1985
Top Baby Names of 1985
The most popular baby names in the United States
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Girl Names
Top 100 in 1985
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Jessica 48,348 2
Ashley 47,008 3
Jennifer 42,660 4
Amanda 39,056 5
Sarah 24,878 6
Stephanie 23,244 7
Nicole 22,967 8
Heather 21,152 9
Elizabeth 20,545 10
Megan 20,012 11
Melissa 19,963 12
Christina 16,600 13
Rachel 16,361 14
Laura 16,002 15
Lauren 15,768 16
Amber 15,506 17
Brittany 15,437 18
Danielle 15,417 19
Kimberly 14,913 20
Amy 14,429 21
Crystal 14,398 22
Michelle 13,976 23
Tiffany 13,681 24
Emily 13,143 25
Rebecca 12,704 26
Erin 11,384 27
Jamie 11,038 28
Kelly 11,031 29
Samantha 10,658 30
Sara 10,562 31
Angela 10,225 32
Katherine 10,129 33
Andrea 10,053 34
Erica 9,525 35
Mary 9,239 36
Lisa 9,015 37
Lindsey 8,468 38
Kristen 8,445 39
Katie 7,996 40
Lindsay 7,871 41
Shannon 7,714 42
Vanessa 7,564 43
Courtney 7,530 44
Christine 7,441 45
Alicia 7,122 46
Allison 7,028 47
April 6,691 48
Kathryn 6,634 49
Kristin 6,567 50
Jenna 6,436 51
Tara 6,102 52
Maria 6,013 53
Krystal 5,933 54
Anna 5,885 55
Julie 5,763 56
Holly 5,602 57
Kristina 5,566 58
Natalie 5,536 59
Victoria 5,426 60
Jacqueline 5,250 61
Monica 4,989 62
Cassandra 4,727 63
Meghan 4,670 64
Patricia 4,402 65
Catherine 4,297 66
Cynthia 4,130 67
Stacy 4,109 68
Kathleen 4,086 69
Brandi 4,045 70
Brandy 3,901 71
Valerie 3,881 72
Veronica 3,875 73
Whitney 3,832 74
Diana 3,686 75
Chelsea 3,613 76
Leslie 3,606 77
Caitlin 3,593 78
Leah 3,572 79
Natasha 3,553 80
Erika 3,504 81
Latoya 3,402 82
Dana 3,348 83
Dominique 3,299 84
Brittney 3,224 85
Julia 3,205 86
Candice 3,195 87
Karen 3,138 88
Melanie 3,132 89
Stacey 3,114 90
Margaret 3,071 91
Sheena 3,062 92
Alexandra 3,017 93
Katrina 2,978 94
Bethany 2,957 95
Nichole 2,950 96
Carrie 2,943 97
Alison 2,829 98
Kara 2,811 99
Joanna 2,772 100
Rachael 2,761 👦
Boy Names
Top 100 in 1985
1
Michael 64,936 2
Christopher 59,616 3
Matthew 47,079 4
Joshua 42,198 5
Daniel 38,564 6
David 38,527 7
James 35,864 8
Robert 32,095 9
John 31,499 10
Joseph 30,219 11
Andrew 30,180 12
Ryan 29,909 13
Brandon 29,307 14
Jason 26,036 15
Justin 25,536 16
William 24,608 17
Jonathan 24,116 18
Brian 23,068 19
Nicholas 22,384 20
Anthony 22,099 21
Eric 20,843 22
Adam 20,165 23
Kevin 18,813 24
Steven 18,728 25
Thomas 17,607 26
Timothy 17,138 27
Kyle 16,520 28
Richard 15,328 29
Jeffrey 14,501 30
Jeremy 13,446 31
Benjamin 13,427 32
Mark 13,197 33
Aaron 13,138 34
Charles 12,899 35
Jacob 12,286 36
Stephen 12,210 37
Patrick 11,641 38
Sean 11,455 39
Zachary 11,346 40
Nathan 10,652 41
Dustin 10,439 42
Paul 10,315 43
Tyler 10,211 44
Scott 10,146 45
Gregory 9,769 46
Travis 9,094 47
Kenneth 8,994 48
Bryan 8,717 49
Jose 8,402 50
Alexander 8,298 51
Jesse 8,222 52
Cody 7,095 53
Bradley 7,012 54
Samuel 7,010 55
Shawn 6,981 56
Derek 6,661 57
Chad 6,467 58
Jared 5,883 59
Edward 5,869 60
Peter 5,674 61
Marcus 5,586 62
Jordan 5,461 63
Corey 5,230 64
Keith 5,215 65
Juan 4,852 66
Donald 4,750 67
Joel 4,623 68
Shane 4,549 69
Phillip 4,495 70
Brett 4,328 71
Ronald 4,299 72
George 4,260 73
Antonio 4,150 74
Carlos 4,089 75
Raymond 4,085 76
Douglas 4,021 77
Nathaniel 4,003 78
Ian 3,999 79
Craig 3,954 80
Alex 3,907 81
Cory 3,868 82
Gary 3,812 83
Derrick 3,779 84
Philip 3,736 85
Luis 3,705 86
Casey 3,490 87
Erik 3,372 88
Victor 3,342 89
Brent 3,321 90
Frank 3,303 91
Evan 3,219 92
Gabriel 3,215 93
Adrian 3,132 94
Wesley 3,044 95
Vincent 3,040 96
Jeffery 2,947 97
Larry 2,946 98
Curtis 2,943 99
Todd 2,939 100
Blake 2,922 About 1985 Baby Name Rankings
These rankings show the most popular baby names in the United States for 1985, based on Social Security Administration data. The list includes all babies born in the U.S. whose names were registered with the SSA.
Names are ranked by the number of babies given each name during the year. Click on any name to see its complete history, including popularity trends over 147 years and regional data across all 50 states.