State roster

Top names in Ohio

The names most likely to appear on 1973 Ohio birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 147,316 Ohio births in 1973 across 1,751 distinct names.

Distinctively Ohio

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

#94Angel#152 nationally
#62Beth#117 nationally
#84Brad#137 nationally
#74Tricia#123 nationally
#96Dale#141 nationally
#60Jodi#100 nationally
#99Jack#138 nationally
#91Randall#121 nationally
#97Damon#125 nationally
#92Jay#118 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer3,544US #1
#2Amy1,915US #2
#3Michelle1,771US #3
#4Melissa1,490US #6
#5Heather1,384US #8
#6Angela1,377US #7
#7Lisa1,346US #5
#8Kimberly1,331US #4
#9Rebecca925US #10
#10Stephanie879US #9
#11Nicole872US #11
#12Julie859US #12
#13Kelly813US #18
#14Christina708US #16
#15Tracy695US #20
#16Mary678US #14
#17Dawn674US #21
#18Tammy638US #15
#19Laura618US #19
#20Tina610US #24
#21Elizabeth606US #13
#22Christine599US #17
#23Shannon557US #22
#24Susan549US #25
#25Lori535US #28
#26Tonya471US #36
#27Carrie433US #46
#28Karen429US #23
#29April427US #33
#30Andrea421US #30
#31Sarah394US #35
#32Wendy394US #29
#33Stacy392US #32
#34Holly384US #54
#35Patricia384US #27
#36Denise356US #38
#37Melanie346US #43
#38Cynthia343US #26
#39Michele335US #44
#40Rachel331US #42
#41Stacey320US #41
#42Danielle314US #49
#43Kristen313US #58
#44Amanda311US #51
#45Teresa308US #45
#46Tiffany302US #52
#47Jill297US #62
#48Robin293US #60
#49Pamela292US #47
#50Jessica289US #34
#51Tara287US #37
#52Heidi286US #65
#53Melinda277US #72
#54Crystal276US #48
#55Tamara270US #66
#56Deborah264US #56
#57Monica259US #40
#58Renee259US #80
#59Rhonda259US #70
#60Jodi257US #100
#61Barbara249US #63
#62Beth245US #117
#63Theresa236US #69
#64Cheryl233US #74
#65Linda226US #61
#66Kathleen225US #68
#67Erin221US #79
#68Sharon221US #57
#69Sandra217US #39
#70Catherine215US #67
#71Brenda213US #53
#72Donna213US #55
#73Sherry209US #76
#74Tricia208US #123
#75Brandy207US #82
#76Tanya206US #50
#77Erica203US #81
#78Paula202US #87
#79Leslie201US #75
#80Ann196US #93
#81Shelly195US #104
#82Kristin191US #78
#83Debra188US #84
#84Kristina188US #97
#85Misty188US #90
#86Katherine184US #64
#87Maria183US #31
#88Dana181US #59
#89Jamie181US #103
#90Diana180US #85
#91Carla175US #114
#92Deanna175US #111
#93Sara175US #89
#94Angel173US #152
#95Gina170US #83
#96Bridget168US #112
#97Christy166US #73
#98Emily166US #99
#99Regina165US #110
#100Tracey165US #102

Boys

#1Michael3,893US #1
#2Jason2,819US #3
#3James2,471US #4
#4Brian2,404US #8
#5Christopher2,389US #2
#6David2,347US #5
#7Robert2,161US #7
#8John2,091US #6
#9Matthew1,834US #10
#10William1,548US #9
#11Scott1,334US #18
#12Mark1,271US #15
#13Eric1,243US #13
#14Daniel1,224US #11
#15Joseph1,174US #12
#16Jeffrey1,148US #17
#17Kevin1,130US #14
#18Richard1,117US #16
#19Thomas1,036US #19
#20Steven996US #20
#21Timothy981US #22
#22Anthony902US #21
#23Charles901US #23
#24Chad894US #25
#25Shawn881US #27
#26Gregory767US #26
#27Todd678US #35
#28Paul659US #24
#29Andrew653US #29
#30Aaron635US #34
#31Donald623US #38
#32Kenneth594US #28
#33Ryan584US #30
#34Jeremy557US #33
#35Stephen557US #32
#36Ronald544US #40
#37Douglas533US #47
#38Sean520US #36
#39Bryan475US #43
#40Jonathan474US #31
#41Gary456US #44
#42Keith445US #41
#43Edward431US #39
#44Adam410US #45
#45Patrick406US #37
#46Craig402US #48
#47Joshua400US #42
#48Larry396US #50
#49Shane378US #54
#50Bradley337US #62
#51George299US #46
#52Benjamin286US #55
#53Dennis279US #56
#54Jerry258US #57
#55Troy257US #59
#56Jeffery256US #64
#57Raymond254US #60
#58Travis250US #53
#59Nathan247US #63
#60Roger239US #84
#61Terry238US #65
#62Justin233US #51
#63Frank231US #61
#64Jamie221US #70
#65Samuel214US #66
#66Phillip211US #71
#67Rodney209US #68
#68Brandon206US #58
#69Brent205US #80
#70Brett195US #88
#71Peter192US #52
#72Nicholas189US #85
#73Carl181US #90
#74Randy173US #79
#75Philip171US #91
#76Russell169US #77
#77Danny157US #83
#78Derek157US #69
#79Jon156US #94
#80Walter150US #101
#81Billy149US #76
#82Tony146US #78
#83Shannon145US #100
#84Brad142US #137
#85Joel141US #73
#86Marcus139US #72
#87Marc135US #81
#88Erik134US #86
#89Gerald134US #102
#90Micheal134US #106
#91Randall127US #121
#92Jay126US #118
#93Jesse126US #75
#94Lawrence126US #104
#95Curtis122US #98
#96Dale122US #141
#97Damon121US #125
#98Martin121US #108
#99Jack119US #138
#100Allen116US #124

On the move since 1972

Rising

↑40Kristen#43
↑30Amanda#44
↑26Danielle#42
↑22Tamara#55
↑22Justin#62
↑22Philip#75
↑21Sarah#31
↑21Erin#67

Falling

↓23Brenda#71
↓22Tracey#100
↓20Dale#96
↓19Sandra#69
↓18Marc#87
↓16Deborah#56
↓15Tara#51
↓15Curtis#95

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1972 rankings.