Popular baby names in Mississippi, 1990

The most popular baby names in Mississippi in 1990 were Brittany for girls (519 babies) and Christopher for boys (590). Brittany ranked #3 nationally for girls. Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 30,931 babies born in Mississippi in 1990 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Mississippi in 1990

Names given at least 15 times in Mississippi that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Chiquita: 23 babies, 18× the national rate
Laken: 21 babies, 14.7× the national rate
Santana: 16 babies, 13.1× the national rate
Laquita: 18 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Chasity: 41 babies, 8× the national rate
Latoya: 61 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Raven: 89 babies, 7× the national rate
Jerrica: 18 babies, 6.7× the national rate
Kierra: 26 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Jalisa: 23 babies, 5.7× the national rate

Boys

Lamarcus: 20 babies, 29.9× the national rate
Jamarcus: 24 babies, 18.3× the national rate
Ladarius: 20 babies, 13× the national rate
Arsenio: 19 babies, 12.1× the national rate
Cornelius: 35 babies, 10.6× the national rate
Jarvis: 42 babies, 9.9× the national rate
Demarcus: 38 babies, 9.1× the national rate
Damion: 17 babies, 9× the national rate
Rico: 22 babies, 8.9× the national rate
Demario: 16 babies, 8.3× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1989	US rank
1	Brittany	519	–	3
2	Ashley	512	–	2
3	Jessica	476	–	1
4	Jasmine	297	↑4	28
5	Kayla	255	↑1	14
6	Amanda	244	↓2	4
7	Courtney	227	↓2	17
8	Amber	219	↓1	15
9	Tiffany	198	–	23
10	Lauren	187	–	10
11	Samantha	169	↑3	5
12	Kimberly	166	–	31
13	Sarah	163	↓2	6
14	Mary	161	↑5	35
15	Heather	159	↓2	19
16	Elizabeth	155	↑4	9
17	Jennifer	145	↓2	8
18	Megan	139	↓1	11
19	Emily	137	↓3	12
20	Hannah	122	↑7	30
21	Whitney	121	–	60
22	Brittney	118	↓4	44
23	Victoria	117	↑5	33
24	Anna	116	↓2	45
25	Stephanie	108	↓2	7
26	Chelsea	101	↑12	24
27	Erica	101	↓1	36
28	April	100	↑2	73
29	Crystal	100	↓4	39
30	Laura	91	↓1	29
31	Rachel	91	–	16
32	Morgan	89	↑8	58
33	Raven	89	new	>100
34	Rebecca	88	↓2	21
35	Katherine	85	↑1	26
36	Kristen	79	↓12	42
37	Danielle	77	↑11	18
38	Haley	75	↑6	>100
39	Olivia	69	new	72
40	Andrea	68	↓1	40
41	Christina	66	↓8	25
42	Melissa	66	↑1	20
43	Latoya	61	new	>100
44	Candace	60	new	>100
45	Sara	60	new	34
46	Allison	59	new	48
47	Katie	59	↓5	53
48	Brandi	58	↓2	>100
49	Lindsey	58	↓12	51
50	Erin	57	↓3	43

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1989	US rank
1	Christopher	590	–	2
2	James	509	–	8
3	Joshua	488	↑1	4
4	Michael	464	↑1	1
5	Justin	433	↓2	9
6	William	433	–	16
7	John	315	↑3	12
8	Robert	308	↓1	13
9	Jonathan	280	↑3	17
10	Matthew	275	↓1	3
11	Jeremy	263	↓3	40
12	Brandon	262	↑1	19
13	Joseph	254	↑1	10
14	David	231	↓3	6
15	Jacob	202	↑10	20
16	Charles	196	↓1	38
17	Anthony	188	↑4	15
18	Zachary	184	↑4	22
19	Andrew	178	↓3	7
20	Daniel	161	↓3	5
21	Timothy	160	↓3	30
22	Richard	159	↑15	35
23	Tyler	159	↑13	21
24	Cody	153	↑3	31
25	Thomas	153	↓5	26
26	Steven	151	↓7	25
27	Nicholas	138	↓4	14
28	Ryan	130	↓2	11
29	Dustin	129	↑10	50
30	Eric	128	–	24
31	Kevin	121	↑11	23
32	Marcus	120	↓8	72
33	Patrick	119	↑2	36
34	Benjamin	117	↓1	33
35	Jordan	111	new	29
36	Samuel	110	↑9	45
37	Stephen	110	↓5	39
38	Corey	106	↓9	56
39	Kenneth	103	↓8	52
40	Antonio	93	↓2	77
41	Travis	93	↓13	42
42	Aaron	92	↓2	34
43	Brian	90	–	27
44	Austin	85	new	55
45	Adam	83	↓11	32
46	Bradley	82	↑1	65
47	Darius	80	new	>100
48	Cameron	78	new	62
49	Ethan	77	new	58
50	Nathan	75	↓1	44

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