Popular baby names in North Carolina, 1985

The most popular baby names in North Carolina in 1985 were Ashley for girls (1,493 babies) and Christopher for boys (1,706). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 76,077 babies born in North Carolina in 1985 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in North Carolina in 1985

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

Girls

Lashonda: 44 babies, 6.4× the national rate
Cameron: 22 babies, 5.3× the national rate
Shameka: 26 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Sharonda: 18 babies, 4× the national rate
Latonya: 38 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Lakisha: 29 babies, 3.8× the national rate
Chiquita: 28 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Tameka: 30 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Charity: 62 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Shanika: 18 babies, 3.2× the national rate

Boys

Grayson: 22 babies, 7.4× the national rate
Demario: 24 babies, 5.4× the national rate
Jackson: 23 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Scotty: 22 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Cedric: 62 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Antwan: 27 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Donnie: 25 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Johnnie: 24 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Brooks: 21 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Jamar: 27 babies, 2.8× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in North Carolina, 1985

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1984	US rank
1	Ashley	1,493	–	2
2	Jessica	1,302	↑1	1
3	Jennifer	1,053	↓1	3
4	Amanda	1,023	–	4
5	Heather	674	–	8
6	Stephanie	567	↑2	6
7	Crystal	566	↓1	21
8	Elizabeth	549	↑1	9
9	Sarah	542	↓2	5
10	Amber	453	↑3	16
11	Lauren	450	↑4	15
12	Kimberly	448	–	19
13	Megan	442	↑6	10
14	Brittany	422	↑29	17
15	Tiffany	408	↓5	23
16	Laura	390	↓2	14
17	Melissa	389	↓6	11
18	Mary	369	↓1	35
19	Emily	365	↓1	24
20	Christina	356	↑3	12
21	Rebecca	318	↑3	25
22	Amy	303	↓6	20
23	Kelly	292	↓2	28
24	Rachel	278	↑4	13
25	Erica	262	↑5	34
26	Samantha	256	↑12	29
27	April	249	↓7	47
28	Danielle	246	↓2	18
29	Shannon	242	↓4	41
30	Jamie	238	↑3	27
31	Courtney	236	↑5	43
32	Katherine	234	↓3	32
33	Angela	229	↓2	31
34	Erin	228	↓7	26
35	Kristen	218	↓1	38
36	Anna	217	↑6	54
37	Brandy	216	↑4	70
38	Lindsay	203	↓3	40
39	Latoya	197	↓17	81
40	Nicole	190	↑7	7
41	Krystal	186	new	53
42	Allison	181	↑6	46
43	Michelle	181	↓11	22
44	Holly	179	↓4	56
45	Andrea	176	–	33
46	Sara	168	↑3	30
47	Lindsey	164	↓10	37
48	Alicia	163	↓4	45
49	Brandi	163	↓3	69
50	Kathryn	156	new	48

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1984	US rank
1	Christopher	1,706	–	2
2	Joshua	1,424	↑1	4
3	Michael	1,388	↓1	1
4	James	1,193	↑1	7
5	Matthew	1,132	↓1	3
6	Brandon	1,109	↑1	13
7	William	964	↓1	16
8	David	892	–	6
9	John	819	↑1	9
10	Robert	801	↑1	8
11	Jonathan	791	↓2	17
12	Daniel	773	↑1	5
13	Justin	751	↑1	15
14	Joseph	667	↑1	10
15	Jason	632	↓3	14
16	Andrew	539	↑4	11
17	Timothy	491	↑2	26
18	Charles	476	–	34
19	Adam	472	↓3	22
20	Brian	465	↓3	18
21	Thomas	465	–	25
22	Jeremy	421	↑2	30
23	Ryan	413	↑6	12
24	Anthony	406	↑1	20
25	Kevin	401	↓2	23
26	Steven	389	↓4	24
27	Travis	371	↑1	46
28	Richard	362	↓1	28
29	Eric	351	↓3	21
30	Stephen	338	–	36
31	Nicholas	328	↑3	19
32	Benjamin	319	↓1	31
33	Dustin	313	–	41
34	Jeffrey	307	↓2	29
35	Kenneth	285	–	47
36	Patrick	264	↑2	37
37	Zachary	263	↑10	39
38	Aaron	254	↓2	33
39	Mark	252	↓2	32
40	Bryan	221	↑1	48
41	Kyle	216	new	27
42	Gregory	210	↓2	45
43	Marcus	205	↓4	61
44	Jacob	204	↑1	35
45	Samuel	198	↓1	54
46	Nathan	197	–	40
47	Bradley	196	↓4	53
48	Phillip	188	↑1	69
49	Paul	181	↓7	42
50	Tyler	176	new	43

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