Popular baby names in Michigan, 1985

The most popular baby names in Michigan in 1985 were Jessica for girls (1,951 babies) and Michael for boys (2,616). Social Security records list 122,397 babies born in Michigan in 1985 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Michigan in 1985

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

Girls

Dayna: 45 babies, 4× the national rate
Autumn: 97 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Trisha: 82 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Tricia: 46 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Dominique: 221 babies, 2× the national rate
Renee: 164 babies, 2× the national rate
Rachelle: 63 babies, 2× the national rate
Lena: 35 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Deangelo: 39 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Deandre: 62 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Ali: 37 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Kirk: 66 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Nickolas: 64 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Duane: 54 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Darnell: 57 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Jonathon: 167 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Kurtis: 41 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Dale: 85 babies, 2.2× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1984	US rank
1	Jessica	1,951	↑1	1
2	Amanda	1,727	↑1	4
3	Ashley	1,714	↑2	2
4	Jennifer	1,536	↓3	3
5	Nicole	1,211	↑1	7
6	Sarah	1,197	↓2	5
7	Stephanie	946	–	6
8	Heather	896	–	8
9	Megan	805	↑3	10
10	Rachel	786	↑4	13
11	Melissa	779	↓2	11
12	Elizabeth	757	↓2	9
13	Danielle	698	↓2	18
14	Amber	632	↑1	16
15	Laura	618	↑4	14
16	Amy	602	↓3	20
17	Kelly	601	↑5	28
18	Christina	600	↑10	12
19	Emily	596	↓2	24
20	Andrea	575	↑4	33
21	Michelle	561	↓3	22
22	Rebecca	540	↑1	25
23	Sara	539	↑6	30
24	Lauren	530	↑6	15
25	Angela	516	↓4	31
26	Erin	510	↓6	26
27	Crystal	490	↓11	21
28	Jamie	482	↑4	27
29	Kimberly	479	↓2	19
30	Tiffany	468	↓5	23
31	Lisa	454	↓5	36
32	Samantha	434	↑8	29
33	Katherine	421	↓2	32
34	Katie	412	↑1	39
35	Erica	368	↑1	34
36	Lindsey	363	↓2	37
37	Lindsay	362	↓4	40
38	Kristen	352	↓1	38
39	Kathryn	332	↑3	48
40	Alicia	328	↓1	45
41	Shannon	321	↓3	41
42	Mary	300	↓1	35
43	Courtney	287	↑4	43
44	Brittany	278	new	17
45	Julie	275	↑3	55
46	Kristin	272	↓2	49
47	Holly	271	↓4	56
48	Kristina	262	new	57
49	Christine	257	↓3	44
50	Jenna	254	new	50

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1984	US rank
1	Michael	2,616	–	1
2	Christopher	2,109	–	2
3	Matthew	1,974	–	3
4	Joshua	1,657	↑2	4
5	David	1,543	↓1	6
6	Andrew	1,521	↑3	11
7	Ryan	1,488	↓2	12
8	Daniel	1,401	↓1	5
9	Brandon	1,335	↑5	13
10	Robert	1,251	–	8
11	James	1,191	–	7
12	Joseph	1,163	–	10
13	Jason	1,154	↓5	14
14	Nicholas	1,138	↑1	19
15	Justin	1,006	↑3	15
16	Eric	988	↑3	21
17	John	983	–	9
18	Adam	973	↓5	22
19	Brian	969	↓3	18
20	Steven	894	↑1	24
21	Kyle	892	↑8	27
22	Anthony	876	↓2	20
23	William	804	–	16
24	Kevin	796	↓2	23
25	Timothy	734	↑2	26
26	Jeffrey	725	↓1	29
27	Thomas	721	↓3	25
28	Jonathan	677	–	17
29	Aaron	664	↓3	33
30	Scott	614	–	44
31	Mark	586	↑1	32
32	Benjamin	554	↓1	31
33	Jacob	544	↑3	35
34	Nathan	526	↓1	40
35	Jeremy	525	↓1	30
36	Richard	517	↓1	28
37	Charles	451	↑2	34
38	Paul	443	↓1	42
39	Patrick	424	↓1	37
40	Stephen	413	–	36
41	Sean	401	↑4	38
42	Bryan	400	↑4	48
43	Bradley	398	↓1	53
44	Gregory	393	↓1	45
45	Kenneth	392	↓1	47
46	Zachary	380	↑4	39
47	Chad	378	↓6	57
48	Derek	345	↓1	56
49	Dustin	326	–	41
50	Tyler	298	new	43

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