Popular baby names in Georgia, 1985

The most popular baby names in Georgia in 1985 were Ashley for girls (1,451 babies) and Christopher for boys (1,867). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 80,276 babies born in Georgia in 1985 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Georgia in 1985

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

Girls

Chiquita: 62 babies, 7.7× the national rate
Valencia: 35 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Latoria: 19 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Latonya: 49 babies, 4.6× the national rate
Octavia: 27 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Shanta: 21 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Santana: 32 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Lashonda: 28 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Lakeshia: 21 babies, 3.9× the national rate
Kenya: 24 babies, 3.8× the national rate

Boys

Demario: 28 babies, 6× the national rate
Jarvis: 59 babies, 5.5× the national rate
Dexter: 47 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Antwan: 41 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Demarcus: 39 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Cedric: 85 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Cornelius: 38 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Willie: 146 babies, 4× the national rate
Marquis: 47 babies, 4× the national rate
Demetrius: 60 babies, 3.9× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1984	US rank
1	Ashley	1,451	↑1	2
2	Jessica	1,312	↓1	1
3	Amanda	1,094	↑1	4
4	Jennifer	1,064	↓1	3
5	Brittany	669	↑12	17
6	Kimberly	616	↑3	19
7	Heather	607	↓1	8
8	Tiffany	564	↓3	23
9	Stephanie	519	↓1	6
10	Crystal	514	↓3	21
11	Elizabeth	439	↓1	9
12	Sarah	437	–	5
13	Amber	403	↑1	16
14	Lauren	403	↓1	15
15	Laura	392	↑3	14
16	Melissa	381	↓5	11
17	Mary	369	↓2	35
18	Christina	361	↑2	12
19	Megan	358	↑11	10
20	Rachel	326	↑1	13
21	April	317	↑1	47
22	Rebecca	308	↓3	25
23	Amy	303	↓7	20
24	Emily	277	↓1	24
25	Erin	275	↑8	26
26	Kelly	272	↑2	28
27	Erica	267	↓1	34
28	Katherine	263	↓4	32
29	Nicole	253	↑3	7
30	Lindsey	244	↑1	37
31	Courtney	235	↓6	43
32	Jamie	235	↑7	27
33	Samantha	227	↑12	29
34	Brandi	224	↑1	69
35	Angela	219	↑2	31
36	Danielle	218	↓9	18
37	Michelle	216	↑1	22
38	Andrea	210	↑3	33
39	Brandy	209	↓5	70
40	Anna	208	↑8	54
41	Katie	202	↑8	39
42	Shannon	202	↓2	41
43	Allison	201	↓1	46
44	Latoya	193	↓15	81
45	Whitney	183	new	73
46	Alicia	179	↓10	45
47	Kristen	177	–	38
48	Kathryn	171	↓2	48
49	Victoria	169	new	59
50	Sara	167	new	30

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1984	US rank
1	Christopher	1,867	–	2
2	Michael	1,528	–	1
3	Joshua	1,255	↑1	4
4	James	1,214	↓1	7
5	Brandon	1,093	↑3	13
6	William	1,033	–	16
7	Matthew	1,001	↓2	3
8	John	932	↓1	9
9	David	895	↑1	6
10	Robert	867	↓1	8
11	Jonathan	759	↑1	17
12	Daniel	704	↑2	5
13	Justin	693	↑2	15
14	Joseph	690	↓1	10
15	Jason	643	↓4	14
16	Andrew	592	↑2	11
17	Charles	510	↓1	34
18	Brian	480	↓1	18
19	Timothy	453	↑1	26
20	Thomas	442	↑1	25
21	Anthony	436	↑1	20
22	Richard	429	↑4	28
23	Steven	426	↑2	24
24	Jeremy	421	–	30
25	Ryan	408	↑4	12
26	Kevin	389	↓7	23
27	Eric	385	–	21
28	Nicholas	382	–	19
29	Stephen	356	↑1	36
30	Kenneth	331	↑3	47
31	Adam	328	↓8	22
32	Benjamin	321	↓1	31
33	Patrick	286	↑4	37
34	Travis	281	↑2	46
35	Dustin	277	↓1	41
36	Jeffrey	275	↓1	29
37	Marcus	261	↓5	61
38	Zachary	250	↑4	39
39	Kyle	249	new	27
40	Mark	241	↓1	32
41	Jacob	237	↑2	35
42	Gregory	221	↓4	45
43	Antonio	219	↓3	73
44	Samuel	214	–	54
45	Bryan	199	↓4	48
46	Phillip	189	new	69
47	Corey	187	↓2	63
48	Paul	185	–	42
49	Tyler	185	new	43
50	Aaron	171	new	33

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