Most popular boys’ names in Ohio, 1974

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	3,809
2	Jason	3,573
3	James	2,437
4	Christopher	2,393
5	Brian	2,369
6	David	2,354
7	Robert	2,146
8	John	2,018
9	Matthew	1,930
10	William	1,511
11	Daniel	1,298
12	Scott	1,236
13	Joseph	1,188
14	Jeffrey	1,178
15	Kevin	1,127
16	Mark	1,109
17	Eric	1,095
18	Steven	1,037
19	Richard	1,026
20	Thomas	1,021
21	Chad	1,009
22	Timothy	996
23	Shawn	947
24	Charles	922
25	Anthony	860

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Ryan	802
27	Jeremy	777
28	Andrew	770
29	Aaron	732
30	Gregory	693
31	Todd	677
32	Paul	644
33	Joshua	636
34	Kenneth	567
35	Adam	545
36	Donald	524
36	Stephen	524
38	Douglas	486
39	Sean	480
40	Bryan	478
40	Ronald	478
42	Jonathan	456
43	Benjamin	445
44	Keith	423
45	Edward	399
46	Shane	393
47	Gary	385
48	Patrick	374
49	Craig	367
50	Larry	355
51	Dennis	319
52	Nathan	318
53	Bradley	305
54	George	284
55	Jamie	277
56	Jeffery	272
57	Justin	262
58	Jerry	256
59	Troy	250
60	Terry	241
61	Brandon	221
62	Travis	215
63	Nicholas	206
63	Raymond	206
65	Samuel	202
66	Brent	201
66	Phillip	201
68	Rodney	199
69	Roger	198
70	Frank	196
71	Peter	190
72	Brad	185
73	Philip	175
74	Jon	169
75	Brett	167
75	Danny	167
77	Randy	162
78	Marc	157
78	Tony	157
80	Carl	156
80	Derek	156
82	Damon	154
83	Russell	151
84	Joel	145
85	Jack	140
86	Jesse	137
86	Micheal	137
86	Shannon	137
89	Lawrence	133
90	Gerald	129
90	Kyle	129
92	Curtis	128
93	Randall	127
94	Billy	125
95	Dustin	122
96	Corey	119
97	Marcus	118
98	Frederick	117
98	Jay	117
100	Dale	115