Most popular boys’ names in Ohio, 1976
Official counts of babies given each name, ranked by NameTides (names with the same count share a rank).
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael | 3,711 |
| 2 | Jason | 3,317 |
| 3 | Christopher | 2,114 |
| 4 | James | 2,104 |
| 5 | Brian | 2,071 |
| 6 | David | 2,033 |
| 7 | Matthew | 2,021 |
| 8 | Robert | 1,891 |
| 9 | John | 1,742 |
| 10 | Joseph | 1,379 |
| 11 | Eric | 1,316 |
| 11 | William | 1,316 |
| 13 | Daniel | 1,291 |
| 14 | Jeremy | 1,205 |
| 15 | Scott | 1,097 |
| 16 | Joshua | 1,045 |
| 17 | Ryan | 1,014 |
| 18 | Timothy | 985 |
| 19 | Kevin | 982 |
| 20 | Jeffrey | 981 |
| 21 | Thomas | 941 |
| 22 | Steven | 928 |
| 23 | Andrew | 924 |
| 24 | Chad | 918 |
| 25 | Anthony | 898 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Mark | 856 |
| 27 | Charles | 844 |
| 28 | Richard | 831 |
| 29 | Shawn | 783 |
| 30 | Aaron | 774 |
| 31 | Benjamin | 644 |
| 32 | Gregory | 635 |
| 33 | Adam | 614 |
| 34 | Paul | 558 |
| 35 | Todd | 544 |
| 36 | Nathan | 529 |
| 37 | Jonathan | 525 |
| 38 | Stephen | 506 |
| 39 | Bryan | 493 |
| 40 | Kenneth | 459 |
| 41 | Donald | 427 |
| 42 | Justin | 424 |
| 43 | Ronald | 418 |
| 44 | Sean | 414 |
| 45 | Douglas | 406 |
| 46 | Bradley | 404 |
| 47 | Gary | 375 |
| 48 | Keith | 367 |
| 49 | Brandon | 356 |
| 50 | Patrick | 347 |
| 51 | Shane | 340 |
| 52 | Craig | 330 |
| 53 | Edward | 329 |
| 54 | Jamie | 302 |
| 55 | Travis | 261 |
| 56 | Larry | 257 |
| 57 | George | 240 |
| 58 | Nicholas | 235 |
| 59 | Jeffery | 225 |
| 60 | Raymond | 217 |
| 61 | Brent | 214 |
| 61 | Dennis | 214 |
| 61 | Samuel | 214 |
| 64 | Troy | 208 |
| 65 | Kyle | 203 |
| 66 | Jerry | 198 |
| 67 | Phillip | 192 |
| 68 | Terry | 190 |
| 69 | Dustin | 180 |
| 70 | Jesse | 177 |
| 71 | Jacob | 176 |
| 72 | Jeremiah | 171 |
| 72 | Zachary | 171 |
| 74 | Corey | 168 |
| 75 | Rodney | 167 |
| 76 | Brad | 166 |
| 77 | Peter | 165 |
| 77 | Randy | 165 |
| 79 | Roger | 163 |
| 80 | Frank | 161 |
| 81 | Joel | 155 |
| 82 | Brett | 151 |
| 83 | Philip | 147 |
| 84 | Nathaniel | 145 |
| 84 | Tony | 145 |
| 86 | Marcus | 144 |
| 86 | Shannon | 144 |
| 88 | Randall | 140 |
| 89 | Antonio | 137 |
| 89 | Marc | 137 |
| 91 | Russell | 136 |
| 92 | Damon | 126 |
| 93 | Carl | 125 |
| 94 | Danny | 123 |
| 95 | Jack | 122 |
| 96 | Curtis | 120 |
| 96 | Derek | 120 |
| 98 | Jared | 115 |
| 99 | Lawrence | 114 |
| 100 | Cory | 112 |