Name Legacy

Baby names in Georgia, 1990s

1990–1999 · 918,729 recorded births

Christopher was the most common name given in Georgia across the 1990s, with 12,666 births in the decade. The state recorded 918,729 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Georgia in the 1990s

Names given far more often here than nationally in these years. The multiplier is conservative — it is the low end of the plausible range, so a name carried by a handful of births does not outrank one carried by hundreds.

NameBirthsvs national
Quintavious22824×
Quintavius13822×
Quantavious15420×
Ansley91419×
Montavious16718×
Quantavius9117×
Kentavious10216×
Antavious8716×

Top 25 in the 1990s

RankNameBirths
#1Christopher12,666
#2Michael11,598
#3Joshua11,290
#4William10,790
#5Ashley9,687
#6James9,617
#7Matthew8,952
#8Brandon8,920
#9Jessica8,617
#10Taylor8,264
#11John7,944
#12Brittany7,723
#13Justin7,717
#14Jacob7,689
#15Austin7,014
#16Andrew6,870
#17Tyler6,800
#18Robert6,643
#19David6,601
#20Jordan6,481
#21Joseph6,252
#22Emily6,227
#23Nicholas6,152
#24Sarah6,136
#25Hannah5,970

Other decades in Georgia

All Georgia names, 2025

Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. State records begin in 1910. Names given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year are withheld at source. namelegacy.org