Most popular boys’ names in Ohio, 1977

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	3,640
2	Jason	3,362
3	Christopher	2,246
4	David	2,241
5	James	2,179
6	Brian	2,079
7	Matthew	1,999
8	Robert	1,894
9	John	1,709
10	Joseph	1,567
11	William	1,300
12	Joshua	1,295
13	Jeremy	1,284
14	Daniel	1,277
15	Ryan	1,219
16	Kevin	1,214
17	Eric	1,114
18	Jeffrey	1,055
19	Timothy	1,052
20	Andrew	1,045
21	Mark	1,022
22	Scott	956
23	Thomas	933
24	Richard	915
25	Steven	911

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Anthony	841
27	Chad	815
28	Charles	813
29	Shawn	796
30	Aaron	764
31	Benjamin	744
32	Adam	681
33	Gregory	604
34	Paul	594
35	Nathan	571
36	Todd	528
37	Justin	523
38	Jonathan	520
39	Stephen	495
40	Kenneth	491
41	Bryan	475
42	Bradley	451
43	Donald	446
44	Douglas	423
45	Keith	389
46	Ronald	386
47	Nicholas	370
48	Sean	367
49	Brandon	359
50	Patrick	353
51	Edward	337
52	Shane	323
53	Gary	316
54	Travis	302
55	Craig	300
56	Larry	249
57	Dennis	248
58	George	245
59	Samuel	244
60	Corey	230
61	Jeremiah	227
62	Jacob	223
63	Jesse	219
64	Terry	217
65	Peter	212
66	Kyle	211
67	Phillip	208
68	Wesley	203
69	Brent	199
70	Jamie	198
71	Jeffery	196
71	Raymond	196
73	Randy	183
74	Troy	175
75	Dustin	171
76	Jerry	169
77	Cory	168
78	Brad	166
79	Frank	165
80	Joel	157
81	Nathaniel	154
82	Marcus	153
83	Carl	151
83	Zachary	151
85	Brett	148
85	Roger	148
87	Philip	145
88	Damon	143
89	Jared	142
90	Marc	141
91	Russell	138
92	Shaun	137
93	Curtis	136
94	Randall	134
95	Derek	132
96	Tony	131
97	Danny	129
98	Shannon	128
99	Derrick	125
100	Lawrence	121