State roster

Top names in Ohio

The names most likely to appear on 1987 Ohio birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 143,984 Ohio births in 1987 across 1,876 distinct names.

Distinctively Ohio

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

#74Todd#120 nationally
#94Abigail#138 nationally
#100Miranda#140 nationally
#97Terry#133 nationally
#98Jonathon#132 nationally
#64Molly#97 nationally
#61Bethany#87 nationally
#73Rachael#98 nationally
#78Brent#103 nationally
#83Krista#108 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley2,975US #2
#2Jessica2,590US #1
#3Amanda2,291US #3
#4Sarah1,629US #5
#5Brittany1,402US #7
#6Jennifer1,398US #4
#7Stephanie1,001US #6
#8Megan960US #12
#9Amber945US #15
#10Heather940US #9
#11Nicole889US #8
#12Danielle886US #14
#13Samantha885US #11
#14Emily849US #19
#15Elizabeth839US #10
#16Rachel825US #17
#17Lauren729US #16
#18Tiffany716US #18
#19Melissa672US #13
#20Amy585US #24
#21Sara565US #29
#22Michelle564US #21
#23Christina562US #20
#24Kelly562US #30
#25Laura556US #22
#26Erin554US #34
#27Katherine531US #28
#28Rebecca481US #25
#29Angela447US #35
#30Kayla440US #27
#31Courtney437US #33
#32Kimberly429US #23
#33Allison421US #44
#34Lindsey420US #41
#35Katie411US #38
#36Andrea404US #36
#37Lindsay388US #49
#38Jamie382US #39
#39Erica381US #31
#40Mary377US #37
#41Crystal353US #26
#42Kristen345US #42
#43Shannon338US #45
#44Lisa329US #40
#45Chelsea328US #47
#46Whitney317US #32
#47Alicia299US #46
#48Kathryn297US #51
#49Jenna291US #57
#50Julie285US #65
#51Anna275US #52
#52Christine275US #48
#53Kathleen237US #72
#54Alyssa236US #60
#55Kristin234US #55
#56Tara231US #69
#57Natalie228US #56
#58Holly225US #71
#59Kelsey222US #67
#60Victoria217US #50
#61Bethany216US #87
#62Caitlin212US #63
#63April211US #58
#64Molly210US #97
#65Jacqueline207US #54
#66Cassandra204US #68
#67Hannah203US #66
#68Brittney201US #61
#69Leah191US #82
#70Kristina187US #62
#71Brandy180US #92
#72Natasha178US #73
#73Rachael176US #98
#74Brandi173US #88
#75Brooke173US #94
#76Alexandra171US #59
#77Catherine171US #74
#78Mallory170US #91
#79Maria166US #53
#80Stacey161US #103
#81Kendra160US #77
#82Erika156US #75
#83Krista155US #108
#84Monica154US #64
#85Meghan152US #78
#86Casey150US #81
#87Jasmine150US #79
#88Patricia149US #76
#89Jillian147US #99
#90Kara144US #104
#91Stacy143US #101
#92Ashlee142US #112
#93Vanessa142US #43
#94Abigail141US #138
#95Margaret141US #90
#96Julia140US #86
#97Carrie139US #119
#98Dana138US #83
#99Alison137US #100
#100Miranda135US #140

Boys

#1Michael2,868US #1
#2Matthew2,350US #3
#3Christopher2,279US #2
#4Joshua2,213US #4
#5Andrew1,883US #6
#6David1,702US #5
#7James1,554US #8
#8Justin1,515US #9
#9Ryan1,515US #13
#10Daniel1,508US #7
#11Robert1,478US #10
#12Joseph1,415US #12
#13Nicholas1,303US #16
#14Brandon1,260US #14
#15John1,246US #11
#16Kyle1,236US #22
#17William1,136US #15
#18Anthony1,096US #17
#19Brian1,087US #20
#20Adam1,036US #27
#21Kevin967US #19
#22Eric948US #21
#23Thomas880US #24
#24Zachary877US #33
#25Timothy861US #26
#26Benjamin852US #28
#27Jason835US #23
#28Steven799US #25
#29Jonathan794US #18
#30Aaron705US #34
#31Jacob700US #31
#32Jeffrey686US #32
#33Jeremy645US #29
#34Dustin641US #44
#35Mark613US #36
#36Nathan595US #45
#37Tyler580US #39
#38Scott568US #43
#39Richard552US #30
#40Alexander520US #37
#41Charles517US #35
#42Bradley502US #56
#43Stephen483US #38
#44Patrick478US #41
#45Gregory464US #47
#46Sean458US #40
#47Bryan436US #51
#48Cory435US #62
#49Paul423US #46
#50Jordan414US #52
#51Travis411US #42
#52Derek397US #54
#53Cody396US #49
#54Shawn372US #59
#55Kenneth371US #53
#56Corey366US #57
#57Samuel359US #50
#58Chad351US #63
#59Jared315US #58
#60Shane280US #65
#61Jesse275US #55
#62Alex264US #60
#63Douglas251US #85
#64Donald249US #70
#65Keith239US #69
#66Nathaniel239US #78
#67Phillip232US #68
#68Brett226US #71
#69Ronald224US #73
#70Marcus223US #67
#71Craig221US #88
#72Seth218US #89
#73Edward213US #61
#74Todd186US #120
#75Evan183US #83
#76Ian182US #81
#77Peter175US #64
#78Brent161US #103
#79Philip160US #84
#80Gary157US #87
#81Raymond157US #79
#82Wesley153US #92
#83Antonio150US #72
#84Austin148US #76
#85Joel146US #75
#86Mitchell144US #101
#87Derrick143US #86
#88Casey137US #80
#89Luke137US #111
#90Curtis136US #100
#91Jeffery134US #109
#92Dennis133US #107
#93Devin133US #99
#94George132US #77
#95Larry125US #114
#96Vincent124US #95
#97Terry120US #133
#98Jonathon118US #132
#99Cameron115US #96
#100Alan114US #112

On the move since 1986

Rising

↑43Kayla#30
↑36Chelsea#45
↑35Alyssa#54
↑23Hannah#67
↑19Brooke#75
↑18Kendra#81
↑17Caitlin#62
↑15Austin#84

Falling

↓29Alison#99
↓28Stacy#91
↓23Carrie#97
↓15Brandy#71
↓11Cassandra#66
↓11Leah#69
↓11Mallory#78
↓11Maria#79

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1986 rankings.