State roster

Top names in Ohio

The names most likely to appear on 1984 Ohio birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 145,707 Ohio births in 1984 across 1,808 distinct names.

Distinctively Ohio

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

#89Abigail#154 nationally
#70Molly#131 nationally
#93Jonathon#142 nationally
#100Dawn#142 nationally
#96Lucas#130 nationally
#92Lee#124 nationally
#61Todd#92 nationally
#98Melinda#129 nationally
#91Shaun#121 nationally
#64Bethany#93 nationally
#95Alisha#123 nationally
#99Anne#127 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley2,266US #3
#2Jennifer2,260US #1
#3Jessica2,188US #2
#4Amanda1,889US #4
#5Sarah1,633US #5
#6Heather1,181US #9
#7Stephanie1,145US #6
#8Nicole1,128US #7
#9Elizabeth1,079US #10
#10Megan990US #11
#11Amber963US #18
#12Melissa959US #8
#13Rachel939US #15
#14Danielle890US #16
#15Amy843US #13
#16Tiffany801US #14
#17Emily792US #24
#18Erin760US #25
#19Michelle756US #17
#20Laura706US #19
#21Kelly701US #27
#22Christina678US #20
#23Angela641US #26
#24Lauren641US #21
#25Rebecca605US #23
#26Crystal565US #12
#27Kimberly562US #22
#28Brittany557US #41
#29Katherine536US #30
#30Andrea528US #28
#31Lindsay509US #36
#32Sara502US #32
#33Jamie498US #31
#34Lindsey490US #35
#35Lisa477US #29
#36Kristen458US #38
#37Mary446US #33
#38Shannon443US #37
#39Erica435US #34
#40Samantha390US #39
#41Katie367US #44
#42Kathryn357US #48
#43Holly348US #53
#44Julie346US #52
#45Allison338US #51
#46Tara328US #49
#47April326US #42
#48Alicia318US #40
#49Courtney316US #46
#50Jenna314US #54
#51Christine306US #43
#52Kristin303US #47
#53Brandy294US #64
#54Natalie271US #55
#55Stacy243US #67
#56Jacqueline238US #56
#57Carrie237US #78
#58Anna222US #57
#59Brandi218US #61
#60Kristina211US #68
#61Maria210US #50
#62Stacey207US #79
#63Cassandra205US #63
#64Bethany200US #93
#65Meghan200US #65
#66Kathleen199US #71
#67Leah196US #83
#68Victoria191US #59
#69Patricia185US #66
#70Molly172US #131
#71Leslie169US #75
#72Sheena167US #80
#73Susan167US #90
#74Catherine166US #69
#75Kara166US #95
#76Melanie166US #85
#77Latoya161US #60
#78Rachael160US #103
#79Natasha159US #77
#80Monica158US #58
#81Valerie158US #76
#82Nichole154US #97
#83Brooke151US #99
#84Karen149US #82
#85Misty148US #98
#86Dana147US #73
#87Chelsea146US #84
#88Cynthia146US #62
#89Abigail144US #154
#90Alexis140US #89
#91Renee140US #108
#92Julia138US #87
#93Jill135US #120
#94Tracy133US #91
#95Alisha132US #123
#96Vanessa132US #45
#97Margaret128US #92
#98Melinda128US #129
#99Anne127US #127
#100Dawn127US #142

Boys

#1Michael3,241US #1
#2Matthew2,711US #3
#3Christopher2,554US #2
#4Joshua2,248US #4
#5David1,833US #5
#6James1,697US #7
#7Joseph1,597US #10
#8Daniel1,572US #6
#9Robert1,513US #9
#10Ryan1,492US #12
#11Jason1,467US #11
#12John1,463US #8
#13Andrew1,458US #14
#14Adam1,449US #18
#15Brian1,421US #17
#16Brandon1,354US #15
#17Justin1,287US #13
#18Nicholas1,192US #20
#19William1,095US #16
#20Eric1,055US #22
#21Anthony1,028US #21
#22Timothy946US #26
#23Jonathan905US #19
#24Thomas878US #25
#25Kevin875US #24
#26Steven867US #23
#27Jeffrey824US #28
#28Aaron814US #29
#29Jeremy790US #31
#30Kyle735US #34
#31Mark714US #32
#32Benjamin707US #30
#33Richard696US #27
#34Dustin643US #41
#35Nathan638US #38
#36Charles635US #33
#37Scott625US #39
#38Stephen568US #35
#39Zachary548US #45
#40Gregory522US #44
#41Patrick492US #36
#42Sean475US #43
#43Jacob470US #37
#44Chad467US #51
#45Paul449US #40
#46Bryan416US #48
#47Kenneth415US #46
#48Bradley402US #53
#49Tyler386US #47
#50Shawn372US #56
#51Travis370US #42
#52Derek327US #52
#53Donald293US #63
#54Keith291US #61
#55Ronald287US #67
#56Jared286US #59
#57Jesse279US #50
#58Alexander270US #54
#59Douglas264US #71
#60Samuel254US #55
#61Todd254US #92
#62Brett251US #72
#63Craig243US #75
#64Edward237US #58
#65Marcus225US #57
#66Nathaniel224US #80
#67Gary218US #76
#68Corey200US #69
#69Jordan199US #65
#70Brent182US #89
#71Phillip180US #70
#72Jeffery178US #94
#73Derrick177US #79
#74Seth174US #99
#75Raymond171US #73
#76Curtis167US #96
#77George165US #68
#78Ian165US #78
#79Shane163US #85
#80Cory158US #83
#81Cody157US #62
#82Philip154US #81
#83Peter153US #60
#84Joel152US #66
#85Dennis140US #97
#86Larry133US #91
#87Vincent132US #95
#88Carl130US #108
#89Jeremiah129US #102
#90Alan128US #105
#91Shaun126US #121
#92Lee125US #124
#93Jonathon123US #142
#94Alex122US #93
#95Terry122US #118
#96Lucas119US #130
#97Russell118US #106
#98Antonio117US #77
#99Wesley116US #101
#100Erik115US #84

On the move since 1983

Rising

↑21Alexander#58
↑19Brittany#28
↑18Danielle#14
↑15Jeffery#72
↑14Rachael#78
↑14Corey#68
↑13Allison#45
↑12Meghan#65

Falling

↓19Dawn#100
↓18Jill#93
↓16Tracy#94
↓15Renee#91
↓12Philip#82
↓11Kristin#52
↓11Monica#80
↓10Abigail#89

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1983 rankings.