State roster

Top names in Ohio

The names most likely to appear on 1978 Ohio birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 146,032 Ohio births in 1978 across 1,797 distinct names.

Distinctively Ohio

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

#94Bethany#155 nationally
#72Jodi#128 nationally
#87Molly#142 nationally
#59Beth#107 nationally
#77Brad#123 nationally
#95Angel#141 nationally
#98Randall#135 nationally
#85Nichole#116 nationally
#67Mandy#96 nationally
#91Roger#120 nationally
#56Melinda#84 nationally
#91Anne#119 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer3,038US #1
#2Melissa1,599US #2
#3Amy1,510US #4
#4Angela1,416US #7
#5Amanda1,358US #6
#6Heather1,335US #5
#7Jessica1,221US #3
#8Sarah1,216US #8
#9Kelly1,125US #12
#10Michelle1,045US #9
#11Nicole1,014US #10
#12Elizabeth941US #14
#13Christina933US #15
#14Stephanie928US #16
#15Lisa925US #11
#16Kimberly781US #13
#17Rebecca742US #17
#18Erin702US #21
#19Julie667US #26
#20Jamie666US #20
#21Shannon620US #22
#22Crystal615US #18
#23Andrea594US #23
#24Laura582US #19
#25Rachel574US #25
#26Mary554US #24
#27Tiffany530US #32
#28Carrie490US #35
#29April467US #27
#30Emily462US #33
#31Sara455US #28
#32Megan449US #41
#33Danielle447US #31
#34Amber429US #30
#35Christine405US #29
#36Brandy403US #37
#37Erica363US #34
#38Tara350US #40
#39Katherine344US #38
#40Dawn338US #52
#41Tracy334US #47
#42Holly333US #55
#43Misty327US #43
#44Tina320US #45
#45Stacy319US #44
#46Jill316US #46
#47Susan311US #49
#48Stacey310US #53
#49Karen307US #39
#50Kathryn291US #57
#51Kristina284US #64
#52Kristy283US #51
#53Lori262US #60
#54Patricia261US #48
#55Brandi254US #61
#56Melinda249US #84
#57Melanie248US #54
#58Kristen242US #62
#59Beth226US #107
#60Tonya223US #77
#61Jaime219US #70
#62Heidi215US #83
#63Kathleen215US #79
#64Tammy212US #67
#65Allison202US #75
#66Leslie201US #63
#67Mandy199US #96
#68Monica199US #42
#69Samantha199US #74
#70Natalie198US #66
#71Lindsay195US #95
#72Jodi191US #128
#73Cynthia190US #50
#74Wendy189US #56
#75Robin186US #89
#76Alicia184US #58
#77Christy184US #59
#78Michele184US #86
#79Jacqueline183US #81
#80Courtney181US #68
#81Renee179US #99
#82Anna175US #65
#83Denise175US #85
#84Catherine172US #72
#85Nichole172US #116
#86Maria171US #36
#87Molly169US #142
#88Kristin162US #78
#89Cheryl160US #94
#90Teresa159US #88
#91Anne155US #119
#92Valerie153US #92
#93Katie152US #90
#94Bethany150US #155
#95Angel149US #141
#96Dana149US #71
#97Gina148US #93
#98Theresa146US #101
#99Lauren144US #80
#100Linda142US #100

Boys

#1Michael3,642US #1
#2Jason3,063US #2
#3Christopher2,292US #3
#4Matthew2,239US #6
#5James2,169US #5
#6David2,139US #4
#7Brian1,875US #9
#8Robert1,776US #8
#9John1,705US #7
#10Joshua1,534US #12
#11Joseph1,437US #10
#12Daniel1,291US #11
#13William1,262US #13
#14Ryan1,221US #14
#15Jeremy1,168US #18
#16Kevin1,148US #15
#17Timothy1,141US #17
#18Eric1,111US #16
#19Andrew1,104US #22
#20Nicholas1,038US #25
#21Jeffrey959US #19
#22Thomas921US #23
#23Anthony920US #20
#24Scott888US #30
#25Mark885US #26
#26Adam864US #29
#27Steven858US #24
#28Richard844US #21
#29Aaron811US #32
#30Charles781US #27
#31Chad741US #35
#32Shawn713US #39
#33Benjamin708US #34
#34Justin638US #28
#35Nathan566US #36
#36Paul563US #33
#37Jonathan559US #31
#38Gregory549US #38
#39Stephen518US #37
#40Brandon462US #40
#41Donald457US #48
#42Todd455US #56
#43Kenneth454US #41
#44Bryan431US #43
#45Patrick416US #42
#46Bradley405US #53
#47Douglas390US #59
#48Ronald379US #55
#49Shaun378US #52
#50Keith374US #49
#51Shane310US #65
#52Edward309US #47
#53Sean304US #45
#54Gary297US #60
#55Craig295US #66
#56Kyle277US #63
#57Travis263US #46
#58Jesse257US #51
#59Jacob252US #50
#60Larry252US #64
#61Samuel239US #57
#62George236US #58
#63Phillip233US #67
#64Dennis222US #71
#65Dustin218US #68
#66Peter204US #54
#67Terry200US #91
#68Nathaniel199US #94
#69Jeffery197US #80
#70Frank195US #77
#71Jeremiah194US #81
#72Raymond191US #69
#73Brent190US #87
#74Philip183US #84
#75Corey182US #61
#76Jared170US #72
#77Brad169US #123
#78Randy161US #86
#79Zachary161US #89
#80Cory159US #73
#81Jamie156US #95
#82Marcus155US #70
#83Troy153US #88
#84Derek150US #75
#85Joel148US #74
#86Curtis145US #96
#87Carl142US #100
#88Derrick141US #76
#89Jerry141US #82
#90Seth141US #106
#91Roger137US #120
#92Antonio134US #79
#93Wesley133US #83
#94Russell131US #93
#95Rodney127US #102
#96Tony127US #97
#97Kristopher124US #104
#98Randall122US #135
#99Marc118US #107
#100Brett117US #112

On the move since 1977

Rising

↑43Shaun#49
↑27Nicholas#20
↑23Melinda#56
↑23Lindsay#71
↑20Jacqueline#79
↑17Kristina#51
↑15Samantha#69
↑14Kristy#52

Falling

↓25Wesley#93
↓19Renee#81
↓18Angel#95
↓17Jaime#61
↓15Corey#75
↓15Brett#100
↓13Jill#46
↓13Jerry#89

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1977 rankings.