Popular baby names in Virginia, 1985

The most popular baby names in Virginia in 1985 were Ashley for girls (1,310 babies) and Christopher for boys (1,562). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 70,754 babies born in Virginia in 1985 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Virginia in 1985

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

Girls

Chela: 27 babies, 17.8× the national rate
Sherita: 21 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Tameka: 30 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Lakesha: 18 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Lakisha: 24 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Virginia: 86 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Ashleigh: 74 babies, 3× the national rate
Tierra: 26 babies, 3× the national rate
Lakeisha: 32 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Tiffanie: 21 babies, 2.9× the national rate

Boys

Donte: 36 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Jamar: 34 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Hunter: 38 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Randolph: 21 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Quinton: 33 babies, 3× the national rate
Milton: 20 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Lewis: 30 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Stuart: 40 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Dominique: 20 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Barry: 47 babies, 2.4× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1984	US rank
1	Ashley	1,310	↑2	2
2	Jessica	1,240	↓1	1
3	Amanda	935	↑1	4
4	Jennifer	930	↓2	3
5	Sarah	617	–	5
6	Heather	600	–	8
7	Stephanie	531	–	6
8	Elizabeth	486	↑1	9
9	Megan	474	↑4	10
10	Crystal	423	↓2	21
11	Tiffany	422	↓1	23
12	Lauren	408	–	15
13	Kimberly	403	↑3	19
14	Brittany	390	↑33	17
15	Christina	388	–	12
16	Nicole	379	↑5	7
17	Melissa	376	↓6	11
18	Laura	373	↓4	14
19	Rebecca	349	–	25
20	Amy	345	↓3	20
21	Rachel	345	↓3	13
22	Kelly	327	↑5	28
23	Danielle	321	↑3	18
24	Katherine	319	–	32
25	Mary	317	↓3	35
26	Amber	300	↑4	16
27	Emily	300	↓4	24
28	Erin	287	↓3	26
29	Michelle	274	↓9	22
30	Samantha	259	↑4	29
31	Sara	245	↑5	30
32	Shannon	243	↓4	41
33	Kristen	225	↑2	38
34	April	217	↓2	47
35	Jamie	208	↑6	27
36	Courtney	204	↓3	43
37	Angela	187	↓8	31
38	Allison	174	↑10	46
39	Lindsey	168	–	37
40	Krystal	166	new	53
41	Andrea	165	new	33
42	Kathryn	161	↓4	48
43	Erica	159	↓1	34
44	Lindsay	151	↓4	40
45	Lisa	150	↓8	36
46	Whitney	148	new	73
47	Christine	146	new	44
48	Kristin	143	↓5	49
49	Victoria	139	new	59
50	Catherine	136	–	65

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1984	US rank
1	Christopher	1,562	–	2
2	Michael	1,462	–	1
3	Matthew	1,130	–	3
4	Joshua	1,069	↑2	4
5	James	1,060	↓1	7
6	David	920	↓1	6
7	John	862	–	9
8	Brandon	857	↑4	13
9	Robert	852	–	8
10	William	844	↓2	16
11	Daniel	768	↓1	5
12	Justin	685	↑2	15
13	Jason	668	↓2	14
14	Andrew	662	↑3	11
15	Joseph	648	↑1	10
16	Jonathan	639	↓3	17
17	Brian	569	↓2	18
18	Ryan	549	↑1	12
19	Thomas	448	↑3	25
20	Timothy	426	↑3	26
21	Eric	418	↑6	21
22	Kevin	413	↓1	23
23	Steven	412	↑1	24
24	Charles	393	↓4	34
25	Adam	390	↓7	22
26	Anthony	385	↓1	20
27	Richard	364	↓1	28
28	Nicholas	355	↑2	19
29	Benjamin	351	–	31
30	Stephen	331	↑1	36
31	Jeffrey	312	↑5	29
32	Travis	309	↓4	46
33	Mark	308	↑1	32
34	Jeremy	275	↓2	30
35	Patrick	273	–	37
36	Sean	269	↑1	38
37	Kyle	267	↑9	27
38	Aaron	260	↓5	33
39	Kenneth	255	↓1	47
40	Zachary	251	↑7	39
41	Bryan	226	↓1	48
42	Gregory	221	↓1	45
43	Paul	203	↓4	42
44	Marcus	202	–	61
45	Jacob	200	↓3	35
46	Dustin	197	↓1	41
47	Nathan	196	↓4	40
48	Shawn	190	new	55
49	Samuel	173	–	54
50	Alexander	168	–	50

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