Most popular boys’ names in Ohio, 1985
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 3,021 |
| 2 | Matthew | 2,499 |
| 3 | Christopher | 2,484 |
| 4 | Joshua | 2,286 |
| 5 | David | 1,832 |
| 6 | Daniel | 1,706 |
| 7 | Andrew | 1,638 |
| 7 | James | 1,638 |
| 9 | Ryan | 1,625 |
| 10 | Brandon | 1,589 |
| 11 | Robert | 1,573 |
| 12 | Joseph | 1,504 |
| 13 | John | 1,373 |
| 14 | Nicholas | 1,319 |
| 15 | Brian | 1,291 |
| 16 | Adam | 1,269 |
| 17 | Justin | 1,228 |
| 18 | Jason | 1,207 |
| 19 | Anthony | 1,131 |
| 20 | William | 1,045 |
| 21 | Eric | 1,019 |
| 22 | Kevin | 974 |
| 23 | Kyle | 946 |
| 24 | Jonathan | 912 |
| 25 | Steven | 884 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Timothy | 875 |
| 27 | Thomas | 811 |
| 28 | Aaron | 796 |
| 29 | Jeffrey | 792 |
| 30 | Mark | 739 |
| 31 | Zachary | 699 |
| 32 | Benjamin | 679 |
| 33 | Charles | 675 |
| 34 | Jeremy | 665 |
| 35 | Richard | 655 |
| 36 | Dustin | 630 |
| 37 | Scott | 583 |
| 38 | Nathan | 576 |
| 39 | Stephen | 574 |
| 40 | Jacob | 554 |
| 41 | Tyler | 520 |
| 42 | Gregory | 516 |
| 43 | Patrick | 496 |
| 44 | Sean | 482 |
| 45 | Bradley | 453 |
| 46 | Bryan | 450 |
| 47 | Paul | 445 |
| 48 | Chad | 438 |
| 49 | Kenneth | 412 |
| 50 | Shawn | 388 |
| 51 | Alexander | 338 |
| 52 | Jesse | 329 |
| 53 | Travis | 316 |
| 54 | Derek | 302 |
| 55 | Douglas | 298 |
| 56 | Donald | 294 |
| 57 | Cody | 284 |
| 58 | Samuel | 273 |
| 59 | Craig | 267 |
| 60 | Jared | 263 |
| 61 | Keith | 262 |
| 62 | Corey | 250 |
| 63 | Nathaniel | 244 |
| 64 | Ronald | 242 |
| 65 | Edward | 240 |
| 66 | Brett | 237 |
| 67 | Jordan | 236 |
| 68 | Shane | 234 |
| 69 | Marcus | 232 |
| 70 | Phillip | 216 |
| 71 | Seth | 206 |
| 71 | Todd | 206 |
| 73 | Ian | 199 |
| 74 | Joel | 196 |
| 75 | Peter | 192 |
| 76 | Cory | 188 |
| 77 | Gary | 182 |
| 77 | Philip | 182 |
| 79 | Brent | 180 |
| 80 | Alex | 173 |
| 81 | George | 171 |
| 82 | Derrick | 154 |
| 83 | Evan | 152 |
| 84 | Jeremiah | 151 |
| 85 | Jeffery | 150 |
| 86 | Antonio | 147 |
| 86 | Raymond | 147 |
| 88 | Jonathon | 141 |
| 88 | Shaun | 141 |
| 90 | Luke | 137 |
| 91 | Dennis | 135 |
| 92 | Drew | 133 |
| 93 | Curtis | 132 |
| 94 | Carl | 128 |
| 94 | Russell | 128 |
| 96 | Terry | 127 |
| 97 | Alan | 124 |
| 98 | Randy | 121 |
| 99 | Frank | 116 |
| 100 | Larry | 115 |