Popular baby names in New York, 1985

The most popular baby names in New York in 1985 were Jessica for girls (3,237 babies) and Michael for boys (5,853). Social Security records list 227,938 babies born in New York in 1985 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in New York in 1985

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

Girls

Rivka: 57 babies, 12.6× the national rate
Chaya: 101 babies, 12.5× the national rate
Chana: 118 babies, 10.3× the national rate
Shaniqua: 60 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Giselle: 86 babies, 6× the national rate
Janine: 112 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Simone: 57 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Esther: 196 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Miriam: 166 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Jasmin: 133 babies, 3.6× the national rate

Boys

Chaim: 87 babies, 12.2× the national rate
Moshe: 80 babies, 10.4× the national rate
Jamel: 124 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Salvatore: 130 babies, 5.8× the national rate
Ariel: 94 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Kareem: 89 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Elvis: 62 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Jean: 72 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Edwin: 292 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Dominick: 91 babies, 3.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in New York, 1985

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1984	US rank
1	Jessica	3,237	↑1	1
2	Jennifer	3,228	↓1	3
3	Nicole	2,168	–	7
4	Amanda	2,121	↑1	4
5	Ashley	1,736	↑8	2
6	Stephanie	1,688	–	6
7	Melissa	1,632	↓3	11
8	Christina	1,542	↑4	12
9	Danielle	1,516	↓2	18
10	Elizabeth	1,484	↓2	9
11	Sarah	1,355	↓2	5
12	Lauren	1,325	↓2	15
13	Michelle	1,121	↓2	22
14	Laura	1,009	↑2	14
15	Heather	987	↓1	8
16	Rachel	945	↑2	13
17	Kimberly	921	–	19
18	Christine	894	↑2	44
19	Megan	869	↑7	10
20	Tiffany	807	↓5	23
21	Lisa	794	↓2	36
22	Samantha	783	↑11	29
23	Emily	767	↑8	24
24	Crystal	741	↓3	21
25	Kelly	741	–	28
26	Rebecca	735	↓3	25
27	Kristen	690	↑2	38
28	Erica	687	–	34
29	Katherine	683	↓2	32
30	Amy	677	↓8	20
31	Sara	633	↑1	30
32	Vanessa	633	↓2	42
33	Erin	614	↓9	26
34	Jamie	591	↑2	27
35	Lindsay	558	↑2	40
36	Andrea	557	↓1	33
37	Jacqueline	532	↓3	60
38	Maria	532	↑2	52
39	Angela	525	–	31
40	Shannon	518	↓2	41
41	Brittany	508	new	17
42	Jenna	493	new	50
43	Diana	486	↓1	74
44	Alicia	479	↓3	45
45	Allison	473	new	46
46	Victoria	473	↑3	59
47	Kristin	472	↓4	49
48	Meghan	466	↓1	63
49	Tara	466	↓4	51
50	Mary	454	↓6	35

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1984	US rank
1	Michael	5,853	–	1
2	Christopher	4,178	–	2
3	Matthew	3,311	–	3
4	Daniel	3,153	–	5
5	Joseph	2,975	–	10
6	David	2,732	–	6
7	John	2,372	–	9
8	Robert	2,307	↑2	8
9	James	2,245	–	7
10	Anthony	2,132	↑1	20
11	Jonathan	2,072	↑2	17
12	Jason	2,041	↓4	14
13	Andrew	2,032	↑1	11
14	Joshua	1,866	↑1	4
15	Brian	1,778	↓3	18
16	Thomas	1,628	↑1	25
17	William	1,567	↓1	16
18	Nicholas	1,562	↑3	19
19	Ryan	1,556	–	12
20	Kevin	1,468	↑4	23
21	Eric	1,402	↑1	21
22	Steven	1,402	↓2	24
23	Justin	1,331	–	15
24	Adam	1,291	↓6	22
25	Richard	1,279	–	28
26	Jeffrey	1,099	↑1	29
27	Timothy	1,069	↓1	26
28	Sean	1,000	↑1	38
29	Brandon	943	↑5	13
30	Stephen	941	↑3	36
31	Gregory	919	–	45
32	Patrick	915	–	37
33	Mark	906	↓5	32
34	Paul	865	↓4	42
35	Peter	847	–	60
36	Charles	784	↑1	34
37	Benjamin	760	↑2	31
38	Kyle	740	↑3	27
39	Alexander	733	↑1	50
40	Jose	730	↓4	49
41	Scott	683	↓3	44
42	Kenneth	613	↑1	47
43	Jeremy	557	↑1	30
44	Edward	550	↓2	59
45	Aaron	522	–	33
46	Luis	518	↑1	85
47	Bryan	502	↓1	48
48	Shawn	478	new	55
49	Vincent	475	↑1	95
50	Zachary	475	new	39

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