Welcome to our dedicated page featuring the top 500 boy and girl baby names of 1985. This year holds a special place in the annals of naming history, reflecting a blend of timeless classics and unique choices that captured the hearts of parents during this era. As you explore our comprehensive list, you’ll discover the names that defined a generation, from the traditional to the trendsetting. Whether you’re seeking inspiration for a new arrival, researching historical naming trends, or simply curious about the names that resonated with families in 1985, our curated selection offers a fascinating glimpse into the past. Join us on a nostalgic journey through the most popular names of the year, and see how trends in baby naming have evolved over time.
| Rank | Boy Name | Boy Births | Girl Name | Girl Births |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 55707 | Jessica | 44467 |
| 2 | Christopher | 52898 | Ashley | 43822 |
| 3 | Matthew | 42156 | Jennifer | 38315 |
| 4 | Joshua | 39928 | Amanda | 35299 |
| 5 | David | 34940 | Sarah | 22857 |
| 6 | Daniel | 34590 | Nicole | 20974 |
| 7 | James | 31123 | Stephanie | 20619 |
| 8 | Ryan | 29262 | Heather | 19487 |
| 9 | Andrew | 28504 | Megan | 18965 |
| 10 | Brandon | 27876 | Elizabeth | 18792 |
| 11 | Robert | 27759 | Melissa | 18089 |
| 12 | John | 26386 | Amber | 15546 |
| 13 | Joseph | 25756 | Rachel | 15024 |
| 14 | Justin | 23406 | Christina | 14647 |
| 15 | Jason | 23039 | Brittany | 14575 |
| 16 | Nicholas | 21587 | Laura | 13977 |
| 17 | Jonathan | 21310 | Danielle | 13877 |
| 18 | William | 21157 | Michelle | 13183 |
| 19 | Brian | 20340 | Amy | 13090 |
| 20 | Anthony | 19937 | Kimberly | 13014 |
| 21 | Eric | 19276 | Crystal | 12882 |
| 22 | Adam | 19077 | Lauren | 12531 |
| 23 | Steven | 17114 | Tiffany | 12377 |
| 24 | Kyle | 16552 | Emily | 11964 |
| 25 | Kevin | 16472 | Rebecca | 11350 |
| 26 | Timothy | 15235 | Jamie | 10807 |
| 27 | Thomas | 14784 | Erin | 10429 |
| 28 | Richard | 13700 | Sara | 9872 |
| 29 | Jeffrey | 13200 | Andrea | 9720 |
| 30 | Benjamin | 12871 | Angela | 9566 |
| 31 | Aaron | 12843 | Samantha | 9297 |
| 32 | Jeremy | 12739 | Kelly | 9294 |
| 33 | Jacob | 12112 | Katherine | 9149 |
| 34 | Mark | 11293 | Erica | 8408 |
| 35 | Charles | 11191 | Lindsey | 8148 |
| 36 | Tyler | 11158 | Mary | 8123 |
| 37 | Zachary | 11127 | Lisa | 7932 |
| 38 | Nathan | 10643 | Katie | 7918 |
| 39 | Dustin | 10507 | Lindsay | 7172 |
| 40 | Patrick | 10360 | Kristen | 7040 |
| 41 | Sean | 10247 | Shannon | 6926 |
| 42 | Stephen | 9996 | Vanessa | 6923 |
| 43 | Scott | 9713 | Alicia | 6917 |
| 44 | Travis | 9031 | Courtney | 6581 |
| 45 | Paul | 8838 | Allison | 6468 |
| 46 | Gregory | 8392 | April | 6256 |
| 47 | Kenneth | 8042 | Jenna | 6011 |
| 48 | Jesse | 7984 | Christine | 6009 |
| 49 | Bryan | 7936 | Kathryn | 5967 |
| 50 | Alexander | 7612 | Kristin | 5649 |
| 51 | Jose | 7508 | Anna | 5525 |
| 52 | Bradley | 6878 | Tara | 5445 |
| 53 | Cody | 6779 | Julie | 5344 |
| 54 | Samuel | 6462 | Natalie | 5320 |
| 55 | Shawn | 6386 | Holly | 5310 |
| 56 | Derek | 6333 | Krystal | 5076 |
| 57 | Chad | 6212 | Maria | 5048 |
| 58 | Jared | 5712 | Kristina | 5003 |
| 59 | Jordan | 5344 | Cassandra | 4545 |
| 60 | Marcus | 5063 | Victoria | 4532 |
