Popular baby names of 1985

In 1985, the most popular baby names in the United States were Jessica for girls (48,345 babies) and Michael for boys (64,934). Social Security records show 3,569,038 babies with a name given to at least five children of the same sex that year, sharing 12,505 girls' names and 7,586 boys' names.

1985 at a glance

The top 10 girls' names went to 18.0% of girls recorded.
The top 10 boys' names went to 22.8% of boys recorded.
New in the girls' top 100: Whitney, Caitlin, Dominique, Brittney, Katrina, Alison, Rachael.
New in the boys' top 100: Adrian, Wesley, Blake.

Top 100 girls' and boys' names, 1985

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1984
1	Jessica	48,345	↑1
2	Ashley	47,010	↑1
3	Jennifer	42,661	↓2
4	Amanda	39,055	–
5	Sarah	24,879	–
6	Stephanie	23,243	–
7	Nicole	22,966	–
8	Heather	21,151	↑1
9	Elizabeth	20,545	↑1
10	Megan	20,013	↑1
11	Melissa	19,963	↓3
12	Christina	16,600	↑8
13	Rachel	16,360	↑2
14	Laura	16,002	↑5
15	Lauren	15,768	↑6
16	Amber	15,506	↑2
17	Brittany	15,437	↑24
18	Danielle	15,417	↓2
19	Kimberly	14,914	↑3
20	Amy	14,429	↓7
21	Crystal	14,399	↓9
22	Michelle	13,973	↓5
23	Tiffany	13,681	↓9
24	Emily	13,144	–
25	Rebecca	12,705	↓2
26	Erin	11,384	↓1
27	Jamie	11,038	↑4
28	Kelly	11,031	↓1
29	Samantha	10,658	↑10
30	Sara	10,562	↑2
31	Angela	10,227	↓5
32	Katherine	10,128	↓2
33	Andrea	10,053	↓5
34	Erica	9,525	–
35	Mary	9,240	↓2
36	Lisa	9,012	↓7
37	Lindsey	8,468	↓2
38	Kristen	8,445	–
39	Katie	7,995	↑5
40	Lindsay	7,871	↓4
41	Shannon	7,714	↓4
42	Vanessa	7,563	↑3
43	Courtney	7,531	↑3
44	Christine	7,441	↓1
45	Alicia	7,122	↓5
46	Allison	7,028	↑5
47	April	6,691	↓5
48	Kathryn	6,634	–
49	Kristin	6,566	↓2
50	Jenna	6,436	↑4
51	Tara	6,102	↓2
52	Maria	6,013	↓2
53	Krystal	5,933	↑21
54	Anna	5,883	↑3
55	Julie	5,761	↓3
56	Holly	5,602	↓3
57	Kristina	5,566	↑11
58	Natalie	5,535	↓3
59	Victoria	5,426	–
60	Jacqueline	5,250	↓4
61	Monica	4,990	↓3
62	Cassandra	4,726	↑1
63	Meghan	4,669	↑2
64	Patricia	4,402	↑2
65	Catherine	4,297	↑4
66	Cynthia	4,129	↓4
67	Stacy	4,109	–
68	Kathleen	4,087	↑3
69	Brandi	4,045	↓8
70	Brandy	3,901	↓6
71	Valerie	3,881	↑5
72	Veronica	3,875	↓2
73	Whitney	3,832	new
74	Diana	3,686	↓2
75	Chelsea	3,613	↑9
76	Leslie	3,607	↓1
77	Caitlin	3,593	new
78	Leah	3,572	↑5
79	Natasha	3,553	↓2
80	Erika	3,503	↑1
81	Latoya	3,402	↓21
82	Dana	3,348	↓9
83	Dominique	3,299	new
84	Brittney	3,224	new
85	Julia	3,206	↑2
86	Candice	3,195	–
87	Karen	3,138	↓5
88	Melanie	3,132	↓3
89	Stacey	3,114	↓10
90	Margaret	3,072	↑2
91	Sheena	3,062	↓11
92	Alexandra	3,017	↑4
93	Katrina	2,978	new
94	Bethany	2,959	↓1
95	Nichole	2,950	↑2
96	Carrie	2,942	↓18
97	Alison	2,829	new
98	Kara	2,811	↓3
99	Joanna	2,772	↓11
100	Rachael	2,761	new

