State roster

Top names in Ohio

The names most likely to appear on 1968 Ohio birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 172,891 Ohio births in 1968 across 1,656 distinct names.

Distinctively Ohio

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

#71Jack#110 nationally
#60Jodi#97 nationally
#95Ryan#131 nationally
#80Julia#113 nationally
#94Ralph#127 nationally
#86Nicholas#118 nationally
#96Traci#127 nationally
#45Beth#74 nationally
#76Holly#103 nationally
#65Dale#91 nationally
#77Brent#102 nationally
#98Kurt#123 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa2,866US #1
#2Michelle2,108US #2
#3Kimberly2,086US #3
#4Jennifer1,657US #4
#5Melissa1,633US #5
#6Amy1,438US #13
#7Angela1,320US #7
#8Kelly1,313US #12
#9Mary1,176US #6
#10Susan1,111US #10
#11Tammy1,103US #8
#12Julie1,066US #16
#13Laura1,041US #11
#14Tina1,021US #18
#15Karen995US #9
#16Lori931US #22
#17Christine913US #14
#18Tracy847US #25
#19Dawn802US #21
#20Pamela787US #20
#21Patricia751US #15
#22Elizabeth747US #17
#23Cynthia745US #19
#24Deborah735US #27
#25Stephanie711US #23
#26Teresa697US #30
#27Rebecca694US #33
#28Michele641US #29
#29Denise629US #35
#30Wendy610US #31
#31Barbara579US #36
#32Sandra561US #26
#33Linda560US #28
#34Brenda554US #34
#35Cheryl553US #37
#36Donna532US #24
#37Christina523US #44
#38Jill510US #46
#39Rhonda507US #42
#40Kathleen501US #40
#41Robin493US #43
#42Tonya456US #60
#43Debra453US #38
#44Sharon447US #32
#45Beth446US #74
#46Sherry436US #52
#47Paula432US #45
#48Theresa432US #47
#49Nancy415US #39
#50Diane403US #51
#51Ann378US #54
#52Heather373US #62
#53Carol370US #49
#54Andrea348US #48
#55Renee340US #65
#56Tamara329US #80
#57Jacqueline325US #50
#58Kathy318US #76
#59Gina307US #58
#60Jodi301US #97
#61Sheila295US #59
#62Tracey288US #72
#63Catherine287US #56
#64Margaret279US #63
#65Terri279US #83
#66Melinda272US #90
#67Monica271US #68
#68Leslie269US #66
#69Diana262US #71
#70Carolyn261US #61
#71Shannon258US #53
#72Connie255US #87
#73Carla254US #91
#74Stacey253US #55
#75Cindy250US #67
#76Holly250US #103
#77Regina247US #81
#78Janet244US #73
#79Victoria244US #82
#80Julia242US #113
#81Shelly239US #98
#82Sherri230US #95
#83Valerie229US #77
#84Suzanne225US #69
#85Lynn221US #85
#86Katherine219US #75
#87Anita218US #109
#88Maria217US #41
#89Sarah217US #78
#90Heidi215US #89
#91Stacy212US #64
#92Kim211US #57
#93Annette209US #102
#94Melanie209US #94
#95April208US #96
#96Traci206US #127
#97Anne202US #88
#98Colleen200US #101
#99Carrie197US #86
#100Laurie192US #79

Boys

#1Michael4,630US #1
#2David3,998US #2
#3James3,670US #4
#4John3,454US #3
#5Robert3,357US #5
#6Mark2,190US #7
#7Brian2,157US #10
#8William2,069US #6
#9Jeffrey1,965US #11
#10Richard1,774US #8
#11Thomas1,740US #12
#12Scott1,730US #14
#13Christopher1,718US #9
#14Timothy1,699US #13
#15Joseph1,431US #16
#16Steven1,425US #15
#17Daniel1,312US #18
#18Kevin1,312US #17
#19Charles1,262US #20
#20Matthew1,142US #24
#21Paul1,133US #19
#22Todd1,112US #28
#23Eric1,103US #22
#24Anthony1,101US #21
#25Ronald1,083US #25
#26Gregory995US #26
#27Donald980US #29
#28Douglas972US #33
#29Kenneth945US #23
#30Stephen830US #27
#31Gary796US #32
#32Patrick682US #30
#33Andrew596US #34
#34Edward584US #31
#35Keith559US #35
#36Larry553US #38
#37Shawn507US #43
#38Jeffery506US #46
#39Bryan488US #51
#40Craig465US #41
#41Dennis451US #45
#42Rodney444US #42
#43Jerry439US #44
#44George438US #36
#45Sean435US #37
#46Terry409US #48
#47Troy394US #40
#48Raymond368US #50
#49Frank332US #49
#50Randy327US #54
#51Roger323US #55
#52Bradley314US #57
#53Carl313US #59
#54Jason310US #47
#55Jonathan287US #53
#56Bruce274US #61
#57Gerald260US #62
#58Russell249US #56
#59Phillip248US #71
#60Peter244US #39
#61Jon240US #65
#62Randall240US #79
#63Tony236US #52
#64Dean231US #78
#65Dale228US #91
#66Martin216US #68
#67Philip215US #82
#68Lawrence213US #67
#69Aaron212US #87
#70Danny211US #72
#71Jack204US #110
#72Samuel204US #66
#73Mike203US #93
#74Steve202US #89
#75Chris200US #64
#76Darren197US #60
#77Brent194US #102
#78Jeff193US #90
#79Alan187US #74
#80Roy186US #94
#81Jay185US #88
#82Wayne185US #63
#83Walter182US #83
#84Ricky180US #70
#85Harold176US #108
#86Nicholas173US #118
#87Curtis171US #75
#88Brett166US #105
#89Chad157US #104
#90Kelly157US #97
#91Johnny156US #69
#92Joel155US #80
#93Marc154US #84
#94Ralph152US #127
#95Ryan149US #131
#96Vincent147US #73
#97Glenn146US #92
#98Kurt141US #123
#99Billy140US #76
#100Darrell136US #86

On the move since 1967

Rising

↑23Heather#52
↑22Jason#54
↑17Stacey#74
↑16Aaron#69
↑16Brent#77
↑15Martin#66
↑13Shelly#81
↑13Jonathan#55

Falling

↓26Kim#92
↓18April#95
↓17Alan#79
↓16Janet#78
↓16Vincent#96
↓15Maria#88
↓14Connie#72
↓13Annette#93

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1967 rankings.