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

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1985 Popular Names U.S. - Top 100 Baby Names
				Change from 1984						Change from 1984
Girls		Number of Girls	%	Rank	Number	Boys		Number of Boys	%	Rank	Number
1	Jessica	48,347	2.619	1	2,492	1	Michael	64,912	3.374	0	-2,829
2	Ashley	47,007	2.546	1	8,235	2	Christopher	59,609	3.098	0	-420
3	Jennifer	42,651	2.310	-2	-7,908	3	Matthew	47,079	2.447	0	-2,697
4	Amanda	39,052	2.115	0	5,144	4	Joshua	42,195	2.193	0	1,933
5	Sarah	24,882	1.348	0	-1,002	5	Daniel	38,542	2.003	1	2,009
6	Stephanie	23,239	1.259	0	218	6	David	38,521	2.002	-1	35
7	Nicole	22,967	1.244	0	702	7	James	35,861	1.864	0	4
8	Heather	21,153	1.146	1	-339	8	Robert	32,090	1.668	1	317
9	Elizabeth	20,541	1.113	1	177	9	John	31,500	1.637	-1	-1,117
10	Megan	20,013	1.084	1	3,034	10	Joseph	30,212	1.570	0	-303
11	Melissa	19,956	1.081	-3	-1,935	11	Andrew	30,169	1.568	3	4,243
12	Christina	16,597	0.899	8	1,893	12	Ryan	29,903	1.554	0	1,176
13	Rachel	16,360	0.886	2	522	13	Brandon	29,302	1.523	2	3,632
14	Laura	16,002	0.867	5	1,187	14	Jason	26,036	1.353	-3	-3,915
15	Lauren	15,768	0.854	6	1,292	15	Justin	25,543	1.328	-2	-1,223
16	Amber	15,504	0.840	2	135	16	William	24,606	1.279	0	-299
17	Brittany	15,439	0.836	24	7,773	17	Jonathan	24,117	1.253	2	771
18	Danielle	15,410	0.835	-2	-260	18	Brian	23,061	1.199	-1	-1,668
19	Kimberly	14,913	0.808	3	471	19	Nicholas	22,397	1.164	1	1,378
20	Amy	14,425	0.781	-7	-1,565	20	Anthony	22,084	1.148	1	1,127
21	Crystal	14,398	0.780	-9	-2,163	21	Eric	20,839	1.083	1	-116
22	Michelle	13,970	0.757	-5	-1,529	22	Adam	20,171	1.048	-4	-3,764
23	Tiffany	13,680	0.741	-9	-2,177	23	Kevin	18,812	0.978	1	949
24	Emily	13,136	0.712	0	352	24	Steven	18,724	0.973	-1	508
25	Rebecca	12,702	0.688	-2	-643	25	Thomas	17,605	0.915	0	8
26	Erin	11,385	0.617	-1	-1,236	26	Timothy	17,143	0.891	0	149
27	Jamie	11,038	0.598	4	1,275	27	Kyle	16,515	0.858	7	3,971
28	Kelly	11,030	0.598	-1	-188	28	Richard	15,333	0.797	-1	-263
29	Samantha	10,659	0.577	10	2,625	29	Jeffrey	14,498	0.754	-1	-264
30	Sara	10,556	0.572	2	1,244	30	Jeremy	13,448	0.699	1	192
31	Angela	10,226	0.554	-5	-1,068	31	Benjamin	13,431	0.698	-1	167
32	Katherine	10,127	0.549	-2	-32	32	Mark	13,192	0.686	0	-25
33	Andrea	10,051	0.544	-5	-297	33	Aaron	13,138	0.683	-4	-266
34	Erica	9,527	0.516	0	250	34	Charles	12,893	0.670	-1	-49
35	Mary	9,244	0.501	-2	-46	35	Jacob	12,275	0.638	2	923
36	Lisa	9,016	0.488	-7	-1,219	36	Stephen	12,210	0.635	-1	117
37	Lindsey	8,467	0.459	-2	-540	37	Patrick	11,646	0.605	-1	125
38	Kristen	8,443	0.457	0	57	38	Sean	11,449	0.595	5	1,431
39	Katie	7,994	0.433	5	822	39	Zachary	11,344	0.590	6	2,272
40	Lindsay	7,872	0.426	-4	-637	40	Nathan	10,651	0.554	-2	38
41	Shannon	7,712	0.418	-4	-764	41	Dustin	10,443	0.543	0	44
42	Vanessa	7,566	0.410	3	410	42	Paul	10,313	0.536	-2	-149
43	Courtney	7,534	0.408	3	386	43	Tyler	10,214	0.531	4	1,505
44	Christine	7,439	0.403	-1	140	44	Scott	10,144	0.527	-5	-437
45	Alicia	7,122	0.386	-5	-697	45	Gregory	9,771	0.508	-1	82
46	Allison	7,029	0.381	5	990	46	Travis	9,092	0.473	-4	-1,152
47	April	6,692	0.363	-5	-873	47	Kenneth	8,999	0.468	-1	210
48	Kathryn	6,633	0.359	0	92	48	Bryan	8,719	0.453	0	451
49	Kristin	6,566	0.356	-2	-442	49	Jose	8,400	0.437	0	392
50	Jenna	6,434	0.349	4	555	50	Alexander	8,292	0.431	4	1,800

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.