Popular baby names in Ohio, 1980

The most popular baby names in Ohio in 1980 were Jennifer for girls (3,093 babies) and Michael for boys (3,711). Social Security records list 154,890 babies born in Ohio in 1980 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Ohio in 1980

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

Girls

Beth: 259 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Ohio, 1980

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1979	US rank
1	Jennifer	3,093	–	1
2	Amanda	2,267	–	2
3	Melissa	1,670	–	4
4	Jessica	1,661	↑1	3
5	Sarah	1,648	↑3	5
6	Amy	1,208	↓2	8
7	Angela	1,204	↓1	12
8	Heather	1,171	↓1	6
9	Nicole	1,119	–	7
10	Elizabeth	1,067	↑3	9
11	Michelle	1,056	↓1	10
12	Tiffany	997	↑10	14
13	Stephanie	984	↑1	13
14	Kelly	935	↓2	19
15	Erin	888	↑1	20
16	Lisa	881	↓5	16
17	Christina	855	↓2	15
18	Kimberly	845	↓1	11
19	Rebecca	743	↓1	17
20	Amber	708	–	22
21	Rachel	705	–	23
22	Laura	661	↑5	21
23	Sara	658	↑11	27
24	Crystal	622	–	18
25	Jamie	622	↓6	24
26	Andrea	599	↓3	28
27	Megan	599	↓2	30
28	Julie	575	–	32
29	Mary	566	–	25
30	Shannon	560	↓4	29
31	Emily	557	↓1	31
32	April	540	–	26
33	Danielle	526	–	33
34	Kristen	453	new	39
35	Katherine	433	–	35
36	Erica	428	–	34
37	Brandy	418	–	42
38	Tara	377	↑4	43
39	Carrie	374	↓8	46
40	Kristin	361	new	37
41	Holly	359	↓3	52
42	Christine	343	↓2	41
43	Kathryn	331	↓2	50
44	Lauren	329	new	38
45	Katie	314	new	44
46	Stacy	303	↓7	53
47	Dawn	301	↓4	67
48	Misty	300	↓4	49
49	Brooke	297	new	57
50	Alicia	277	new	47

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1979	US rank
1	Michael	3,711	–	1
2	Jason	2,695	–	3
3	Matthew	2,321	–	6
4	Christopher	2,179	–	2
5	David	2,168	↑1	4
6	Joshua	2,165	↑2	7
7	James	2,088	↓2	5
8	Brian	1,811	↑1	12
9	Robert	1,796	↓2	9
10	John	1,775	–	8
11	Joseph	1,657	–	10
12	Ryan	1,437	↑2	15
13	Daniel	1,417	↓1	11
14	Justin	1,326	↑14	13
15	Nicholas	1,314	↓2	17
16	William	1,247	↓1	14
17	Eric	1,185	↑3	16
18	Andrew	1,169	↓1	19
19	Adam	1,157	–	22
20	Timothy	1,155	↓2	20
21	Jeremy	1,148	↓5	18
22	Kevin	971	↓1	23
23	Jeffrey	964	↓1	27
24	Anthony	950	↑1	24
25	Thomas	942	↓1	25
26	Scott	887	↓3	33
27	Richard	886	–	26
28	Steven	852	↑1	28
29	Mark	834	↓3	30
30	Charles	811	↑1	29
31	Jonathan	811	↑4	21
32	Aaron	783	↓2	34
33	Benjamin	766	–	32
34	Chad	723	↓2	39
35	Nathan	684	↓1	36
36	Brandon	665	↑3	31
37	Paul	607	–	35
38	Gregory	582	–	42
39	Shawn	551	↓3	47
40	Stephen	534	↑2	40
41	Dustin	504	new	44
42	Kenneth	493	↑2	41
43	Patrick	490	↓3	38
44	Bradley	487	↓3	51
45	Bryan	467	↑1	49
46	Donald	419	↓3	53
47	Travis	396	↓2	37
48	Douglas	389	–	62
49	Jacob	388	new	43
50	Jesse	362	new	45

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