The 200 most popular boys’ names of 1985
7,586 different boys’ names were recorded in 1985, covering 1,848,210 births. These are the top 200.
| # | Name | Births |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 64,934 |
| 2 | Christopher | 59,609 |
| 3 | Matthew | 47,075 |
| 4 | Joshua | 42,194 |
| 5 | Daniel | 38,559 |
| 6 | David | 38,522 |
| 7 | James | 35,862 |
| 8 | Robert | 32,094 |
| 9 | John | 31,502 |
| 10 | Joseph | 30,222 |
| 11 | Andrew | 30,178 |
| 12 | Ryan | 29,905 |
| 13 | Brandon | 29,304 |
| 14 | Jason | 26,039 |
| 15 | Justin | 25,537 |
| 16 | William | 24,606 |
| 17 | Jonathan | 24,116 |
| 18 | Brian | 23,069 |
| 19 | Nicholas | 22,384 |
| 20 | Anthony | 22,104 |
| 21 | Eric | 20,844 |
| 22 | Adam | 20,165 |
| 23 | Kevin | 18,814 |
| 24 | Steven | 18,726 |
| 25 | Thomas | 17,609 |
| 26 | Timothy | 17,140 |
| 27 | Kyle | 16,523 |
| 28 | Richard | 15,330 |
| 29 | Jeffrey | 14,500 |
| 30 | Jeremy | 13,445 |
| 31 | Benjamin | 13,423 |
| 32 | Mark | 13,194 |
| 33 | Aaron | 13,137 |
| 34 | Charles | 12,900 |
| 35 | Jacob | 12,284 |
| 36 | Stephen | 12,210 |
| 37 | Patrick | 11,638 |
| 38 | Sean | 11,455 |
| 39 | Zachary | 11,346 |
| 40 | Nathan | 10,653 |
| 41 | Dustin | 10,439 |
| 42 | Paul | 10,315 |
| 43 | Tyler | 10,211 |
| 44 | Scott | 10,145 |
| 45 | Gregory | 9,767 |
| 46 | Travis | 9,094 |
| 47 | Kenneth | 8,992 |
| 48 | Bryan | 8,717 |
| 49 | Jose | 8,403 |
| 50 | Alexander | 8,295 |
| 51 | Jesse | 8,221 |
| 52 | Cody | 7,096 |
| 53 | Bradley | 7,011 |
| 54 | Samuel | 7,009 |
| 55 | Shawn | 6,982 |
| 56 | Derek | 6,661 |
| 57 | Chad | 6,466 |
| 58 | Jared | 5,883 |
| 59 | Edward | 5,869 |
| 60 | Peter | 5,671 |
| 61 | Marcus | 5,586 |
| 62 | Jordan | 5,460 |
| 63 | Corey | 5,228 |
| 64 | Keith | 5,214 |
| 65 | Juan | 4,851 |
| 66 | Donald | 4,750 |
| 67 | Joel | 4,623 |
| 68 | Shane | 4,549 |
| 69 | Phillip | 4,496 |
| 70 | Brett | 4,328 |
| 71 | Ronald | 4,299 |
| 72 | George | 4,259 |
| 73 | Antonio | 4,151 |
| 74 | Carlos | 4,089 |
| 75 | Raymond | 4,085 |
| 76 | Douglas | 4,021 |
| 77 | Nathaniel | 4,004 |
| 78 | Ian | 3,998 |
| 79 | Craig | 3,952 |
| 80 | Alex | 3,909 |
| 81 | Cory | 3,868 |
| 82 | Gary | 3,812 |
| 83 | Derrick | 3,779 |
| 84 | Philip | 3,735 |
| 85 | Luis | 3,706 |
| 86 | Casey | 3,490 |
| 87 | Erik | 3,372 |
| 88 | Victor | 3,341 |
| 89 | Brent | 3,321 |
| 90 | Frank | 3,302 |
| 91 | Evan | 3,219 |
| 92 | Gabriel | 3,215 |
| 93 | Adrian | 3,132 |
| 94 | Wesley | 3,043 |
| 95 | Vincent | 3,040 |
| 96 | Jeffery | 2,947 |
| 97 | Larry | 2,946 |
| 98 | Curtis | 2,943 |
| 99 | Todd | 2,941 |
| 100 | Blake | 2,922 |
| 101 | Christian | 2,915 |
