Most popular boys’ names in Ohio, 1971
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 4,374 |
| 2 | James | 3,321 |
| 3 | David | 3,213 |
| 4 | Robert | 3,089 |
| 5 | John | 2,977 |
| 6 | Christopher | 2,713 |
| 7 | Brian | 2,443 |
| 8 | Scott | 2,248 |
| 9 | William | 2,025 |
| 10 | Jason | 1,826 |
| 11 | Matthew | 1,806 |
| 12 | Jeffrey | 1,639 |
| 13 | Mark | 1,604 |
| 14 | Richard | 1,578 |
| 15 | Kevin | 1,481 |
| 16 | Thomas | 1,468 |
| 17 | Eric | 1,458 |
| 18 | Steven | 1,375 |
| 19 | Daniel | 1,355 |
| 20 | Joseph | 1,336 |
| 21 | Timothy | 1,303 |
| 22 | Charles | 1,153 |
| 23 | Anthony | 1,068 |
| 24 | Todd | 1,052 |
| 25 | Gregory | 970 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Shawn | 961 |
| 27 | Paul | 892 |
| 28 | Chad | 849 |
| 29 | Ronald | 795 |
| 30 | Kenneth | 789 |
| 31 | Donald | 787 |
| 32 | Stephen | 753 |
| 33 | Douglas | 730 |
| 34 | Gary | 602 |
| 35 | Andrew | 593 |
| 36 | Patrick | 582 |
| 37 | Edward | 576 |
| 38 | Aaron | 560 |
| 38 | Keith | 560 |
| 40 | Sean | 540 |
| 41 | Craig | 511 |
| 42 | Larry | 472 |
| 43 | Bryan | 465 |
| 44 | Ryan | 424 |
| 45 | Jonathan | 414 |
| 46 | George | 405 |
| 47 | Jeffery | 387 |
| 48 | Jeremy | 385 |
| 48 | Troy | 385 |
| 50 | Jerry | 382 |
| 51 | Adam | 371 |
| 52 | Terry | 367 |
| 53 | Bradley | 366 |
| 53 | Dennis | 366 |
| 55 | Raymond | 336 |
| 56 | Shane | 294 |
| 57 | Rodney | 293 |
| 58 | Roger | 290 |
| 59 | Frank | 275 |
| 60 | Brent | 273 |
| 61 | Carl | 257 |
| 62 | Randy | 252 |
| 63 | Benjamin | 236 |
| 64 | Phillip | 234 |
| 65 | Jon | 231 |
| 65 | Tony | 231 |
| 67 | Russell | 222 |
| 68 | Peter | 214 |
| 69 | Samuel | 212 |
| 70 | Dale | 208 |
| 71 | Chris | 202 |
| 72 | Marc | 201 |
| 73 | Randall | 199 |
| 74 | Gerald | 195 |
| 75 | Travis | 194 |
| 76 | Marcus | 192 |
| 77 | Derek | 190 |
| 78 | Jamie | 187 |
| 79 | Philip | 186 |
| 80 | Bruce | 184 |
| 81 | Brett | 178 |
| 81 | Shannon | 178 |
| 83 | Danny | 176 |
| 83 | Jack | 176 |
| 85 | Lawrence | 174 |
| 86 | Joshua | 169 |
| 87 | Nicholas | 167 |
| 88 | Jay | 163 |
| 89 | Curtis | 161 |
| 89 | Nathan | 161 |
| 89 | Vincent | 161 |
| 92 | Wayne | 160 |
| 93 | Walter | 155 |
| 94 | Kyle | 152 |
| 95 | Billy | 151 |
| 96 | Derrick | 150 |
| 97 | Joel | 149 |
| 97 | Roy | 149 |
| 99 | Darren | 147 |
| 100 | Brad | 146 |