Popular baby names in Washington, 1985

The most popular baby names in Washington in 1985 were Jessica for girls (843 babies) and Christopher for boys (1,043). Christopher ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 59,150 babies born in Washington in 1985 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Washington in 1985

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

Girls

Breanne: 32 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Kelsey: 136 babies, 5× the national rate
Breanna: 48 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Shaina: 19 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Terra: 25 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Chandra: 22 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Shelby: 46 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Darcy: 15 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Brianna: 71 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Shawna: 59 babies, 3.1× the national rate

Boys

Skyler: 25 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Bryce: 61 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Tyson: 58 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Cameron: 97 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Gavin: 27 babies, 3× the national rate
Miles: 23 babies, 3× the national rate
Nathanael: 18 babies, 3× the national rate
Riley: 17 babies, 3× the national rate
Ty: 18 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Dane: 48 babies, 2.8× the national rate

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

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1984	US rank
1	Jessica	843	↑1	1
2	Jennifer	808	↓1	3
3	Ashley	710	↑2	2
4	Amanda	702	↓1	4
5	Sarah	576	↓1	5
6	Nicole	488	↑1	7
7	Stephanie	427	↓1	6
8	Megan	405	↑3	10
9	Rachel	386	–	13
10	Elizabeth	375	↑4	9
11	Heather	372	↓3	8
12	Melissa	362	↓2	11
13	Amber	317	↑2	16
14	Danielle	316	↑2	18
15	Michelle	313	↓2	22
16	Emily	298	↑3	24
17	Amy	294	↓5	20
18	Laura	277	↑6	14
19	Christina	268	↑3	12
20	Rebecca	267	↓3	25
21	Erin	248	–	26
22	Katie	232	↑6	39
23	Brittany	231	↑23	17
24	Tiffany	231	↓6	23
25	Andrea	230	↑1	33
26	Kimberly	230	↑3	19
27	Angela	228	↓4	31
28	Sara	226	↓3	30
29	Crystal	225	↓9	21
30	Jamie	225	↓3	27
31	Katherine	212	↑1	32
32	Lindsey	201	↓2	37
33	Lisa	193	↓2	36
34	Lauren	192	↑4	15
35	Samantha	178	↑12	29
36	Alicia	161	↓3	45
37	Kelly	153	–	28
38	Kristina	145	↑2	57
39	Kathryn	144	↑3	48
40	Anna	142	↓5	54
41	Tara	140	↓2	51
42	Lindsay	138	↓6	40
43	Chelsea	136	new	75
44	Kelsey	136	↑6	>100
45	Kristen	136	↓1	38
46	Shannon	132	↓12	41
47	Erica	130	new	34
48	Julie	129	new	55
49	Cassandra	127	↓4	62
50	Courtney	127	new	43

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1984	US rank
1	Christopher	1,043	↑1	2
2	Michael	1,016	↓1	1
3	Joshua	854	↑1	4
4	Matthew	850	↓1	3
5	Ryan	736	–	12
6	David	728	–	6
7	Andrew	639	–	11
8	Daniel	598	–	5
9	Nicholas	573	↑7	19
10	James	537	↑1	7
11	Brandon	532	↓2	13
12	Kyle	522	↑7	27
13	Joseph	508	–	10
14	Robert	483	↑1	8
15	Jason	469	↓5	14
16	Justin	450	↓4	15
17	Tyler	429	↑4	43
18	John	413	↓4	9
19	Brian	401	↓2	18
20	Jacob	392	↑6	35
21	Jonathan	372	↑1	17
22	Aaron	371	↓2	33
23	Adam	368	↓5	22
24	Eric	364	–	21
25	Anthony	356	–	20
26	Steven	351	↑3	24
27	Kevin	342	–	23
28	Benjamin	337	–	31
29	Jeffrey	333	↓6	29
30	William	310	↑1	16
31	Timothy	306	↑3	26
32	Zachary	297	↑5	39
33	Sean	295	↑2	38
34	Thomas	289	↓1	25
35	Nathan	288	↓5	40
36	Jeremy	282	↑3	30
37	Travis	255	↓5	46
38	Jesse	241	↓2	51
39	Richard	230	↓1	28
40	Scott	220	↑1	44
41	Mark	207	↑4	32
42	Dustin	201	–	41
43	Alexander	198	↑3	50
44	Patrick	197	↓4	37
45	Derek	188	↑3	56
46	Paul	185	↓2	42
47	Charles	184	↑2	34
48	Cody	183	new	52
49	Stephen	181	↓6	36
50	Kenneth	170	new	47

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