Popular baby names in Ohio, 1978

The most popular baby names in Ohio in 1978 were Jennifer for girls (3,038 babies) and Michael for boys (3,642). Social Security records list 146,023 babies born in Ohio in 1978 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Ohio in 1978

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

Girls

Gretchen: 88 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Dante: 40 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Darnell: 55 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Ohio, 1978

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1977	US rank
1	Jennifer	3,038	–	1
2	Melissa	1,599	↑1	2
3	Amy	1,510	↓1	4
4	Angela	1,416	↑1	7
5	Amanda	1,358	↑4	6
6	Heather	1,335	↓2	5
7	Jessica	1,221	–	3
8	Sarah	1,216	↑2	8
9	Kelly	1,125	↓3	12
10	Michelle	1,045	↓2	9
11	Nicole	1,014	↑2	10
12	Elizabeth	941	–	14
13	Christina	933	↑2	15
14	Stephanie	928	↑2	16
15	Lisa	925	↓4	11
16	Kimberly	781	↓2	13
17	Rebecca	742	↑2	17
18	Erin	702	↑3	21
19	Julie	667	↑1	26
20	Jamie	666	↓2	20
21	Shannon	620	↓4	22
22	Crystal	615	↑5	18
23	Andrea	594	↑2	23
24	Laura	582	↓1	19
25	Rachel	574	↑1	25
26	Mary	554	↓2	24
27	Tiffany	530	↑2	32
28	Carrie	490	↓6	35
29	April	467	↑6	27
30	Emily	462	↓2	33
31	Sara	455	–	28
32	Megan	449	↑5	41
33	Danielle	447	↓3	31
34	Amber	429	↑5	30
35	Christine	405	↑5	29
36	Brandy	403	↑10	37
37	Erica	363	↑5	34
38	Tara	350	–	40
39	Katherine	344	↑10	38
40	Dawn	338	↓8	52
41	Tracy	334	–	47
42	Holly	333	↓6	55
43	Misty	327	new	43
44	Tina	320	↑6	45
45	Stacy	319	↓11	44
46	Jill	316	↓13	46
47	Susan	311	↓4	49
48	Stacey	310	new	53
49	Karen	307	↓4	39
50	Kathryn	291	new	57

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1977	US rank
1	Michael	3,642	–	1
2	Jason	3,063	–	2
3	Christopher	2,292	–	3
4	Matthew	2,239	↑3	6
5	James	2,169	–	5
6	David	2,139	↓2	4
7	Brian	1,875	↓1	9
8	Robert	1,776	–	8
9	John	1,705	–	7
10	Joshua	1,534	↑2	12
11	Joseph	1,437	↓1	10
12	Daniel	1,290	↑2	11
13	William	1,261	↓2	13
14	Ryan	1,221	↑1	14
15	Jeremy	1,168	↓2	18
16	Kevin	1,148	–	15
17	Timothy	1,141	↑2	17
18	Eric	1,111	↓1	16
19	Andrew	1,104	↑1	22
20	Nicholas	1,038	↑27	25
21	Jeffrey	957	↓3	19
22	Thomas	921	↑1	23
23	Anthony	920	↑3	20
24	Scott	889	↓2	30
25	Mark	885	↓4	26
26	Adam	864	↑6	29
27	Steven	858	↓2	24
28	Richard	844	↓4	21
29	Aaron	811	↑1	32
30	Charles	781	↓2	27
31	Chad	741	↓4	35
32	Shawn	713	↓3	39
33	Benjamin	707	↓2	34
34	Justin	638	↑3	28
35	Nathan	566	–	36
36	Paul	563	↓2	33
37	Jonathan	559	↑1	31
38	Gregory	549	↓5	38
39	Stephen	518	–	37
40	Brandon	462	↑9	40
41	Donald	457	↑2	48
42	Todd	455	↓6	56
43	Kenneth	454	↓3	41
44	Bryan	431	↓3	43
45	Patrick	416	↑5	42
46	Bradley	405	↓4	53
47	Douglas	390	↓3	59
48	Ronald	379	↓2	55
49	Shaun	378	new	52
50	Keith	374	↓5	49

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