State roster

Top names in Ohio

The names most likely to appear on 1979 Ohio birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 152,485 Ohio births in 1979 across 1,899 distinct names.

Distinctively Ohio

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

#63Beth#118 nationally
#85Molly#139 nationally
#88Bethany#135 nationally
#94Randall#135 nationally
#66Nichole#103 nationally
#80Mandy#116 nationally
#94Krista#130 nationally
#46Mindy#81 nationally
#81Brad#115 nationally
#50Melinda#82 nationally
#71Renee#101 nationally
#97Ann#126 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer3,021US #1
#2Amanda2,094US #3
#3Melissa1,732US #2
#4Amy1,428US #5
#5Jessica1,370US #4
#6Angela1,329US #8
#7Heather1,273US #7
#8Sarah1,264US #6
#9Nicole1,119US #9
#10Michelle1,109US #10
#11Lisa980US #13
#12Kelly969US #16
#13Elizabeth965US #11
#14Stephanie957US #15
#15Christina941US #14
#16Erin800US #21
#17Kimberly798US #12
#18Rebecca773US #17
#19Jamie691US #19
#20Amber662US #22
#21Rachel652US #27
#22Tiffany629US #28
#23Andrea604US #26
#24Crystal603US #18
#25Megan597US #31
#26Shannon596US #25
#27Laura578US #20
#28Julie565US #29
#29Mary526US #24
#30Emily510US #34
#31Carrie504US #41
#32April489US #23
#33Danielle487US #33
#34Sara472US #30
#35Katherine423US #36
#36Erica413US #32
#37Brandy410US #39
#38Holly394US #48
#39Stacy354US #43
#40Christine344US #35
#41Kathryn338US #50
#42Tara329US #38
#43Dawn328US #57
#44Misty309US #42
#45Susan299US #51
#46Mindy295US #81
#47Tracy294US #49
#48Jill285US #52
#49Tina274US #58
#50Melinda271US #82
#51Alicia263US #47
#52Melanie262US #53
#53Kristy257US #56
#54Kristen256US #62
#55Kristina256US #74
#56Lori255US #69
#57Monica253US #40
#58Allison247US #70
#59Stacey241US #60
#60Brandi235US #61
#61Karen235US #46
#62Patricia235US #44
#63Beth231US #118
#64Natalie231US #68
#65Tonya228US #86
#66Nichole227US #103
#67Katie226US #63
#68Lauren223US #45
#69Samantha215US #66
#70Brooke213US #85
#71Renee213US #101
#72Leslie210US #65
#73Anna201US #59
#74Tammy200US #79
#75Lindsay198US #88
#76Maria196US #37
#77Kathleen192US #84
#78Kristin190US #73
#79Dana185US #54
#80Mandy183US #116
#81Courtney182US #71
#82Heidi177US #83
#83Cynthia174US #55
#84Jacqueline172US #80
#85Molly167US #139
#86Christy162US #72
#87Theresa162US #100
#88Bethany161US #135
#89Alison157US #102
#90Robin157US #95
#91Valerie156US #89
#92Wendy156US #64
#93Anne154US #115
#94Krista154US #130
#95Teresa154US #87
#96Leah153US #98
#97Ann152US #126
#98Jaime152US #97
#99Cheryl149US #94
#100Jaclyn149US #124

Boys

#1Michael3,772US #1
#2Jason3,035US #3
#3Matthew2,333US #6
#4Christopher2,321US #2
#5James2,124US #5
#6David2,095US #4
#7Robert1,896US #8
#8Joshua1,829US #9
#9Brian1,754US #10
#10John1,726US #7
#11Joseph1,638US #11
#12Daniel1,397US #12
#13Nicholas1,391US #15
#14Ryan1,368US #14
#15William1,315US #13
#16Jeremy1,242US #16
#17Andrew1,161US #20
#18Timothy1,136US #18
#19Adam1,132US #23
#20Eric1,035US #17
#21Kevin1,013US #19
#22Jeffrey979US #24
#23Scott963US #29
#24Thomas913US #26
#25Anthony911US #21
#26Mark893US #30
#27Richard888US #25
#28Justin856US #22
#29Steven852US #27
#30Aaron848US #32
#31Charles846US #28
#32Chad739US #38
#33Benjamin731US #33
#34Nathan600US #37
#35Jonathan596US #31
#36Shawn589US #43
#37Paul588US #34
#38Gregory557US #42
#39Brandon520US #35
#40Patrick475US #39
#41Bradley469US #47
#42Stephen467US #40
#43Donald450US #51
#44Kenneth449US #41
#45Travis429US #36
#46Bryan427US #46
#47Todd421US #60
#48Douglas380US #58
#49Keith369US #52
#50Sean358US #49
#51Ronald355US #54
#52Jacob329US #45
#53Gary300US #59
#54Kyle298US #56
#55Shane298US #67
#56Edward294US #48
#57Shaun290US #64
#58Craig276US #77
#59Jesse260US #50
#60Dustin250US #62
#61Zachary239US #74
#62George235US #57
#63Larry233US #69
#64Samuel233US #55
#65Brent223US #84
#66Peter223US #53
#67Dennis219US #75
#68Phillip217US #68
#69Raymond216US #70
#70Jared206US #65
#71Jeffery205US #87
#72Terry197US #96
#73Corey195US #63
#74Derek194US #72
#75Philip194US #83
#76Jeremiah183US #81
#77Jamie180US #88
#78Brett178US #98
#79Erik176US #66
#80Jerry174US #85
#81Brad173US #115
#82Frank170US #78
#83Joel170US #71
#84Nathaniel167US #95
#85Carl165US #100
#86Randy161US #86
#87Seth160US #101
#88Curtis159US #91
#89Cory158US #82
#90Wesley144US #89
#91Russell142US #92
#92Troy142US #99
#93Marcus141US #76
#94Randall133US #135
#95Derrick131US #80
#96Antonio129US #79
#97Kristopher128US #114
#98Marc127US #119
#99Lucas125US #108
#100Jay124US #126

On the move since 1978

Rising

↑31Lauren#68
↑26Katie#67
↑25Alicia#51
↑22Brett#78
↑19Nichole#66
↑18Zachary#61
↑17Dana#79
↑14Amber#20

Falling

↓37Jaime#98
↓20Heidi#82
↓18Wendy#92
↓16Nathaniel#84
↓15Robin#90
↓14Kathleen#77
↓13Mandy#80
↓12Karen#61

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1978 rankings.