Most popular boys’ names in Ohio, 1973

Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	3,892
2	Jason	2,819
3	James	2,471
4	Brian	2,404
5	Christopher	2,390
6	David	2,347
7	Robert	2,161
8	John	2,091
9	Matthew	1,834
10	William	1,549
11	Scott	1,334
12	Mark	1,271
13	Eric	1,243
14	Daniel	1,224
15	Joseph	1,174
16	Jeffrey	1,148
17	Kevin	1,130
18	Richard	1,117
19	Thomas	1,036
20	Steven	996
21	Timothy	981
22	Anthony	902
23	Charles	901
24	Chad	894
25	Shawn	881

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Gregory	767
27	Todd	677
28	Paul	659
29	Andrew	653
30	Aaron	635
31	Donald	623
32	Kenneth	593
33	Ryan	584
34	Jeremy	557
34	Stephen	557
36	Ronald	544
37	Douglas	533
38	Sean	519
39	Bryan	475
40	Jonathan	474
41	Gary	456
42	Keith	444
43	Edward	431
44	Adam	410
45	Patrick	407
46	Craig	402
47	Joshua	400
48	Larry	396
49	Shane	378
50	Bradley	338
51	George	299
52	Benjamin	286
53	Dennis	279
54	Jerry	258
55	Troy	257
56	Jeffery	256
57	Raymond	254
58	Travis	250
59	Nathan	247
60	Roger	239
61	Terry	238
62	Justin	233
63	Frank	231
64	Jamie	221
65	Samuel	214
66	Phillip	211
67	Rodney	209
68	Brandon	206
69	Brent	205
70	Brett	195
71	Peter	192
72	Nicholas	189
73	Carl	181
74	Randy	173
75	Philip	171
76	Russell	169
77	Danny	157
77	Derek	157
79	Jon	155
80	Walter	150
81	Billy	149
82	Tony	146
83	Shannon	145
84	Brad	142
85	Joel	141
86	Marcus	139
87	Marc	135
88	Erik	134
88	Gerald	134
88	Micheal	134
91	Randall	127
92	Jay	126
92	Jesse	126
92	Lawrence	126
95	Curtis	122
95	Dale	122
97	Damon	121
97	Martin	121
99	Jack	119
100	Allen	116
100	Chris	116
100	Roy	116
100	Wayne	116