Popular baby names in Ohio, 1971

The most popular baby names in Ohio in 1971 were Jennifer for girls (3,359 babies) and Michael for boys (4,374). Social Security records list 175,843 babies born in Ohio in 1971 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Ohio in 1971

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: 388 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Bobbi: 88 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Lora: 109 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Ohio, 1971

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1970	US rank
1	Jennifer	3,359	–	1
2	Michelle	2,312	–	2
3	Amy	1,966	↑1	5
4	Lisa	1,939	↓1	3
5	Kimberly	1,801	–	4
6	Angela	1,758	–	6
7	Melissa	1,725	–	7
8	Julie	1,093	↑1	10
9	Heather	1,037	↑6	12
10	Tracy	1,027	↓2	13
11	Kelly	1,018	–	22
12	Dawn	1,010	↑2	14
13	Tammy	966	↓3	8
14	Mary	963	↓2	9
15	Tina	916	↑1	20
16	Lori	896	↓3	25
17	Laura	834	–	16
18	Susan	799	↑1	17
19	Stephanie	793	↑2	11
20	Christine	785	↓2	18
21	Rebecca	746	↑2	23
22	Shannon	710	↑2	21
23	Karen	666	↓3	15
24	Christina	629	↑3	30
25	Elizabeth	629	↓3	19
26	Cynthia	587	↑3	24
27	Nicole	584	↑7	27
28	Wendy	538	–	29
29	Patricia	531	↓4	26
30	Denise	517	↑3	36
31	Stacy	503	new	32
32	Pamela	498	↓6	28
33	Andrea	494	↑15	35
34	Deborah	491	↓2	33
35	Tonya	486	↑5	45
36	Teresa	481	↓5	34
37	Michele	429	↓7	39
38	Jill	402	↑1	59
39	Robin	398	↑4	51
40	Stacey	397	new	41
41	Rhonda	395	↓5	46
42	Sandra	391	↓7	31
43	Beth	388	↓2	100
44	Holly	380	new	76
45	Carrie	375	new	55
46	Kathleen	370	↓1	53
47	April	364	new	56
48	Theresa	354	↑1	61
49	Linda	351	↓2	42
50	Cheryl	348	↓13	50

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1970	US rank
1	Michael	4,374	–	1
2	James	3,321	↑1	2
3	David	3,213	↓1	3
4	Robert	3,089	–	5
5	John	2,977	–	4
6	Christopher	2,713	↑2	6
7	Brian	2,443	↓1	9
8	Scott	2,248	↑3	10
9	William	2,025	↓2	7
10	Jason	1,826	↑12	8
11	Matthew	1,806	↑7	19
12	Jeffrey	1,639	↓2	12
13	Mark	1,604	↓4	13
14	Richard	1,578	↓2	11
15	Kevin	1,481	↓1	14
16	Thomas	1,468	↓3	17
17	Eric	1,458	↓1	18
18	Steven	1,375	↓3	16
19	Daniel	1,355	↑2	20
20	Joseph	1,336	↓3	15
21	Timothy	1,303	↓2	21
22	Charles	1,153	↓2	22
23	Anthony	1,068	↑1	23
24	Todd	1,052	↓1	30
25	Gregory	970	–	26
26	Shawn	961	↑5	28
27	Paul	892	↓1	24
28	Chad	849	↑19	29
29	Ronald	795	↓1	31
30	Kenneth	789	↓3	25
31	Donald	787	↓2	34
32	Stephen	753	–	27
33	Douglas	730	↓3	39
34	Gary	602	–	38
35	Andrew	593	↓2	33
36	Patrick	582	↑3	35
37	Edward	576	↓2	32
38	Aaron	560	↑12	41
39	Keith	560	↓3	37
40	Sean	540	↓2	36
41	Craig	511	↓4	43
42	Larry	472	↓2	44
43	Bryan	465	↓1	48
44	Ryan	424	new	51
45	Jonathan	414	↑4	40
46	George	405	↑2	42
47	Jeffery	387	↓4	53
48	Jeremy	385	new	45
49	Troy	385	↓3	46
50	Jerry	382	↓6	50

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