Name.Baby Names by year 1980s 1985 Most Popular Baby Names of 1985 Social Security has card records for 3,770,741 people born in the U.S. in 1985. Jessica was the top girl name (48,345 babies) and Michael the top boy name (64,934).
Top 100 names of 1985 Jump to the boys’ top 100 ↓
Girls 1–50 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1985, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Jessica 48,345 #665 2 Ashley 47,010 #164 3 Jennifer 42,661 #586 4 Amanda 39,055 #493 5 Sarah 24,879 #90 6 Stephanie 23,243 #557 7 Nicole 22,966 #382 8 Heather 21,151 #1,261 9 Elizabeth 20,545 #17 10 Megan 20,013 #887 11 Melissa 19,963 #419 12 Christina 16,600 #770 13 Rachel 16,360 #250 14 Laura 16,002 #379 15 Lauren 15,768 #401 16 Amber 15,506 #520 17 Brittany 15,437 #928 18 Danielle 15,417 #549 19 Kimberly 14,914 #302 20 Amy 14,429 #257 21 Crystal 14,399 #1,144 22 Michelle 13,973 #465 23 Tiffany 13,681 #878 24 Emily 13,144 #34 25 Rebecca 12,705 #349 26 Erin 11,384 #833 27 Jamie 11,038 #857 28 Kelly 11,031 #851 29 Samantha 10,658 #151 30 Sara 10,562 #198 31 Angela 10,227 #408 32 Katherine 10,128 #186 33 Andrea 10,053 #235 34 Erica 9,525 #1,396 35 Mary 9,240 #125 36 Lisa 9,012 #987 37 Lindsey 8,468 #1,367 38 Kristen 8,445 #1,990 39 Katie 7,995 #646 40 Lindsay 7,871 #2,194 41 Shannon 7,714 #2,387 42 Vanessa 7,563 #377 43 Courtney 7,531 #2,326 44 Christine 7,441 #1,272 45 Alicia 7,122 #460 46 Allison 7,028 #103 47 April 6,691 #542 48 Kathryn 6,634 #729 49 Kristin 6,566 #4,661 50 Jenna 6,436 #679
Girls 51–100 Top 100 girl names in the U.S., 1985, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Tara 6,102 #844 52 Maria 6,013 #87 53 Krystal 5,933 #2,117 54 Anna 5,883 #107 55 Julie 5,761 #872 56 Holly 5,602 #416 57 Kristina 5,566 #1,721 58 Natalie 5,535 #89 59 Victoria 5,426 #54 60 Jacqueline 5,250 #558 61 Monica 4,990 #736 62 Cassandra 4,726 #630 63 Meghan 4,669 #1,902 64 Patricia 4,402 #1,334 65 Catherine 4,297 #313 66 Cynthia 4,129 #1,013 67 Stacy 4,109 #1,652 68 Kathleen 4,087 #1,150 69 Brandi 4,045 #4,758 70 Brandy 3,901 #3,067 71 Valerie 3,881 #127 72 Veronica 3,875 #427 73 Whitney 3,832 #1,043 74 Diana 3,686 #244 75 Chelsea 3,613 #851 76 Leslie 3,607 #712 77 Caitlin 3,593 #2,326 78 Leah 3,572 #58 79 Natasha 3,553 #1,144 80 Erika 3,503 #1,109 81 Latoya 3,402 #10,917 82 Dana 3,348 #1,027 83 Dominique 3,299 #3,130 84 Brittney 3,224 #5,099 85 Julia 3,206 #131 86 Candice 3,195 #5,099 87 Karen 3,138 #1,279 88 Melanie 3,132 #142 89 Stacey 3,114 #3,067 90 Margaret 3,072 #112 91 Sheena 3,062 #7,885 92 Alexandra 3,017 #237 93 Katrina 2,978 #2,214 94 Bethany 2,959 #751 95 Nichole 2,950 #3,342 96 Carrie 2,942 #2,719 97 Alison 2,829 #476 98 Kara 2,811 #1,071 99 Joanna 2,772 #306 100 Rachael 2,761 #4,987
