Popular baby names in Ohio, 1981

The most popular baby names in Ohio in 1981 were Jennifer for girls (3,066 babies) and Michael for boys (3,610). Social Security records list 152,891 babies born in Ohio in 1981 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Ohio in 1981

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

Girls

Abbey: 45 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Lyndsey: 42 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Molly: 196 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Abby: 109 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Ohio, 1981

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1980	US rank
1	Jennifer	3,066	–	1
2	Jessica	2,187	↑2	2
3	Amanda	2,133	↓1	3
4	Sarah	1,797	↑1	4
5	Melissa	1,424	↓2	5
6	Amy	1,138	–	6
7	Nicole	1,112	↑2	7
8	Stephanie	1,105	↑5	8
9	Elizabeth	1,052	↑1	9
10	Heather	1,042	↓2	10
11	Angela	1,013	↓4	15
12	Tiffany	948	–	14
13	Michelle	924	↓2	11
14	Erin	842	↑1	19
15	Rebecca	817	↑4	12
16	Amber	781	↑4	20
17	Rachel	760	↑4	22
18	Lisa	756	↓2	18
19	Kelly	755	↓5	23
20	Christina	753	↓3	17
21	Sara	739	↑2	26
22	Kimberly	699	↓4	13
23	Emily	668	↑8	29
24	Andrea	667	↑2	24
25	Laura	667	↓3	21
26	Megan	632	↑1	33
27	Crystal	618	↓3	16
28	Mary	592	↑1	27
29	Jamie	572	↓4	28
30	Danielle	529	↑3	30
31	Kristin	525	↑9	31
32	Kristen	523	↑2	38
33	Julie	513	↓5	37
34	Shannon	492	↓4	32
35	Katherine	489	–	39
36	April	487	↓4	25
37	Brandy	411	–	41
38	Erica	401	↓2	36
39	Lauren	390	↑5	35
40	Kathryn	370	↑3	48
41	Katie	364	↑4	44
42	Carrie	356	↓3	55
43	Lindsay	337	new	47
44	Tara	323	↓6	45
45	Ashley	317	new	34
46	Brooke	310	↑3	52
47	Courtney	305	new	43
48	Christine	300	↓6	42
49	Lindsey	287	new	58
50	Allison	285	new	57

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1980	US rank
1	Michael	3,610	–	1
2	Matthew	2,634	↑1	3
3	Jason	2,418	↓1	4
4	Christopher	2,325	–	2
5	Joshua	2,224	↑1	6
6	David	2,072	↓1	5
7	James	1,917	–	7
8	Robert	1,867	↑1	9
9	Brian	1,739	↓1	14
10	Joseph	1,673	↑1	11
11	John	1,641	↓1	8
12	Ryan	1,540	–	13
13	Daniel	1,390	–	10
14	Justin	1,369	–	12
15	Adam	1,305	↑4	20
16	Nicholas	1,270	↓1	21
17	William	1,203	↓1	15
18	Andrew	1,191	–	18
19	Eric	1,129	↓2	17
20	Jeremy	1,100	↑1	22
21	Timothy	1,059	↓1	24
22	Anthony	979	↑2	23
23	Aaron	944	↑9	30
24	Thomas	944	↑1	26
25	Jeffrey	942	↓2	29
26	Brandon	941	↑10	19
27	Kevin	927	↓5	25
28	Jonathan	905	↑3	16
29	Benjamin	886	↑4	32
30	Mark	829	↓1	33
31	Steven	821	↓3	28
32	Richard	814	↓5	27
33	Scott	806	↓7	34
34	Charles	762	↓4	31
35	Nathan	657	–	36
36	Paul	625	↑1	35
37	Chad	603	↓3	47
38	Gregory	557	–	46
39	Dustin	547	↑2	42
40	Stephen	532	–	39
41	Bradley	474	↑3	50
42	Patrick	468	↑1	38
43	Shawn	444	↓4	49
44	Jesse	440	↑6	37
45	Kenneth	439	↓3	41
46	Donald	404	–	56
47	Bryan	389	↓2	48
48	Jacob	383	↑1	43
49	Sean	375	new	44
50	Travis	372	↓3	40

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