Most popular boys’ names in Pennsylvania, 1985
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 3,583 |
| 2 | Matthew | 2,726 |
| 3 | Christopher | 2,444 |
| 4 | Daniel | 1,910 |
| 5 | David | 1,865 |
| 6 | Joshua | 1,811 |
| 7 | James | 1,692 |
| 8 | John | 1,681 |
| 9 | Andrew | 1,664 |
| 9 | Joseph | 1,664 |
| 11 | Robert | 1,652 |
| 12 | Ryan | 1,651 |
| 13 | Jason | 1,360 |
| 14 | William | 1,276 |
| 15 | Brian | 1,274 |
| 16 | Justin | 1,248 |
| 17 | Brandon | 1,199 |
| 18 | Anthony | 1,079 |
| 19 | Eric | 1,069 |
| 20 | Jonathan | 1,056 |
| 21 | Adam | 1,045 |
| 22 | Kevin | 1,036 |
| 23 | Thomas | 1,000 |
| 24 | Timothy | 956 |
| 25 | Nicholas | 922 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Stephen | 882 |
| 27 | Steven | 842 |
| 28 | Mark | 803 |
| 29 | Jeffrey | 796 |
| 30 | Kyle | 733 |
| 31 | Richard | 710 |
| 32 | Sean | 680 |
| 33 | Benjamin | 667 |
| 34 | Zachary | 664 |
| 35 | Nathan | 611 |
| 36 | Gregory | 577 |
| 37 | Patrick | 576 |
| 38 | Scott | 527 |
| 39 | Jeremy | 511 |
| 40 | Aaron | 494 |
| 40 | Paul | 494 |
| 42 | Shawn | 487 |
| 43 | Charles | 485 |
| 44 | Kenneth | 407 |
| 45 | Bryan | 397 |
| 46 | Edward | 390 |
| 47 | Chad | 376 |
| 48 | Jesse | 374 |
| 49 | Alexander | 371 |
| 50 | Jacob | 370 |
| 51 | Tyler | 362 |
| 52 | Jared | 350 |
| 53 | Dustin | 345 |
| 54 | Bradley | 342 |
| 55 | Peter | 303 |
| 56 | Travis | 302 |
| 57 | Keith | 297 |
| 58 | Shane | 294 |
| 59 | Derek | 278 |
| 60 | Douglas | 277 |
| 61 | Jordan | 274 |
| 62 | Donald | 273 |
| 63 | Ronald | 270 |
| 64 | Ian | 269 |
| 65 | Corey | 266 |
| 66 | Samuel | 253 |
| 67 | Philip | 242 |
| 68 | Raymond | 233 |
| 69 | George | 229 |
| 70 | Brett | 217 |
| 70 | Todd | 217 |
| 72 | Craig | 211 |
| 73 | Gary | 201 |
| 74 | Cody | 198 |
| 74 | Joel | 198 |
| 76 | Frank | 189 |
| 77 | Vincent | 188 |
| 78 | Nathaniel | 184 |
| 79 | Cory | 180 |
| 80 | Christian | 156 |
| 81 | Dennis | 155 |
| 82 | Evan | 151 |
| 83 | Seth | 146 |
| 84 | Derrick | 143 |
| 85 | Francis | 138 |
| 85 | Luke | 138 |
| 87 | Erik | 137 |
| 88 | Phillip | 136 |
| 89 | Drew | 133 |
| 90 | Brent | 131 |
| 91 | Andre | 128 |
| 92 | Carl | 127 |
| 93 | Maurice | 126 |
| 94 | Marc | 125 |
| 95 | Curtis | 122 |
| 96 | Devin | 121 |
| 97 | Colin | 117 |
| 98 | Alex | 115 |
| 99 | Alan | 112 |
| 99 | Marcus | 112 |
| 99 | Troy | 112 |