Most popular boys’ names in Ohio, 1983

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

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Michael	3,292
2	Matthew	2,774
3	Christopher	2,471
4	Joshua	2,092
5	David	1,854
6	Jason	1,791
7	James	1,749
8	Robert	1,552
9	Daniel	1,543
10	Brian	1,539
11	Ryan	1,521
12	Joseph	1,518
13	John	1,511
14	Andrew	1,460
15	Adam	1,433
16	Justin	1,407
17	Nicholas	1,203
18	William	1,141
19	Brandon	1,115
20	Eric	997
21	Anthony	996
22	Timothy	919
23	Jonathan	912
24	Jeffrey	848
25	Thomas	844

Rank	Name	Babies
26	Steven	833
27	Kevin	832
28	Aaron	808
29	Jeremy	801
30	Mark	759
31	Benjamin	732
32	Richard	728
33	Scott	658
34	Kyle	654
35	Charles	623
36	Nathan	609
37	Gregory	598
38	Dustin	555
38	Stephen	555
40	Paul	548
41	Jacob	483
42	Chad	482
43	Zachary	462
44	Bradley	453
44	Patrick	453
46	Bryan	444
47	Kenneth	433
48	Sean	397
49	Shawn	395
50	Travis	385
51	Jesse	343
52	Donald	340
53	Derek	313
54	Jared	284
55	Keith	283
56	Douglas	270
57	Craig	247
57	Tyler	247
59	Ronald	245
60	Todd	240
61	Edward	236
62	Samuel	234
63	Marcus	230
64	Nathaniel	213
65	Seth	211
66	Gary	196
67	Phillip	191
68	Brett	184
69	Brent	179
70	Philip	175
71	Jordan	172
72	Shane	171
73	Raymond	169
74	Cory	165
75	Joel	163
76	Peter	159
77	George	158
78	Ian	157
79	Alexander	156
80	Curtis	151
81	Derrick	150
82	Corey	149
82	Jeremiah	149
84	Alan	147
85	Evan	145
86	Dennis	144
87	Jeffery	141
88	Randy	140
89	Shaun	138
90	Carl	137
90	Larry	137
92	Erik	132
93	Frank	129
94	Russell	126
95	Allen	123
95	Terry	123
97	Troy	122
98	Lucas	120
99	Luke	116
100	Wesley	115