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Top baby names of 1985

In 1985, Jessica and Michael were the most popular names in the United States. 3,568,707 births in the Social Security records that year.

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Most popular girl names in 1985
Rank	Name	Births	Share	Change
1	Jessica	48,345	1 in 70	1 places up
2	Ashley	47,010	1 in 80	1 places up
3	Jennifer	42,661	1 in 80	2 places down
4	Amanda	39,055	1 in 90	= same rank
5	Sarah	24,879	1 in 143	= same rank
6	Stephanie	23,243	1 in 154	= same rank
7	Nicole	22,966	1 in 155	= same rank
8	Heather	21,151	1 in 169	1 places up
9	Elizabeth	20,545	1 in 174	1 places up
10	Megan	20,013	1 in 178	1 places up
11	Melissa	19,963	1 in 179	3 places down
12	Christina	16,600	1 in 215	8 places up
13	Rachel	16,360	1 in 218	2 places up
14	Laura	16,002	1 in 223	5 places up
15	Lauren	15,768	1 in 226	6 places up
16	Amber	15,506	1 in 230	2 places up
17	Brittany	15,437	1 in 231	24 places up
18	Danielle	15,417	1 in 231	2 places down
19	Kimberly	14,914	1 in 239	3 places up
20	Amy	14,429	1 in 247	7 places down
21	Crystal	14,399	1 in 248	9 places down
22	Michelle	13,973	1 in 255	5 places down
23	Tiffany	13,681	1 in 261	9 places down
24	Emily	13,144	1 in 272	= same rank
25	Rebecca	12,705	1 in 281	2 places down
26	Erin	11,384	1 in 313	1 places down
27	Jamie	11,038	1 in 323	4 places up
28	Kelly	11,031	1 in 324	1 places down
29	Samantha	10,658	1 in 335	10 places up
30	Sara	10,562	1 in 338	2 places up
31	Angela	10,227	1 in 349	5 places down
32	Katherine	10,128	1 in 352	2 places down
33	Andrea	10,053	1 in 355	5 places down
34	Erica	9,525	1 in 375	= same rank
35	Mary	9,240	1 in 386	2 places down
36	Lisa	9,012	1 in 396	7 places down
37	Lindsey	8,468	1 in 421	2 places down
38	Kristen	8,445	1 in 423	= same rank
39	Katie	7,995	1 in 446	5 places up
40	Lindsay	7,871	1 in 453	4 places down
41	Shannon	7,714	1 in 463	4 places down
42	Vanessa	7,563	1 in 472	3 places up
43	Courtney	7,531	1 in 474	3 places up
44	Christine	7,441	1 in 480	1 places down
45	Alicia	7,122	1 in 501	5 places down
46	Allison	7,028	1 in 508	5 places up
47	April	6,691	1 in 533	5 places down
48	Kathryn	6,634	1 in 538	= same rank
49	Kristin	6,566	1 in 544	2 places down
50	Jenna	6,436	1 in 554	4 places up

Most popular boy names in 1985
Rank	Name	Births	Share	Change
1	Michael	64,934	1 in 50	= same rank
2	Christopher	59,609	1 in 60	= same rank
3	Matthew	47,075	1 in 80	= same rank
4	Joshua	42,194	1 in 80	= same rank
5	Daniel	38,559	1 in 90	1 places up
6	David	38,522	1 in 90	1 places down
7	James	35,862	1 in 100	= same rank
8	Robert	32,094	1 in 111	1 places up
9	John	31,502	1 in 113	1 places down
10	Joseph	30,222	1 in 118	= same rank
11	Andrew	30,178	1 in 118	3 places up
12	Ryan	29,905	1 in 119	= same rank
13	Brandon	29,304	1 in 122	2 places up
14	Jason	26,039	1 in 137	3 places down
15	Justin	25,537	1 in 140	2 places down
16	William	24,606	1 in 145	= same rank
17	Jonathan	24,116	1 in 148	2 places up
18	Brian	23,069	1 in 155	1 places down
19	Nicholas	22,384	1 in 159	1 places up
20	Anthony	22,104	1 in 161	1 places up
21	Eric	20,844	1 in 171	1 places up
22	Adam	20,165	1 in 177	4 places down
23	Kevin	18,814	1 in 190	1 places up
24	Steven	18,726	1 in 191	1 places down
25	Thomas	17,609	1 in 203	= same rank
26	Timothy	17,140	1 in 208	= same rank
27	Kyle	16,523	1 in 216	7 places up
28	Richard	15,330	1 in 233	1 places down
29	Jeffrey	14,500	1 in 246	1 places down
30	Jeremy	13,445	1 in 265	1 places up
31	Benjamin	13,423	1 in 266	1 places down
32	Mark	13,194	1 in 270	= same rank
33	Aaron	13,137	1 in 272	4 places down
34	Charles	12,900	1 in 277	1 places down
35	Jacob	12,284	1 in 291	2 places up
36	Stephen	12,210	1 in 292	1 places down
37	Patrick	11,638	1 in 307	1 places down
38	Sean	11,455	1 in 312	5 places up
39	Zachary	11,346	1 in 315	6 places up
40	Nathan	10,653	1 in 335	2 places down
41	Dustin	10,439	1 in 342	= same rank
42	Paul	10,315	1 in 346	2 places down
43	Tyler	10,211	1 in 349	4 places up
44	Scott	10,145	1 in 352	5 places down
45	Gregory	9,767	1 in 365	1 places down
46	Travis	9,094	1 in 392	4 places down
47	Kenneth	8,992	1 in 397	1 places down
48	Bryan	8,717	1 in 409	= same rank
49	Jose	8,403	1 in 425	= same rank
50	Alexander	8,295	1 in 430	4 places up

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