State roster

Top names in Ohio

The names most likely to appear on 1974 Ohio birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 148,004 Ohio births in 1974 across 1,779 distinct names.

Distinctively Ohio

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

#85Jack#149 nationally
#60Beth#117 nationally
#97Krista#152 nationally
#100Dale#145 nationally
#63Megan#105 nationally
#98Frederick#135 nationally
#57Jodi#91 nationally
#72Brad#105 nationally
#51Melinda#81 nationally
#93Randall#123 nationally
#82Damon#110 nationally
#30Holly#56 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer3,448US #1
#2Amy2,008US #2
#3Michelle1,670US #3
#4Angela1,646US #5
#5Heather1,589US #4
#6Melissa1,383US #7
#7Kimberly1,250US #6
#8Lisa1,210US #8
#9Stephanie873US #9
#10Nicole847US #11
#11Rebecca821US #10
#12Kelly778US #15
#13Julie740US #14
#14Mary701US #13
#15Dawn680US #22
#16Christina670US #16
#17Shannon612US #18
#18Elizabeth611US #12
#19Tracy582US #23
#20Laura554US #21
#21Lori547US #30
#22April530US #28
#23Christine528US #19
#24Tina525US #25
#25Susan515US #27
#26Sarah511US #20
#27Carrie505US #42
#28Tammy484US #24
#29Jessica450US #17
#30Holly411US #56
#31Amanda407US #34
#32Andrea405US #35
#33Rachel392US #36
#34Karen384US #26
#35Wendy382US #32
#36Tonya375US #37
#37Danielle373US #40
#38Tiffany372US #41
#39Stacey371US #48
#40Stacy365US #38
#41Cynthia362US #33
#42Kristen347US #45
#43Patricia340US #29
#44Tara328US #39
#45Erin326US #47
#46Jill323US #58
#47Michele310US #50
#48Teresa308US #52
#49Emily298US #69
#50Melanie283US #51
#51Melinda282US #81
#52Heidi280US #60
#53Crystal279US #49
#54Robin270US #63
#55Denise265US #53
#56Pamela265US #54
#57Jodi261US #91
#58Monica253US #43
#59Misty246US #66
#60Beth244US #117
#61Leslie244US #65
#62Tamara243US #64
#63Megan239US #105
#64Deborah235US #68
#65Sandra235US #44
#66Renee231US #85
#67Brandy227US #80
#68Katherine223US #62
#69Barbara218US #77
#70Christy218US #57
#71Erica217US #74
#72Tanya217US #46
#73Kathleen211US #76
#74Kristin208US #72
#75Cheryl205US #88
#76Sara205US #61
#77Brenda204US #59
#78Rhonda204US #86
#79Sherry202US #89
#80Theresa202US #79
#81Dana200US #55
#82Shelly200US #107
#83Catherine199US #73
#84Sharon189US #70
#85Jacqueline186US #83
#86Gina185US #84
#87Linda185US #75
#88Amber179US #92
#89Maria179US #31
#90Donna177US #67
#91Joy174US #109
#92Diana168US #87
#93Carla167US #114
#94Ann165US #100
#95Nancy161US #78
#96Paula161US #96
#97Krista160US #152
#98Valerie160US #93
#99Anna159US #82
#100Margaret159US #95

Boys

#1Michael3,809US #1
#2Jason3,572US #2
#3James2,436US #5
#4Christopher2,393US #3
#5Brian2,368US #8
#6David2,355US #4
#7Robert2,147US #7
#8John2,018US #6
#9Matthew1,930US #9
#10William1,511US #10
#11Daniel1,298US #11
#12Scott1,236US #18
#13Joseph1,188US #12
#14Jeffrey1,178US #15
#15Kevin1,127US #14
#16Mark1,109US #16
#17Eric1,095US #13
#18Steven1,037US #19
#19Richard1,026US #17
#20Thomas1,021US #20
#21Chad1,009US #26
#22Timothy997US #22
#23Shawn947US #30
#24Charles923US #23
#25Anthony860US #21
#26Ryan802US #25
#27Jeremy777US #24
#28Andrew770US #28
#29Aaron733US #32
#30Gregory693US #31
#31Todd677US #39
#32Paul644US #27
#33Joshua636US #29
#34Kenneth567US #34
#35Adam545US #36
#36Donald524US #41
#37Stephen524US #35
#38Douglas486US #53
#39Sean481US #37
#40Bryan478US #45
#41Ronald478US #42
#42Jonathan456US #33
#43Benjamin445US #46
#44Keith423US #44
#45Edward399US #40
#46Shane393US #56
#47Gary385US #48
#48Patrick375US #38
#49Craig367US #57
#50Larry355US #55
#51Dennis319US #59
#52Nathan318US #52
#53Bradley305US #58
#54George284US #49
#55Jamie277US #68
#56Jeffery272US #66
#57Justin262US #43
#58Jerry256US #61
#59Troy250US #63
#60Terry241US #69
#61Brandon221US #51
#62Travis214US #54
#63Nicholas206US #80
#64Raymond206US #62
#65Samuel202US #60
#66Brent201US #76
#67Phillip201US #70
#68Rodney199US #72
#69Roger198US #93
#70Frank196US #65
#71Peter190US #50
#72Brad186US #105
#73Philip175US #86
#74Jon169US #94
#75Brett167US #95
#76Danny167US #91
#77Randy162US #79
#78Marc157US #85
#79Tony157US #81
#80Carl156US #89
#81Derek156US #74
#82Damon154US #110
#83Russell151US #84
#84Joel145US #75
#85Jack140US #149
#86Jesse137US #67
#87Micheal137US #102
#88Shannon137US #101
#89Lawrence133US #100
#90Gerald129US #108
#91Kyle129US #97
#92Curtis128US #98
#93Randall127US #123
#94Billy125US #78
#95Dustin122US #121
#96Corey119US #77
#97Marcus118US #73
#98Frederick117US #135
#99Jay117US #111
#100Dale115US #145

On the move since 1973

Rising

↑49Emily#49
↑27Christy#70
↑26Misty#59
↑22Erin#45
↑21Jessica#29
↑18Leslie#61
↑18Katherine#68
↑17Sara#76

Falling

↓22Linda#87
↓19Denise#55
↓19Rhonda#78
↓18Donna#90
↓18Paula#96
↓17Theresa#80
↓16Sharon#84
↓14Ann#94

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1973 rankings.