State roster

Top names in Ohio

The names most likely to appear on 1976 Ohio birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 142,239 Ohio births in 1976 across 1,776 distinct names.

Distinctively Ohio

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

#86Krista#163 nationally
#93Nichole#148 nationally
#95Jack#149 nationally
#88Randall#133 nationally
#75Beth#114 nationally
#66Mandy#100 nationally
#68Jodi#102 nationally
#76Brad#108 nationally
#84Nathaniel#114 nationally
#82Brett#109 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer3,234US #1
#2Amy2,039US #2
#3Heather1,601US #4
#4Angela1,567US #5
#5Melissa1,390US #3
#6Michelle1,123US #6
#7Lisa999US #9
#8Kimberly970US #7
#9Amanda948US #10
#10Christina884US #14
#11Nicole836US #13
#12Stephanie828US #11
#13Shannon817US #17
#14Jessica801US #8
#15Rebecca796US #12
#16Kelly775US #19
#17Sarah766US #15
#18Jamie747US #18
#19Julie737US #21
#20Elizabeth637US #16
#21Carrie598US #28
#22Laura583US #20
#23Mary547US #22
#24Erin512US #24
#25Dawn509US #35
#26Rachel484US #23
#27Andrea463US #25
#28Tiffany449US #32
#29Jaime445US #29
#30Tracy441US #37
#31April428US #30
#32Sara413US #27
#33Danielle410US #33
#34Holly410US #56
#35Christine392US #26
#36Stacy385US #38
#37Lori374US #47
#38Susan371US #40
#39Crystal369US #36
#40Tina354US #48
#41Megan337US #62
#42Emily331US #50
#43Jill329US #52
#44Misty329US #46
#45Tammy329US #41
#46Tara328US #42
#47Brandy321US #55
#48Karen313US #31
#49Tonya311US #58
#50Stacey301US #51
#51Erica286US #54
#52Amber281US #49
#53Melanie274US #53
#54Wendy269US #39
#55Heidi258US #70
#56Michele252US #63
#57Katherine246US #57
#58Monica239US #45
#59Patricia238US #43
#60Cynthia234US #44
#61Robin230US #75
#62Kristen218US #73
#63Teresa217US #66
#64Denise216US #69
#65Leslie212US #65
#66Mandy208US #100
#67Catherine203US #72
#68Jodi203US #102
#69Brandi199US #79
#70Allison197US #67
#71Melinda196US #95
#72Renee194US #86
#73Christy193US #60
#74Barbara190US #98
#75Beth190US #114
#76Natalie188US #80
#77Samantha188US #85
#78Kathleen187US #82
#79Theresa186US #89
#80Kristina185US #97
#81Maria176US #34
#82Deborah167US #96
#83Courtney164US #76
#84Tanya163US #61
#85Anna160US #78
#86Krista160US #163
#87Tamara157US #91
#88Dana156US #64
#89Kathryn154US #88
#90Alicia153US #71
#91Brenda153US #77
#92Gina152US #94
#93Nichole152US #148
#94Pamela151US #84
#95Valerie151US #83
#96Sandra147US #59
#97Rhonda145US #107
#98Victoria145US #92
#99Ann144US #108
#100Kristin142US #74

Boys

#1Michael3,711US #1
#2Jason3,318US #2
#3Christopher2,114US #3
#4James2,104US #5
#5Brian2,071US #8
#6David2,033US #4
#7Matthew2,021US #9
#8Robert1,891US #7
#9John1,742US #6
#10Joseph1,380US #12
#11Eric1,316US #13
#12William1,316US #11
#13Daniel1,292US #10
#14Jeremy1,205US #14
#15Scott1,097US #24
#16Joshua1,044US #18
#17Ryan1,014US #16
#18Timothy985US #21
#19Kevin982US #15
#20Jeffrey981US #17
#21Thomas941US #23
#22Steven928US #20
#23Andrew924US #27
#24Chad918US #29
#25Anthony898US #22
#26Mark857US #25
#27Charles844US #26
#28Richard831US #19
#29Shawn783US #34
#30Aaron774US #30
#31Benjamin644US #32
#32Gregory636US #35
#33Adam614US #36
#34Paul558US #28
#35Todd544US #50
#36Nathan529US #39
#37Jonathan525US #31
#38Stephen506US #37
#39Bryan493US #43
#40Kenneth459US #38
#41Donald427US #47
#42Justin424US #33
#43Ronald418US #49
#44Sean414US #42
#45Douglas406US #56
#46Bradley404US #51
#47Gary375US #52
#48Keith367US #48
#49Brandon356US #40
#50Patrick347US #41
#51Shane340US #57
#52Craig330US #61
#53Edward329US #45
#54Jamie302US #62
#55Travis261US #46
#56Larry257US #60
#57George240US #53
#58Nicholas235US #77
#59Jeffery225US #76
#60Raymond217US #65
#61Brent214US #78
#62Dennis214US #66
#63Samuel214US #59
#64Troy208US #73
#65Kyle203US #80
#66Jerry198US #67
#67Phillip192US #69
#68Terry190US #75
#69Dustin180US #82
#70Jacob177US #63
#71Jesse177US #55
#72Jeremiah172US #93
#73Zachary171US #97
#74Corey168US #64
#75Rodney167US #88
#76Brad165US #108
#77Peter165US #54
#78Randy165US #79
#79Roger163US #103
#80Frank161US #68
#81Joel156US #72
#82Brett151US #109
#83Philip147US #89
#84Nathaniel145US #114
#85Tony145US #86
#86Marcus144US #74
#87Shannon144US #98
#88Randall140US #133
#89Antonio137US #71
#90Marc137US #99
#91Russell136US #87
#92Damon126US #104
#93Carl125US #95
#94Danny123US #102
#95Jack122US #149
#96Curtis120US #105
#97Derek120US #84
#98Jared115US #90
#99Lawrence114US #113
#100Cory112US #83

On the move since 1975

Rising

↑41Jamie#18
↑26Sara#32
↑25Allison#70
↑23Jacob#70
↑21Kyle#65
↑17Catherine#67
↑17Corey#74
↑15Monica#58

Falling

↓30Sandra#96
↓26Rhonda#97
↓26Kristin#100
↓25Carl#93
↓22Pamela#94
↓20Damon#92
↓13Jodi#68
↓13Frank#80

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1975 rankings.