Top 100 Most Popular U.S. Baby Names Of 1985

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1985 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
				Change to 2018						Change to 2018
Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Jessica	48,347	2.619	-311	-47,290	1	Michael	64,912	3.374	-13	-53,292
2	Ashley	47,007	2.546	-127	-44,740	2	Christopher	59,609	3.098	-40	-52,348
3	Jennifer	42,651	2.310	-342	-41,736	3	Matthew	47,079	2.447	-17	-37,155
4	Amanda	39,052	2.115	-365	-38,208	4	Joshua	42,195	2.193	-37	-34,831
5	Sarah	24,882	1.348	-62	-21,148	5	Daniel	38,542	2.003	-10	-27,369
6	Stephanie	23,239	1.259	-312	-22,213	6	David	38,521	2.002	-16	-28,824
7	Nicole	22,967	1.244	-211	-21,551	7	James	35,861	1.864	3	-22,336
8	Heather	21,153	1.146	-1,141	-20,943	8	Robert	32,090	1.668	-63	-26,950
9	Elizabeth	20,541	1.113	-4	-12,028	9	John	31,500	1.637	-18	-22,381
10	Megan	20,013	1.084	-535	-19,449	10	Joseph	30,212	1.570	-13	-20,657
11	Melissa	19,956	1.081	-286	-18,842	11	Andrew	30,169	1.568	-32	-22,935
12	Christina	16,597	0.899	-427	-15,878	12	Ryan	29,903	1.554	-34	-22,998
13	Rachel	16,360	0.886	-185	-14,816	13	Brandon	29,302	1.523	-111	-26,119
14	Laura	16,002	0.867	-326	-15,067	14	Jason	26,036	1.353	-86	-22,189
15	Lauren	15,768	0.854	-156	-14,072	15	Justin	25,543	1.328	-126	-22,756
16	Amber	15,504	0.840	-455	-14,846	16	William	24,606	1.279	13	-10,090
17	Brittany	15,439	0.836	-862	-15,134	17	Jonathan	24,117	1.253	-46	-18,405
18	Danielle	15,410	0.835	-364	-14,601	18	Brian	23,061	1.199	-217	-21,443
19	Kimberly	14,913	0.808	-151	-13,217	19	Nicholas	22,397	1.164	-55	-17,596
20	Amy	14,425	0.781	-185	-12,928	20	Anthony	22,084	1.148	-18	-14,081
21	Crystal	14,398	0.780	-696	-14,003	21	Eric	20,839	1.083	-139	-18,450
22	Michelle	13,970	0.757	-241	-12,731	22	Adam	20,171	1.048	-56	-15,496
23	Tiffany	13,680	0.741	-667	-13,262	23	Kevin	18,812	0.978	-102	-15,688
24	Emily	13,136	0.712	12	-4,480	24	Steven	18,724	0.973	-174	-16,702
25	Rebecca	12,702	0.688	-189	-11,260	25	Thomas	17,605	0.915	-24	-10,826
26	Erin	11,385	0.617	-395	-10,650	26	Timothy	17,143	0.891	-139	-14,813
27	Jamie	11,038	0.598	-587	-10,550	27	Kyle	16,515	0.858	-196	-14,847
28	Kelly	11,030	0.598	-590	-10,546	28	Richard	15,333	0.797	-160	-13,214
29	Samantha	10,659	0.577	-31	-6,762	29	Jeffrey	14,498	0.754	-302	-13,495
30	Sara	10,556	0.572	-143	-8,864	30	Jeremy	13,448	0.699	-174	-11,493
31	Angela	10,226	0.554	-233	-8,990	31	Benjamin	13,431	0.698	25	-50
32	Katherine	10,127	0.549	-80	-7,461	32	Mark	13,192	0.686	-178	-11,333
33	Andrea	10,051	0.544	-101	-7,897	33	Aaron	13,138	0.683	-27	-7,185
34	Erica	9,527	0.516	-865	-9,231	34	Charles	12,893	0.670	-18	-6,289
35	Mary	9,244	0.501	-91	-6,917	35	Jacob	12,275	0.638	22	-505
36	Lisa	9,016	0.488	-855	-8,714	36	Stephen	12,210	0.635	-248	-10,974
37	Lindsey	8,467	0.459	-796	-8,144	37	Patrick	11,646	0.605	-152	-9,535
38	Kristen	8,443	0.457	-1,188	-8,254	38	Sean	11,449	0.595	-231	-10,139
39	Katie	7,994	0.433	-410	-7,287	39	Zachary	11,344	0.590	-70	-7,816
40	Lindsay	7,872	0.426	-1,260	-7,698	40	Nathan	10,651	0.554	-8	-3,861
41	Shannon	7,712	0.418	-1,437	-7,564	41	Dustin	10,443	0.543	-484	-9,908
42	Vanessa	7,566	0.410	-188	-6,197	42	Paul	10,313	0.536	-192	-8,688
43	Courtney	7,534	0.408	-1,149	-7,335	43	Tyler	10,214	0.531	-76	-6,916
44	Christine	7,439	0.403	-882	-7,152	44	Scott	10,144	0.527	-476	-9,603
45	Alicia	7,122	0.386	-346	-6,336	45	Gregory	9,771	0.508	-363	-8,993
46	Allison	7,029	0.381	-23	-3,351	46	Travis	9,092	0.473	-267	-8,020
47	April	6,692	0.363	-429	-6,039	47	Kenneth	8,999	0.468	-179	-7,344
48	Kathryn	6,633	0.359	-405	-5,941	48	Bryan	8,719	0.453	-184	-7,086
49	Kristin	6,566	0.356	-2,597	-6,501	49	Jose	8,400	0.437	-40	-4,108
50	Jenna	6,434	0.349	-373	-5,700	50	Alexander	8,292	0.431	39	3,697

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.