Popular baby names in Florida, 1985

The most popular baby names in Florida in 1985 were Jessica for girls (2,288 babies) and Michael for boys (2,983). Social Security records list 139,900 babies born in Florida in 1985 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Florida in 1985

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

Girls

Lissette: 34 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Chiquita: 39 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Cierra: 43 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Precious: 36 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Carolina: 35 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Latoya: 272 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Summer: 95 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Christopher: 33 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Barbara: 128 babies, 2× the national rate
Tatiana: 34 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Lazaro: 53 babies, 10.7× the national rate
Jean: 46 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Antwan: 48 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Willie: 188 babies, 3× the national rate
Bernard: 67 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Jarvis: 44 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Jermaine: 103 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Fredrick: 41 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Florida, 1985

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1984	US rank
1	Jessica	2,288	↑1	1
2	Ashley	2,122	↑1	2
3	Jennifer	1,958	↓2	3
4	Amanda	1,698	–	4
5	Stephanie	1,056	–	6
6	Heather	990	↑1	8
7	Nicole	949	↓1	7
8	Christina	918	↑2	12
9	Melissa	918	↓1	11
10	Sarah	847	↓1	5
11	Tiffany	789	–	23
12	Brittany	783	↑18	17
13	Crystal	776	↓1	21
14	Elizabeth	751	↓1	9
15	Danielle	729	↓1	18
16	Lauren	710	↑3	15
17	Megan	680	↑3	10
18	Amber	641	–	16
19	Rachel	632	↓2	13
20	Michelle	625	↓5	22
21	Kimberly	602	↓5	19
22	Laura	529	↑2	14
23	Samantha	508	↑10	29
24	Amy	496	↓3	20
25	Rebecca	472	↓3	25
26	Jamie	448	↑8	27
27	Kelly	446	↓4	28
28	Erica	432	–	34
29	Kristen	394	↑6	38
30	Shannon	393	↓3	41
31	Angela	391	↓6	31
32	Vanessa	391	↑5	42
33	Sara	375	↑9	30
34	Katherine	361	↓3	32
35	Mary	356	↑5	35
36	Erin	352	↓10	26
37	Lisa	340	↓8	36
38	Lindsey	339	↑5	37
39	Andrea	333	–	33
40	April	332	↓4	47
41	Christine	330	↓3	44
42	Alicia	321	↑2	45
43	Emily	305	↑4	24
44	Kristina	304	new	57
45	Natalie	301	new	58
46	Courtney	299	↑2	43
47	Krystal	289	new	53
48	Kristin	286	↓7	49
49	Victoria	279	–	59
50	Latoya	272	↓18	81

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1984	US rank
1	Michael	2,983	–	1
2	Christopher	2,888	–	2
3	Joshua	1,803	↑3	4
4	James	1,761	–	7
5	Daniel	1,702	↑3	5
6	Matthew	1,700	↓3	3
7	David	1,694	↓2	6
8	Robert	1,570	↓1	8
9	John	1,460	–	9
10	Ryan	1,232	↑4	12
11	Joseph	1,186	↑1	10
12	William	1,180	↓1	16
13	Jason	1,130	↓3	14
14	Justin	1,106	↓1	15
15	Brandon	1,088	↑4	13
16	Jonathan	1,072	↓1	17
17	Anthony	1,001	–	20
18	Brian	989	↓2	18
19	Andrew	958	↓1	11
20	Eric	790	↑1	21
21	Richard	771	↓1	28
22	Steven	765	↑1	24
23	Nicholas	741	↑1	19
24	Kevin	718	↑1	23
25	Thomas	705	↓3	25
26	Charles	702	↑1	34
27	Timothy	686	↑1	26
28	Kyle	672	↑9	27
29	Adam	617	↓3	22
30	Jeffrey	563	–	29
31	Stephen	548	↓2	36
32	Sean	537	–	38
33	Kenneth	500	↑1	47
34	Jeremy	478	↓1	30
35	Mark	476	–	32
36	Alexander	455	↑7	50
37	Travis	451	↓6	46
38	Patrick	435	–	37
39	Gregory	433	↑1	45
40	Bryan	409	↑1	48
41	Aaron	406	↓2	33
42	Paul	401	–	42
43	Benjamin	389	↓7	31
44	Dustin	341	–	41
45	Shawn	341	↑3	55
46	Jesse	337	↑3	51
47	Scott	335	↓2	44
48	Jose	319	new	49
49	Zachary	304	new	39
50	Jacob	294	new	35

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