Popular baby names in Ohio, 1974

The most popular baby names in Ohio in 1974 were Jennifer for girls (3,449 babies) and Michael for boys (3,809). Social Security records list 147,999 babies born in Ohio in 1974 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Ohio in 1974

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: 244 babies, 2× the national rate
Billie: 109 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Ohio, 1974

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1973	US rank
1	Jennifer	3,449	–	1
2	Amy	2,008	–	2
3	Michelle	1,670	–	3
4	Angela	1,646	↑2	5
5	Heather	1,589	–	4
6	Melissa	1,383	↓2	7
7	Kimberly	1,250	↑1	6
8	Lisa	1,210	↓1	8
9	Stephanie	873	↑1	9
10	Nicole	847	↑1	11
11	Rebecca	821	↓2	10
12	Kelly	779	↑1	15
13	Julie	740	↓1	14
14	Mary	701	↑2	13
15	Dawn	680	↑2	22
16	Christina	670	↓2	16
17	Shannon	612	↑6	18
18	Elizabeth	611	↑3	12
19	Tracy	582	↓4	23
20	Laura	554	↓1	21
21	Lori	547	↑4	30
22	April	530	↑7	28
23	Christine	528	↓1	19
24	Tina	525	↓4	25
25	Susan	515	↓1	27
26	Sarah	511	↑5	20
27	Carrie	504	–	42
28	Tammy	484	↓10	24
29	Jessica	450	↑21	17
30	Holly	411	↑4	56
31	Amanda	407	↑13	34
32	Andrea	405	↓2	35
33	Rachel	392	↑7	36
34	Karen	384	↓6	26
35	Wendy	382	↓3	32
36	Tonya	375	↓10	37
37	Danielle	373	↑5	40
38	Tiffany	372	↑8	41
39	Stacey	371	↑2	48
40	Stacy	365	↓7	38
41	Cynthia	362	↓3	33
42	Kristen	347	↑1	45
43	Patricia	340	↓8	29
44	Tara	328	new	39
45	Erin	326	new	47
46	Jill	323	↑1	58
47	Michele	310	↓8	50
48	Teresa	308	↓3	52
49	Emily	298	new	69
50	Melanie	283	↓13	51

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1973	US rank
1	Michael	3,809	–	1
2	Jason	3,573	–	2
3	James	2,437	–	5
4	Christopher	2,393	↑1	3
5	Brian	2,369	↓1	8
6	David	2,354	–	4
7	Robert	2,146	–	7
8	John	2,018	–	6
9	Matthew	1,930	–	9
10	William	1,511	–	10
11	Daniel	1,298	↑3	11
12	Scott	1,236	↓1	18
13	Joseph	1,188	↑2	12
14	Jeffrey	1,178	↑2	15
15	Kevin	1,127	↑2	14
16	Mark	1,109	↓4	16
17	Eric	1,095	↓4	13
18	Steven	1,037	↑2	19
19	Richard	1,026	↓1	17
20	Thomas	1,021	↓1	20
21	Chad	1,009	↑3	26
22	Timothy	996	↓1	22
23	Shawn	947	↑2	30
24	Charles	922	↓1	23
25	Anthony	860	↓3	21
26	Ryan	802	↑7	25
27	Jeremy	777	↑7	24
28	Andrew	770	↑1	28
29	Aaron	732	↑1	32
30	Gregory	693	↓4	31
31	Todd	677	↓4	39
32	Paul	644	↓4	27
33	Joshua	636	↑14	29
34	Kenneth	567	↓2	34
35	Adam	545	↑9	36
36	Donald	524	↓5	41
37	Stephen	524	↓2	35
38	Douglas	486	↓1	53
39	Sean	480	↓1	37
40	Bryan	478	↓1	45
41	Ronald	478	↓5	42
42	Jonathan	456	↓2	33
43	Benjamin	445	new	46
44	Keith	423	↓2	44
45	Edward	399	↓2	40
46	Shane	393	↑3	56
47	Gary	385	↓6	48
48	Patrick	374	↓3	38
49	Craig	367	↓3	57
50	Larry	355	↓2	55

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