Popular baby names in Ohio, 1983

The most popular baby names in Ohio in 1983 were Jennifer for girls (2,588 babies) and Michael for boys (3,292). Social Security records list 144,882 babies born in Ohio in 1983 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Ohio in 1983

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: 44 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Abby: 125 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Tricia: 55 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Abigail: 160 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Ohio, 1983

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1982	US rank
1	Jennifer	2,588	–	1
2	Jessica	2,308	–	2
3	Amanda	1,946	–	3
4	Ashley	1,884	↑19	4
5	Sarah	1,779	↓1	5
6	Nicole	1,125	↑1	7
7	Heather	1,121	↑2	9
8	Stephanie	1,101	↓2	8
9	Melissa	1,052	↓4	6
10	Elizabeth	1,006	–	10
11	Amy	905	↓3	12
12	Megan	877	↑15	21
13	Erin	874	↓1	18
14	Amber	862	↑1	17
15	Angela	832	↓1	22
16	Tiffany	827	↓5	14
17	Rachel	814	↑1	20
18	Michelle	795	↓5	13
19	Emily	746	↓3	25
20	Kelly	679	↓1	26
21	Rebecca	675	↓4	19
22	Christina	670	↑2	16
23	Laura	640	↑2	23
24	Kimberly	631	↓2	15
25	Crystal	605	↓4	11
26	Andrea	573	↑2	30
27	Sara	571	↓7	31
28	Lauren	568	↑6	24
29	Jamie	554	–	28
30	Lisa	552	↓4	27
31	Lindsay	534	↑2	36
32	Danielle	528	↓1	29
33	Katherine	524	↓1	34
34	Mary	488	↑1	32
35	Kristen	464	↓5	37
36	Lindsey	445	↑3	35
37	Shannon	438	–	38
38	Erica	429	↑5	33
39	Julie	407	↓3	46
40	Holly	373	↑9	48
41	Kristin	359	↓3	42
42	Katie	343	↑2	45
43	Tara	340	↑2	51
44	Samantha	332	↑2	40
45	Kathryn	328	↓5	50
46	April	322	↓5	39
47	Brittany	321	new	64
48	Courtney	299	–	44
49	Alicia	289	new	41
50	Brandy	284	↓8	57

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1982	US rank
1	Michael	3,292	–	1
2	Matthew	2,774	–	3
3	Christopher	2,471	–	2
4	Joshua	2,092	–	5
5	David	1,854	↑2	4
6	Jason	1,791	↓1	7
7	James	1,749	↓1	6
8	Robert	1,552	–	10
9	Daniel	1,543	↑5	8
10	Brian	1,539	↓1	14
11	Ryan	1,521	↑2	13
12	Joseph	1,518	↓2	11
13	John	1,511	↓2	9
14	Andrew	1,460	↑1	15
15	Adam	1,433	↑1	18
16	Justin	1,407	↓4	12
17	Nicholas	1,203	–	21
18	William	1,141	–	16
19	Brandon	1,115	↑2	17
20	Eric	997	–	20
21	Anthony	996	↓2	22
22	Timothy	919	↑1	26
23	Jonathan	912	↓1	19
24	Jeffrey	848	↑2	28
25	Thomas	844	↑2	24
26	Steven	833	↑3	23
27	Kevin	832	↓3	25
28	Aaron	808	–	29
29	Jeremy	801	↓4	30
30	Mark	759	–	31
31	Benjamin	732	–	32
32	Richard	728	↑1	27
33	Scott	658	↑1	38
34	Kyle	654	↑9	34
35	Charles	623	↓3	33
36	Nathan	609	↓1	40
37	Gregory	598	↓1	42
38	Dustin	555	–	43
39	Stephen	555	–	35
40	Paul	548	–	39
41	Jacob	483	↑3	36
42	Chad	482	↓5	49
43	Zachary	462	↑4	50
44	Bradley	453	↓3	52
45	Patrick	453	↓3	37
46	Bryan	444	↑3	47
47	Kenneth	433	↓2	45
48	Sean	397	–	44
49	Shawn	395	↓3	53
50	Travis	385	new	41

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