 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Georgia in 1991

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, 22.4× the national rate
Chiquita: 26 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Tiesha: 26 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Valencia: 24 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Ieshia: 30 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Marquita: 24 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Shanequa: 26 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Kierra: 49 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Macy: 43 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Kenya: 29 babies, 3.5× the national rate

Boys

Dontavious: 49 babies, 20.6× the national rate
Octavius: 29 babies, 9.6× the national rate
Demario: 32 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Jarvis: 69 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Demarcus: 59 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Cornelius: 42 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Deonte: 35 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Tracy: 33 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Antwan: 31 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Dexter: 49 babies, 3.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Georgia, 1991

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1990	US rank
1	Ashley	1,471	–	1
2	Jessica	1,253	↑1	2
3	Brittany	1,125	↓1	3
4	Kayla	662	↑2	12
5	Jasmine	633	↑5	24
6	Amber	620	↓1	16
7	Amanda	613	↓3	4
8	Sarah	580	↓1	6
9	Lauren	544	–	13
10	Courtney	536	↓2	19
11	Elizabeth	510	↑4	9
12	Megan	469	↑1	11
13	Emily	455	↑4	10
14	Tiffany	454	↓2	27
15	Jennifer	437	↓4	8
16	Heather	412	↓2	23
17	Rachel	407	↑3	14
18	Samantha	401	–	5
19	Hannah	386	–	29
20	Mary	378	↑2	38
21	Taylor	373	↑18	32
22	Victoria	371	↑4	28
23	Chelsea	357	↓2	18
24	Stephanie	353	↓8	7
25	Katherine	344	↓2	25
26	Kimberly	331	↓2	34
27	Rebecca	316	↓2	21
28	Morgan	288	↑10	49
29	Whitney	250	↑4	68
30	Anna	247	↓3	46
31	Erica	245	↓1	40
32	Danielle	243	–	17
33	Shelby	240	new	33
34	Laura	239	–	35
35	Kristen	237	–	48
36	Christina	227	↓7	31
37	Haley	222	↑10	79
38	Lindsey	220	↓7	52
39	Kelsey	218	new	26
40	Crystal	214	↓3	41
41	Melissa	211	↓5	20
42	Katie	209	↓2	53
43	Brittney	203	↓15	58
44	Jordan	195	↑2	62
45	Nicole	193	↓1	15
46	Alexis	192	new	47
47	Erin	190	↓5	44
48	Allison	179	new	50
49	Sara	179	↑1	37
50	Ariel	174	new	66

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1990	US rank
1	Christopher	1,583	–	2
2	Michael	1,445	↑1	1
3	Joshua	1,409	↓1	4
4	James	1,102	–	7
5	William	1,089	–	19
6	Matthew	1,019	↑1	3
7	Brandon	922	↑2	15
8	Justin	910	↓2	14
9	John	892	↓1	10
10	Robert	858	↑1	13
11	David	746	↓1	8
12	Joseph	685	↑2	9
13	Andrew	663	↓1	5
14	Jonathan	610	↓1	20
15	Jacob	564	↑2	17
16	Tyler	557	↑5	16
17	Daniel	545	↓2	6
18	Nicholas	541	↓2	12
19	Zachary	506	↑1	22
20	Thomas	475	↓1	28
21	Cody	465	↑12	24
22	Charles	464	↓4	38
23	Anthony	461	↓1	18
24	Ryan	437	↓1	11
25	Timothy	407	↓1	32
26	Kevin	398	↑2	23
27	Richard	366	↑5	34
28	Eric	365	↑1	25
29	Steven	364	↓4	27
30	Jordan	363	↑6	29
31	Stephen	357	↓4	41
32	Jeremy	356	↓6	43
33	Benjamin	355	↓2	33
34	Kyle	339	↓4	21
35	Alexander	323	–	26
36	Patrick	320	↑2	35
37	Brian	303	↓3	30
38	Austin	300	↑5	50
39	Taylor	295	↑10	52
40	Travis	280	–	44
41	Samuel	273	–	39
42	Kenneth	272	↓5	54
43	Dustin	268	↓1	56
44	Aaron	246	↑1	31
45	Gregory	243	↑1	55
46	Corey	242	↓2	58
47	Adam	236	↓8	36
48	Cameron	223	new	62
49	Marcus	221	↓2	76
50	Jeffrey	211	–	45

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