Popular baby names in Georgia, 1994
The most popular baby names in Georgia in 1994 were Ashley for girls (949 babies) and Christopher for boys (1,200). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 88,821 babies born in Georgia in 1994 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.
Names that stood out in Georgia in 1994
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: 94 babies, 24.8× the national rate
- Valencia: 22 babies, 5× the national rate
- Kierra: 83 babies, 4.3× the national rate
- Chasity: 69 babies, 4.3× the national rate
- Kadijah: 45 babies, 4.1× the national rate
- Jalisa: 24 babies, 4× the national rate
- Shaniqua: 22 babies, 3.7× the national rate
- Tanisha: 45 babies, 3.4× the national rate
- Ayanna: 24 babies, 3.4× the national rate
- India: 46 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Boys
- Quintavious: 28 babies, 29.6× the national rate
- Dontavious: 26 babies, 15.4× the national rate
- Marquez: 37 babies, 9.1× the national rate
- Demarcus: 74 babies, 6.1× the national rate
- Aubrey: 28 babies, 4.9× the national rate
- Antwan: 27 babies, 4.8× the national rate
- Jarvis: 53 babies, 4.4× the national rate
- Devonta: 31 babies, 4.2× the national rate
- Roderick: 39 babies, 3.6× the national rate
- Tracy: 25 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Georgia, 1994
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 1993 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ashley | 949 | – | 2 |
| 2 | Jessica | 889 | – | 1 |
| 3 | Brittany | 783 | – | 7 |
| 4 | Taylor | 719 | – | 6 |
| 5 | Emily | 624 | ↑1 | 3 |
| 6 | Sarah | 610 | ↓1 | 5 |
| 7 | Hannah | 567 | ↑5 | 16 |
| 8 | Jasmine | 565 | – | 23 |
| 9 | Amber | 525 | ↓2 | 21 |
| 10 | Kayla | 500 | ↓1 | 12 |
| 11 | Elizabeth | 471 | ↑2 | 9 |
| 12 | Lauren | 464 | ↓1 | 14 |
| 13 | Courtney | 460 | ↓3 | 22 |
| 14 | Alexis | 457 | ↑10 | 18 |
| 15 | Morgan | 444 | ↑5 | 25 |
| 16 | Rachel | 421 | ↓1 | 13 |
| 17 | Megan | 417 | ↓3 | 10 |
| 18 | Victoria | 398 | ↓1 | 19 |
| 19 | Amanda | 369 | ↓3 | 8 |
| 20 | Haley | 353 | ↑3 | 36 |
| 21 | Mary | 352 | – | 37 |
| 22 | Samantha | 349 | ↓3 | 4 |
| 23 | Anna | 308 | ↑6 | 41 |
| 24 | Brianna | 304 | ↑6 | 27 |
| 25 | Rebecca | 298 | – | 24 |
| 26 | Jennifer | 297 | ↓4 | 17 |
| 27 | Katherine | 288 | ↑1 | 30 |
| 28 | Tiffany | 281 | ↓2 | 35 |
| 29 | Chelsea | 268 | ↓11 | 38 |
| 30 | Danielle | 260 | ↑6 | 20 |
| 31 | Jordan | 260 | ↑11 | 52 |
| 32 | Heather | 258 | – | 44 |
| 33 | Madison | 248 | ↑17 | 51 |
| 34 | Kelsey | 245 | ↓3 | 29 |
| 35 | Stephanie | 231 | ↓8 | 15 |
| 36 | Kimberly | 227 | ↓3 | 32 |
| 37 | Savannah | 225 | ↑6 | 82 |
| 38 | Allison | 224 | ↑11 | 34 |
| 39 | Shelby | 221 | ↓2 | 40 |
| 40 | Christina | 219 | ↓2 | 39 |
| 41 | Nicole | 214 | – | 11 |
| 42 | Erin | 197 | ↓3 | 45 |
| 43 | Kristen | 196 | ↑1 | 55 |
| 44 | Alexandra | 194 | ↑4 | 28 |
| 45 | Sydney | 191 | new | 76 |
| 46 | Abigail | 188 | new | 42 |
| 47 | Erica | 182 | ↓12 | 57 |
| 48 | Lindsey | 181 | ↓14 | 69 |
| 49 | Laura | 179 | ↓9 | 46 |
| 50 | Olivia | 175 | new | 50 |
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 1993 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christopher | 1,200 | – | 2 |
| 2 | Michael | 1,163 | – | 1 |
| 3 | William | 1,028 | ↑1 | 19 |
| 4 | Brandon | 1,013 | ↑2 | 6 |
| 5 | James | 989 | – | 14 |
| 6 | Joshua | 989 | ↓3 | 4 |
| 7 | Matthew | 875 | – | 3 |
| 8 | John | 810 | ↑1 | 15 |
| 9 | Austin | 804 | ↑5 | 17 |
| 10 | Justin | 804 | ↓2 | 20 |
| 11 | Tyler | 723 | ↑4 | 5 |
| 12 | Jacob | 712 | ↑4 | 7 |
| 13 | David | 664 | ↓2 | 13 |
| 14 | Andrew | 650 | ↓2 | 10 |
| 15 | Robert | 633 | ↓5 | 21 |
| 16 | Zachary | 627 | ↓3 | 12 |
| 17 | Nicholas | 586 | – | 9 |
| 18 | Joseph | 567 | – | 11 |
| 19 | Jonathan | 547 | – | 23 |
| 20 | Daniel | 528 | – | 8 |
| 21 | Ryan | 516 | – | 16 |
| 22 | Anthony | 446 | ↑5 | 18 |
| 23 | Cody | 446 | ↓1 | 25 |
| 24 | Thomas | 421 | ↑2 | 27 |
| 25 | Jordan | 398 | ↑4 | 29 |
| 26 | Alexander | 396 | ↓2 | 22 |
| 27 | Charles | 382 | ↓4 | 43 |
| 28 | Aaron | 375 | ↑5 | 28 |
| 29 | Benjamin | 351 | ↑2 | 31 |
| 30 | Timothy | 346 | ↓5 | 39 |
| 31 | Kyle | 332 | ↑3 | 24 |
| 32 | Samuel | 331 | ↑4 | 33 |
| 33 | Eric | 314 | ↓3 | 30 |
| 34 | Kevin | 314 | ↓6 | 26 |
| 35 | Richard | 297 | ↑5 | 41 |
| 36 | Dylan | 289 | ↓4 | 32 |
| 37 | Jeremy | 289 | ↓2 | 47 |
| 38 | Dustin | 284 | ↑4 | 56 |
| 39 | Steven | 283 | ↓1 | 34 |
| 40 | Hunter | 261 | new | 67 |
| 41 | Stephen | 252 | – | 49 |
| 42 | Taylor | 251 | ↑2 | 54 |
| 43 | Brian | 250 | ↓6 | 37 |
| 44 | Cameron | 250 | ↑1 | 52 |
| 45 | Patrick | 246 | ↓2 | 42 |
| 46 | Adam | 244 | – | 38 |
| 47 | Caleb | 243 | – | 60 |
| 48 | Christian | 240 | ↓9 | 35 |
| 49 | Kenneth | 235 | ↓1 | 65 |
| 50 | Jesse | 213 | new | 45 |