Most popular boys’ names in Ohio, 1978

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	3,642
2	Jason	3,063
3	Christopher	2,292
4	Matthew	2,239
5	James	2,169
6	David	2,139
7	Brian	1,875
8	Robert	1,776
9	John	1,705
10	Joshua	1,534
11	Joseph	1,437
12	Daniel	1,290
13	William	1,261
14	Ryan	1,221
15	Jeremy	1,168
16	Kevin	1,148
17	Timothy	1,141
18	Eric	1,111
19	Andrew	1,104
20	Nicholas	1,038
21	Jeffrey	957
22	Thomas	921
23	Anthony	920
24	Scott	889
25	Mark	885

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Adam	864
27	Steven	858
28	Richard	844
29	Aaron	811
30	Charles	781
31	Chad	741
32	Shawn	713
33	Benjamin	707
34	Justin	638
35	Nathan	566
36	Paul	563
37	Jonathan	559
38	Gregory	549
39	Stephen	518
40	Brandon	462
41	Donald	457
42	Todd	455
43	Kenneth	454
44	Bryan	431
45	Patrick	416
46	Bradley	405
47	Douglas	390
48	Ronald	379
49	Shaun	378
50	Keith	374
51	Shane	310
52	Edward	309
53	Sean	304
54	Gary	297
55	Craig	295
56	Kyle	277
57	Travis	263
58	Jesse	257
59	Jacob	252
59	Larry	252
61	Samuel	239
62	George	236
63	Phillip	233
64	Dennis	222
65	Dustin	218
66	Peter	204
67	Terry	200
68	Nathaniel	199
69	Jeffery	197
70	Frank	195
71	Jeremiah	194
72	Raymond	191
73	Brent	190
74	Philip	183
75	Corey	182
76	Jared	170
77	Brad	169
78	Randy	161
78	Zachary	161
80	Cory	159
81	Jamie	156
82	Marcus	155
83	Troy	153
84	Derek	150
85	Joel	148
86	Curtis	145
87	Carl	142
88	Derrick	141
88	Jerry	141
88	Seth	141
91	Roger	137
92	Antonio	134
93	Wesley	133
94	Russell	131
95	Rodney	127
95	Tony	127
97	Kristopher	124
98	Randall	121
99	Marc	118
100	Brett	117