| 102 | Randy | 2,881 |
| 103 | Dennis | 2,845 |
| 104 | Seth | 2,821 |
| 105 | Trevor | 2,819 |
| 106 | Luke | 2,741 |
| 107 | Austin | 2,728 |
| 108 | Jesus | 2,687 |
| 109 | Alan | 2,684 |
| 110 | Russell | 2,571 |
| 111 | Jeremiah | 2,533 |
| 112 | Carl | 2,526 |
| 113 | Tony | 2,525 |
| 113 | Miguel | 2,525 |
| 115 | Mitchell | 2,452 |
| 116 | Jerry | 2,423 |
| 117 | Mario | 2,416 |
| 118 | Johnathan | 2,391 |
| 119 | Terry | 2,374 |
| 120 | Shaun | 2,354 |
| 121 | Devin | 2,331 |
| 122 | Lucas | 2,318 |
| 123 | Troy | 2,316 |
| 124 | Andre | 2,294 |
| 124 | Jorge | 2,294 |
| 126 | Drew | 2,276 |
| 127 | Johnny | 2,208 |
| 128 | Allen | 2,187 |
| 129 | Marc | 2,161 |
| 130 | Lance | 2,152 |
| 131 | Ricardo | 2,139 |
| 132 | Martin | 2,136 |
| 133 | Chase | 2,127 |
| 134 | Kristopher | 2,099 |
| 135 | Bobby | 2,094 |
| 136 | Caleb | 2,083 |
| 137 | Henry | 2,068 |
| 138 | Garrett | 2,054 |
| 139 | Jonathon | 2,031 |
| 140 | Francisco | 2,018 |
| 141 | Danny | 2,015 |
| 142 | Lee | 2,005 |
| 143 | Manuel | 1,975 |
| 144 | Lawrence | 1,941 |
| 145 | Ricky | 1,932 |
| 146 | Randall | 1,908 |
| 147 | Ross | 1,884 |
| 148 | Mathew | 1,880 |
| 149 | Jimmy | 1,867 |
| 150 | Billy | 1,831 |
| 151 | Jon | 1,800 |
| 152 | Albert | 1,799 |
| 153 | Taylor | 1,794 |
| 154 | Cameron | 1,792 |
| 155 | Micheal | 1,758 |
| 156 | Colin | 1,738 |
| 157 | Clayton | 1,718 |
| 158 | Arthur | 1,716 |
| 159 | Roger | 1,706 |
| 159 | Roberto | 1,706 |
| 161 | Darren | 1,701 |
| 162 | Clinton | 1,693 |
| 163 | Walter | 1,690 |
| 164 | Louis | 1,685 |
| 165 | Isaac | 1,673 |
| 166 | Grant | 1,652 |
| 167 | Jamie | 1,630 |
| 168 | Rodney | 1,621 |
| 169 | Oscar | 1,592 |
| 170 | Joe | 1,591 |
| 171 | Willie | 1,574 |
| 172 | Angel | 1,561 |
| 173 | Maurice | 1,559 |
| 174 | Julian | 1,529 |
| 175 | Jay | 1,524 |
| 176 | Jack | 1,523 |
| 177 | Calvin | 1,520 |
| 178 | Hector | 1,492 |
| 179 | Alejandro | 1,459 |
| 180 | Ruben | 1,454 |
| 181 | Gerald | 1,446 |
| 182 | Javier | 1,425 |
| 183 | Bruce | 1,412 |
| 184 | Wayne | 1,384 |
| 185 | Brendan | 1,382 |
| 186 | Roy | 1,379 |
| 187 | Dominic | 1,334 |
| 188 | Dylan | 1,331 |
| 189 | Edwin | 1,329 |
| 190 | Darrell | 1,324 |
| 191 | Geoffrey | 1,322 |
| 192 | Reginald | 1,312 |
| 193 | Fernando | 1,292 |
| 194 | Sergio | 1,267 |
| 195 | Rafael | 1,250 |
| 196 | Pedro | 1,245 |
| 197 | Frederick | 1,224 |
| 198 | Tyrone | 1,222 |
| 199 | Omar | 1,216 |
| 200 | Theodore | 1,211 |
Source: US Social Security Administration national baby-name files. A name given to fewer than five boys in 1985 is not published, so it is missing from both the count and the total above.