Top Baby Names of 1985
The most popular baby names in the United States
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Girl Names
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Jessica 48,348 2
Ashley 47,008 3
Jennifer 42,660 4
Amanda 39,056 5
Sarah 24,878 6
Stephanie 23,244 7
Nicole 22,967 8
Heather 21,152 9
Elizabeth 20,545 10
Megan 20,012 11
Melissa 19,963 12
Christina 16,600 13
Rachel 16,361 14
Laura 16,002 15
Lauren 15,768 16
Amber 15,506 17
Brittany 15,437 18
Danielle 15,417 19
Kimberly 14,913 20
Amy 14,429 21
Crystal 14,398 22
Michelle 13,976 23
Tiffany 13,681 24
Emily 13,143 25
Rebecca 12,704 26
Erin 11,384 27
Jamie 11,038 28
Kelly 11,031 29
Samantha 10,658 30
Sara 10,562 31
Angela 10,225 32
Katherine 10,129 33
Andrea 10,053 34
Erica 9,525 35
Mary 9,239 36
Lisa 9,015 37
Lindsey 8,468 38
Kristen 8,445 39
Katie 7,996 40
Lindsay 7,871 41
Shannon 7,714 42
Vanessa 7,564 43
Courtney 7,530 44
Christine 7,441 45
Alicia 7,122 46
Allison 7,028 47
April 6,691 48
Kathryn 6,634 49
Kristin 6,567 50
Jenna 6,436 👦
Boy Names
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Michael 64,936 2
Christopher 59,616 3
Matthew 47,079 4
Joshua 42,198 5
Daniel 38,564 6
David 38,527 7
James 35,864 8
Robert 32,095 9
John 31,499 10
Joseph 30,219 11
Andrew 30,180 12
Ryan 29,909 13
Brandon 29,307 14
Jason 26,036 15
Justin 25,536 16
William 24,608 17
Jonathan 24,116 18
Brian 23,068 19
Nicholas 22,384 20
Anthony 22,099 21
Eric 20,843 22
Adam 20,165 23
Kevin 18,813 24
Steven 18,728 25
Thomas 17,607 26
Timothy 17,138 27
Kyle 16,520 28
Richard 15,328 29
Jeffrey 14,501 30
Jeremy 13,446 31
Benjamin 13,427 32
Mark 13,197 33
Aaron 13,138 34
Charles 12,899 35
Jacob 12,286 36
Stephen 12,210 37
Patrick 11,641 38
Sean 11,455 39
Zachary 11,346 40
Nathan 10,652 41
Dustin 10,439 42
Paul 10,315 43
Tyler 10,211 44
Scott 10,146 45
Gregory 9,769 46
Travis 9,094 47
Kenneth 8,994 48
Bryan 8,717 49
Jose 8,402 50
Alexander 8,298 About 1985 Baby Name Rankings
These rankings show the most popular baby names in the United States for 1985, based on Social Security Administration data. The list includes all babies born in the U.S. whose names were registered with the SSA.
Names are ranked by the number of babies given each name during the year. Click on any name to see its complete history, including popularity trends over 145 years and regional data across all 50 states.