State roster

Top names in Ohio

The names most likely to appear on 1981 Ohio birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 152,895 Ohio births in 1981 across 1,866 distinct names.

Distinctively Ohio

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

#72Molly#135 nationally
#100Jonathon#162 nationally
#98Abigail#156 nationally
#93Brad#143 nationally
#83Beth#125 nationally
#97Randall#137 nationally
#76Bethany#114 nationally
#94Miranda#128 nationally
#77Nichole#109 nationally
#78Anne#105 nationally
#57Kathleen#82 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer3,066US #1
#2Jessica2,187US #2
#3Amanda2,133US #3
#4Sarah1,797US #4
#5Melissa1,424US #5
#6Amy1,138US #6
#7Nicole1,112US #7
#8Stephanie1,105US #8
#9Elizabeth1,052US #9
#10Heather1,042US #10
#11Angela1,014US #15
#12Tiffany948US #14
#13Michelle924US #11
#14Erin842US #19
#15Rebecca817US #12
#16Amber780US #20
#17Rachel760US #22
#18Lisa756US #18
#19Kelly755US #23
#20Christina753US #17
#21Sara739US #26
#22Kimberly699US #13
#23Emily668US #29
#24Andrea667US #24
#25Laura667US #21
#26Megan632US #33
#27Crystal618US #16
#28Mary592US #27
#29Jamie572US #28
#30Danielle529US #30
#31Kristin525US #31
#32Kristen523US #38
#33Julie513US #37
#34Shannon492US #32
#35Katherine489US #39
#36April487US #25
#37Brandy411US #41
#38Erica401US #36
#39Lauren390US #35
#40Kathryn370US #48
#41Katie364US #44
#42Carrie356US #55
#43Lindsay337US #47
#44Tara323US #45
#45Ashley317US #34
#46Brooke310US #52
#47Courtney306US #43
#48Christine300US #42
#49Lindsey287US #58
#50Allison285US #57
#51Samantha284US #51
#52Holly278US #63
#53Alicia274US #46
#54Stacy268US #65
#55Melanie255US #66
#56Misty254US #61
#57Kathleen252US #82
#58Brandi240US #50
#59Leslie236US #56
#60Kristina233US #72
#61Dawn232US #79
#62Natalie224US #60
#63Stacey221US #83
#64Tracy221US #77
#65Susan216US #71
#66Jill210US #78
#67Patricia208US #53
#68Leah202US #81
#69Maria201US #40
#70Lori200US #91
#71Heidi198US #84
#72Molly196US #135
#73Karen193US #64
#74Jacqueline192US #67
#75Tina190US #80
#76Bethany189US #114
#77Nichole188US #109
#78Anne187US #105
#79Julia186US #88
#80Anna185US #54
#81Catherine185US #73
#82Renee183US #98
#83Beth179US #125
#84Monica178US #49
#85Pamela172US #76
#86Natasha170US #85
#87Valerie164US #89
#88Melinda161US #108
#89Alison160US #113
#90Cassandra158US #104
#91Theresa158US #100
#92Tonya156US #110
#93Candice151US #86
#94Miranda151US #128
#95Kristy149US #94
#96Cynthia147US #59
#97Victoria146US #87
#98Abigail144US #156
#99Dana143US #70
#100Robin142US #102

Boys

#1Michael3,610US #1
#2Matthew2,634US #3
#3Jason2,418US #4
#4Christopher2,325US #2
#5Joshua2,224US #6
#6David2,072US #5
#7James1,916US #7
#8Robert1,867US #9
#9Brian1,739US #14
#10Joseph1,673US #11
#11John1,641US #8
#12Ryan1,540US #13
#13Daniel1,390US #10
#14Justin1,369US #12
#15Adam1,305US #20
#16Nicholas1,270US #21
#17William1,203US #15
#18Andrew1,191US #18
#19Eric1,129US #17
#20Jeremy1,100US #22
#21Timothy1,059US #24
#22Anthony979US #23
#23Aaron944US #30
#24Thomas944US #26
#25Jeffrey942US #29
#26Brandon941US #19
#27Kevin927US #25
#28Jonathan905US #16
#29Benjamin886US #32
#30Mark829US #33
#31Steven821US #28
#32Richard814US #27
#33Scott806US #34
#34Charles762US #31
#35Nathan657US #36
#36Paul625US #35
#37Chad604US #47
#38Gregory557US #46
#39Dustin547US #42
#40Stephen532US #39
#41Bradley474US #50
#42Patrick468US #38
#43Shawn444US #49
#44Jesse440US #37
#45Kenneth439US #41
#46Donald404US #56
#47Bryan389US #48
#48Jacob383US #43
#49Sean375US #44
#50Travis372US #40
#51Kyle371US #52
#52Douglas349US #64
#53Todd328US #74
#54Zachary323US #63
#55Ronald322US #59
#56Derek308US #53
#57Edward304US #51
#58Keith304US #58
#59Gary279US #62
#60Jared276US #57
#61Craig270US #72
#62Nathaniel246US #80
#63Samuel232US #54
#64Jeremiah230US #77
#65George224US #61
#66Phillip222US #66
#67Raymond222US #68
#68Peter215US #55
#69Larry211US #73
#70Brent209US #88
#71Brett208US #79
#72Shaun205US #86
#73Jeffery202US #93
#74Seth202US #95
#75Dennis190US #83
#76Shane187US #81
#77Marcus181US #67
#78Corey176US #69
#79Lucas174US #89
#80Philip172US #84
#81Terry172US #105
#82Joel165US #65
#83Curtis159US #94
#84Carl155US #106
#85Cory152US #90
#86Jerry148US #97
#87Randy148US #91
#88Erik146US #76
#89Luke143US #100
#90Alexander138US #70
#91Frank138US #82
#92Troy138US #114
#93Brad135US #143
#94Ian135US #101
#95Antonio134US #75
#96Jamie134US #118
#97Randall134US #137
#98Alan132US #112
#99Russell131US #98
#100Jonathon127US #162

On the move since 1980

Rising

↑39Lindsey#49
↑21Ashley#45
↑21Julia#79
↑20Brett#71
↑18Leah#68
↑17Lindsay#43
↑13Maria#69
↑12Marcus#77

Falling

↓27Beth#83
↓22Kristy#95
↓19Heidi#71
↓17Shane#76
↓14Dawn#61
↓14Monica#84
↓13Jill#66
↓13Anna#80

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1980 rankings.