Most popular boys’ names in Ohio, 1980
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 | 2,695 |
| 3 | Matthew | 2,321 |
| 4 | Christopher | 2,179 |
| 5 | David | 2,168 |
| 6 | Joshua | 2,165 |
| 7 | James | 2,088 |
| 8 | Brian | 1,811 |
| 9 | Robert | 1,796 |
| 10 | John | 1,775 |
| 11 | Joseph | 1,657 |
| 12 | Ryan | 1,437 |
| 13 | Daniel | 1,417 |
| 14 | Justin | 1,326 |
| 15 | Nicholas | 1,314 |
| 16 | William | 1,247 |
| 17 | Eric | 1,185 |
| 18 | Andrew | 1,169 |
| 19 | Adam | 1,157 |
| 20 | Timothy | 1,155 |
| 21 | Jeremy | 1,148 |
| 22 | Kevin | 971 |
| 23 | Jeffrey | 964 |
| 24 | Anthony | 950 |
| 25 | Thomas | 942 |
| Rank | Name | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Scott | 887 |
| 27 | Richard | 886 |
| 28 | Steven | 852 |
| 29 | Mark | 834 |
| 30 | Charles | 811 |
| 30 | Jonathan | 811 |
| 32 | Aaron | 783 |
| 33 | Benjamin | 766 |
| 34 | Chad | 723 |
| 35 | Nathan | 684 |
| 36 | Brandon | 665 |
| 37 | Paul | 607 |
| 38 | Gregory | 582 |
| 39 | Shawn | 551 |
| 40 | Stephen | 534 |
| 41 | Dustin | 504 |
| 42 | Kenneth | 493 |
| 43 | Patrick | 490 |
| 44 | Bradley | 487 |
| 45 | Bryan | 467 |
| 46 | Donald | 419 |
| 47 | Travis | 396 |
| 48 | Douglas | 389 |
| 49 | Jacob | 388 |
| 50 | Jesse | 362 |
| 51 | Sean | 357 |
| 51 | Todd | 357 |
| 53 | Ronald | 354 |
| 54 | Keith | 343 |
| 55 | Edward | 326 |
| 56 | Kyle | 324 |
| 57 | Craig | 293 |
| 58 | Gary | 287 |
| 59 | Shane | 277 |
| 60 | Zachary | 273 |
| 61 | Derek | 271 |
| 62 | Shaun | 249 |
| 63 | Samuel | 237 |
| 64 | Jared | 234 |
| 65 | Jeremiah | 228 |
| 65 | Phillip | 228 |
| 67 | Larry | 225 |
| 68 | George | 215 |
| 69 | Nathaniel | 212 |
| 70 | Raymond | 209 |
| 71 | Brent | 205 |
| 72 | Seth | 203 |
| 73 | Derrick | 190 |
| 74 | Joel | 189 |
| 75 | Peter | 188 |
| 76 | Terry | 186 |
| 77 | Dennis | 184 |
| 78 | Carl | 182 |
| 79 | Corey | 180 |
| 80 | Frank | 169 |
| 81 | Curtis | 168 |
| 81 | Jeffery | 168 |
| 83 | Philip | 167 |
| 84 | Erik | 163 |
| 85 | Brad | 159 |
| 86 | Troy | 156 |
| 87 | Jerry | 155 |
| 88 | Lucas | 154 |
| 88 | Marcus | 154 |
| 90 | Cory | 151 |
| 91 | Brett | 147 |
| 92 | Russell | 143 |
| 93 | Ian | 142 |
| 94 | Jamie | 137 |
| 95 | Antonio | 135 |
| 95 | Luke | 135 |
| 97 | Randy | 134 |
| 98 | Wesley | 130 |
| 99 | Alan | 129 |
| 99 | Randall | 129 |
| 99 | Roger | 129 |