Popular baby names in Ohio, 1979

The most popular baby names in Ohio in 1979 were Jennifer for girls (3,020 babies) and Michael for boys (3,772). Social Security records list 152,482 babies born in Ohio in 1979 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Ohio in 1979

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

Girls

Abby: 74 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Gretchen: 84 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Ohio, 1979

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1978	US rank
1	Jennifer	3,020	–	1
2	Amanda	2,094	↑3	3
3	Melissa	1,732	↓1	2
4	Amy	1,428	↓1	5
5	Jessica	1,370	↑2	4
6	Angela	1,329	↓2	8
7	Heather	1,273	↓1	7
8	Sarah	1,264	–	6
9	Nicole	1,119	↑2	9
10	Michelle	1,109	–	10
11	Lisa	980	↑4	13
12	Kelly	969	↓3	16
13	Elizabeth	965	↓1	11
14	Stephanie	957	–	15
15	Christina	941	↓2	14
16	Erin	800	↑2	21
17	Kimberly	798	↓1	12
18	Rebecca	773	↓1	17
19	Jamie	691	↑1	19
20	Amber	662	↑14	22
21	Rachel	652	↑4	27
22	Tiffany	629	↑5	28
23	Andrea	604	–	26
24	Crystal	603	↓2	18
25	Megan	597	↑7	31
26	Shannon	596	↓5	25
27	Laura	578	↓3	20
28	Julie	565	↓9	29
29	Mary	526	↓3	24
30	Emily	510	–	34
31	Carrie	504	↓3	41
32	April	489	↓3	23
33	Danielle	487	–	33
34	Sara	472	↓3	30
35	Katherine	423	↑4	36
36	Erica	413	↑1	32
37	Brandy	410	↓1	39
38	Holly	394	↑4	48
39	Stacy	354	↑6	43
40	Christine	344	↓5	35
41	Kathryn	338	↑9	50
42	Tara	329	↓4	38
43	Dawn	328	↓3	57
44	Misty	309	↓1	42
45	Susan	299	↑2	51
46	Mindy	295	new	81
47	Tracy	294	↓6	49
48	Jill	285	↓2	52
49	Tina	274	↓5	58
50	Melinda	271	new	82

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1978	US rank
1	Michael	3,772	–	1
2	Jason	3,035	–	3
3	Matthew	2,333	↑1	6
4	Christopher	2,320	↓1	2
5	James	2,124	–	5
6	David	2,094	–	4
7	Robert	1,896	↑1	8
8	Joshua	1,829	↑2	9
9	Brian	1,753	↓2	10
10	John	1,726	↓1	7
11	Joseph	1,638	–	11
12	Daniel	1,397	–	12
13	Nicholas	1,391	↑7	15
14	Ryan	1,369	–	14
15	William	1,315	↓2	13
16	Jeremy	1,242	↓1	16
17	Andrew	1,162	↑2	20
18	Timothy	1,136	↓1	18
19	Adam	1,132	↑7	23
20	Eric	1,035	↓2	17
21	Kevin	1,013	↓5	19
22	Jeffrey	979	↓1	24
23	Scott	963	↑1	29
24	Thomas	913	↓2	26
25	Anthony	910	↓2	21
26	Mark	893	↓1	30
27	Richard	887	↑1	25
28	Justin	856	↑6	22
29	Steven	852	↓2	27
30	Aaron	848	↓1	32
31	Charles	846	↓1	28
32	Chad	739	↓1	38
33	Benjamin	731	–	33
34	Nathan	600	↑1	37
35	Jonathan	596	↑2	31
36	Shawn	589	↓4	43
37	Paul	587	↓1	34
38	Gregory	557	–	42
39	Brandon	520	↑1	35
40	Patrick	475	↑5	39
41	Bradley	469	↑5	47
42	Stephen	467	↓3	40
43	Donald	450	↓2	51
44	Kenneth	449	↓1	41
45	Travis	429	new	36
46	Bryan	427	↓2	46
47	Todd	421	↓5	60
48	Douglas	380	↓1	58
49	Keith	369	↑1	52
50	Sean	357	new	49

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