State roster

Top names in Ohio

The names most likely to appear on 1980 Ohio birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 154,892 Ohio births in 1980 across 1,892 distinct names.

Distinctively Ohio

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

#77Molly#133 nationally
#56Beth#106 nationally
#78Bethany#124 nationally
#100Randall#136 nationally
#85Brad#116 nationally
#90Krista#121 nationally
#94Kelli#125 nationally
#84Anne#112 nationally
#52Heidi#79 nationally
#72Seth#99 nationally
#80Renee#107 nationally
#76Nichole#102 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer3,093US #1
#2Amanda2,267US #2
#3Melissa1,670US #4
#4Jessica1,661US #3
#5Sarah1,648US #5
#6Amy1,208US #8
#7Angela1,203US #12
#8Heather1,171US #6
#9Nicole1,119US #7
#10Elizabeth1,067US #9
#11Michelle1,056US #10
#12Tiffany997US #14
#13Stephanie984US #13
#14Kelly935US #19
#15Erin888US #20
#16Lisa881US #16
#17Christina855US #15
#18Kimberly845US #11
#19Rebecca743US #17
#20Amber708US #22
#21Rachel706US #23
#22Laura661US #21
#23Sara658US #27
#24Crystal622US #18
#25Jamie622US #24
#26Andrea599US #28
#27Megan599US #30
#28Julie575US #32
#29Mary566US #25
#30Shannon560US #29
#31Emily557US #31
#32April540US #26
#33Danielle526US #33
#34Kristen453US #39
#35Katherine433US #35
#36Erica428US #34
#37Brandy418US #42
#38Tara377US #43
#39Carrie374US #46
#40Kristin361US #37
#41Holly359US #52
#42Christine343US #41
#43Kathryn331US #50
#44Lauren329US #38
#45Katie314US #44
#46Stacy303US #53
#47Dawn301US #67
#48Misty300US #49
#49Brooke297US #57
#50Alicia277US #47
#51Samantha268US #58
#52Heidi266US #79
#53Jill264US #66
#54Tracy262US #56
#55Allison261US #59
#56Beth259US #106
#57Courtney259US #48
#58Susan247US #62
#59Natalie245US #65
#60Lindsay239US #71
#61Melanie231US #60
#62Karen230US #54
#63Kathleen230US #82
#64Kristina230US #73
#65Leslie227US #61
#66Ashley226US #40
#67Anna224US #55
#68Brandi221US #63
#69Stacey221US #74
#70Monica220US #45
#71Lori216US #76
#72Tina215US #72
#73Kristy201US #78
#74Patricia201US #51
#75Jacqueline199US #81
#76Nichole197US #102
#77Molly191US #133
#78Bethany183US #124
#79Catherine180US #77
#80Renee180US #107
#81Valerie179US #85
#82Maria178US #36
#83Melinda178US #92
#84Anne172US #112
#85Cynthia172US #64
#86Leah171US #84
#87Tonya171US #97
#88Lindsey170US #91
#89Alison166US #101
#90Krista166US #121
#91Dana162US #68
#92Pamela160US #86
#93Natasha158US #89
#94Kelli156US #125
#95Barbara153US #120
#96Erika152US #87
#97Theresa149US #104
#98Wendy149US #75
#99Gina146US #100
#100Julia145US #98

Boys

#1Michael3,711US #1
#2Jason2,695US #3
#3Matthew2,321US #6
#4Christopher2,178US #2
#5David2,168US #4
#6Joshua2,165US #7
#7James2,088US #5
#8Brian1,811US #12
#9Robert1,796US #9
#10John1,775US #8
#11Joseph1,657US #10
#12Ryan1,438US #15
#13Daniel1,417US #11
#14Justin1,326US #13
#15Nicholas1,314US #17
#16William1,247US #14
#17Eric1,185US #16
#18Andrew1,170US #19
#19Adam1,157US #22
#20Timothy1,155US #20
#21Jeremy1,148US #18
#22Kevin971US #23
#23Jeffrey964US #27
#24Anthony950US #24
#25Thomas942US #25
#26Scott887US #33
#27Richard886US #26
#28Steven852US #28
#29Mark834US #30
#30Charles811US #29
#31Jonathan811US #21
#32Aaron783US #34
#33Benjamin766US #32
#34Chad723US #39
#35Nathan684US #36
#36Brandon665US #31
#37Paul607US #35
#38Gregory582US #42
#39Shawn551US #47
#40Stephen534US #40
#41Dustin504US #44
#42Kenneth493US #41
#43Patrick490US #38
#44Bradley487US #51
#45Bryan467US #49
#46Donald419US #53
#47Travis396US #37
#48Douglas389US #62
#49Jacob388US #43
#50Jesse362US #45
#51Sean357US #48
#52Todd357US #75
#53Ronald354US #58
#54Keith343US #56
#55Edward326US #52
#56Kyle324US #57
#57Craig293US #73
#58Gary287US #63
#59Shane277US #69
#60Zachary273US #72
#61Derek271US #50
#62Shaun249US #79
#63Samuel237US #54
#64Jared234US #61
#65Jeremiah228US #76
#66Phillip228US #65
#67Larry225US #70
#68George215US #60
#69Nathaniel212US #86
#70Raymond209US #66
#71Brent205US #84
#72Seth203US #99
#73Derrick190US #74
#74Joel189US #67
#75Peter188US #55
#76Terry186US #101
#77Dennis184US #80
#78Carl182US #103
#79Corey180US #68
#80Frank169US #81
#81Curtis168US #89
#82Jeffery168US #90
#83Philip167US #82
#84Erik163US #64
#85Brad159US #116
#86Troy156US #106
#87Jerry155US #94
#88Lucas154US #98
#89Marcus154US #71
#90Cory151US #83
#91Brett147US #96
#92Russell143US #92
#93Ian142US #104
#94Jamie137US #105
#95Antonio135US #77
#96Luke135US #97
#97Randy134US #87
#98Wesley130US #95
#99Alan129US #112
#100Randall129US #136

On the move since 1979

Rising

↑38Kristin#40
↑30Heidi#52
↑24Lauren#44
↑24Courtney#57
↑22Katie#45
↑22Derrick#73
↑21Brooke#49
↑20Kristen#34

Falling

↓33Melinda#83
↓23Tina#72
↓22Tonya#87
↓20Kristy#73
↓17Jamie#94
↓15Lori#71
↓13Susan#58
↓13Monica#70

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1979 rankings.