Popular baby names in Ohio, 1972

The most popular baby names in Ohio in 1972 were Jennifer for girls (3,578 babies) and Michael for boys (3,941). Social Security records list 155,822 babies born in Ohio in 1972 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Ohio in 1972

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

Boys

Bryon: 45 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Dion: 42 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Ohio, 1972

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1971	US rank
1	Jennifer	3,578	–	1
2	Michelle	2,013	–	2
3	Amy	1,809	–	5
4	Lisa	1,655	–	3
5	Melissa	1,586	↑2	7
6	Angela	1,575	–	6
7	Kimberly	1,474	↓2	4
8	Heather	1,184	↑1	9
9	Nicole	1,061	↑18	10
10	Julie	1,009	↓2	12
11	Stephanie	860	↑8	8
12	Kelly	811	↓1	23
13	Dawn	802	↓1	20
14	Rebecca	773	↑7	14
15	Tina	770	–	18
16	Tammy	766	↓3	11
17	Mary	761	↓3	13
18	Tracy	759	↓8	19
19	Lori	690	↓3	28
20	Christine	689	–	16
21	Laura	677	↓4	17
22	Christina	663	↑2	26
23	Susan	608	↓5	24
24	Elizabeth	594	↑1	15
25	Shannon	562	↓3	22
26	Karen	549	↓3	21
27	Tonya	478	↑8	37
28	Andrea	465	↑5	30
29	Cynthia	465	↓3	25
30	Wendy	449	↓2	29
31	Patricia	439	↓2	27
32	Michele	416	↑5	36
33	Teresa	397	↑3	39
34	Denise	387	↓4	35
35	Holly	376	↑9	71
36	Tara	375	new	38
37	Carrie	372	↑8	53
38	Pamela	369	↓6	34
39	April	368	↑8	48
40	Deborah	359	↓6	43
41	Stacy	358	↓10	33
42	Melanie	342	new	42
43	Robin	342	↓4	55
44	Rachel	333	new	40
45	Rhonda	320	↓4	60
46	Jill	315	↓8	62
47	Stacey	312	↓7	41
48	Brenda	307	new	44
49	Renee	304	new	77
50	Sandra	296	↓8	31

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1971	US rank
1	Michael	3,941	–	1
2	Christopher	2,792	↑4	2
3	James	2,739	↓1	3
4	David	2,654	↓1	4
5	Robert	2,549	↓1	6
6	Brian	2,523	↑1	8
7	John	2,446	↓2	5
8	Jason	2,143	↑2	7
9	William	1,755	–	9
10	Matthew	1,685	↑1	10
11	Scott	1,579	↓3	11
12	Mark	1,377	↑1	18
13	Eric	1,364	↑4	16
14	Jeffrey	1,315	↓2	17
15	Kevin	1,269	–	13
16	Daniel	1,251	↑3	15
17	Thomas	1,211	↓1	20
18	Richard	1,210	↓4	14
19	Joseph	1,195	↑1	12
20	Steven	1,140	↓2	19
21	Timothy	1,069	–	21
22	Charles	984	–	23
23	Anthony	976	–	22
24	Chad	974	↑4	25
25	Shawn	841	↑1	28
26	Gregory	829	↓1	26
27	Todd	818	↓3	31
28	Paul	769	↓1	24
29	Kenneth	676	↑1	27
30	Douglas	658	↑3	43
31	Donald	643	–	36
32	Ronald	592	↓3	32
33	Andrew	591	↑2	30
34	Stephen	562	↓2	29
35	Ryan	557	↑9	39
36	Aaron	530	↑2	40
37	Sean	502	↑3	33
38	Keith	500	↑1	38
39	Gary	495	↓5	41
40	Bryan	481	↑3	45
41	Edward	469	↓4	34
42	Jonathan	455	↑3	37
43	Jeremy	432	↑5	42
44	Craig	416	↓3	46
45	Patrick	409	↓9	35
46	Larry	365	↓4	47
47	Adam	339	new	51
48	Troy	337	↑1	49
49	Dennis	335	new	52
50	George	321	↓4	44

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