Popular baby names in Ohio, 1987

The most popular baby names in Ohio in 1987 were Ashley for girls (2,975 babies) and Michael for boys (2,868). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 143,982 babies born in Ohio in 1987 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Ohio in 1987

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: 36 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Tierra: 53 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Ciera: 51 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Cierra: 69 babies, 2.3× the national rate
India: 48 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Abby: 84 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Tricia: 50 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Zachariah: 48 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Kurtis: 52 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Ohio, 1987

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1986	US rank
1	Ashley	2,975	–	2
2	Jessica	2,590	–	1
3	Amanda	2,291	–	3
4	Sarah	1,629	↑1	5
5	Brittany	1,402	↑1	7
6	Jennifer	1,398	↓2	4
7	Stephanie	1,001	↑2	6
8	Megan	960	↓1	12
9	Amber	945	↑1	15
10	Heather	940	↓2	9
11	Nicole	889	–	8
12	Danielle	886	↑4	14
13	Samantha	885	↑6	11
14	Emily	849	↑1	19
15	Elizabeth	839	↓3	10
16	Rachel	825	↓3	17
17	Lauren	729	↓3	16
18	Tiffany	716	–	18
19	Melissa	672	↓2	13
20	Amy	585	–	24
21	Sara	565	–	29
22	Michelle	564	↑3	21
23	Christina	562	↑1	20
24	Kelly	562	↓1	30
25	Laura	556	↓3	22
26	Erin	554	–	34
27	Katherine	531	↑3	28
28	Rebecca	481	–	25
29	Angela	447	–	35
30	Kayla	440	new	27
31	Courtney	437	↑6	33
32	Kimberly	429	↓5	23
33	Allison	421	↑1	44
34	Lindsey	420	↓1	41
35	Katie	411	↓3	38
36	Andrea	404	↓1	36
37	Lindsay	388	↑4	49
38	Jamie	382	↓2	39
39	Erica	381	↓8	31
40	Mary	377	↓1	37
41	Crystal	353	↓3	26
42	Kristen	345	–	42
43	Shannon	338	↑1	45
44	Lisa	329	↓1	40
45	Chelsea	328	new	47
46	Whitney	317	↓6	32
47	Alicia	299	–	46
48	Kathryn	297	↓3	51
49	Jenna	291	↑1	57
50	Julie	285	↓4	65

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1986	US rank
1	Michael	2,868	–	1
2	Matthew	2,350	–	3
3	Christopher	2,279	–	2
4	Joshua	2,213	–	4
5	Andrew	1,883	–	6
6	David	1,702	–	5
7	James	1,554	↑1	8
8	Ryan	1,515	↓1	13
9	Justin	1,514	↑4	9
10	Daniel	1,508	↓1	7
11	Robert	1,478	↓1	10
12	Joseph	1,415	–	12
13	Nicholas	1,303	↑2	16
14	Brandon	1,260	↓3	14
15	John	1,246	↓1	11
16	Kyle	1,236	–	22
17	William	1,136	↑3	15
18	Anthony	1,096	↑1	17
19	Brian	1,087	↓2	20
20	Adam	1,036	↓2	27
21	Kevin	968	↑2	19
22	Eric	948	–	21
23	Thomas	880	↑3	24
24	Zachary	877	↑6	33
25	Timothy	861	–	26
26	Benjamin	852	↑3	28
27	Jason	835	↓6	23
28	Steven	799	↓1	25
29	Jonathan	794	↓5	18
30	Aaron	705	↑1	34
31	Jacob	700	↑4	31
32	Jeffrey	686	–	32
33	Jeremy	645	↓5	29
34	Dustin	641	–	44
35	Mark	613	↓2	36
36	Nathan	595	↑3	45
37	Tyler	580	↑1	39
38	Scott	568	↑3	43
39	Richard	552	↓3	30
40	Alexander	520	↑4	37
41	Charles	517	↓4	35
42	Bradley	502	↑3	56
43	Stephen	483	↓1	38
44	Patrick	478	↑2	41
45	Gregory	464	↓5	47
46	Sean	458	↓3	40
47	Bryan	436	↑1	51
48	Cory	435	new	62
49	Paul	423	↑1	46
50	Jordan	414	new	52

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