State roster

Top names in Ohio

The names most likely to appear on 1969 Ohio birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 176,529 Ohio births in 1969 across 1,714 distinct names.

Distinctively Ohio

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

#56Jodi#95 nationally
#81Tricia#119 nationally
#59Dale#96 nationally
#85Jack#122 nationally
#46Beth#82 nationally
#90Nicholas#123 nationally
#94Ralph#126 nationally
#65Brett#94 nationally
#84Mike#112 nationally
#91Harold#117 nationally

Girls

#1Lisa2,622US #1
#2Michelle2,211US #2
#3Jennifer2,066US #3
#4Kimberly2,040US #4
#5Amy1,723US #6
#6Melissa1,710US #5
#7Angela1,366US #7
#8Kelly1,229US #15
#9Julie1,146US #12
#10Mary1,127US #8
#11Laura1,091US #10
#12Tammy1,061US #9
#13Lori1,050US #20
#14Christine1,011US #14
#15Tracy995US #17
#16Susan977US #11
#17Tina929US #22
#18Karen920US #13
#19Dawn849US #21
#20Stephanie746US #19
#21Patricia728US #18
#22Elizabeth727US #16
#23Rebecca727US #28
#24Heather714US #34
#25Pamela679US #24
#26Cynthia669US #23
#27Deborah654US #27
#28Teresa630US #32
#29Christina614US #37
#30Michele595US #30
#31Denise584US #35
#32Wendy551US #29
#33Shannon508US #31
#34Kathleen505US #42
#35Donna504US #26
#36Sandra502US #25
#37Linda482US #33
#38Barbara480US #39
#39Cheryl477US #41
#40Rhonda473US #44
#41Brenda454US #38
#42Sharon453US #36
#43Tonya453US #54
#44Jill448US #51
#45Robin445US #46
#46Beth428US #82
#47Theresa410US #49
#48Sherry407US #55
#49Debra380US #43
#50Andrea372US #48
#51Renee365US #67
#52Paula357US #50
#53Tracey350US #65
#54Diane343US #61
#55Ann341US #57
#56Jodi340US #95
#57Nancy334US #45
#58Kathy331US #77
#59Tamara331US #78
#60Nicole326US #47
#61Stacey323US #52
#62Carol320US #56
#63Holly314US #87
#64Leslie313US #64
#65Stacy312US #53
#66Sheila298US #68
#67Jacqueline287US #62
#68Monica286US #59
#69Melinda285US #89
#70Cindy271US #74
#71Deanna266US #88
#72Sarah261US #72
#73Diana260US #81
#74Gina258US #63
#75Margaret258US #73
#76Catherine257US #58
#77Victoria256US #83
#78Heidi249US #80
#79Carla247US #90
#80Janet247US #84
#81Tricia245US #119
#82Rachel241US #69
#83Shelly241US #102
#84Katherine237US #70
#85Regina236US #86
#86Kristin230US #76
#87April228US #97
#88Terri227US #93
#89Traci224US #112
#90Julia223US #100
#91Carolyn222US #71
#92Sherri220US #106
#93Dana216US #60
#94Kim215US #66
#95Kelli214US #115
#96Crystal210US #118
#97Melanie210US #92
#98Valerie210US #85
#99Anne208US #101
#100Suzanne208US #75

Boys

#1Michael4,754US #1
#2David3,937US #2
#3James3,546US #3
#4Robert3,395US #5
#5John3,322US #4
#6Brian2,348US #9
#7Mark2,182US #8
#8William2,128US #6
#9Christopher1,922US #7
#10Jeffrey1,893US #11
#11Scott1,772US #12
#12Richard1,723US #10
#13Thomas1,704US #13
#14Timothy1,572US #17
#15Joseph1,514US #15
#16Steven1,487US #14
#17Daniel1,355US #18
#18Matthew1,335US #24
#19Charles1,302US #19
#20Kevin1,262US #16
#21Eric1,241US #21
#22Todd1,201US #28
#23Anthony1,147US #20
#24Gregory1,041US #26
#25Paul1,023US #22
#26Douglas972US #34
#27Kenneth940US #23
#28Ronald933US #29
#29Donald873US #30
#30Stephen859US #27
#31Gary707US #35
#32Jason682US #25
#33Edward644US #32
#34Patrick641US #31
#35Andrew618US #33
#36Shawn587US #41
#37Keith551US #36
#38Craig537US #39
#39Larry516US #40
#40George496US #38
#41Bryan488US #51
#42Sean476US #37
#43Dennis472US #44
#44Jerry430US #45
#45Jeffery426US #48
#46Bradley403US #53
#47Troy398US #42
#48Rodney386US #49
#49Jonathan347US #46
#50Roger341US #59
#51Terry338US #52
#52Raymond333US #50
#53Randy302US #55
#54Frank292US #47
#55Aaron288US #61
#56Russell282US #57
#57Peter273US #43
#58Carl264US #62
#59Dale264US #96
#60Gerald253US #65
#61Tony250US #54
#62Lawrence239US #71
#63Jon231US #68
#64Bruce228US #72
#65Brett225US #94
#66Danny225US #73
#67Phillip222US #74
#68Chris221US #66
#69Marc211US #63
#70Randall211US #85
#71Alan210US #76
#72Philip207US #86
#73Vincent205US #70
#74Jay203US #95
#75Brent198US #92
#76Dean195US #89
#77Samuel194US #64
#78Martin193US #78
#79Shane192US #87
#80Chad190US #69
#81Darren182US #60
#82Wayne182US #75
#83Jeff179US #106
#84Mike173US #112
#85Jack171US #122
#86Billy164US #77
#87Steve163US #98
#88Curtis162US #81
#89Walter160US #84
#90Nicholas158US #123
#91Harold157US #117
#92Adam155US #114
#93Benjamin154US #91
#94Ralph154US #126
#95Allen152US #111
#96Corey152US #58
#97Ricky148US #90
#98Joel147US #80
#99Roy146US #105
#100Kelly143US #115

On the move since 1968

Rising

↑38Shannon#33
↑28Heather#24
↑26Stacy#65
↑24Marc#69
↑23Brett#65
↑23Vincent#73
↑22Jason#32
↑17Sarah#72

Falling

↓23Terri#88
↓21Carolyn#91
↓19Roy#99
↓16Suzanne#100
↓15Gina#74
↓15Valerie#98
↓14Jack#85
↓13Catherine#76

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1968 rankings.