Boys 1–50 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1985, ranks 1–50 # Name Babies 2025 rank 1 Michael 64,934 #21 2 Christopher 59,609 #68 3 Matthew 47,075 #32 4 Joshua 42,194 #66 5 Daniel 38,559 #22 6 David 38,522 #35 7 James 35,862 #6 8 Robert 32,094 #92 9 John 31,502 #23 10 Joseph 30,222 #29 11 Andrew 30,178 #73 12 Ryan 29,905 #99 13 Brandon 29,304 #261 14 Jason 26,039 #165 15 Justin 25,537 #233 16 William 24,606 #9 17 Jonathan 24,116 #89 18 Brian 23,069 #339 19 Nicholas 22,384 #112 20 Anthony 22,104 #46 21 Eric 20,844 #273 22 Adam 20,165 #101 23 Kevin 18,814 #221 24 Steven 18,726 #271 25 Thomas 17,609 #34 26 Timothy 17,140 #203 27 Kyle 16,523 #508 28 Richard 15,330 #234 29 Jeffrey 14,500 #552 30 Jeremy 13,445 #292 31 Benjamin 13,423 #11 32 Mark 13,194 #244 33 Aaron 13,137 #80 34 Charles 12,900 #48 35 Jacob 12,284 #43 36 Stephen 12,210 #383 37 Patrick 11,638 #235 38 Sean 11,455 #489 39 Zachary 11,346 #216 40 Nathan 10,653 #63 41 Dustin 10,439 #728 42 Paul 10,315 #262 43 Tyler 10,211 #219 44 Scott 10,145 #534 45 Gregory 9,767 #593 46 Travis 9,094 #434 47 Kenneth 8,992 #294 48 Bryan 8,717 #336 49 Jose 8,403 #95 50 Alexander 8,295 #30
Boys 51–100 Top 100 boy names in the U.S., 1985, ranks 51–100 # Name Babies 2025 rank 51 Jesse 8,221 #184 52 Cody 7,096 #318 53 Bradley 7,011 #403 54 Samuel 7,009 #18 55 Shawn 6,982 #681 56 Derek 6,661 #284 57 Chad 6,466 #1,699 58 Jared 5,883 #396 59 Edward 5,869 #224 60 Peter 5,671 #187 61 Marcus 5,586 #258 62 Jordan 5,460 #131 63 Corey 5,228 #778 64 Keith 5,214 #800 65 Juan 4,851 #159 66 Donald 4,750 #690 67 Joel 4,623 #219 68 Shane 4,549 #635 69 Phillip 4,496 #651 70 Brett 4,328 #1,382 71 Ronald 4,299 #637 72 George 4,259 #126 73 Antonio 4,151 #176 74 Carlos 4,089 #150 75 Raymond 4,085 #394 76 Douglas 4,021 #807 77 Nathaniel 4,004 #140 78 Ian 3,998 #83 79 Craig 3,952 #1,644 80 Alex 3,909 #232 81 Cory 3,868 #1,244 82 Gary 3,812 #1,073 83 Derrick 3,779 #850 84 Philip 3,735 #527 85 Luis 3,706 #144 86 Casey 3,490 #320 87 Erik 3,372 #545 88 Victor 3,341 #209 89 Brent 3,321 #1,509 90 Frank 3,302 #513 91 Evan 3,219 #153 92 Gabriel 3,215 #37 93 Adrian 3,132 #74 94 Wesley 3,043 #52 95 Vincent 3,040 #107 96 Jeffery 2,947 #1,554 97 Larry 2,946 #1,084 98 Curtis 2,943 #984 99 Todd 2,941 #1,609 100 Blake 2,922 #316
Entered the top 100 in 1985
