41 years ago
Baby Names from 1985
3,569,110 registered births | 1,848,267 boys | 1,720,843 girls
Top 10 Baby Names of 1985
Top 10 Boy Names
Top Unisex Names of 1985
Jamie
1,630 boys
11,038 girls
Jordan 5,461 boys
975 girls
Casey 3,490 boys
2,478 girls
Dana 482 boys
3,348 girls
Dominique 384 boys
3,299 girls
Names used for both boys and girls with at least 10% minority-gender share.
Notable Risers & Fallers in 1985
Names that jumped or dropped 50+ spots in the rankings compared to the previous year.
New to the Top 200 in 1985
Names appearing in the top 200 for the first time ever.
What Life Was Like in 1985
Economy & Leadership
- President
- Ronald Reagan
- Avg. Home Price
- $75,500
- Avg. Income
- $22,100
- Gas Price
- $1.12/gal
- Minimum Wage
- $3.35/hr
- US Population
- 237.9 million
Entertainment
- #1 Song
- We Are the World - USA for Africa
- #1 Movie
- Back to the Future
- #1 TV Show
- The Cosby Show
Sports
- Super Bowl
- San Francisco 49ers 38, Miami Dolphins 16 (Super Bowl XIX)
- World Series
- Kansas City Royals over St. Louis Cardinals (4-3)
Major Events
- • Live Aid concerts raise millions for famine relief
- • Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) launches in US
- • Titanic wreck discovered
- • Mikhail Gorbachev becomes Soviet leader
Culture & Style
- Fashion Trend
- Neon colors, acid-washed jeans, shoulder pads, Jordache jeans, big hair everywhere
- Tech Milestone
- Nintendo NES launches in America; first .com domain registered; Windows 1.0 released
- Generation
- Millennial (born 1981-1996)
Popular Slang of 1985
"rad"
"gnarly"
"bogus"
"psych!"
"grody"
Did You Know? Fun Facts from 1985
1
Back to the Future made every kid want a DeLorean
2
Nintendo saved the video game industry
3
The first .com domain name (symbolics.com) was registered March 15
4
Jessica and Michael dominated the name charts
5
Madonna was 'The Material Girl' — the name Madison hadn't taken off yet
Someone born in 1985 is 41 years old today.