Most popular girls’ names in California, 1985
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 1 | Jessica | 5,536 |
| 2 | Jennifer | 4,966 |
| 3 | Ashley | 3,929 |
| 4 | Amanda | 3,168 |
| 5 | Nicole | 2,891 |
| 6 | Stephanie | 2,620 |
| 7 | Melissa | 2,500 |
| 8 | Elizabeth | 2,497 |
| 9 | Christina | 2,453 |
| 10 | Sarah | 2,414 |
| 11 | Michelle | 2,102 |
| 12 | Vanessa | 2,096 |
| 13 | Heather | 1,880 |
| 14 | Megan | 1,866 |
| 15 | Maria | 1,697 |
| 16 | Laura | 1,687 |
| 17 | Amber | 1,644 |
| 18 | Crystal | 1,643 |
| 19 | Danielle | 1,641 |
| 20 | Rachel | 1,527 |
| 21 | Lauren | 1,500 |
| 22 | Brittany | 1,423 |
| 23 | Kimberly | 1,406 |
| 24 | Tiffany | 1,327 |
| 25 | Amy | 1,240 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|
| 26 | Rebecca | 1,230 |
| 27 | Andrea | 1,167 |
| 28 | Sara | 1,133 |
| 29 | Erica | 1,130 |
| 30 | Veronica | 1,128 |
| 31 | Cynthia | 1,106 |
| 32 | Jamie | 1,097 |
| 33 | Natalie | 1,081 |
| 34 | Erin | 1,078 |
| 35 | Lisa | 1,038 |
| 36 | Monica | 1,027 |
| 37 | Angela | 1,011 |
| 38 | Katherine | 1,005 |
| 39 | Emily | 992 |
| 40 | Samantha | 985 |
| 41 | Nancy | 967 |
| 42 | Kelly | 962 |
| 43 | Christine | 950 |
| 44 | Diana | 895 |
| 45 | Jacqueline | 891 |
| 46 | Shannon | 872 |
| 47 | Kristen | 805 |
| 48 | Alicia | 793 |
| 49 | Erika | 764 |
| 50 | Patricia | 743 |
| 51 | Victoria | 720 |
| 52 | Allison | 709 |
| 53 | Mary | 705 |
| 54 | Mayra | 704 |
| 55 | Sandra | 687 |
| 56 | Brenda | 684 |
| 56 | Julie | 684 |
| 58 | Kristina | 681 |
| 59 | Lindsay | 678 |
| 60 | Krystal | 675 |
| 61 | Courtney | 651 |
| 62 | Jenna | 641 |
| 63 | Joanna | 628 |
| 64 | Lindsey | 622 |
| 65 | Valerie | 620 |
| 66 | Katie | 618 |
| 67 | Cassandra | 605 |
| 68 | Anna | 603 |
| 69 | Kristin | 588 |
| 70 | Kathryn | 584 |
| 71 | Cindy | 553 |
| 72 | April | 545 |
| 73 | Claudia | 539 |
| 73 | Monique | 539 |
| 75 | Ana | 525 |
| 76 | Tara | 517 |
| 77 | Linda | 511 |
| 78 | Denise | 510 |
| 79 | Desiree | 501 |
| 80 | Cristina | 498 |
| 81 | Adriana | 496 |
| 81 | Wendy | 496 |
| 83 | Angelica | 484 |
| 84 | Alexandra | 478 |
| 85 | Holly | 461 |
| 86 | Julia | 454 |
| 87 | Daisy | 451 |
| 88 | Kathleen | 434 |
| 89 | Priscilla | 430 |
| 90 | Catherine | 428 |
| 91 | Chelsea | 423 |
| 92 | Leslie | 419 |
| 93 | Karen | 418 |
| 94 | Evelyn | 409 |
| 95 | Stacy | 407 |
| 96 | Candice | 399 |
| 97 | Jasmine | 393 |
| 98 | Gabriela | 378 |
| 99 | Sabrina | 372 |
| 100 | Teresa | 371 |