Popular baby names in Ohio, 1973

The most popular baby names in Ohio in 1973 were Jennifer for girls (3,543 babies) and Michael for boys (3,892). Social Security records list 147,314 babies born in Ohio in 1973 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Ohio in 1973

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

Girls

Hollie: 52 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Betsy: 56 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Bryon: 45 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Jonathon: 69 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Tim: 53 babies, 2× the national rate
Darnell: 47 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Ohio, 1973

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1972	US rank
1	Jennifer	3,543	–	1
2	Amy	1,915	↑1	2
3	Michelle	1,771	↓1	3
4	Melissa	1,489	↑1	6
5	Heather	1,384	↑3	8
6	Angela	1,377	–	7
7	Lisa	1,346	↓3	5
8	Kimberly	1,331	↓1	4
9	Rebecca	925	↑5	10
10	Stephanie	879	↑1	9
11	Nicole	872	↓2	11
12	Julie	859	↓2	12
13	Kelly	813	↓1	18
14	Christina	708	↑8	16
15	Tracy	695	↑3	20
16	Mary	678	↑1	14
17	Dawn	674	↓4	21
18	Tammy	638	↓2	15
19	Laura	618	↑2	19
20	Tina	610	↓5	24
21	Elizabeth	606	↑3	13
22	Christine	599	↓2	17
23	Shannon	557	↑2	22
24	Susan	549	↓1	25
25	Lori	535	↓6	28
26	Tonya	471	↑1	36
27	Carrie	433	↑10	46
28	Karen	429	↓2	23
29	April	427	↑10	33
30	Andrea	421	↓2	30
31	Sarah	394	new	35
32	Wendy	394	↓2	29
33	Stacy	392	↑8	32
34	Holly	384	↑1	54
35	Patricia	384	↓4	27
36	Denise	356	↓2	38
37	Melanie	346	↑5	43
38	Cynthia	343	↓9	26
39	Michele	335	↓7	44
40	Rachel	331	↑4	42
41	Stacey	320	↑6	41
42	Danielle	314	new	49
43	Kristen	313	new	58
44	Amanda	311	new	51
45	Teresa	308	↓12	45
46	Tiffany	302	new	52
47	Jill	297	↓1	62
48	Pamela	292	↓10	47
49	Robin	292	↓6	60
50	Jessica	289	new	34

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1972	US rank
1	Michael	3,892	–	1
2	Jason	2,819	↑6	3
3	James	2,471	–	4
4	Brian	2,404	↑2	8
5	Christopher	2,390	↓3	2
6	David	2,347	↓2	5
7	Robert	2,161	↓2	7
8	John	2,091	↓1	6
9	Matthew	1,834	↑1	10
10	William	1,549	↓1	9
11	Scott	1,334	–	18
12	Mark	1,271	–	15
13	Eric	1,243	–	13
14	Daniel	1,224	↑2	11
15	Joseph	1,174	↑4	12
16	Jeffrey	1,148	↓2	17
17	Kevin	1,130	↓2	14
18	Richard	1,117	–	16
19	Thomas	1,036	↓2	19
20	Steven	996	–	20
21	Timothy	981	–	22
22	Anthony	902	↑1	21
23	Charles	901	↓1	23
24	Chad	894	–	25
25	Shawn	881	–	27
26	Gregory	767	–	26
27	Todd	677	–	35
28	Paul	659	–	24
29	Andrew	653	↑4	29
30	Aaron	635	↑6	34
31	Donald	623	–	38
32	Kenneth	593	↓3	28
33	Ryan	584	↑2	30
34	Jeremy	557	↑9	33
35	Stephen	557	↓1	32
36	Ronald	544	↓4	40
37	Douglas	533	↓7	47
38	Sean	519	↓1	36
39	Bryan	475	↑1	43
40	Jonathan	474	↑2	31
41	Gary	456	↓2	44
42	Keith	444	↓4	41
43	Edward	431	↓2	39
44	Adam	410	↑3	45
45	Patrick	407	–	37
46	Craig	402	↓2	48
47	Joshua	400	new	42
48	Larry	396	↓2	50
49	Shane	378	new	54
50	Bradley	338	new	62

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