Popular baby names in Pennsylvania, 1985

The most popular baby names in Pennsylvania in 1985 were Ashley for girls (2,181 babies) and Michael for boys (3,583). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 146,206 babies born in Pennsylvania in 1985 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Pennsylvania in 1985

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

Girls

Maura: 36 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Colleen: 218 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Janine: 48 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Justine: 89 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Maureen: 66 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Beth: 124 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Kaitlyn: 76 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Leanne: 50 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Dana: 276 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Katelyn: 118 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Tyree: 42 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Francis: 138 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Dante: 46 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Donte: 41 babies, 2.7× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1984	US rank
1	Ashley	2,181	↑2	2
2	Jessica	2,047	–	1
3	Amanda	1,952	↑1	4
4	Jennifer	1,944	↓3	3
5	Nicole	1,506	–	7
6	Megan	1,172	↑5	10
7	Sarah	1,149	–	5
8	Lauren	1,107	↑2	15
9	Stephanie	1,072	–	6
10	Heather	1,052	↓2	8
11	Melissa	1,021	↓5	11
12	Laura	892	↑3	14
13	Elizabeth	877	–	9
14	Danielle	860	↓2	18
15	Rachel	786	↑1	13
16	Kelly	783	↑2	28
17	Christina	723	↑5	12
18	Rebecca	711	↑1	25
19	Amy	706	↓5	20
20	Erin	677	↓3	26
21	Kimberly	662	–	19
22	Emily	648	↑3	24
23	Amber	639	↑3	16
24	Jamie	626	↑3	27
25	Brittany	616	new	17
26	Michelle	600	↓6	22
27	Tiffany	542	↓3	23
28	Lisa	497	↓5	36
29	Lindsay	488	↓1	40
30	Kristen	481	–	38
31	Samantha	473	↑12	29
32	Angela	468	↓3	31
33	Shannon	457	–	41
34	Katie	445	↑7	39
35	Crystal	444	↓4	21
36	Christine	439	↓2	44
37	Sara	439	↓5	30
38	Jenna	405	–	50
39	Erica	402	↓2	34
40	Mary	398	↓5	35
41	Allison	393	↑8	46
42	Alicia	378	–	45
43	Andrea	375	↓7	33
44	Kristin	373	–	49
45	Tara	364	↓5	51
46	Katherine	362	↓7	32
47	Kathryn	361	↓2	48
48	Lindsey	356	↓2	37
49	Julie	333	↓1	55
50	Courtney	321	–	43

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1984	US rank
1	Michael	3,583	–	1
2	Matthew	2,726	–	3
3	Christopher	2,444	–	2
4	Daniel	1,910	↑2	5
5	David	1,865	↓1	6
6	Joshua	1,811	↓1	4
7	James	1,692	↑5	7
8	John	1,681	–	9
9	Andrew	1,664	↑4	11
10	Joseph	1,664	↓3	10
11	Robert	1,652	↓2	8
12	Ryan	1,651	↓2	12
13	Jason	1,360	↓2	14
14	William	1,276	↑2	16
15	Brian	1,274	↓1	18
16	Justin	1,248	↓1	15
17	Brandon	1,199	↑7	13
18	Anthony	1,079	↑1	20
19	Eric	1,069	↑3	21
20	Jonathan	1,056	–	17
21	Adam	1,045	↓4	22
22	Kevin	1,036	↓1	23
23	Thomas	1,000	↓5	25
24	Timothy	956	↓1	26
25	Nicholas	922	–	19
26	Stephen	882	↑2	36
27	Steven	842	↓1	24
28	Mark	803	↓1	32
29	Jeffrey	796	↑1	29
30	Kyle	733	↑8	27
31	Richard	710	↓2	28
32	Sean	680	↑2	38
33	Benjamin	667	–	31
34	Zachary	664	↑5	39
35	Nathan	611	–	40
36	Gregory	577	–	45
37	Patrick	576	↓5	37
38	Scott	527	↓7	44
39	Jeremy	511	↑2	30
40	Aaron	494	↑2	33
41	Paul	494	↓1	42
42	Shawn	487	↑1	55
43	Charles	485	↓6	34
44	Kenneth	407	↑2	47
45	Bryan	397	↓1	48
46	Edward	390	↓1	59
47	Chad	376	–	57
48	Jesse	374	↑2	51
49	Alexander	371	new	50
50	Jacob	370	new	35

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