Top Names of 1985
The most popular names recorded in 1985 were Jessica for girls
and Michael for boys. Full top-50 lists below, from official SSA data.
Girls
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | 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 |
Boys
| # | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | 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 |