Popular baby names in Ohio, 1975

The most popular baby names in Ohio in 1975 were Jennifer for girls (3,197 babies) and Michael for boys (3,906). Social Security records list 145,917 babies born in Ohio in 1975 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Ohio in 1975

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

Girls

Darla: 43 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Angel: 154 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Ohio, 1975

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1974	US rank
1	Jennifer	3,197	–	1
2	Amy	2,068	–	2
3	Heather	1,743	↑2	3
4	Angela	1,694	–	5
5	Melissa	1,465	↑1	4
6	Michelle	1,435	↓3	6
7	Kimberly	1,117	–	7
8	Lisa	1,080	–	8
9	Nicole	908	↑1	10
10	Amanda	857	↑21	14
11	Kelly	831	↑1	16
12	Stephanie	824	↓3	9
13	Julie	799	–	18
14	Rebecca	758	↓3	11
15	Christina	730	↑1	12
16	Carrie	631	↑11	29
17	Mary	628	↓3	19
18	Elizabeth	623	–	15
19	Laura	617	↑1	20
20	Dawn	608	↓5	23
21	Shannon	583	↓4	21
22	Sarah	579	↑4	17
23	Jessica	550	↑6	13
24	Tracy	522	↓5	24
25	Rachel	501	↑8	26
26	Christine	472	↓3	22
27	Susan	467	↓2	32
28	April	451	↓6	25
29	Erin	444	↑16	38
30	Stacy	439	↑10	34
31	Tina	437	↓7	35
32	Lori	435	↓11	39
33	Andrea	429	↓1	28
34	Tammy	422	↓6	31
35	Holly	407	↓5	55
36	Tiffany	405	↑2	37
37	Jill	381	↑9	46
38	Danielle	375	↓1	42
39	Karen	367	↓5	27
40	Tonya	366	↓4	45
41	Emily	365	↑8	48
42	Stacey	361	↓3	44
43	Megan	335	new	69
44	Wendy	334	↓9	33
45	Crystal	331	new	43
46	Tara	326	↓2	41
47	Melanie	319	↑3	52
48	Brandy	313	new	57
49	Michele	304	↓2	56
50	Heidi	303	new	66

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1974	US rank
1	Michael	3,906	–	1
2	Jason	3,303	–	2
3	Christopher	2,378	↑1	3
4	James	2,359	↓1	4
5	David	2,140	↑1	5
6	Brian	2,099	↓1	8
7	Robert	2,032	–	6
8	Matthew	1,964	↑1	9
9	John	1,847	↓1	7
10	William	1,458	–	10
11	Scott	1,257	↑1	17
12	Daniel	1,256	↓1	11
13	Joseph	1,176	–	12
14	Eric	1,126	↑3	13
15	Jeffrey	1,110	↓1	14
16	Mark	1,086	–	19
17	Kevin	1,045	↓2	15
18	Thomas	1,013	↑2	20
19	Timothy	1,003	↑3	22
20	Chad	991	↑1	27
21	Anthony	946	↑4	21
22	Steven	946	↓4	18
23	Jeremy	919	↑4	24
24	Richard	884	↓5	16
25	Ryan	877	↑1	23
26	Joshua	854	↑7	26
27	Shawn	840	↓4	31
28	Andrew	831	–	28
29	Charles	818	↓5	25
30	Aaron	730	↓1	32
31	Gregory	666	↓1	33
32	Paul	640	–	29
33	Benjamin	617	↑10	36
34	Kenneth	580	–	35
35	Adam	549	–	38
36	Stephen	548	↑1	34
37	Todd	535	↓6	43
38	Jonathan	496	↑4	30
39	Donald	475	↓3	42
40	Ronald	442	↑1	46
41	Nathan	410	new	45
42	Bryan	407	↓2	47
43	Keith	404	↑1	49
44	Bradley	403	new	52
45	Douglas	398	↓7	55
46	Sean	387	↓7	40
47	Gary	382	–	50
48	Patrick	374	–	39
49	Shane	360	↓3	57
50	Edward	355	↓5	41

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