State roster

Top names in Ohio

The names most likely to appear on 1985 Ohio birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 146,183 Ohio births in 1985 across 1,825 distinct names.

Distinctively Ohio

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Ohio more than they say America.

#97Angel#161 nationally
#81Melinda#138 nationally
#85Ashlee#141 nationally
#88Jonathon#139 nationally
#71Molly#119 nationally
#84Miranda#128 nationally
#99Kelli#142 nationally
#95Krista#134 nationally
#92Drew#126 nationally
#71Seth#104 nationally
#89Shaun#120 nationally
#65Bethany#94 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley2,629US #2
#2Jessica2,386US #1
#3Amanda2,071US #4
#4Jennifer1,915US #3
#5Sarah1,452US #5
#6Megan1,179US #10
#7Stephanie1,142US #6
#8Heather1,111US #8
#9Nicole1,106US #7
#10Elizabeth1,013US #9
#11Brittany1,008US #17
#12Amber920US #16
#13Rachel896US #13
#14Melissa843US #11
#15Danielle794US #18
#16Amy753US #20
#17Emily752US #24
#18Christina744US #12
#19Lauren721US #15
#20Laura705US #14
#21Tiffany699US #23
#22Michelle658US #22
#23Kelly645US #28
#24Erin624US #26
#25Sara593US #30
#26Angela576US #31
#27Kimberly576US #19
#28Rebecca559US #25
#29Andrea522US #33
#30Jamie521US #27
#31Crystal503US #21
#32Katherine489US #32
#33Lisa488US #36
#34Lindsay486US #40
#35Samantha480US #29
#36Lindsey465US #37
#37Kristen460US #38
#38Erica437US #34
#39Katie433US #39
#40Mary429US #35
#41Shannon415US #41
#42Allison400US #46
#43Courtney361US #43
#44Tara354US #51
#45Kathryn341US #48
#46Julie319US #55
#47Jenna316US #50
#48Alicia315US #45
#49Christine313US #44
#50Holly283US #56
#51Kristin276US #49
#52April273US #47
#53Anna253US #54
#54Kristina249US #57
#55Stacy232US #67
#56Natalie231US #58
#57Cassandra220US #62
#58Jacqueline218US #60
#59Krystal215US #53
#60Brandy212US #70
#61Victoria212US #59
#62Kathleen210US #68
#63Meghan207US #63
#64Brandi206US #69
#65Bethany204US #94
#66Leah197US #78
#67Stacey185US #89
#68Carrie184US #96
#69Maria182US #52
#70Kara172US #98
#71Molly172US #119
#72Patricia163US #64
#73Chelsea161US #75
#74Rachael158US #100
#75Whitney155US #73
#76Monica151US #61
#77Natasha146US #79
#78Nichole146US #95
#79Vanessa146US #42
#80Dana145US #82
#81Melinda144US #138
#82Sheena140US #91
#83Margaret139US #90
#84Miranda139US #128
#85Ashlee138US #141
#86Brooke138US #102
#87Valerie138US #71
#88Leslie137US #76
#89Brittney136US #84
#90Catherine136US #65
#91Dominique136US #83
#92Melanie136US #88
#93Renee136US #118
#94Susan135US #106
#95Krista134US #134
#96Alison132US #97
#97Angel132US #161
#98Heidi132US #125
#99Kelli132US #142
#100Karen130US #87

Boys

#1Michael3,021US #1
#2Matthew2,500US #3
#3Christopher2,484US #2
#4Joshua2,286US #4
#5David1,832US #6
#6Daniel1,706US #5
#7Andrew1,638US #11
#8James1,637US #7
#9Ryan1,625US #12
#10Brandon1,589US #13
#11Robert1,573US #8
#12Joseph1,504US #10
#13John1,373US #9
#14Nicholas1,319US #19
#15Brian1,291US #18
#16Adam1,269US #22
#17Justin1,228US #15
#18Jason1,207US #14
#19Anthony1,131US #20
#20William1,045US #16
#21Eric1,019US #21
#22Kevin974US #23
#23Kyle946US #27
#24Jonathan912US #17
#25Steven884US #24
#26Timothy875US #26
#27Thomas811US #25
#28Aaron796US #33
#29Jeffrey792US #29
#30Mark739US #32
#31Zachary699US #39
#32Benjamin680US #31
#33Charles675US #34
#34Jeremy665US #30
#35Richard655US #28
#36Dustin630US #41
#37Scott582US #44
#38Nathan576US #40
#39Stephen574US #36
#40Jacob554US #35
#41Tyler520US #43
#42Gregory516US #45
#43Patrick496US #37
#44Sean482US #38
#45Bradley453US #53
#46Bryan450US #48
#47Paul445US #42
#48Chad438US #57
#49Kenneth412US #47
#50Shawn388US #55
#51Alexander338US #50
#52Jesse329US #51
#53Travis316US #46
#54Derek302US #56
#55Douglas298US #76
#56Donald294US #66
#57Cody284US #52
#58Samuel273US #54
#59Craig267US #79
#60Jared263US #58
#61Keith262US #64
#62Corey250US #63
#63Nathaniel244US #77
#64Ronald242US #71
#65Edward240US #59
#66Brett237US #70
#67Jordan236US #62
#68Shane234US #68
#69Marcus232US #61
#70Phillip216US #69
#71Seth206US #104
#72Todd206US #99
#73Ian199US #78
#74Joel196US #67
#75Peter193US #60
#76Cory188US #81
#77Gary182US #82
#78Philip182US #84
#79Brent180US #89
#80Alex173US #80
#81George171US #72
#82Derrick154US #83
#83Evan152US #91
#84Jeremiah151US #111
#85Jeffery150US #96
#86Antonio147US #73
#87Raymond147US #75
#88Jonathon141US #139
#89Shaun141US #120
#90Luke137US #106
#91Dennis135US #103
#92Drew133US #126
#93Curtis132US #98
#94Carl128US #112
#95Russell128US #110
#96Terry127US #119
#97Alan124US #109
#98Randy121US #102
#99Frank116US #90
#100Larry115US #97

On the move since 1984

Rising

↑24Cody#57
↑17Brittany#11
↑17Vanessa#79
↑17Melinda#81
↑14Chelsea#73
↑14Margaret#83
↑14Alex#80
↑12Antonio#86

Falling

↓21Susan#94
↓17Leslie#88
↓17Curtis#93
↓16Catherine#90
↓16Melanie#92
↓16Karen#100
↓14Larry#100
↓13Jeffery#85

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1984 rankings.