Popular baby names in Ohio, 1970

The most popular baby names in Ohio in 1970 were Jennifer for girls (2,859 babies) and Michael for boys (4,913). Social Security records list 186,100 babies born in Ohio in 1970 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Ohio in 1970

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

Girls

Beth: 452 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Doug: 54 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Ohio, 1970

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1969	US rank
1	Jennifer	2,859	↑2	1
2	Michelle	2,313	–	4
3	Lisa	2,267	↓2	2
4	Amy	2,054	↑1	5
5	Kimberly	1,996	↓1	3
6	Angela	1,729	↑1	6
7	Melissa	1,717	↓1	7
8	Tracy	1,269	↑7	10
9	Julie	1,237	–	11
10	Tammy	1,177	↑2	8
11	Kelly	1,115	↓3	20
12	Mary	1,098	↓2	9
13	Lori	1,055	–	23
14	Dawn	1,013	↑5	16
15	Heather	1,013	↑9	19
16	Tina	985	↑1	21
17	Laura	973	↓6	13
18	Christine	966	↓4	14
19	Susan	876	↓3	15
20	Karen	840	↓2	12
21	Stephanie	789	↓1	17
22	Elizabeth	721	–	18
23	Rebecca	709	–	29
24	Shannon	656	↑9	22
25	Patricia	645	↓4	24
26	Pamela	644	↓1	26
27	Christina	640	↑2	35
28	Wendy	631	↑4	28
29	Cynthia	604	↓3	25
30	Michele	602	–	31
31	Teresa	595	↓3	34
32	Deborah	553	↓5	33
33	Denise	552	↓2	36
34	Nicole	550	new	30
35	Sandra	516	↑1	27
36	Rhonda	504	↑4	46
37	Cheryl	497	↑2	44
38	Barbara	475	–	41
39	Jill	474	↑5	52
40	Tonya	454	↑3	49
41	Beth	452	↑5	92
42	Sharon	451	–	37
43	Robin	447	↑2	51
44	Brenda	446	↓3	40
45	Kathleen	446	↓11	45
46	Donna	445	↓11	32
47	Linda	429	↓10	38
48	Andrea	421	↑2	43
49	Theresa	417	↓2	53
50	Tracey	412	new	55

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1969	US rank
1	Michael	4,913	–	1
2	David	3,815	–	3
3	James	3,748	–	2
4	Robert	3,446	–	5
5	John	3,313	–	4
6	Brian	2,378	–	8
7	William	2,314	↑1	7
8	Christopher	2,298	↑1	6
9	Mark	2,049	↓2	9
10	Jeffrey	1,972	–	11
11	Scott	1,893	–	12
12	Richard	1,712	–	10
13	Thomas	1,606	–	17
14	Kevin	1,582	↑6	14
15	Steven	1,556	↑1	15
16	Eric	1,528	↑5	18
17	Joseph	1,528	↓2	16
18	Matthew	1,501	–	24
19	Timothy	1,499	↓5	20
20	Charles	1,411	↓1	21
21	Daniel	1,361	↓4	19
22	Jason	1,317	↑10	13
23	Todd	1,176	↓1	28
24	Anthony	1,168	↓1	22
25	Gregory	1,073	↓1	26
26	Paul	1,052	↓1	23
27	Kenneth	924	–	25
28	Ronald	911	–	29
29	Donald	874	–	30
30	Douglas	828	↓4	36
31	Shawn	780	↑5	34
32	Stephen	745	↓2	27
33	Andrew	725	↑2	32
34	Gary	687	↓3	35
35	Edward	642	↓2	31
36	Keith	587	↑1	38
37	Craig	572	↑1	39
38	Sean	554	↑4	37
39	Patrick	534	↓5	33
40	Larry	533	↓1	43
41	Dennis	467	↑2	46
42	Bryan	451	↓1	53
43	Jeffery	446	↑2	50
44	Jerry	446	–	45
45	Bradley	443	↑1	47
46	Troy	441	↑1	41
47	Chad	415	new	51
48	George	409	↓8	40
49	Jonathan	404	–	42
50	Aaron	387	new	52

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