Popular baby names in Maryland, 1985

The most popular baby names in Maryland in 1985 were Ashley for girls (879 babies) and Michael for boys (1,213). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 51,865 babies born in Maryland in 1985 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Maryland in 1985

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

Girls

Tierra: 65 babies, 10.1× the national rate
Lakia: 16 babies, 10× the national rate
Shanae: 18 babies, 9.4× the national rate
Lashawn: 15 babies, 8.2× the national rate
Shanelle: 16 babies, 8× the national rate
Tyesha: 16 babies, 6.9× the national rate
Tiara: 51 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Cierra: 31 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Tameka: 26 babies, 4.3× the national rate
India: 43 babies, 4.1× the national rate

Boys

Tavon: 48 babies, 45× the national rate
Davon: 34 babies, 12× the national rate
Derrell: 15 babies, 9.3× the national rate
Donte: 42 babies, 7.6× the national rate
Donnell: 20 babies, 6.1× the national rate
Durell: 16 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Lamont: 22 babies, 5× the national rate
Jamal: 42 babies, 4.5× the national rate
Antoine: 43 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Terrell: 45 babies, 3.4× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1984	US rank
1	Ashley	879	↑2	2
2	Jennifer	760	↓1	3
3	Jessica	752	↓1	1
4	Amanda	633	–	4
5	Sarah	444	↑1	5
6	Nicole	440	↑3	7
7	Heather	423	↓2	8
8	Stephanie	401	↓1	6
9	Lauren	388	↓1	15
10	Christina	369	↑1	12
11	Megan	359	↑4	10
12	Elizabeth	314	↑2	9
13	Rachel	308	↑4	13
14	Laura	303	↑2	14
15	Danielle	295	↓5	18
16	Kimberly	293	↑3	19
17	Amy	281	↑4	20
18	Melissa	280	↓6	11
19	Kelly	264	↑4	28
20	Crystal	263	↓2	21
21	Tiffany	261	↓8	23
22	Brittany	249	↑23	17
23	Michelle	227	↑2	22
24	Rebecca	225	–	25
25	Erin	220	↓3	26
26	Amber	219	↑1	16
27	Emily	216	↓1	24
28	Katherine	210	–	32
29	Shannon	198	↓9	41
30	Erica	178	↑2	34
31	Samantha	177	↑10	29
32	Lisa	175	↓1	36
33	Lindsay	169	↑1	40
34	Kristen	168	↓4	38
35	Mary	166	↓2	35
36	Angela	163	↓7	31
37	Jamie	163	↓2	27
38	April	147	↑5	47
39	Sara	145	↓1	30
40	Katie	136	↑7	39
41	Courtney	134	new	43
42	Allison	131	new	46
43	Christine	131	↓6	44
44	Kristin	124	↓8	49
45	Kathryn	122	↓3	48
46	Julie	113	–	55
47	Meghan	113	new	63
48	Andrea	110	↓9	33
49	Kristina	108	new	57
50	Holly	102	↓1	56

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1984	US rank
1	Michael	1,213	–	1
2	Christopher	1,059	–	2
3	Matthew	786	–	3
4	David	680	–	6
5	James	644	–	7
6	Daniel	634	↑2	5
7	John	632	–	9
8	Robert	623	↓2	8
9	Joshua	607	↑2	4
10	Jason	543	↓1	14
11	Brandon	541	↑6	13
12	Joseph	526	↓2	10
13	Andrew	521	↑3	11
14	William	520	↓1	16
15	Brian	496	↓3	18
16	Ryan	494	↓1	12
17	Kevin	444	↑1	23
18	Justin	428	↓4	15
19	Jonathan	387	–	17
20	Timothy	368	↑1	26
21	Anthony	353	↑2	20
22	Eric	353	↓2	21
23	Thomas	349	↑1	25
24	Nicholas	342	↑2	19
25	Steven	336	↓3	24
26	Charles	330	↑2	34
27	Stephen	280	↑3	36
28	Richard	267	↓1	28
29	Mark	264	–	32
30	Adam	250	↓5	22
31	Patrick	248	↑1	37
32	Sean	248	↑1	38
33	Jeffrey	243	↓2	29
34	Gregory	232	↑1	45
35	Benjamin	208	↓1	31
36	Kyle	204	new	27
37	Kenneth	197	–	47
38	Paul	196	↓2	42
39	Aaron	185	↓1	33
40	Bryan	175	–	48
41	Scott	174	↓2	44
42	Jeremy	155	–	30
43	Zachary	155	↑4	39
44	Shawn	150	↑1	55
45	Alexander	139	new	50
46	Jacob	128	new	35
47	Edward	125	↓4	59
48	Keith	121	new	64
49	Donald	118	↑1	66
50	Nathan	116	new	40

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