Most popular boys’ names in Ohio, 1970
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 4,913 |
| 2 | David | 3,815 |
| 3 | James | 3,748 |
| 4 | Robert | 3,446 |
| 5 | John | 3,313 |
| 6 | Brian | 2,378 |
| 7 | William | 2,314 |
| 8 | Christopher | 2,298 |
| 9 | Mark | 2,049 |
| 10 | Jeffrey | 1,972 |
| 11 | Scott | 1,893 |
| 12 | Richard | 1,712 |
| 13 | Thomas | 1,606 |
| 14 | Kevin | 1,582 |
| 15 | Steven | 1,556 |
| 16 | Eric | 1,528 |
| 16 | Joseph | 1,528 |
| 18 | Matthew | 1,501 |
| 19 | Timothy | 1,499 |
| 20 | Charles | 1,411 |
| 21 | Daniel | 1,361 |
| 22 | Jason | 1,317 |
| 23 | Todd | 1,176 |
| 24 | Anthony | 1,168 |
| 25 | Gregory | 1,073 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Paul | 1,052 |
| 27 | Kenneth | 924 |
| 28 | Ronald | 911 |
| 29 | Donald | 874 |
| 30 | Douglas | 828 |
| 31 | Shawn | 780 |
| 32 | Stephen | 745 |
| 33 | Andrew | 725 |
| 34 | Gary | 687 |
| 35 | Edward | 642 |
| 36 | Keith | 587 |
| 37 | Craig | 572 |
| 38 | Sean | 554 |
| 39 | Patrick | 534 |
| 40 | Larry | 533 |
| 41 | Dennis | 467 |
| 42 | Bryan | 451 |
| 43 | Jeffery | 446 |
| 43 | Jerry | 446 |
| 45 | Bradley | 443 |
| 46 | Troy | 441 |
| 47 | Chad | 415 |
| 48 | George | 409 |
| 49 | Jonathan | 404 |
| 50 | Aaron | 387 |
| 51 | Terry | 382 |
| 52 | Raymond | 370 |
| 53 | Rodney | 366 |
| 54 | Roger | 350 |
| 55 | Frank | 318 |
| 56 | Carl | 292 |
| 57 | Tony | 287 |
| 58 | Peter | 280 |
| 59 | Brent | 266 |
| 60 | Randy | 264 |
| 61 | Jon | 258 |
| 62 | Russell | 255 |
| 63 | Samuel | 248 |
| 64 | Adam | 247 |
| 65 | Phillip | 242 |
| 66 | Marc | 239 |
| 67 | Gerald | 238 |
| 68 | Chris | 220 |
| 69 | Jay | 219 |
| 70 | Lawrence | 218 |
| 70 | Shane | 218 |
| 72 | Dale | 211 |
| 73 | Bruce | 209 |
| 74 | Lance | 207 |
| 75 | Danny | 203 |
| 76 | Brett | 198 |
| 76 | Randall | 198 |
| 78 | Vincent | 189 |
| 79 | Billy | 187 |
| 80 | Jeremy | 186 |
| 81 | Wayne | 184 |
| 82 | Nicholas | 182 |
| 83 | Brad | 181 |
| 84 | Benjamin | 180 |
| 85 | Martin | 179 |
| 86 | Jack | 177 |
| 86 | Philip | 177 |
| 88 | Curtis | 176 |
| 89 | Harold | 175 |
| 90 | Marcus | 173 |
| 91 | Steve | 171 |
| 91 | Walter | 171 |
| 93 | Darren | 170 |
| 94 | Jeff | 166 |
| 95 | Alan | 163 |
| 96 | Joel | 162 |
| 97 | Roy | 159 |
| 98 | Ryan | 158 |
| 99 | Mike | 157 |
| 100 | Johnny | 154 |