Popular baby names in Ohio, 1976

The most popular baby names in Ohio in 1976 were Jennifer for girls (3,235 babies) and Michael for boys (3,711). Social Security records list 142,234 babies born in Ohio in 1976 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Ohio in 1976

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

Girls

Krista: 160 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Lora: 65 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Carey: 66 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Ohio, 1976

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1975	US rank
1	Jennifer	3,235	–	1
2	Amy	2,039	–	2
3	Heather	1,601	–	4
4	Angela	1,567	–	5
5	Melissa	1,390	–	3
6	Michelle	1,123	–	6
7	Lisa	999	↑1	9
8	Kimberly	970	↓1	7
9	Amanda	948	↑1	10
10	Christina	884	↑5	14
11	Nicole	836	↓2	13
12	Stephanie	828	–	11
13	Shannon	817	↑8	17
14	Jessica	801	↑9	8
15	Rebecca	796	↓1	12
16	Kelly	775	↓5	19
17	Sarah	766	↑5	15
18	Jamie	747	new	18
19	Julie	737	↓6	21
20	Elizabeth	637	↓2	16
21	Carrie	598	↓5	28
22	Laura	583	↓3	20
23	Mary	547	↓6	22
24	Erin	512	↑5	24
25	Dawn	509	↓5	35
26	Rachel	484	↓1	23
27	Andrea	463	↑6	25
28	Tiffany	448	↑8	32
29	Jaime	445	new	29
30	Tracy	441	↓6	37
31	April	428	↓3	30
32	Sara	413	new	27
33	Danielle	410	↑5	33
34	Holly	410	↑1	56
35	Christine	392	↓9	26
36	Stacy	385	↓6	38
37	Lori	375	↓5	47
38	Susan	371	↓11	40
39	Crystal	369	↑6	36
40	Tina	354	↓9	48
41	Megan	337	↑2	62
42	Emily	331	↓1	50
43	Jill	329	↓6	52
44	Misty	329	new	46
45	Tammy	329	↓11	41
46	Tara	328	–	42
47	Brandy	321	↑1	55
48	Karen	313	↓9	31
49	Tonya	311	↓9	58
50	Stacey	301	↓8	51

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1975	US rank
1	Michael	3,711	–	1
2	Jason	3,317	–	2
3	Christopher	2,114	–	3
4	James	2,104	–	5
5	Brian	2,071	↑1	8
6	David	2,033	↓1	4
7	Matthew	2,021	↑1	9
8	Robert	1,891	↓1	7
9	John	1,742	–	6
10	Joseph	1,379	↑3	12
11	Eric	1,316	↑3	13
12	William	1,316	↓2	11
13	Daniel	1,291	↓1	10
14	Jeremy	1,205	↑9	14
15	Scott	1,097	↓4	24
16	Joshua	1,045	↑10	18
17	Ryan	1,014	↑8	16
18	Timothy	985	↑1	21
19	Kevin	982	↓2	15
20	Jeffrey	981	↓5	17
21	Thomas	941	↓3	23
22	Steven	928	–	20
23	Andrew	924	↑5	27
24	Chad	918	↓4	29
25	Anthony	898	↓4	22
26	Mark	856	↓10	25
27	Charles	844	↑2	26
28	Richard	831	↓4	19
29	Shawn	783	↓2	34
30	Aaron	774	–	30
31	Benjamin	644	↑2	32
32	Gregory	635	↓1	35
33	Adam	614	↑2	36
34	Paul	558	↓2	28
35	Todd	544	↑2	50
36	Nathan	529	↑5	39
37	Jonathan	525	↑1	31
38	Stephen	506	↓2	37
39	Bryan	493	↑3	43
40	Kenneth	459	↓6	38
41	Donald	427	↓2	47
42	Justin	424	new	33
43	Ronald	418	↓3	49
44	Sean	414	↑2	42
45	Douglas	406	–	56
46	Bradley	404	↓2	51
47	Gary	375	–	52
48	Keith	367	↓5	48
49	Brandon	356	new	40
50	Patrick	347	↓2	41

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