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Baby names in Ohio, 1960s

1960–1969 · 1,913,768 recorded births

Michael was the most common name given in Ohio across the 1960s, with 45,900 births in the decade. The state recorded 1,913,768 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Ohio in the 1960s

Names given far more often here than nationally in these years. The multiplier is conservative — it is the low end of the plausible range, so a name carried by a handful of births does not outrank one carried by hundreds.

NameBirthsvs national
Halle43
Atlee28
Jonda43
Dreama122
Deron226
Denver158
Aden22
Deb105

Top 25 in the 1960s

RankNameBirths
#1Michael45,900
#2David44,848
#3James39,951
#4John39,911
#5Robert36,952
#6Lisa28,983
#7Mark28,834
#8William23,236
#9Jeffrey22,418
#10Richard20,960
#11Thomas20,381
#12Kimberly20,022
#13Timothy19,781
#14Mary19,733
#15Scott17,383
#16Brian17,353
#17Karen16,207
#18Steven16,091
#19Susan15,541
#20Joseph15,284
#21Kevin14,934
#22Daniel14,537
#23Charles14,156
#24Christopher13,990
#25Michelle13,579

Other decades in Ohio

All Ohio names, 2025

Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. State records begin in 1910. Names given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year are withheld at source. namelegacy.org