Most popular boys’ names in New York, 1985
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 5,853 |
| 2 | Christopher | 4,178 |
| 3 | Matthew | 3,311 |
| 4 | Daniel | 3,153 |
| 5 | Joseph | 2,975 |
| 6 | David | 2,732 |
| 7 | John | 2,372 |
| 8 | Robert | 2,307 |
| 9 | James | 2,245 |
| 10 | Anthony | 2,132 |
| 11 | Jonathan | 2,072 |
| 12 | Jason | 2,041 |
| 13 | Andrew | 2,032 |
| 14 | Joshua | 1,866 |
| 15 | Brian | 1,778 |
| 16 | Thomas | 1,628 |
| 17 | William | 1,567 |
| 18 | Nicholas | 1,562 |
| 19 | Ryan | 1,556 |
| 20 | Kevin | 1,468 |
| 21 | Eric | 1,402 |
| 21 | Steven | 1,402 |
| 23 | Justin | 1,331 |
| 24 | Adam | 1,291 |
| 25 | Richard | 1,279 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Jeffrey | 1,099 |
| 27 | Timothy | 1,069 |
| 28 | Sean | 1,000 |
| 29 | Brandon | 943 |
| 30 | Stephen | 941 |
| 31 | Gregory | 919 |
| 32 | Patrick | 915 |
| 33 | Mark | 906 |
| 34 | Paul | 865 |
| 35 | Peter | 847 |
| 36 | Charles | 784 |
| 37 | Benjamin | 760 |
| 38 | Kyle | 740 |
| 39 | Alexander | 733 |
| 40 | Jose | 730 |
| 41 | Scott | 683 |
| 42 | Kenneth | 613 |
| 43 | Jeremy | 557 |
| 44 | Edward | 550 |
| 45 | Aaron | 522 |
| 46 | Luis | 518 |
| 47 | Bryan | 502 |
| 48 | Shawn | 478 |
| 49 | Vincent | 475 |
| 49 | Zachary | 475 |
| 51 | Keith | 474 |
| 52 | Jesse | 465 |
| 53 | Samuel | 444 |
| 54 | Frank | 437 |
| 55 | Jacob | 428 |
| 56 | George | 422 |
| 57 | Carlos | 403 |
| 58 | Joel | 398 |
| 59 | Christian | 393 |
| 60 | Philip | 390 |
| 61 | Raymond | 388 |
| 62 | Nathan | 368 |
| 63 | Juan | 345 |
| 64 | Corey | 338 |
| 65 | Ronald | 337 |
| 66 | Angel | 326 |
| 67 | Ian | 316 |
| 68 | Evan | 304 |
| 69 | Derek | 303 |
| 70 | Victor | 302 |
| 71 | Jared | 300 |
| 72 | Craig | 299 |
| 73 | Edwin | 292 |
| 74 | Douglas | 289 |
| 75 | Alex | 276 |
| 76 | Marc | 273 |
| 77 | Travis | 267 |
| 78 | Gary | 264 |
| 79 | Dennis | 263 |
| 80 | Jordan | 256 |
| 80 | Louis | 256 |
| 82 | Miguel | 254 |
| 83 | Gabriel | 252 |
| 84 | Donald | 251 |
| 85 | Chad | 248 |
| 86 | Andre | 247 |
| 87 | Tyler | 246 |
| 88 | Shane | 243 |
| 89 | Erik | 220 |
| 90 | Bradley | 218 |
| 91 | Brett | 215 |
| 92 | Dustin | 213 |
| 93 | Brendan | 212 |
| 94 | Marcus | 210 |
| 95 | Henry | 208 |
| 96 | Rafael | 207 |
| 97 | Phillip | 201 |
| 98 | Nathaniel | 199 |
| 99 | Lawrence | 197 |
| 100 | Antonio | 192 |