Baby names in Ohio in the 1960s

In Ohio in the 1960s the most given names were Michael (45,718 boys) and Lisa (28,928 girls), of 1,912,021 births recorded.

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Babies SSA recorded in Ohio each year, the 1960s shaded

Births under names given to 5 or more babies of one sex in the state that year.

Ohio, 1960-1969: SSA state baby-name file, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s state data.

The top names in Ohio, 1960s

Girls, 1960-1969
#	Name	Births
1	Lisa	28,928
2	Kimberly	19,982
3	Mary	19,667
4	Karen	16,169
5	Susan	15,531
6	Michelle	13,544
7	Lori	11,602
8	Linda	11,377
9	Patricia	11,146
10	Jennifer	11,100
11	Tammy	10,872
12	Pamela	10,828
13	Deborah	10,706
14	Laura	10,697
15	Amy	10,413
16	Julie	10,330
17	Cynthia	9,645
18	Brenda	9,488
19	Teresa	9,414
20	Tina	9,301

Boys, 1960-1969
#	Name	Births
1	Michael	45,718
2	David	44,739
3	James	39,798
4	John	39,788
5	Robert	36,821
6	Mark	28,752
7	William	23,135
8	Jeffrey	22,367
9	Richard	20,877
10	Thomas	20,344
11	Timothy	19,715
12	Scott	17,357
13	Brian	17,317
14	Steven	16,048
15	Joseph	15,242
16	Kevin	14,894
17	Daniel	14,518
18	Charles	14,096
19	Christopher	13,963
20	Gregory	12,343

Births summed over 1960-1969, per sex.

The names most over-represented in Ohio in the 1960s

Each figure is the name’s births in the state in the decade against the births its national share, year by year, would predict (names with at least 100 births in the state).

Girls

Dreama · 3.5×Deb · 2.9×Tari · 2.7×Tonda · 2.7×Barb · 2.1×Glenna · 2.0×

Boys

Deron · 3.1×Denver · 3.0×Eli · 1.8×Jonathon · 1.7×Ned · 1.6×Rick · 1.6×

Ratios: observed over predicted births, 1960-1969.

More about names in Ohio

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