Popular baby names in Ohio, 1985

The most popular baby names in Ohio in 1985 were Ashley for girls (2,629 babies) and Michael for boys (3,021). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 146,179 babies born in Ohio in 1985 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Ohio in 1985

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

Girls

Abbey: 36 babies, 2.9× the national rate
India: 86 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Tierra: 47 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Tiara: 49 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Cierra: 39 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Abby: 98 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Branden: 77 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Jarrod: 77 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Brock: 60 babies, 2× the national rate
Demetrius: 56 babies, 2× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1984	US rank
1	Ashley	2,629	–	2
2	Jessica	2,386	↑1	1
3	Amanda	2,071	↑1	4
4	Jennifer	1,915	↓2	3
5	Sarah	1,452	–	5
6	Megan	1,179	↑4	10
7	Stephanie	1,142	–	6
8	Heather	1,111	↓2	8
9	Nicole	1,106	↓1	7
10	Elizabeth	1,013	↓1	9
11	Brittany	1,008	↑17	17
12	Amber	920	↓1	16
13	Rachel	896	–	13
14	Melissa	843	↓2	11
15	Danielle	794	↓1	18
16	Amy	753	↓1	20
17	Emily	752	–	24
18	Christina	744	↑4	12
19	Lauren	721	↑5	15
20	Laura	705	–	14
21	Tiffany	699	↓5	23
22	Michelle	658	↓3	22
23	Kelly	645	↓2	28
24	Erin	624	↓6	26
25	Sara	593	↑7	30
26	Angela	576	↓3	31
27	Kimberly	576	–	19
28	Rebecca	559	↓3	25
29	Andrea	522	↑1	33
30	Jamie	521	↑3	27
31	Crystal	503	↓5	21
32	Katherine	489	↓3	32
33	Lisa	487	↑2	36
34	Lindsay	486	↓3	40
35	Samantha	480	↑5	29
36	Lindsey	465	↓2	37
37	Kristen	460	↓1	38
38	Erica	437	↑1	34
39	Katie	433	↑2	39
40	Mary	429	↓3	35
41	Shannon	415	↓3	41
42	Allison	400	↑3	46
43	Courtney	361	↑6	43
44	Tara	354	↑2	51
45	Kathryn	341	↓3	48
46	Julie	318	↓2	55
47	Jenna	316	↑3	50
48	Alicia	315	–	45
49	Christine	313	new	44
50	Holly	283	↓7	56

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1984	US rank
1	Michael	3,021	–	1
2	Matthew	2,499	–	3
3	Christopher	2,484	–	2
4	Joshua	2,286	–	4
5	David	1,832	–	6
6	Daniel	1,706	↑2	5
7	Andrew	1,638	↑6	11
8	James	1,638	↓2	7
9	Ryan	1,625	↑1	12
10	Brandon	1,589	↑6	13
11	Robert	1,573	↓2	8
12	Joseph	1,504	↓5	10
13	John	1,373	↓1	9
14	Nicholas	1,319	↑4	19
15	Brian	1,291	–	18
16	Adam	1,269	↓2	22
17	Justin	1,228	–	15
18	Jason	1,207	↓7	14
19	Anthony	1,131	↑2	20
20	William	1,045	↓1	16
21	Eric	1,019	↓1	21
22	Kevin	974	↑3	23
23	Kyle	946	↑7	27
24	Jonathan	912	↓1	17
25	Steven	884	↑1	24
26	Timothy	875	↓4	26
27	Thomas	811	↓3	25
28	Aaron	796	–	33
29	Jeffrey	792	↓2	29
30	Mark	739	↑1	32
31	Zachary	699	↑8	39
32	Benjamin	679	–	31
33	Charles	675	↑3	34
34	Jeremy	665	↓5	30
35	Richard	655	↓2	28
36	Dustin	630	↓2	41
37	Scott	583	–	44
38	Nathan	576	↓3	40
39	Stephen	574	↓1	36
40	Jacob	554	↑3	35
41	Tyler	520	↑8	43
42	Gregory	516	↓2	45
43	Patrick	496	↓2	37
44	Sean	482	↓2	38
45	Bradley	453	↑3	53
46	Bryan	450	–	48
47	Paul	445	↓2	42
48	Chad	438	↓4	57
49	Kenneth	412	↓2	47
50	Shawn	388	–	55

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