Popular baby names in Mississippi, 1991

The most popular baby names in Mississippi in 1991 were Ashley for girls (480 babies) and Christopher for boys (502). Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 30,215 babies born in Mississippi in 1991 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Mississippi in 1991

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: 25 babies, 18.2× the national rate
Laken: 24 babies, 14.4× the national rate
Shaquita: 16 babies, 13.3× the national rate
Tiesha: 15 babies, 10× the national rate
Jerrica: 17 babies, 8.7× the national rate
Shanequa: 17 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Latoya: 46 babies, 7.9× the national rate
Chasity: 42 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Shanika: 16 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Ieshia: 15 babies, 7.1× the national rate

Boys

Jamarcus: 22 babies, 16.2× the national rate
Ladarius: 24 babies, 13.6× the national rate
Jarvis: 54 babies, 12.5× the national rate
Demarcus: 51 babies, 12× the national rate
Roderick: 37 babies, 8.3× the national rate
Willie: 80 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Fredrick: 25 babies, 7.3× the national rate
Kendrick: 45 babies, 7.1× the national rate
Cornelius: 21 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Dexter: 31 babies, 6.7× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1990	US rank
1	Ashley	480	↑1	1
2	Brittany	420	↓1	3
3	Jessica	392	–	2
4	Jasmine	306	–	24
5	Kayla	284	–	12
6	Amber	219	↑2	16
7	Courtney	219	–	19
8	Tiffany	175	↑1	27
9	Kimberly	169	↑3	34
10	Samantha	169	↑1	5
11	Mary	162	↑3	38
12	Lauren	161	↓2	13
13	Sarah	159	–	6
14	Amanda	154	↓8	4
15	Shelby	141	new	33
16	Megan	139	↑2	11
17	Elizabeth	134	↓1	9
18	Emily	133	↑1	10
19	Hannah	132	↑1	29
20	Jennifer	132	↓3	8
21	Anna	118	↑3	46
22	Stephanie	117	↑3	7
23	Heather	116	↓8	23
24	Victoria	115	↓1	28
25	Morgan	104	↑7	49
26	Kristen	100	↑10	48
27	Rachel	95	↑4	14
28	Brittney	91	↓6	58
29	Whitney	90	↓8	68
30	Chelsea	89	↓4	18
31	Iesha	89	new	>100
32	Erica	87	↓5	40
33	Olivia	85	↑6	61
34	Rebecca	83	–	21
35	Lindsey	82	↑14	52
36	Haley	81	↑2	79
37	Taylor	78	new	32
38	Katherine	75	↓3	25
39	Crystal	74	↓10	41
40	Laura	74	↓10	35
41	Katie	73	↑6	53
42	Kelsey	73	new	26
43	Andrea	71	↓3	39
44	Alexis	67	new	47
45	April	67	↓17	88
46	Jordan	66	new	62
47	Raven	63	↓14	>100
48	Ariel	60	new	66
49	Erin	60	↑1	44
50	Kristin	59	new	86

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1990	US rank
1	Christopher	502	–	2
2	Joshua	500	↑1	4
3	James	462	↓1	7
4	Michael	458	–	1
5	William	411	↑1	19
6	Justin	372	↓1	14
7	Robert	308	↑1	13
8	John	301	↓1	10
9	Matthew	272	↑1	3
10	Brandon	265	↑2	15
11	Jonathan	263	↓2	20
12	Jeremy	262	↓1	43
13	David	260	↑1	8
14	Joseph	224	↓1	9
15	Charles	207	↑1	38
16	Cody	203	↑8	24
17	Andrew	190	↑2	5
18	Jacob	184	↓3	17
19	Timothy	181	↑2	32
20	Tyler	173	↑3	16
21	Thomas	172	↑4	28
22	Nicholas	157	↑5	12
23	Daniel	153	↓3	6
24	Steven	149	↑2	27
25	Anthony	146	↓8	18
26	Zachary	142	↓8	22
27	Ryan	126	↑1	11
28	Patrick	123	↑5	35
29	Kevin	119	↑2	23
30	Jordan	116	↑5	29
31	Richard	113	↓9	34
32	Stephen	112	↑5	41
33	Marcus	111	↓1	76
34	Kenneth	105	↑5	54
35	Eric	104	↓5	25
36	Corey	103	↑2	58
37	Dustin	102	↓8	56
38	Aaron	97	↑4	31
39	Benjamin	93	↓5	33
40	Samuel	91	↓4	39
41	Austin	88	↑3	50
42	Brian	88	↑1	30
43	Willie	80	new	>100
44	Gregory	77	new	55
45	Antonio	76	↓5	79
46	Christian	76	new	48
47	Jason	74	new	49
48	Travis	72	↓7	44
49	Caleb	71	new	78
50	Adam	70	↓5	36

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