State roster

Top names in Ohio

The names most likely to appear on 1983 Ohio birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 144,891 Ohio births in 1983 across 1,778 distinct names.

Distinctively Ohio

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

#79Abigail#151 nationally
#97Beth#169 nationally
#73Molly#129 nationally
#90Krista#142 nationally
#95Colleen#144 nationally
#91Anne#130 nationally
#64Bethany#99 nationally
#65Seth#98 nationally
#92Rachael#123 nationally
#60Todd#87 nationally
#69Brent#94 nationally
#81Dawn#106 nationally

Girls

#1Jennifer2,589US #1
#2Jessica2,308US #2
#3Amanda1,946US #3
#4Ashley1,885US #4
#5Sarah1,779US #5
#6Nicole1,125US #7
#7Heather1,121US #9
#8Stephanie1,101US #8
#9Melissa1,052US #6
#10Elizabeth1,006US #10
#11Amy905US #12
#12Megan877US #21
#13Erin874US #18
#14Amber862US #17
#15Angela832US #22
#16Tiffany827US #14
#17Rachel814US #20
#18Michelle795US #13
#19Emily746US #25
#20Kelly679US #26
#21Rebecca675US #19
#22Christina670US #16
#23Laura640US #23
#24Kimberly631US #15
#25Crystal605US #11
#26Andrea573US #30
#27Sara571US #31
#28Lauren568US #24
#29Jamie554US #28
#30Lisa552US #27
#31Lindsay534US #36
#32Danielle528US #29
#33Katherine524US #34
#34Mary488US #32
#35Kristen464US #37
#36Lindsey445US #35
#37Shannon438US #38
#38Erica429US #33
#39Julie407US #46
#40Holly373US #48
#41Kristin359US #42
#42Katie343US #45
#43Tara340US #51
#44Samantha332US #40
#45Kathryn328US #50
#46April322US #39
#47Brittany321US #64
#48Courtney299US #44
#49Alicia289US #41
#50Brandy284US #57
#51Brandi283US #56
#52Stacy281US #61
#53Christine279US #47
#54Kristina260US #63
#55Natalie247US #52
#56Carrie240US #65
#57Stacey230US #76
#58Allison225US #59
#59Jacqueline221US #53
#60Kathleen212US #73
#61Anna204US #55
#62Cassandra201US #70
#63Victoria198US #58
#64Bethany194US #99
#65Susan194US #86
#66Catherine193US #66
#67Leah193US #82
#68Maria190US #43
#69Monica188US #54
#70Leslie186US #67
#71Natasha183US #71
#72Patricia181US #60
#73Molly180US #129
#74Nichole179US #93
#75Jill176US #98
#76Renee176US #97
#77Meghan170US #75
#78Tracy168US #89
#79Abigail160US #151
#80Misty160US #87
#81Dawn159US #106
#82Heidi158US #95
#83Julia153US #85
#84Kara151US #101
#85Karen150US #77
#86Valerie149US #74
#87Margaret143US #92
#88Brooke140US #96
#89Dana140US #72
#90Krista140US #142
#91Anne137US #130
#92Rachael137US #123
#93Lori136US #113
#94Tina135US #100
#95Colleen133US #144
#96Alexis130US #83
#97Beth129US #169
#98Vanessa129US #49
#99Cynthia128US #62
#100Erika127US #80

Boys

#1Michael3,292US #1
#2Matthew2,774US #3
#3Christopher2,472US #2
#4Joshua2,092US #5
#5David1,853US #4
#6Jason1,791US #7
#7James1,749US #6
#8Robert1,552US #10
#9Daniel1,543US #8
#10Brian1,539US #14
#11Ryan1,521US #13
#12Joseph1,518US #11
#13John1,511US #9
#14Andrew1,460US #15
#15Adam1,433US #18
#16Justin1,407US #12
#17Nicholas1,203US #21
#18William1,141US #16
#19Brandon1,115US #17
#20Eric997US #20
#21Anthony996US #22
#22Timothy919US #26
#23Jonathan912US #19
#24Jeffrey849US #28
#25Thomas844US #24
#26Steven833US #23
#27Kevin832US #25
#28Aaron808US #29
#29Jeremy801US #30
#30Mark759US #31
#31Benjamin732US #32
#32Richard728US #27
#33Scott658US #38
#34Kyle654US #34
#35Charles623US #33
#36Nathan610US #40
#37Gregory598US #42
#38Dustin555US #43
#39Stephen555US #35
#40Paul548US #39
#41Jacob483US #36
#42Chad482US #49
#43Zachary462US #50
#44Patrick454US #37
#45Bradley453US #52
#46Bryan444US #47
#47Kenneth433US #45
#48Sean397US #44
#49Shawn395US #53
#50Travis385US #41
#51Jesse343US #46
#52Donald340US #60
#53Derek313US #51
#54Jared284US #56
#55Keith283US #61
#56Douglas270US #69
#57Craig247US #70
#58Tyler247US #57
#59Ronald245US #64
#60Todd240US #87
#61Edward236US #55
#62Samuel234US #54
#63Marcus230US #58
#64Nathaniel213US #79
#65Seth211US #98
#66Gary197US #68
#67Phillip191US #66
#68Brett184US #73
#69Brent179US #94
#70Philip175US #82
#71Jordan172US #72
#72Shane171US #84
#73Raymond169US #71
#74Cory165US #83
#75Joel163US #67
#76Peter159US #59
#77George158US #65
#78Ian157US #77
#79Alexander156US #63
#80Curtis151US #100
#81Derrick150US #78
#82Corey149US #74
#83Jeremiah149US #99
#84Alan147US #102
#85Evan145US #93
#86Dennis144US #92
#87Jeffery141US #91
#88Randy140US #96
#89Shaun138US #111
#90Carl137US #106
#91Larry137US #85
#92Erik132US #80
#93Frank129US #86
#94Russell126US #104
#95Allen123US #120
#96Terry123US #110
#97Troy122US #113
#98Lucas120US #117
#99Luke116US #105
#100Wesley115US #101

On the move since 1982

Rising

↑21Victoria#63
↑19Ashley#4
↑18Stacey#57
↑18Cory#74
↑17Jordan#71
↑16Brittany#47
↑15Megan#12
↑14Stacy#52

Falling

↓25Misty#80
↓17Shaun#89
↓17Larry#91
↓12Jeffery#87
↓12Carl#90
↓12Terry#96
↓11Cassandra#62
↓9Carrie#56

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1982 rankings.