Most popular boys’ names in Ohio, 1979

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	3,772
2	Jason	3,035
3	Matthew	2,333
4	Christopher	2,320
5	James	2,124
6	David	2,094
7	Robert	1,896
8	Joshua	1,829
9	Brian	1,753
10	John	1,726
11	Joseph	1,638
12	Daniel	1,397
13	Nicholas	1,391
14	Ryan	1,369
15	William	1,315
16	Jeremy	1,242
17	Andrew	1,162
18	Timothy	1,136
19	Adam	1,132
20	Eric	1,035
21	Kevin	1,013
22	Jeffrey	979
23	Scott	963
24	Thomas	913
25	Anthony	910

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Mark	893
27	Richard	887
28	Justin	856
29	Steven	852
30	Aaron	848
31	Charles	846
32	Chad	739
33	Benjamin	731
34	Nathan	600
35	Jonathan	596
36	Shawn	589
37	Paul	587
38	Gregory	557
39	Brandon	520
40	Patrick	475
41	Bradley	469
42	Stephen	467
43	Donald	450
44	Kenneth	449
45	Travis	429
46	Bryan	427
47	Todd	421
48	Douglas	380
49	Keith	369
50	Sean	357
51	Ronald	355
52	Jacob	329
53	Gary	300
54	Kyle	298
54	Shane	298
56	Edward	294
57	Shaun	290
58	Craig	276
59	Jesse	260
60	Dustin	250
61	Zachary	239
62	George	235
63	Larry	233
63	Samuel	233
65	Brent	223
65	Peter	223
67	Dennis	219
68	Phillip	217
69	Raymond	216
70	Jared	206
71	Jeffery	205
72	Terry	197
73	Corey	196
74	Derek	194
74	Philip	194
76	Jeremiah	183
77	Jamie	180
78	Brett	178
79	Erik	176
80	Jerry	174
81	Brad	173
82	Frank	170
82	Joel	170
84	Nathaniel	167
85	Carl	165
86	Randy	161
87	Seth	160
88	Curtis	159
89	Cory	158
90	Wesley	144
91	Russell	142
91	Troy	142
93	Marcus	141
94	Randall	133
95	Derrick	131
96	Antonio	129
97	Kristopher	128
98	Marc	127
99	Lucas	125
100	Jay	124