State roster

Top names in Ohio

The names most likely to appear on 1964 Ohio birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 195,347 Ohio births in 1964 across 1,695 distinct names.

Distinctively Ohio

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Ohio more than they say America.

#98Tonya#150 nationally
#97Jodi#145 nationally
#66Tamara#108 nationally
#84Rick#121 nationally
#92Bill#126 nationally
#52Tim#82 nationally
#36Beth#65 nationally
#100Brett#129 nationally
#71Jack#99 nationally
#89Julia#117 nationally
#97Brent#125 nationally
#80Tom#107 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa3,163US #1
#2Mary2,245US #2
#3Kimberly1,949US #6
#4Karen1,726US #4
#5Susan1,719US #3
#6Lori1,302US #15
#7Patricia1,290US #5
#8Linda1,238US #8
#9Laura1,162US #14
#10Tammy1,130US #10
#11Julie1,112US #17
#12Pamela1,100US #11
#13Deborah1,074US #12
#14Michelle1,034US #23
#15Teresa984US #21
#16Donna948US #7
#17Cynthia943US #9
#18Brenda942US #18
#19Amy929US #44
#20Christine921US #28
#21Sandra917US #13
#22Tina916US #34
#23Jennifer907US #31
#24Kelly884US #35
#25Denise880US #25
#26Barbara871US #19
#27Angela855US #22
#28Cheryl851US #29
#29Robin830US #27
#30Elizabeth798US #16
#31Sharon781US #20
#32Diane778US #32
#33Nancy741US #26
#34Kathleen707US #30
#35Debra703US #24
#36Beth685US #65
#37Theresa671US #38
#38Rebecca627US #46
#39Melissa624US #53
#40Kathy623US #39
#41Rhonda616US #43
#42Carol599US #36
#43Dawn596US #33
#44Tracy594US #40
#45Jacqueline571US #37
#46Paula570US #45
#47Kim514US #42
#48Jill483US #61
#49Sherry483US #50
#50Michele475US #58
#51Diana458US #63
#52Connie453US #64
#53Cindy449US #47
#54Janet448US #48
#55Sheila442US #51
#56Margaret425US #49
#57Debbie423US #52
#58Terri414US #62
#59Stephanie393US #57
#60Renee386US #71
#61Ann383US #60
#62Carla367US #78
#63Carolyn358US #56
#64Catherine356US #54
#65Wendy354US #55
#66Tamara342US #108
#67Annette341US #68
#68Laurie338US #59
#69Christina317US #88
#70Cathy316US #75
#71Regina310US #83
#72Joyce309US #87
#73Suzanne304US #67
#74Andrea301US #77
#75Valerie301US #66
#76Penny293US #96
#77Leslie290US #73
#78Lynn290US #72
#79Darlene287US #80
#80Sherri286US #86
#81Anita282US #85
#82Maria277US #41
#83Judy276US #74
#84Shelly275US #101
#85Vicki272US #112
#86Kathryn269US #84
#87Melinda267US #113
#88Judith264US #98
#89Julia263US #117
#90Janice262US #69
#91Anne260US #76
#92Bonnie243US #89
#93Peggy239US #106
#94Holly236US #121
#95Melanie231US #105
#96Gina229US #79
#97Jodi227US #145
#98Tonya227US #150
#99Monica226US #90
#100Jane225US #93

Boys

#1Michael4,574US #1
#2David4,528US #3
#3John4,516US #2
#4James4,068US #4
#5Robert3,808US #5
#6Mark3,011US #6
#7William2,339US #7
#8Jeffrey2,286US #10
#9Richard2,230US #8
#10Thomas2,169US #9
#11Timothy2,059US #15
#12Scott1,852US #14
#13Brian1,644US #20
#14Steven1,629US #12
#15Joseph1,614US #11
#16Kevin1,601US #13
#17Paul1,456US #16
#18Daniel1,429US #19
#19Charles1,428US #17
#20Gregory1,309US #22
#21Kenneth1,269US #18
#22Ronald1,212US #24
#23Christopher1,186US #23
#24Donald1,164US #25
#25Douglas1,130US #31
#26Todd1,057US #28
#27Gary1,000US #26
#28Anthony967US #21
#29Eric874US #32
#30Edward813US #27
#31Stephen781US #29
#32Patrick739US #30
#33Keith677US #34
#34Matthew640US #43
#35Terry627US #35
#36Larry585US #36
#37Jeffery576US #45
#38Randy550US #38
#39George518US #33
#40Jerry516US #40
#41Dennis508US #42
#42Andrew489US #37
#43Jeff465US #52
#44Roger463US #49
#45Craig459US #48
#46Frank441US #41
#47Bruce437US #46
#48Mike431US #47
#49Steve428US #51
#50Raymond424US #44
#51Dale368US #72
#52Tim354US #82
#53Carl352US #55
#54Bryan349US #70
#55Rodney341US #59
#56Bradley332US #77
#57Randall328US #66
#58Russell323US #58
#59Martin312US #63
#60Ricky309US #54
#61Phillip308US #67
#62Gerald292US #60
#63Alan288US #53
#64Troy286US #57
#65Shawn285US #88
#66Peter279US #39
#67Lawrence277US #68
#68Tony275US #50
#69Philip274US #76
#70Jon272US #79
#71Jack270US #99
#72Chris268US #65
#73Jonathan257US #83
#74Vincent256US #64
#75Danny251US #56
#76Jay251US #84
#77Dean242US #85
#78Jim239US #101
#79Barry238US #69
#80Tom234US #107
#81Wayne225US #61
#82Greg221US #95
#83Joe206US #62
#84Rick205US #121
#85Allen203US #93
#86Samuel201US #86
#87Harold200US #98
#88Curtis199US #75
#89Walter198US #80
#90Darrell191US #96
#91Roy190US #89
#92Bill189US #126
#93Darryl181US #87
#94Kurt179US #109
#95Glenn178US #81
#96Ralph178US #103
#97Brent170US #125
#98Howard163US #116
#99Tracy163US #123
#100Brett159US #129

On the move since 1963

Rising

↑30Shawn#65
↑21Regina#71
↑19Dawn#43
↑16Rodney#55
↑15Jonathan#73
↑13Angela#27
↑13Renee#60
↑13Maria#82

Falling

↓28Jane#100
↓16Ralph#96
↓14Judy#83
↓14Greg#82
↓13Danny#75
↓12Sherri#80
↓12Tony#68
↓12Chris#72

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1963 rankings.