Popular baby names in Ohio, 1982

The most popular baby names in Ohio in 1982 were Jennifer for girls (2,928 babies) and Michael for boys (3,531). Social Security records list 150,505 babies born in Ohio in 1982 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Ohio in 1982

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

Girls

Tana: 46 babies, 6× the national rate
Abbey: 39 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Molly: 203 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Abby: 114 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Bobbi: 62 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Betsy: 36 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Demetrius: 57 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Ohio, 1982

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1981	US rank
1	Jennifer	2,928	–	1
2	Jessica	2,253	–	2
3	Amanda	1,979	–	3
4	Sarah	1,758	–	4
5	Melissa	1,152	–	5
6	Stephanie	1,126	↑2	7
7	Nicole	1,109	–	6
8	Amy	1,076	↓2	10
9	Heather	1,024	↑1	12
10	Elizabeth	989	↓1	8
11	Tiffany	911	↑1	13
12	Erin	908	↑2	20
13	Michelle	908	–	11
14	Angela	906	↓3	16
15	Amber	836	↑1	18
16	Emily	811	↑7	24
17	Rebecca	794	↓2	15
18	Rachel	777	↓1	21
19	Kelly	758	–	25
20	Sara	701	↑1	28
21	Crystal	696	↑6	9
22	Kimberly	689	–	14
23	Ashley	677	↑22	17
24	Christina	672	↓4	19
25	Laura	658	–	22
26	Lisa	658	↓8	23
27	Megan	650	↓1	34
28	Andrea	627	↓4	27
29	Jamie	597	–	29
30	Kristen	569	↑2	33
31	Danielle	545	↓1	31
32	Katherine	520	↑3	36
33	Lindsay	519	↑10	39
34	Lauren	518	↑5	26
35	Mary	505	↓7	30
36	Julie	498	↓3	41
37	Shannon	445	↓3	38
38	Kristin	426	↓7	37
39	Lindsey	423	↑10	40
40	Kathryn	405	–	48
41	April	403	↓5	32
42	Brandy	393	↓5	50
43	Erica	385	↓5	35
44	Katie	370	↓3	45
45	Tara	347	↓1	47
46	Samantha	322	new	44
47	Carrie	320	↓5	57
48	Courtney	302	↓1	43
49	Holly	295	new	61
50	Natalie	286	new	51

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1981	US rank
1	Michael	3,531	–	1
2	Matthew	2,694	–	3
3	Christopher	2,673	↑1	2
4	Joshua	2,219	↑1	7
5	Jason	2,183	↓2	4
6	James	1,968	↑1	6
7	David	1,929	↓1	5
8	Robert	1,775	–	9
9	Brian	1,620	–	14
10	Joseph	1,592	–	11
11	John	1,509	–	8
12	Justin	1,467	↑2	12
13	Ryan	1,457	↓1	13
14	Daniel	1,411	↓1	10
15	Andrew	1,364	↑3	17
16	Adam	1,213	↓1	19
17	Nicholas	1,198	↓1	22
18	William	1,124	↓1	15
19	Anthony	1,044	↑3	21
20	Eric	1,012	↓1	20
21	Brandon	995	↑5	18
22	Jonathan	984	↑6	16
23	Timothy	976	↓2	24
24	Kevin	929	↑3	25
25	Jeremy	916	↓5	28
26	Jeffrey	889	↓1	29
27	Thomas	888	↓3	23
28	Aaron	886	↓5	30
29	Steven	825	↑2	26
30	Mark	819	–	32
31	Benjamin	786	↓2	33
32	Charles	744	↑2	31
33	Richard	718	↓1	27
34	Scott	717	↓1	34
35	Nathan	634	–	36
36	Gregory	586	↑2	40
37	Chad	584	–	48
38	Dustin	580	↑1	42
39	Stephen	569	↑1	38
40	Paul	550	↓4	35
41	Bradley	483	–	51
42	Patrick	468	–	37
43	Kyle	453	new	47
44	Jacob	441	↑4	41
45	Kenneth	433	–	45
46	Shawn	426	↓3	52
47	Zachary	420	new	55
48	Sean	419	↑1	44
49	Bryan	402	↓2	49
50	Donald	359	↓4	58

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