Most popular boys’ names in Indiana, 1985
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joshua | 1,321 |
| 2 | Michael | 1,259 |
| 3 | Matthew | 1,242 |
| 4 | Christopher | 1,229 |
| 5 | Ryan | 906 |
| 6 | Brandon | 827 |
| 7 | Andrew | 820 |
| 8 | David | 811 |
| 9 | James | 770 |
| 10 | Justin | 703 |
| 11 | Daniel | 698 |
| 12 | Adam | 679 |
| 13 | John | 657 |
| 14 | Kyle | 651 |
| 15 | Joseph | 646 |
| 16 | Robert | 591 |
| 17 | Nicholas | 588 |
| 18 | Jason | 552 |
| 19 | Eric | 497 |
| 20 | William | 491 |
| 21 | Brian | 490 |
| 22 | Zachary | 472 |
| 23 | Aaron | 438 |
| 24 | Dustin | 433 |
| 25 | Anthony | 416 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Jonathan | 415 |
| 27 | Jeremy | 411 |
| 28 | Kevin | 399 |
| 29 | Timothy | 392 |
| 30 | Jacob | 385 |
| 31 | Nathan | 379 |
| 32 | Thomas | 362 |
| 33 | Benjamin | 354 |
| 34 | Steven | 352 |
| 35 | Tyler | 300 |
| 36 | Bradley | 293 |
| 36 | Charles | 293 |
| 38 | Scott | 290 |
| 39 | Mark | 284 |
| 40 | Jeffrey | 280 |
| 41 | Richard | 266 |
| 42 | Travis | 251 |
| 43 | Stephen | 249 |
| 44 | Patrick | 245 |
| 45 | Gregory | 223 |
| 45 | Sean | 223 |
| 47 | Jordan | 208 |
| 48 | Chad | 206 |
| 49 | Bryan | 205 |
| 50 | Paul | 202 |
| 51 | Cody | 199 |
| 52 | Derek | 192 |
| 53 | Jared | 178 |
| 54 | Kenneth | 176 |
| 55 | Samuel | 161 |
| 56 | Jesse | 156 |
| 57 | Cory | 155 |
| 58 | Shawn | 151 |
| 59 | Corey | 150 |
| 60 | Alexander | 133 |
| 60 | Brent | 133 |
| 62 | Craig | 132 |
| 63 | Nathaniel | 125 |
| 64 | Shane | 119 |
| 65 | Douglas | 118 |
| 66 | Joel | 117 |
| 67 | Brett | 115 |
| 68 | Keith | 109 |
| 69 | Donald | 107 |
| 70 | Seth | 106 |
| 71 | Marcus | 103 |
| 71 | Phillip | 103 |
| 73 | Ronald | 94 |
| 74 | Austin | 93 |
| 74 | Evan | 93 |
| 76 | Philip | 87 |
| 77 | Todd | 86 |
| 78 | Derrick | 84 |
| 78 | Jeremiah | 84 |
| 80 | Jonathon | 83 |
| 81 | Alex | 82 |
| 82 | Casey | 81 |
| 82 | Ian | 81 |
| 84 | Caleb | 80 |
| 85 | Jeffery | 79 |
| 86 | Drew | 78 |
| 87 | Edward | 77 |
| 88 | Troy | 76 |
| 89 | Jerry | 75 |
| 90 | Gary | 73 |
| 91 | Larry | 72 |
| 92 | Peter | 71 |
| 92 | Wesley | 71 |
| 94 | Blake | 69 |
| 94 | Mitchell | 69 |
| 94 | Raymond | 69 |
| 97 | Erik | 68 |
| 98 | Luke | 67 |
| 99 | Carl | 66 |
| 99 | Curtis | 66 |