Most popular boys’ names in Ohio, 1981

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	3,610
2	Matthew	2,634
3	Jason	2,418
4	Christopher	2,325
5	Joshua	2,224
6	David	2,072
7	James	1,917
8	Robert	1,867
9	Brian	1,739
10	Joseph	1,673
11	John	1,641
12	Ryan	1,540
13	Daniel	1,390
14	Justin	1,369
15	Adam	1,305
16	Nicholas	1,270
17	William	1,203
18	Andrew	1,191
19	Eric	1,129
20	Jeremy	1,100
21	Timothy	1,059
22	Anthony	979
23	Aaron	944
23	Thomas	944
25	Jeffrey	942

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Brandon	941
27	Kevin	927
28	Jonathan	905
29	Benjamin	886
30	Mark	829
31	Steven	821
32	Richard	814
33	Scott	806
34	Charles	762
35	Nathan	657
36	Paul	625
37	Chad	603
38	Gregory	557
39	Dustin	547
40	Stephen	532
41	Bradley	474
42	Patrick	468
43	Shawn	444
44	Jesse	440
45	Kenneth	439
46	Donald	404
47	Bryan	389
48	Jacob	383
49	Sean	375
50	Travis	372
51	Kyle	371
52	Douglas	349
53	Todd	328
54	Zachary	323
55	Ronald	322
56	Derek	308
57	Edward	304
57	Keith	304
59	Gary	279
60	Jared	276
61	Craig	270
62	Nathaniel	246
63	Samuel	232
64	Jeremiah	230
65	George	224
66	Phillip	222
66	Raymond	222
68	Peter	215
69	Larry	211
70	Brent	209
71	Brett	208
72	Shaun	205
73	Jeffery	202
73	Seth	202
75	Dennis	190
76	Shane	187
77	Marcus	181
78	Corey	176
79	Lucas	174
80	Philip	172
80	Terry	172
82	Joel	165
83	Curtis	159
84	Carl	155
85	Cory	152
86	Jerry	148
86	Randy	148
88	Erik	146
89	Luke	143
90	Alexander	138
90	Frank	138
90	Troy	138
93	Brad	135
93	Ian	135
95	Antonio	134
95	Jamie	134
95	Randall	134
98	Alan	132
99	Russell	131
100	Jonathon	127