State roster

Top names in Ohio

The names most likely to appear on 1982 Ohio birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 150,505 Ohio births in 1982 across 1,839 distinct names.

Distinctively Ohio

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

#70Molly#131 nationally
#96Jonathon#153 nationally
#96Beth#148 nationally
#67Bethany#112 nationally
#97Ebony#132 nationally
#88Rachael#120 nationally
#63Brittany#94 nationally
#71Seth#102 nationally
#92Melinda#123 nationally
#56Todd#82 nationally
#78Carl#104 nationally
#89Troy#115 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer2,928US #1
#2Jessica2,253US #2
#3Amanda1,979US #3
#4Sarah1,758US #4
#5Melissa1,152US #5
#6Stephanie1,126US #7
#7Nicole1,109US #6
#8Amy1,076US #10
#9Heather1,024US #12
#10Elizabeth989US #8
#11Tiffany911US #13
#12Erin908US #20
#13Michelle908US #11
#14Angela906US #16
#15Amber836US #18
#16Emily811US #24
#17Rebecca794US #15
#18Rachel777US #21
#19Kelly758US #25
#20Sara701US #28
#21Crystal696US #9
#22Kimberly689US #14
#23Ashley677US #17
#24Christina672US #19
#25Laura658US #22
#26Lisa658US #23
#27Megan650US #34
#28Andrea627US #27
#29Jamie597US #29
#30Kristen569US #33
#31Danielle545US #31
#32Katherine520US #36
#33Lindsay519US #39
#34Lauren518US #26
#35Mary505US #30
#36Julie498US #41
#37Shannon445US #38
#38Kristin426US #37
#39Lindsey423US #40
#40Kathryn405US #48
#41April403US #32
#42Brandy393US #50
#43Erica385US #35
#44Katie370US #45
#45Tara347US #47
#46Samantha322US #44
#47Carrie320US #57
#48Courtney302US #43
#49Holly295US #61
#50Natalie286US #51
#51Cassandra276US #62
#52Allison275US #58
#53Christine266US #46
#54Kathleen256US #77
#55Misty249US #74
#56Brandi248US #55
#57Anna240US #56
#58Alicia239US #53
#59Jacqueline239US #54
#60Susan234US #76
#61Leah229US #79
#62Kristina222US #70
#63Brittany212US #94
#64Melanie210US #65
#65Leslie206US #60
#66Stacy206US #72
#67Bethany205US #112
#68Catherine204US #73
#69Maria204US #42
#70Molly203US #131
#71Monica195US #52
#72Dawn191US #95
#73Heidi184US #86
#74Jill184US #89
#75Stacey184US #85
#76Natasha182US #71
#77Karen181US #68
#78Valerie179US #75
#79Patricia177US #59
#80Brooke175US #92
#81Nichole175US #99
#82Tracy169US #88
#83Renee165US #101
#84Victoria165US #66
#85Katrina162US #87
#86Julia160US #84
#87Candice159US #78
#88Rachael159US #120
#89Kara158US #113
#90Lori157US #98
#91Kristy154US #104
#92Melinda151US #123
#93Jillian149US #96
#94Cynthia147US #64
#95Tina147US #90
#96Beth146US #148
#97Ebony146US #132
#98Anne145US #122
#99Dana145US #67
#100Miranda143US #117

Boys

#1Michael3,531US #1
#2Matthew2,694US #3
#3Christopher2,673US #2
#4Joshua2,219US #7
#5Jason2,183US #4
#6James1,968US #6
#7David1,929US #5
#8Robert1,775US #9
#9Brian1,620US #14
#10Joseph1,592US #11
#11John1,509US #8
#12Justin1,467US #12
#13Ryan1,457US #13
#14Daniel1,412US #10
#15Andrew1,364US #17
#16Adam1,213US #19
#17Nicholas1,198US #22
#18William1,124US #15
#19Anthony1,044US #21
#20Eric1,012US #20
#21Brandon995US #18
#22Jonathan984US #16
#23Timothy976US #24
#24Kevin929US #25
#25Jeremy916US #28
#26Jeffrey889US #29
#27Thomas888US #23
#28Aaron886US #30
#29Steven825US #26
#30Mark819US #32
#31Benjamin786US #33
#32Charles744US #31
#33Richard718US #27
#34Scott717US #34
#35Nathan634US #36
#36Gregory586US #40
#37Chad584US #48
#38Dustin580US #42
#39Stephen569US #38
#40Paul550US #35
#41Bradley483US #51
#42Patrick468US #37
#43Kyle453US #47
#44Jacob441US #41
#45Kenneth433US #45
#46Shawn426US #52
#47Zachary420US #55
#48Sean419US #44
#49Bryan402US #49
#50Donald359US #58
#51Travis355US #39
#52Jesse350US #43
#53Ronald334US #60
#54Douglas324US #68
#55Keith297US #59
#56Todd292US #82
#57Craig289US #73
#58Derek288US #50
#59Edward275US #53
#60Jared269US #54
#61Nathaniel267US #75
#62Gary244US #64
#63Samuel223US #56
#64Brett221US #72
#65Shane221US #84
#66Phillip211US #67
#67Brent204US #91
#68Marcus198US #63
#69Tyler195US #66
#70George188US #62
#71Seth187US #102
#72Shaun185US #96
#73Raymond177US #70
#74Larry174US #77
#75Jeffery173US #92
#76Peter169US #57
#77Philip167US #79
#78Carl166US #104
#79Ian166US #83
#80Jeremiah159US #89
#81Joel156US #69
#82Curtis154US #101
#83Dennis151US #87
#84Terry151US #105
#85Randy149US #94
#86Corey147US #74
#87Derrick147US #78
#88Jordan147US #85
#89Troy145US #115
#90Alexander143US #65
#91Alan138US #107
#92Cory138US #93
#93Erik132US #80
#94Russell131US #97
#95Frank126US #81
#96Jonathon124US #153
#97Allen123US #122
#98Lee122US #123
#99Luke122US #119
#100Antonio120US #76

On the move since 1981

Rising

↑39Cassandra#51
↑23Anna#57
↑22Ashley#23
↑15Jacqueline#59
↑15Ian#79
↑13Catherine#68
↑13Monica#71
↑13Victoria#84

Falling

↓34Brooke#80
↓20Lori#90
↓20Tina#95
↓20Anne#98
↓18Tracy#82
↓16Jeremiah#80
↓13Beth#96
↓12Stacy#66

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1981 rankings.