Popular baby names in Ohio, 1977

The most popular baby names in Ohio in 1977 were Jennifer for girls (3,096 babies) and Michael for boys (3,640). Social Security records list 147,620 babies born in Ohio in 1977 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Ohio in 1977

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: 175 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Molly: 192 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Ohio, 1977

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1976	US rank
1	Jennifer	3,096	–	1
2	Amy	1,712	–	3
3	Melissa	1,545	↑2	2
4	Heather	1,427	↓1	5
5	Angela	1,405	↓1	6
6	Kelly	1,223	↑10	10
7	Jessica	1,204	↑7	4
8	Michelle	1,150	↓2	7
9	Amanda	1,140	–	9
10	Sarah	1,032	↑7	11
11	Lisa	967	↓4	12
12	Elizabeth	942	↑8	13
13	Nicole	928	↓2	15
14	Kimberly	890	↓6	8
15	Christina	887	↓5	16
16	Stephanie	845	↓4	14
17	Shannon	799	↓4	19
18	Jamie	743	–	18
19	Rebecca	739	↓4	17
20	Julie	700	↓1	22
21	Erin	681	↑3	23
22	Carrie	648	↓1	28
23	Laura	580	↓1	20
24	Mary	561	↓1	21
25	Andrea	551	↑2	24
26	Rachel	504	–	26
27	Crystal	501	↑12	25
28	Emily	460	↑14	37
29	Tiffany	450	↓1	34
30	Danielle	444	↑3	31
31	Sara	429	↑1	27
32	Dawn	426	↓7	43
33	Jill	422	↑10	41
34	Stacy	407	↑2	42
35	April	404	↓4	29
36	Holly	394	↓2	52
37	Megan	392	↑4	54
38	Tara	384	↑8	35
39	Amber	380	new	33
40	Christine	371	↓5	30
41	Tracy	365	↓11	50
42	Erica	360	new	38
43	Susan	342	↓5	45
44	Jaime	330	↓15	46
45	Karen	328	↑3	32
46	Brandy	327	↑1	51
47	Melanie	299	new	53
48	Lori	290	↓11	57
49	Katherine	289	new	44
50	Tina	286	↓10	58

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1976	US rank
1	Michael	3,640	–	1
2	Jason	3,362	–	2
3	Christopher	2,246	–	3
4	David	2,241	↑2	4
5	James	2,179	↓1	5
6	Brian	2,079	↓1	8
7	Matthew	1,999	–	9
8	Robert	1,894	–	6
9	John	1,709	–	7
10	Joseph	1,567	–	10
11	William	1,300	↑1	12
12	Joshua	1,295	↑4	14
13	Jeremy	1,284	↑1	15
14	Daniel	1,277	↓1	11
15	Ryan	1,219	↑2	16
16	Kevin	1,214	↑3	13
17	Eric	1,114	↓6	17
18	Jeffrey	1,055	↑2	19
19	Timothy	1,052	↓1	18
20	Andrew	1,045	↑3	24
21	Mark	1,022	↑5	25
22	Scott	956	↓7	27
23	Thomas	933	↓2	22
24	Richard	915	↑4	20
25	Steven	911	↓3	23
26	Anthony	841	↓1	21
27	Chad	815	↓3	34
28	Charles	813	↓1	26
29	Shawn	796	–	37
30	Aaron	764	–	32
31	Benjamin	744	–	29
32	Adam	681	↑1	33
33	Gregory	604	↓1	35
34	Paul	594	–	31
35	Nathan	571	↑1	36
36	Todd	528	↓1	50
37	Justin	523	↑5	30
38	Jonathan	520	↓1	28
39	Stephen	495	↓1	38
40	Kenneth	491	–	39
41	Bryan	475	↓2	42
42	Bradley	451	↑4	49
43	Donald	446	↓2	46
44	Douglas	423	↑1	59
45	Keith	389	↑3	48
46	Ronald	386	↓3	53
47	Nicholas	370	new	51
48	Sean	367	↓4	43
49	Brandon	359	–	41
50	Patrick	353	–	40

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