Top Names of 1985
The most popular names recorded in 1985 were Jessica for girls and Matthew for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official NSW & VIC BDM data.
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Matthew | 2,283 |
| 2 | Christopher | 2,147 |
| 3 | Daniel | 2,019 |
| 4 | Michael | 1,910 |
| 5 | David | 1,584 |
| 6 | Andrew | 1,511 |
| 7 | Luke | 1,395 |
| 8 | James | 1,362 |
| 9 | Benjamin | 1,359 |
| 10 | Joshua | 1,329 |
| 11 | Adam | 1,257 |
| 12 | Timothy | 1,102 |
| 13 | Nathan | 1,047 |
| 14 | Nicholas | 837 |
| 15 | Scott | 833 |
| 16 | Jason | 817 |
| 17 | Robert | 802 |
| 18 | Mark | 793 |
| 19 | Peter | 778 |
| 20 | Ryan | 713 |
| 21 | John | 712 |
| 22 | Brendan | 711 |
| 23 | Aaron | 704 |
| 24 | Paul | 655 |
| 25 | Steven | 642 |
| 26 | Thomas | 629 |
| 27 | Anthony | 622 |
| 28 | Mitchell | 611 |
| 29 | Bradley | 493 |
| 30 | Shane | 487 |
| 31 | Stephen | 487 |
| 32 | Simon | 466 |
| 33 | Mathew | 461 |
| 34 | William | 442 |
| 35 | Joel | 437 |
| 36 | Samuel | 422 |
| 37 | Dean | 403 |
| 38 | Alexander | 386 |
| 39 | Cameron | 368 |
| 40 | Justin | 352 |
| 41 | Richard | 334 |
| 42 | Joseph | 328 |
| 43 | Brett | 316 |
| 44 | Shaun | 312 |
| 45 | Craig | 306 |
| 46 | Jonathan | 303 |
| 47 | Ashley | 291 |
| 48 | Adrian | 290 |
| 49 | Jamie | 288 |
| 50 | Patrick | 283 |