| 61 | Edward | 4891 | Monica | 4512 |
| 62 | Keith | 4396 | Jacqueline | 4289 |
| 63 | Joel | 4187 | Patricia | 3808 |
| 64 | Phillip | 4163 | Stacy | 3801 |
| 65 | Corey | 4070 | Catherine | 3346 |
| 66 | Peter | 4010 | Chelsea | 3215 |
| 67 | Juan | 3904 | Cynthia | 3067 |
| 68 | Ian | 3589 | Brandi | 3041 |
| 69 | Alex | 3490 | Valerie | 2999 |
| 70 | Shane | 3481 | Brandy | 2966 |
| 71 | Antonio | 3445 | Kathleen | 2919 |
| 72 | Brett | 3363 | Leslie | 2831 |
| 73 | Donald | 3354 | Veronica | 2808 |
| 74 | Ronald | 3309 | Meghan | 2804 |
| 75 | Carlos | 3238 | Erika | 2559 |
| 76 | Raymond | 3149 | Whitney | 2458 |
| 77 | Luis | 2949 | Diana | 2401 |
| 78 | George | 2913 | Leah | 2303 |
| 79 | Nathaniel | 2793 | Candice | 2231 |
| 80 | Cory | 2709 | Natasha | 2163 |
| 81 | Craig | 2696 | Carrie | 2137 |
| 82 | Douglas | 2504 | Brittney | 2084 |
| 83 | Erik | 2473 | Nancy | 2068 |
| 84 | Brent | 2427 | Julia | 2010 |
| 85 | Derrick | 2413 | Nichole | 1976 |
| 86 | Victor | 2413 | Sheena | 1955 |
| 87 | Jesus | 2393 | Bethany | 1915 |
| 88 | Philip | 2249 | Karen | 1892 |
| 89 | Miguel | 2228 | Stacey | 1874 |
| 90 | Gabriel | 2196 | Dana | 1727 |
| 91 | Gary | 2076 | Alexandra | 1722 |
| 92 | Jorge | 2047 | Latoya | 1707 |
| 93 | Curtis | 2040 | Dominique | 1681 |
| 94 | Jeffery | 2024 | Kayla | 1659 |
| 95 | Casey | 1980 | Kara | 1645 |
| 96 | Francisco | 1885 | Molly | 1595 |
| 97 | Seth | 1864 | Brooke | 1511 |
| 98 | Frank | 1857 | Sandra | 1508 |
| 99 | Adrian | 1791 | Jasmine | 1498 |
| 100 | Christian | 1763 | Joanna | 1475 |
| 101 | Mario | 1749 | Brenda | 1424 |
| 102 | Vincent | 1724 | Margaret | 1418 |
| 103 | Todd | 1713 | Mayra | 1408 |
| 104 | Manuel | 1681 | Hannah | 1408 |
| 105 | Blake | 1657 | Katrina | 1344 |
| 106 | Wesley | 1646 | Desiree | 1302 |
| 107 | Luke | 1594 | Caitlin | 1295 |
| 108 | Ricardo | 1581 | Alison | 1270 |
| 109 | Evan | 1526 | Melanie | 1257 |
| 110 | Austin | 1507 | Heidi | 1256 |
| 111 | Larry | 1480 | Monique | 1219 |
| 112 | Oscar | 1404 | Rachael | 1195 |
| 113 | Drew | 1358 | Lacey | 1187 |
| 114 | Alejandro | 1355 | Misty | 1129 |
| 115 | Trevor | 1349 | Cristina | 1115 |
| 116 | Hector | 1188 | Cindy | 1106 |
| 117 | Roberto | 1170 | Denise | 1093 |
| 118 | Ruben | 1164 | Renee | 1084 |
| 119 | Sergio | 1150 | Claudia | 1078 |
| 120 | Fernando | 1127 | Sabrina | 1077 |
| 121 | Mitchell | 1113 | Candace | 1069 |
| 122 | Lucas | 1112 | Miranda | 1051 |
| 123 | Caleb | 1109 | Ana | 1050 |
| 124 | Jeremiah | 1102 | Adriana | 1042 |
| 125 | Terry | 1070 | Angelica | 1038 |
| 126 | Carl | 1068 | Linda | 1022 |
| 127 | Javier | 1048 | Tina | 1021 |
| 128 | Randy | 1030 | Kelsey | 1002 |
| 129 | Alan | 1003 | Wendy | 992 |
| 130 | Martin | 978 | Teresa | 959 |
| 131 | Jerry | 957 | Tracy | 938 |
| 132 | Eduardo | 928 | Alisha | 932 |
| 133 | Cesar | 926 | Priscilla | 920 |
| 134 | Raul | 900 | Kelli | 911 |
| 135 | Troy | 868 | Jill | 909 |
| 136 | Chase | 804 | Daisy | 902 |
| 137 | Bobby | 801 | Felicia | 895 |
| 138 | Lance | 780 | Casey | 868 |
| 139 | Johnathan | 772 | Ashlee | 849 |
| 140 | Willie | 766 | Tabitha | 843 |
| 141 | Dennis | 763 | Evelyn | 818 |
| 142 | Jonathon | 720 | Christy | 775 |
| 143 | Russell | 716 | Gabriela | 756 |
