State roster

Top names in Ohio

The names most likely to appear on 1986 Ohio birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 143,430 Ohio births in 1986 across 1,866 distinct names.

Distinctively Ohio

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

#84Abigail#143 nationally
#88Kelli#142 nationally
#57Molly#110 nationally
#96Miranda#137 nationally
#74Carrie#109 nationally
#75Todd#110 nationally
#97Shaun#132 nationally
#90Terry#122 nationally
#56Brandy#84 nationally
#70Alison#96 nationally
#66Bethany#91 nationally
#69Stacey#94 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley2,643US #2
#2Jessica2,524US #1
#3Amanda2,221US #3
#4Jennifer1,699US #4
#5Sarah1,550US #5
#6Brittany1,278US #8
#7Megan1,143US #11
#8Heather1,041US #9
#9Stephanie1,040US #6
#10Amber1,001US #13
#11Nicole960US #7
#12Elizabeth945US #10
#13Rachel851US #15
#14Lauren786US #14
#15Emily761US #24
#16Danielle759US #16
#17Melissa735US #12
#18Tiffany714US #17
#19Samantha654US #21
#20Amy651US #22
#21Sara636US #27
#22Laura612US #20
#23Kelly593US #29
#24Christina580US #19
#25Michelle577US #23
#26Erin558US #30
#27Kimberly558US #18
#28Rebecca535US #26
#29Angela505US #33
#30Katherine504US #28
#31Erica445US #31
#32Katie444US #38
#33Lindsey444US #39
#34Allison443US #42
#35Andrea426US #36
#36Jamie415US #34
#37Courtney404US #35
#38Crystal402US #25
#39Mary401US #37
#40Whitney398US #32
#41Lindsay395US #46
#42Kristen389US #41
#43Lisa387US #40
#44Shannon348US #44
#45Kathryn313US #48
#46Julie284US #58
#47Alicia282US #45
#48Tara282US #56
#49Christine280US #47
#50Jenna278US #55
#51Holly273US #63
#52Anna268US #51
#53Kristin265US #50
#54Natalie243US #52
#55Cassandra236US #60
#56Brandy219US #84
#57Molly213US #110
#58Leah211US #78
#59Kathleen210US #68
#60April208US #53
#61Victoria208US #54
#62Kristina206US #62
#63Stacy202US #87
#64Jacqueline198US #57
#65Brittney188US #65
#66Bethany184US #91
#67Mallory182US #83
#68Maria173US #49
#69Stacey170US #94
#70Alison168US #96
#71Brandi168US #79
#72Krystal168US #61
#73Kayla167US #64
#74Carrie161US #109
#75Catherine159US #67
#76Krista158US #93
#77Natasha157US #70
#78Rachael156US #103
#79Caitlin151US #69
#80Meghan149US #71
#81Chelsea145US #73
#82Erika145US #74
#83Monica143US #59
#84Abigail142US #143
#85Patricia142US #66
#86Vanessa142US #43
#87Nichole141US #105
#88Kelli137US #142
#89Alyssa136US #85
#90Hannah136US #82
#91Kara136US #102
#92Casey134US #80
#93Margaret134US #90
#94Brooke131US #104
#95Susan131US #118
#96Miranda129US #137
#97Melanie127US #97
#98Dana125US #92
#99Kendra125US #101
#100Jillian124US #107

Boys

#1Michael3,002US #1
#2Matthew2,400US #3
#3Christopher2,325US #2
#4Joshua2,011US #4
#5Andrew1,788US #8
#6David1,685US #5
#7Ryan1,634US #11
#8James1,538US #7
#9Daniel1,525US #6
#10Robert1,474US #9
#11Brandon1,426US #13
#12Joseph1,357US #12
#13Justin1,302US #14
#14John1,283US #10
#15Nicholas1,258US #17
#16Kyle1,159US #23
#17Brian1,116US #20
#18Adam1,111US #24
#19Anthony1,079US #19
#20Jason1,023US #18
#21William1,023US #15
#22Eric938US #22
#23Kevin925US #21
#24Jonathan914US #16
#25Timothy907US #27
#26Thomas839US #26
#27Steven831US #25
#28Jeremy813US #28
#29Benjamin757US #30
#30Zachary736US #38
#31Aaron727US #33
#32Jeffrey691US #32
#33Mark680US #35
#34Dustin658US #42
#35Jacob634US #31
#36Richard628US #29
#37Charles620US #34
#38Tyler575US #40
#39Nathan569US #43
#40Gregory559US #46
#41Scott526US #44
#42Stephen522US #36
#43Sean517US #37
#44Alexander505US #41
#45Bradley466US #54
#46Patrick463US #39
#47Shawn431US #55
#48Bryan411US #47
#49Chad405US #59
#50Paul400US #45
#51Jordan386US #53
#52Kenneth378US #50
#53Jesse343US #48
#54Derek337US #57
#55Travis319US #49
#56Keith295US #66
#57Cory291US #68
#58Jared291US #58
#59Donald289US #71
#60Corey287US #62
#61Cody276US #56
#62Samuel273US #52
#63Douglas252US #82
#64Nathaniel244US #78
#65Brett238US #69
#66Shane237US #67
#67Alex234US #64
#68Craig232US #80
#69Ronald226US #75
#70Phillip225US #70
#71Marcus220US #63
#72Edward219US #61
#73Seth219US #97
#74Gary208US #84
#75Todd198US #110
#76Brent184US #94
#77Ian182US #85
#78Joel181US #72
#79Philip180US #86
#80Peter173US #60
#81Raymond172US #77
#82Evan159US #81
#83Antonio157US #73
#84George153US #74
#85Curtis147US #100
#86Wesley146US #96
#87Derrick139US #87
#88Larry137US #108
#89Luke134US #106
#90Terry132US #122
#91Jeffery129US #102
#92Mitchell128US #105
#93Carl127US #114
#94Vincent125US #93
#95Casey123US #83
#96Jeremiah121US #118
#97Shaun120US #132
#98Alan118US #107
#99Austin118US #90
#100Dennis117US #104

On the move since 1985

Rising

↑35Whitney#40
↑26Alison#70
↑24Brittney#65
↑19Krista#76
↑19Cory#57
↑16Samantha#19
↑16Jordan#51
↑15Catherine#75

Falling

↓21Kara#91
↓18Dana#98
↓17Meghan#80
↓13Krystal#72
↓13Patricia#85
↓12Miranda#96
↓12Jeremiah#96
↓10Lisa#43

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1985 rankings.