Popular baby names in Indiana, 1985

The most popular baby names in Indiana in 1985 were Ashley for girls (1,578 babies) and Joshua for boys (1,321). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Joshua ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 71,723 babies born in Indiana in 1985 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Indiana in 1985

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

Girls

Kylie: 29 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Joni: 22 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Holli: 18 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Kyla: 22 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Britni: 19 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Abby: 75 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Brooke: 128 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Ashlee: 88 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Abigail: 82 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Trisha: 50 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Ryne: 29 babies, 5× the national rate
Zachariah: 31 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Brock: 41 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Trent: 37 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Johnathon: 38 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Josiah: 24 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Trenton: 31 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Kurtis: 23 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Levi: 52 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Elijah: 31 babies, 2.2× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1984	US rank
1	Ashley	1,578	–	2
2	Amanda	1,137	↑1	4
3	Jessica	1,049	↑1	1
4	Jennifer	918	↓2	3
5	Sarah	708	–	5
6	Heather	665	↑1	8
7	Megan	645	↑2	10
8	Amber	589	↓2	16
9	Brittany	585	↑8	17
10	Stephanie	554	↓2	6
11	Elizabeth	512	–	9
12	Rachel	485	↓2	13
13	Nicole	477	↓1	7
14	Melissa	446	↓1	11
15	Emily	418	–	24
16	Amy	397	↓2	20
17	Laura	384	↑3	14
18	Danielle	374	↓2	18
19	Christina	324	↑4	12
20	Andrea	292	↑7	33
21	Kimberly	290	↑11	19
22	Tiffany	290	↓4	23
23	Lauren	287	↑8	15
24	Michelle	286	↓3	22
25	Sara	279	↑9	30
26	Lindsey	276	–	37
27	Angela	268	↓3	31
28	Erin	268	↓9	26
29	Jamie	267	↓1	27
30	Samantha	265	↑5	29
31	Crystal	263	↓9	21
32	Kelly	256	↓7	28
33	Katherine	246	–	32
34	Erica	224	↑4	34
35	Lindsay	223	↓6	40
36	Courtney	217	↑5	43
37	Katie	213	↑12	39
38	Holly	211	↓2	56
39	Mary	209	↓2	35
40	Lisa	206	–	36
41	Rebecca	206	↓11	25
42	Allison	190	↑3	46
43	Kristen	173	↓1	38
44	Kathryn	169	new	48
45	Alicia	166	↓2	45
46	Jenna	162	new	50
47	Kristina	155	new	57
48	April	150	↓9	47
49	Brandi	150	↓3	69
50	Tara	150	↓3	51

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1984	US rank
1	Joshua	1,321	↑2	4
2	Michael	1,259	–	1
3	Matthew	1,242	↓2	3
4	Christopher	1,229	–	2
5	Ryan	906	–	12
6	Brandon	827	↑2	13
7	Andrew	820	↑6	11
8	David	811	↓2	6
9	James	770	↑1	7
10	Justin	703	↓1	15
11	Daniel	698	↑1	5
12	Adam	679	↓5	22
13	John	657	↑3	9
14	Kyle	651	↑6	27
15	Joseph	646	↓4	10
16	Robert	591	↓2	8
17	Nicholas	588	↑1	19
18	Jason	552	↓3	14
19	Eric	497	–	21
20	William	491	↑2	16
21	Brian	490	↓4	18
22	Zachary	472	↑9	39
23	Aaron	438	↓2	33
24	Dustin	433	↓1	41
25	Anthony	416	–	20
26	Jonathan	415	↓2	17
27	Jeremy	411	↓1	30
28	Kevin	399	↑2	23
29	Timothy	392	↓1	26
30	Jacob	385	↑4	35
31	Nathan	379	↑1	40
32	Thomas	362	↑1	25
33	Benjamin	354	↓4	31
34	Steven	352	↓7	24
35	Tyler	300	↑5	43
36	Bradley	293	↑5	53
37	Charles	293	↓1	34
38	Scott	290	↑1	44
39	Mark	284	↓1	32
40	Jeffrey	280	↓5	29
41	Richard	266	↑1	28
42	Travis	251	↓5	46
43	Stephen	249	↑3	36
44	Patrick	245	↓1	37
45	Gregory	223	↑2	45
46	Sean	223	new	38
47	Jordan	208	new	62
48	Chad	206	↓4	57
49	Bryan	205	↑1	48
50	Paul	202	↓1	42

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