Popular baby names in Ohio, 1969

The most popular baby names in Ohio in 1969 were Lisa for girls (2,623 babies) and Michael for boys (4,754). Social Security records list 176,530 babies born in Ohio in 1969 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Ohio in 1969

Names given at least 15 times in Ohio that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Lora: 160 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Mindy: 68 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Ohio, 1969

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1968	US rank
1	Lisa	2,623	–	1
2	Michelle	2,211	–	2
3	Jennifer	2,066	↑1	3
4	Kimberly	2,040	↓1	4
5	Amy	1,723	↑1	6
6	Melissa	1,710	↓1	5
7	Angela	1,366	–	7
8	Kelly	1,229	–	15
9	Julie	1,146	↑3	12
10	Mary	1,127	↓1	8
11	Laura	1,091	↑2	10
12	Tammy	1,062	↓1	9
13	Lori	1,050	↑3	20
14	Christine	1,011	↑3	14
15	Tracy	995	↑3	17
16	Susan	977	↓6	11
17	Tina	929	↓3	22
18	Karen	920	↓3	13
19	Dawn	849	–	21
20	Stephanie	746	↑5	19
21	Patricia	728	–	18
22	Elizabeth	727	–	16
23	Rebecca	727	↑4	28
24	Heather	714	new	34
25	Pamela	679	↓5	24
26	Cynthia	669	↓3	23
27	Deborah	654	↓3	27
28	Teresa	630	↓2	32
29	Christina	614	↑8	37
30	Michele	595	↓2	30
31	Denise	584	↓2	35
32	Wendy	551	↓2	29
33	Shannon	508	new	31
34	Kathleen	505	↑6	42
35	Donna	504	↑1	26
36	Sandra	502	↓4	25
37	Linda	482	↓4	33
38	Barbara	480	↓7	39
39	Cheryl	477	↓4	41
40	Rhonda	473	↓1	44
41	Brenda	454	↓7	38
42	Sharon	453	↑2	36
43	Tonya	453	↓1	54
44	Jill	448	↓6	51
45	Robin	445	↓4	46
46	Beth	428	↓1	82
47	Theresa	410	↑1	49
48	Sherry	407	↓2	55
49	Debra	380	↓6	43
50	Andrea	372	new	48

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1968	US rank
1	Michael	4,754	–	1
2	David	3,937	–	2
3	James	3,546	–	3
4	Robert	3,394	↑1	5
5	John	3,322	↓1	4
6	Brian	2,348	↑1	9
7	Mark	2,182	↓1	8
8	William	2,128	–	6
9	Christopher	1,922	↑4	7
10	Jeffrey	1,893	↓1	11
11	Scott	1,772	↑1	12
12	Richard	1,723	↓2	10
13	Thomas	1,704	↓2	13
14	Timothy	1,572	–	17
15	Joseph	1,512	–	15
16	Steven	1,487	–	14
17	Daniel	1,354	–	18
18	Matthew	1,335	↑2	24
19	Charles	1,302	–	19
20	Kevin	1,262	↓2	16
21	Eric	1,241	↑2	21
22	Todd	1,201	–	28
23	Anthony	1,147	↑1	20
24	Gregory	1,041	↑2	26
25	Paul	1,023	↓4	22
26	Douglas	972	↑2	34
27	Kenneth	940	↑2	23
28	Ronald	933	↓3	29
29	Donald	873	↓2	30
30	Stephen	859	–	27
31	Gary	707	–	35
32	Jason	682	new	25
33	Edward	644	↑1	32
34	Patrick	640	↓2	31
35	Andrew	618	↓2	33
36	Shawn	587	↑1	41
37	Keith	551	↓2	36
38	Craig	537	↑2	39
39	Larry	516	↓3	40
40	George	496	↑4	38
41	Bryan	488	↓2	51
42	Sean	476	↑3	37
43	Dennis	472	↓2	44
44	Jerry	430	↓1	45
45	Jeffery	426	↓7	48
46	Bradley	403	new	53
47	Troy	398	–	42
48	Rodney	386	↓6	49
49	Jonathan	347	new	46
50	Roger	341	new	59

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