| 144 | Devin | 635 | Susan | 750 |
| 145 | Johnny | 620 | Morgan | 734 |
| 146 | Jimmy | 571 | Kristy | 676 |
| 147 | Billy | 529 | Kendra | 638 |
| 148 | Randall | 518 | Alexis | 580 |
| 149 | Ricky | 474 | Mallory | 569 |
| 150 | Cole | 461 | Kari | 562 |
| 151 | Jamie | 450 | Abby | 554 |
| 152 | Mathew | 447 | Pamela | 547 |
| 153 | Tony | 437 | Anne | 518 |
| 154 | Reginald | 415 | Abigail | 502 |
| 155 | Ross | 410 | Jillian | 491 |
| 156 | Andre | 399 | Jaclyn | 486 |
| 157 | Tyson | 393 | Meagan | 484 |
| 158 | Shaun | 391 | Krista | 476 |
| 159 | Grant | 383 | Alyssa | 459 |
| 160 | Maurice | 380 | Gina | 456 |
| 161 | Clinton | 379 | Latasha | 439 |
| 162 | Cedric | 358 | Melinda | 416 |
| 163 | Cameron | 357 | Colleen | 412 |
| 164 | Colin | 354 | Tamara | 386 |
| 165 | Walter | 328 | Haley | 379 |
| 166 | Allen | 324 | Tonya | 366 |
| 167 | Garrett | 313 | Michaela | 351 |
| 168 | Taylor | 293 | Angel | 286 |
| 169 | Levi | 291 | Chelsey | 284 |
| 170 | Brady | 269 | Shawna | 278 |
| 171 | Marc | 253 | Krystle | 257 |
| 172 | Rodney | 240 | Sierra | 232 |
| 173 | Bryce | 216 | Cassie | 215 |
| 174 | Dylan | 211 | Rebekah | 208 |
| 175 | Clayton | 204 | Brianna | 199 |
| 176 | Jay | 200 | Tanya | 198 |
| 177 | Jermaine | 200 | Ebony | 197 |
| 178 | Henry | 191 | Aimee | 194 |
| 179 | Roderick | 174 | Kate | 189 |
| 180 | Lawrence | 172 | Kristi | 171 |
| 181 | Kristopher | 163 | Britney | 164 |
| 182 | Francis | 157 | Jaime | 153 |
| 183 | Kelvin | 153 | Katelyn | 148 |
| 184 | Danny | 147 | Lori | 138 |
| 185 | Isaac | 120 | Hilary | 136 |
| 186 | Roger | 120 | Barbara | 128 |
| 187 | Tristan | 114 | Chasity | 124 |
| 188 | Louis | 106 | Jenny | 123 |
| 189 | Brad | 104 | Meredith | 119 |
| 190 | Ethan | 102 | Caroline | 108 |
| 191 | Lee | 91 | Theresa | 103 |
| 192 | Tanner | 88 | Beth | 82 |
| 193 | Spencer | 82 | Audrey | 80 |
| 194 | Terrance | 79 | Hope | 78 |
| 195 | Gerald | 78 | Robin | 78 |
| 196 | Albert | 78 | India | 76 |
| 197 | Jake | 75 | Marissa | 71 |
| 198 | Chance | 72 | Camille | 66 |
| 199 | Kurt | 56 | Aubrey | 66 |
| 200 | Colby | 52 | Lacy | 62 |
| 201 | Landon | 49 | Summer | 51 |
| 202 | Skyler | 47 | Chelsie | 37 |
| 203 | Brendan | 46 | Mindy | 34 |
| 204 | Preston | 41 | Shanna | 30 |
| 205 | Logan | 38 | Dawn | 29 |
| 206 | Wayne | 35 | Hailey | 29 |
| 207 | Micah | 27 | Alana | 29 |
| 208 | Bronson | 25 | Leilani | 29 |
| 209 | Keoni | 23 | Sharon | 27 |
| 210 | Kawika | 21 | Janelle | 27 |
| 211 | Bryson | 21 | Hillary | 26 |
| 212 | Jerome | 20 | Malia | 26 |
| 213 | Kelly | 20 | Tiana | 26 |
| 214 | Dane | 20 | Kerri | 25 |
| 215 | Ikaika | 19 | Chantel | 24 |
| 216 | Bruce | 18 | Savannah | 24 |
| 217 | Joey | 18 | Michele | 24 |
| 218 | Darren | 18 | Maile | 24 |
| 219 | Brock | 17 | Trista | 24 |
| 220 | Jon | 16 | Tasha | 21 |
| 221 | Tyrell | 16 | Jessie | 19 |
| 222 | Tyrone | 16 | Taryn | 17 |
| 223 | Julian | 16 | Naomi | 17 |
| 224 | Harry | 16 | Kaitlin | 16 |
| 225 | Lamar | 16 | Cheryl | 16 |
| 226 | Reid | 16 | Ann | 16 |
| 227 | Noah | 16 | Joy | 16 |
| 228 | Beau | 15 | Deanna | 16 |
| 229 | Dominick | 14 | Brianne | 16 |
| 230 | Devon | 14 | Justine | 15 |
| 231 | Dana | 14 | Kristine | 15 |
| 232 | Neil | 12 | Kasey | 14 |
| 233 | Arthur | 11 | Charlene | 14 |