Popular baby names in Ohio, 1984

The most popular baby names in Ohio in 1984 were Ashley for girls (2,266 babies) and Michael for boys (3,241). Ashley ranked #3 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 145,702 babies born in Ohio in 1984 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Ohio in 1984

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: 40 babies, 2.7× the national rate
India: 36 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Betsy: 39 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Abby: 105 babies, 2× the national rate
Tricia: 57 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Duane: 49 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Ohio, 1984

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1983	US rank
1	Ashley	2,266	↑3	3
2	Jennifer	2,260	↓1	1
3	Jessica	2,188	↓1	2
4	Amanda	1,889	↓1	4
5	Sarah	1,633	–	5
6	Heather	1,181	↑1	9
7	Stephanie	1,145	↑1	6
8	Nicole	1,128	↓2	7
9	Elizabeth	1,079	↑1	10
10	Megan	990	↑2	11
11	Amber	963	↑3	18
12	Melissa	959	↓3	8
13	Rachel	939	↑4	15
14	Danielle	890	↑18	16
15	Amy	843	↓4	13
16	Tiffany	801	–	14
17	Emily	792	↑2	24
18	Erin	760	↓5	25
19	Michelle	756	↓1	17
20	Laura	706	↑3	19
21	Kelly	701	↓1	27
22	Christina	678	–	20
23	Angela	641	↓8	26
24	Lauren	641	↑4	21
25	Rebecca	605	↓4	23
26	Crystal	565	↓1	12
27	Kimberly	562	↓3	22
28	Brittany	557	↑19	41
29	Katherine	536	↑4	30
30	Andrea	528	↓4	28
31	Lindsay	509	–	36
32	Sara	502	↓5	32
33	Jamie	498	↓4	31
34	Lindsey	490	↑2	35
35	Lisa	477	↓5	29
36	Kristen	458	↓1	38
37	Mary	446	↓3	33
38	Shannon	443	↓1	37
39	Erica	435	↓1	34
40	Samantha	390	↑4	39
41	Katie	367	↑1	44
42	Kathryn	357	↑3	48
43	Holly	348	↓3	53
44	Julie	346	↓5	52
45	Allison	338	new	51
46	Tara	328	↓3	49
47	April	326	↓1	42
48	Alicia	318	↑1	40
49	Courtney	316	↓1	46
50	Jenna	314	new	54

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1983	US rank
1	Michael	3,241	–	1
2	Matthew	2,711	–	3
3	Christopher	2,554	–	2
4	Joshua	2,248	–	4
5	David	1,832	–	5
6	James	1,697	↑1	7
7	Joseph	1,597	↑5	10
8	Daniel	1,572	↑1	6
9	Robert	1,513	↓1	9
10	Ryan	1,491	↑1	12
11	Jason	1,467	↓5	11
12	John	1,463	↑1	8
13	Andrew	1,458	↑1	14
14	Adam	1,449	↑1	18
15	Brian	1,421	↓5	17
16	Brandon	1,354	↑3	15
17	Justin	1,287	↓1	13
18	Nicholas	1,192	↓1	20
19	William	1,095	↓1	16
20	Eric	1,055	–	22
21	Anthony	1,028	–	21
22	Timothy	946	–	26
23	Jonathan	905	–	19
24	Thomas	878	↑1	25
25	Kevin	874	↑2	24
26	Steven	867	–	23
27	Jeffrey	824	↓3	28
28	Aaron	814	–	29
29	Jeremy	790	–	31
30	Kyle	735	↑4	34
31	Mark	714	↓1	32
32	Benjamin	706	↓1	30
33	Richard	696	↓1	27
34	Dustin	643	↑4	41
35	Nathan	638	↑1	38
36	Charles	635	↓1	33
37	Scott	625	↓4	39
38	Stephen	568	↑1	35
39	Zachary	548	↑4	45
40	Gregory	522	↓3	44
41	Patrick	493	↑4	36
42	Sean	475	↑6	43
43	Jacob	470	↓2	37
44	Chad	467	↓2	51
45	Paul	449	↓5	40
46	Bryan	416	–	48
47	Kenneth	415	–	46
48	Bradley	402	↓4	53
49	Tyler	386	new	47
50	Shawn	372	↓1	56

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