State roster

Top names in Ohio

The names most likely to appear on 1977 Ohio birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 147,619 Ohio births in 1977 across 1,861 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#155 nationally
#78Molly#141 nationally
#77Angel#133 nationally
#90Nichole#142 nationally
#94Randall#140 nationally
#53Beth#97 nationally
#69Jodi#105 nationally
#78Brad#106 nationally
#86Roger#114 nationally
#81Nathaniel#107 nationally
#62Renee#87 nationally
#95Kara#120 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer3,096US #1
#2Amy1,712US #3
#3Melissa1,545US #2
#4Heather1,427US #5
#5Angela1,405US #6
#6Kelly1,223US #10
#7Jessica1,204US #4
#8Michelle1,150US #7
#9Amanda1,140US #9
#10Sarah1,032US #11
#11Lisa967US #12
#12Elizabeth942US #13
#13Nicole928US #15
#14Kimberly890US #8
#15Christina887US #16
#16Stephanie845US #14
#17Shannon799US #19
#18Jamie743US #18
#19Rebecca739US #17
#20Julie700US #22
#21Erin681US #23
#22Carrie648US #28
#23Laura580US #20
#24Mary559US #21
#25Andrea551US #24
#26Rachel504US #26
#27Crystal501US #25
#28Emily459US #37
#29Tiffany450US #34
#30Danielle444US #31
#31Sara429US #27
#32Dawn426US #43
#33Jill422US #41
#34Stacy407US #42
#35April404US #29
#36Holly394US #52
#37Megan392US #54
#38Tara384US #35
#39Amber380US #33
#40Christine371US #30
#41Tracy365US #50
#42Erica360US #38
#43Susan342US #45
#44Jaime330US #46
#45Karen328US #32
#46Brandy327US #51
#47Melanie299US #53
#48Lori290US #57
#49Katherine289US #44
#50Tina286US #58
#51Misty280US #40
#52Stacey277US #56
#53Beth257US #97
#54Patricia255US #47
#55Tammy252US #55
#56Brandi250US #71
#57Monica249US #39
#58Tonya246US #64
#59Allison234US #66
#60Kristen231US #72
#61Kathryn229US #70
#62Renee228US #87
#63Cynthia224US #48
#64Leslie223US #65
#65Heidi219US #81
#66Kristy217US #68
#67Kathleen215US #80
#68Kristina212US #83
#69Jodi210US #105
#70Wendy209US #49
#71Christy206US #59
#72Natalie204US #69
#73Mandy202US #94
#74Maria197US #36
#75Robin196US #84
#76Denise195US #78
#77Angel192US #133
#78Molly192US #141
#79Melinda191US #96
#80Michele191US #77
#81Teresa190US #79
#82Alicia180US #60
#83Courtney177US #76
#84Samantha177US #85
#85Anna176US #74
#86Krista175US #155
#87Gina174US #88
#88Sabrina173US #63
#89Catherine169US #75
#90Nichole169US #142
#91Tamara163US #93
#92Valerie163US #86
#93Barbara160US #101
#94Lindsay159US #110
#95Kara154US #120
#96Kristin152US #82
#97Kelli150US #117
#98Theresa150US #98
#99Jacqueline148US #92
#100Sandra144US #61

Boys

#1Michael3,640US #1
#2Jason3,362US #2
#3Christopher2,247US #3
#4David2,242US #4
#5James2,179US #5
#6Brian2,079US #8
#7Matthew1,999US #9
#8Robert1,894US #6
#9John1,709US #7
#10Joseph1,567US #10
#11William1,300US #12
#12Joshua1,295US #14
#13Jeremy1,284US #15
#14Daniel1,276US #11
#15Ryan1,219US #16
#16Kevin1,214US #13
#17Eric1,114US #17
#18Jeffrey1,055US #19
#19Timothy1,052US #18
#20Andrew1,045US #24
#21Mark1,022US #25
#22Scott957US #27
#23Thomas933US #22
#24Richard915US #20
#25Steven911US #23
#26Anthony841US #21
#27Chad815US #34
#28Charles813US #26
#29Shawn796US #37
#30Aaron764US #32
#31Benjamin744US #29
#32Adam681US #33
#33Gregory604US #35
#34Paul594US #31
#35Nathan571US #36
#36Todd529US #50
#37Justin523US #30
#38Jonathan520US #28
#39Stephen495US #38
#40Kenneth491US #39
#41Bryan475US #42
#42Bradley451US #49
#43Donald446US #46
#44Douglas423US #59
#45Keith389US #48
#46Ronald386US #53
#47Nicholas370US #51
#48Sean367US #43
#49Brandon359US #41
#50Patrick353US #40
#51Edward337US #47
#52Shane323US #61
#53Gary316US #58
#54Travis302US #44
#55Craig300US #64
#56Larry249US #62
#57Dennis248US #68
#58George245US #57
#59Samuel244US #60
#60Corey230US #52
#61Jeremiah227US #69
#62Jacob223US #56
#63Jesse219US #54
#64Terry217US #83
#65Kyle212US #79
#66Peter212US #55
#67Phillip208US #70
#68Wesley203US #66
#69Brent199US #85
#70Jamie198US #82
#71Jeffery196US #78
#72Raymond196US #65
#73Randy183US #86
#74Troy175US #88
#75Dustin171US #81
#76Jerry169US #75
#77Cory168US #67
#78Brad166US #106
#79Frank165US #71
#80Joel156US #73
#81Nathaniel154US #107
#82Marcus153US #72
#83Carl151US #99
#84Zachary151US #95
#85Brett148US #109
#86Roger148US #114
#87Philip145US #90
#88Damon143US #112
#89Jared142US #76
#90Marc141US #101
#91Russell138US #89
#92Shaun137US #103
#93Curtis136US #100
#94Randall134US #140
#95Derek132US #84
#96Tony131US #92
#97Danny129US #111
#98Shannon128US #120
#99Derrick125US #80
#100Lawrence121US #115

On the move since 1976

Rising

↑28Kathryn#61
↑23Cory#77
↑22Beth#53
↑14Emily#28
↑14Corey#60
↑13Amber#39
↑13Brandi#56
↑12Crystal#27

Falling

↓24Michele#80
↓22Catherine#89
↓19Barbara#93
↓19Theresa#98
↓18Teresa#81
↓16Wendy#70
↓16Jamie#70
↓15Jaime#44

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1976 rankings.