Most popular girls’ 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	Jennifer	3,096
2	Amy	1,712
3	Melissa	1,545
4	Heather	1,427
5	Angela	1,405
6	Kelly	1,223
7	Jessica	1,204
8	Michelle	1,150
9	Amanda	1,140
10	Sarah	1,032
11	Lisa	967
12	Elizabeth	942
13	Nicole	928
14	Kimberly	890
15	Christina	887
16	Stephanie	845
17	Shannon	799
18	Jamie	743
19	Rebecca	739
20	Julie	700
21	Erin	681
22	Carrie	648
23	Laura	580
24	Mary	561
25	Andrea	551

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Rachel	504
27	Crystal	501
28	Emily	460
29	Tiffany	450
30	Danielle	444
31	Sara	429
32	Dawn	426
33	Jill	422
34	Stacy	407
35	April	404
36	Holly	394
37	Megan	392
38	Tara	384
39	Amber	380
40	Christine	371
41	Tracy	365
42	Erica	360
43	Susan	342
44	Jaime	330
45	Karen	328
46	Brandy	327
47	Melanie	299
48	Lori	290
49	Katherine	289
50	Tina	286
51	Misty	280
52	Stacey	277
53	Beth	257
54	Patricia	255
55	Tammy	252
56	Brandi	250
57	Monica	249
58	Tonya	246
59	Allison	234
60	Kristen	231
61	Kathryn	229
62	Renee	228
63	Cynthia	224
64	Leslie	223
65	Heidi	219
66	Kristy	217
67	Kathleen	215
68	Kristina	212
69	Jodi	210
70	Wendy	209
71	Christy	206
72	Natalie	204
73	Mandy	202
74	Maria	197
75	Robin	196
76	Denise	195
77	Angel	192
77	Molly	192
79	Melinda	191
79	Michele	191
81	Teresa	190
82	Alicia	180
83	Courtney	177
83	Samantha	177
85	Anna	176
86	Krista	175
87	Gina	174
88	Sabrina	173
89	Catherine	169
89	Nichole	169
91	Tamara	163
91	Valerie	163
93	Barbara	160
94	Lindsay	159
95	Kara	154
96	Kristin	152
97	Kelli	150
97	Theresa	150
99	Jacqueline	148
100	Sandra	144