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1984
1	Michael	64,934	–
2	Christopher	59,609	–
3	Matthew	47,075	–
4	Joshua	42,194	–
5	Daniel	38,559	↑1
6	David	38,522	↓1
7	James	35,862	–
8	Robert	32,094	↑1
9	John	31,502	↓1
10	Joseph	30,222	–
11	Andrew	30,178	↑3
12	Ryan	29,905	–
13	Brandon	29,304	↑2
14	Jason	26,039	↓3
15	Justin	25,537	↓2
16	William	24,606	–
17	Jonathan	24,116	↑2
18	Brian	23,069	↓1
19	Nicholas	22,384	↑1
20	Anthony	22,104	↑1
21	Eric	20,844	↑1
22	Adam	20,165	↓4
23	Kevin	18,814	↑1
24	Steven	18,726	↓1
25	Thomas	17,609	–
26	Timothy	17,140	–
27	Kyle	16,523	↑7
28	Richard	15,330	↓1
29	Jeffrey	14,500	↓1
30	Jeremy	13,445	↑1
31	Benjamin	13,423	↓1
32	Mark	13,194	–
33	Aaron	13,137	↓4
34	Charles	12,900	↓1
35	Jacob	12,284	↑2
36	Stephen	12,210	↓1
37	Patrick	11,638	↓1
38	Sean	11,455	↑5
39	Zachary	11,346	↑6
40	Nathan	10,653	↓2
41	Dustin	10,439	–
42	Paul	10,315	↓2
43	Tyler	10,211	↑4
44	Scott	10,145	↓5
45	Gregory	9,767	↓1
46	Travis	9,094	↓4
47	Kenneth	8,992	↓1
48	Bryan	8,717	–
49	Jose	8,403	–
50	Alexander	8,295	↑4
51	Jesse	8,221	↓1
52	Cody	7,096	↑10
53	Bradley	7,011	–
54	Samuel	7,009	↑1
55	Shawn	6,982	↑1
56	Derek	6,661	↓4
57	Chad	6,466	↓6
58	Jared	5,883	↑1
59	Edward	5,869	↓1
60	Peter	5,671	–
61	Marcus	5,586	↓4
62	Jordan	5,460	↑3
63	Corey	5,228	↑6
64	Keith	5,214	↓3
65	Juan	4,851	↓1
66	Donald	4,750	↓3
67	Joel	4,623	↓1
68	Shane	4,549	↑17
69	Phillip	4,496	↑1
70	Brett	4,328	↑2
71	Ronald	4,299	↓4
72	George	4,259	↓4
73	Antonio	4,151	↑4
74	Carlos	4,089	–
75	Raymond	4,085	↓2
76	Douglas	4,021	↓5
77	Nathaniel	4,004	↑3
78	Ian	3,998	–
79	Craig	3,952	↓4
80	Alex	3,909	↑13
81	Cory	3,868	↑2
82	Gary	3,812	↓6
83	Derrick	3,779	↓4
84	Philip	3,735	↓3
85	Luis	3,706	↑3
86	Casey	3,490	↓4
87	Erik	3,372	↓3
88	Victor	3,341	↑2
89	Brent	3,321	–
90	Frank	3,302	↓4
91	Evan	3,219	↑7
92	Gabriel	3,215	↓5
93	Adrian	3,132	new
94	Wesley	3,043	new
95	Vincent	3,040	–
96	Jeffery	2,947	↓2
97	Larry	2,946	↓6
98	Curtis	2,943	↓2
99	Todd	2,941	↓7
100	Blake	2,922	new

Every name given in 1985

All 20,091 names Social Security recorded for 1985, with their rank and count. Type to filter.

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