Popular baby names in Mississippi, 1992

The most popular baby names in Mississippi in 1992 were Ashley for girls (417 babies) and Christopher for boys (516). Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 29,267 babies born in Mississippi in 1992 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Mississippi in 1992

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

Girls

Laken: 24 babies, 16.6× the national rate
Santana: 21 babies, 12.8× the national rate
Shanequa: 17 babies, 10.5× the national rate
Chasity: 46 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Precious: 32 babies, 8.1× the national rate
Yasmine: 17 babies, 7.5× the national rate
Latoya: 29 babies, 7.2× the national rate
Raven: 84 babies, 6× the national rate
Kierra: 26 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Latisha: 19 babies, 5.7× the national rate

Boys

Ladarius: 35 babies, 17.6× the national rate
Earnest: 17 babies, 15.3× the national rate
Dalvin: 15 babies, 13.9× the national rate
Jarvis: 47 babies, 13.7× the national rate
Demario: 18 babies, 12.3× the national rate
Jamarcus: 16 babies, 11.1× the national rate
Demarcus: 38 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Martez: 15 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Devonta: 23 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Cornelius: 23 babies, 7.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Mississippi, 1992

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1991	US rank
1	Ashley	417	–	1
2	Jessica	363	↑1	2
3	Brittany	310	↓1	4
4	Jasmine	275	–	28
5	Kayla	224	–	13
6	Amber	216	–	19
7	Courtney	177	–	21
8	Sarah	162	↑5	5
9	Lauren	157	↑3	12
10	Mary	153	↑1	36
11	Elizabeth	145	↑6	9
12	Amanda	144	↑2	3
13	Kimberly	143	↓4	35
14	Anna	136	↑7	49
15	Emily	134	↑3	7
16	Megan	134	–	10
17	Shelby	131	↓2	34
18	Tiffany	129	↓10	32
19	Chelsea	128	↑11	15
20	Samantha	126	↓10	6
21	Heather	125	↑2	31
22	Taylor	123	↑15	17
23	Victoria	119	↑1	22
24	Hannah	115	↓5	26
25	Morgan	104	–	41
26	Haley	101	↑10	56
27	Jennifer	98	↓7	11
28	Rachel	94	↓1	16
29	Stephanie	94	↓7	8
30	Olivia	88	↑3	58
31	Brittney	86	↓3	68
32	Raven	84	↑15	>100
33	Kelsey	82	↑9	23
34	Katherine	81	↑4	27
35	Ariel	78	↑13	87
36	Erica	78	↓4	44
37	Alexis	76	↑7	40
38	Kristen	76	↓12	53
39	Brianna	69	new	43
40	Danielle	68	new	18
41	Erin	67	↑8	46
42	Lindsey	67	↓7	57
43	Rebecca	66	↓9	20
44	Andrea	63	↓1	39
45	Christina	63	new	33
46	Crystal	63	↓7	50
47	Dominique	63	new	>100
48	Whitney	63	↓19	85
49	Katie	62	↓8	54
50	Alexandria	60	new	73

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1991	US rank
1	Christopher	516	–	2
2	James	474	↑1	9
3	Michael	399	↑1	1
4	William	395	↑1	20
5	Joshua	351	↓3	4
6	John	333	↑2	14
7	Brandon	305	↑3	6
8	Justin	304	↓2	18
9	Robert	278	↓2	17
10	Matthew	263	↓1	3
11	Joseph	236	↑3	11
12	Zachary	224	↑14	16
13	Jonathan	215	↓2	21
14	Jeremy	211	↓2	47
15	David	210	↓2	10
16	Jacob	209	↑2	15
17	Tyler	207	↑3	8
18	Cody	201	↓2	24
19	Charles	192	↓4	43
20	Andrew	186	↓3	5
21	Daniel	160	↑2	7
22	Anthony	140	↑3	19
23	Nicholas	139	↓1	12
24	Steven	137	–	29
25	Thomas	136	↓4	27
26	Ryan	134	↑1	13
27	Timothy	128	↓8	34
28	Aaron	125	↑10	30
29	Dustin	119	↑8	58
30	Austin	109	↑11	38
31	Patrick	107	↓3	39
32	Eric	105	↑3	26
33	Dylan	102	new	28
34	Jordan	102	↓4	32
35	Kenneth	102	↓1	59
36	Richard	102	↓5	41
37	Benjamin	99	↑2	33
38	Gregory	93	↑6	60
39	Stephen	93	↓7	45
40	Tevin	93	new	>100
41	Kevin	90	↓12	25
42	Brian	89	–	31
43	Corey	89	↓7	65
44	Samuel	86	↓4	40
45	Marcus	79	↓12	82
46	Antonio	78	↓1	85
47	Willie	77	↓4	>100
48	Darius	74	new	>100
49	Hunter	71	new	>100
50	Christian	68	↓4	35

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