Popular baby names in District of Columbia, 1985

The most popular baby names in District of Columbia in 1985 were Ashley for girls (147 babies) and Michael for boys (333). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 13,411 babies born in District of Columbia in 1985 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in District of Columbia in 1985

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

Girls

Lashawn: 17 babies, 39.5× the national rate
Nakia: 15 babies, 16.3× the national rate
Sade: 19 babies, 14.6× the national rate
Tiara: 27 babies, 13.9× the national rate
India: 27 babies, 10.8× the national rate
Tamika: 21 babies, 9× the national rate
Patrice: 16 babies, 8× the national rate
Ebony: 44 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Claire: 23 babies, 5.9× the national rate
Dominique: 56 babies, 5.1× the national rate

Boys

Delonte: 15 babies, 123.8× the national rate
Donnell: 15 babies, 16.5× the national rate
Donte: 17 babies, 11× the national rate
Jamal: 22 babies, 8.5× the national rate
Antoine: 27 babies, 7.8× the national rate
Tyrone: 33 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Reginald: 35 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Darnell: 18 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Demetrius: 17 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Andre: 57 babies, 5.9× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in District of Columbia, 1985

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1984	US rank
1	Ashley	147	↑3	2
2	Jessica	147	↓1	1
3	Jennifer	145	↓1	3
4	Elizabeth	113	↓1	9
5	Lauren	107	↑2	15
6	Amanda	96	↑8	4
7	Sarah	89	↑3	5
8	Stephanie	85	–	6
9	Tiffany	84	↓4	23
10	Katherine	82	↑2	32
11	Danielle	76	↓2	18
12	Rachel	74	↑5	13
13	Christina	72	↑3	12
14	Emily	65	↑4	24
15	Nicole	64	↓9	7
16	Crystal	63	↑5	21
17	Michelle	62	↓6	22
18	Laura	60	↑1	14
19	Dominique	56	new	83
20	Erica	55	↑2	34
21	Mary	54	↑2	35
22	Rebecca	53	↑8	25
23	Kimberly	51	↓8	19
24	Brittany	48	new	17
25	Megan	48	↓5	10
26	Alexandra	46	↑5	92
27	Melissa	46	↑6	11
28	Heather	45	↑12	8
29	Ebony	44	↓4	>100
30	Kelly	44	↓4	28
31	Erin	42	↓3	26
32	Shannon	42	↓8	41
33	Alicia	41	↑8	45
34	Andrea	41	↓7	33
35	Latoya	40	↓22	81
36	Christine	39	↑1	44
37	Julia	39	↓8	85
38	Krystal	38	new	53
39	Catherine	37	↑3	65
40	Lisa	37	↓8	36
41	Caitlin	36	new	77
42	Amy	35	↑7	20
43	Anna	34	new	54
44	Alexis	33	–	>100
45	Allison	33	↑5	46
46	Monique	33	↓8	>100
47	Samantha	32	new	29
48	Kathleen	31	↓13	68
49	Kathryn	30	↓10	48
50	Natasha	30	new	79

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1984	US rank
1	Michael	333	–	1
2	Christopher	295	–	2
3	James	175	–	7
4	Matthew	168	↑1	3
5	David	167	↓1	6
6	Daniel	166	–	5
7	Robert	162	↑1	8
8	John	160	↓1	9
9	William	151	–	16
10	Jonathan	143	↑1	17
11	Andrew	137	↑4	11
12	Anthony	134	↓2	20
13	Kevin	133	↓1	23
14	Joseph	119	↓1	10
15	Brandon	115	↑1	13
16	Brian	105	↓2	18
17	Jason	94	–	14
18	Charles	89	↑3	34
19	Joshua	89	↑1	4
20	Thomas	89	↑4	25
21	Eric	85	↓2	21
22	Nicholas	84	↑10	19
23	Marcus	83	↓5	61
24	Sean	81	↑5	38
25	Ryan	78	↑3	12
26	Steven	77	–	24
27	Alexander	75	↑4	50
28	Gregory	71	↑5	45
29	Justin	70	↓7	15
30	Kenneth	68	↑9	47
31	Patrick	68	↓8	37
32	Richard	67	↑4	28
33	Stephen	66	↓3	36
34	Antonio	65	↑8	73
35	Benjamin	65	–	31
36	Mark	65	↓9	32
37	Paul	64	↑6	42
38	Adam	63	↓13	22
39	Aaron	62	↑2	33
40	Timothy	61	↓6	26
41	Jeffrey	58	↓1	29
42	Andre	57	↓4	>100
43	Keith	44	↑4	64
44	Peter	43	↑2	60
45	Derrick	42	new	83
46	Edward	40	↓2	59
47	Ronald	40	↓10	71
48	Carlos	39	–	74
49	Samuel	39	↓4	54
50	Jeremy	36	new	30

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