State roster

Top names in Ohio

The names most likely to appear on 1988 Ohio birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 145,544 Ohio births in 1988 across 1,938 distinct names.

Distinctively Ohio

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

#80Todd#135 nationally
#86Carrie#132 nationally
#77Abigail#118 nationally
#87Jonathon#125 nationally
#91Jeffery#120 nationally
#92Luke#119 nationally
#60Molly#86 nationally
#81Brent#107 nationally
#87Krista#112 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley2,602US #2
#2Jessica2,342US #1
#3Amanda1,998US #3
#4Brittany1,632US #6
#5Sarah1,538US #4
#6Jennifer1,185US #5
#7Megan1,112US #12
#8Samantha975US #8
#9Emily963US #18
#10Elizabeth958US #10
#11Stephanie957US #7
#12Tiffany954US #13
#13Heather951US #14
#14Amber941US #15
#15Nicole938US #9
#16Lauren908US #11
#17Rachel869US #19
#18Danielle802US #17
#19Kayla600US #20
#20Melissa595US #16
#21Courtney588US #24
#22Katherine547US #27
#23Michelle544US #21
#24Christina524US #22
#25Sara521US #30
#26Amy499US #29
#27Rebecca497US #26
#28Laura479US #23
#29Erin473US #37
#30Chelsea463US #33
#31Kelly461US #32
#32Angela446US #38
#33Kristen429US #36
#34Katie428US #40
#35Kimberly421US #25
#36Allison411US #46
#37Andrea406US #35
#38Erica405US #31
#39Lindsey385US #48
#40Mary373US #34
#41Jamie342US #45
#42Kathryn333US #55
#43Caitlin331US #44
#44Alyssa324US #47
#45Kristin314US #58
#46Lindsay311US #57
#47Crystal309US #28
#48Lisa301US #43
#49Whitney293US #39
#50Shannon285US #56
#51Alicia284US #50
#52Hannah268US #61
#53Anna267US #54
#54Cassandra266US #59
#55Brittney262US #52
#56Tara258US #67
#57Victoria257US #42
#58Alexandra255US #49
#59Kelsey245US #64
#60Molly241US #86
#61Jenna238US #66
#62Julie237US #71
#63Brooke235US #87
#64Jasmine231US #53
#65Bethany230US #89
#66Holly230US #72
#67Christine217US #51
#68Leah217US #82
#69Natalie211US #63
#70Kathleen208US #75
#71Jacqueline198US #62
#72Kara192US #95
#73Maria183US #60
#74Morgan181US #78
#75April176US #65
#76Katelyn174US #84
#77Abigail171US #118
#78Meghan170US #81
#79Natasha167US #73
#80Catherine165US #69
#81Jillian156US #104
#82Rachael155US #100
#83Erika154US #76
#84Kendra154US #80
#85Kristina154US #68
#86Carrie151US #132
#87Krista151US #112
#88Monica151US #70
#89Kaitlin145US #98
#90Margaret144US #93
#91Brandy142US #107
#92Nichole141US #115
#93Brandi140US #91
#94Patricia138US #77
#95Alexis136US #97
#96Julia136US #88
#97Krystal136US #74
#98Casey131US #92
#99Vanessa131US #41
#100Kaitlyn127US #106

Boys

#1Michael2,828US #1
#2Joshua2,295US #4
#3Matthew2,277US #3
#4Christopher2,189US #2
#5Andrew1,837US #5
#6Justin1,630US #7
#7David1,599US #6
#8James1,553US #9
#9Ryan1,492US #13
#10Joseph1,465US #12
#11Robert1,410US #10
#12Daniel1,367US #8
#13Nicholas1,366US #14
#14John1,271US #11
#15Brandon1,191US #17
#16Kyle1,156US #21
#17Anthony1,103US #18
#18Adam1,037US #26
#19William1,024US #16
#20Brian1,010US #22
#21Zachary1,007US #29
#22Eric984US #19
#23Kevin944US #20
#24Aaron885US #31
#25Thomas868US #23
#26Timothy857US #25
#27Jonathan808US #15
#28Steven785US #24
#29Benjamin777US #30
#30Jacob763US #28
#31Tyler747US #33
#32Mark651US #39
#33Jeffrey643US #36
#34Jason629US #27
#35Dustin608US #48
#36Richard602US #32
#37Jeremy591US #35
#38Nathan582US #44
#39Charles543US #37
#40Alexander535US #34
#41Scott515US #47
#42Stephen510US #40
#43Cory508US #59
#44Cody488US #43
#45Bradley474US #57
#46Travis471US #41
#47Gregory468US #50
#48Sean463US #38
#49Paul453US #46
#50Patrick451US #42
#51Jordan419US #52
#52Derek418US #53
#53Corey398US #56
#54Bryan397US #54
#55Samuel396US #45
#56Kenneth382US #51
#57Chad318US #65
#58Shawn298US #61
#59Alex291US #58
#60Shane287US #67
#61Jared281US #60
#62Jesse279US #55
#63Keith251US #70
#64Donald245US #76
#65Nathaniel242US #81
#66Ronald238US #79
#67Marcus223US #66
#68Austin221US #63
#69Seth216US #90
#70Brett213US #73
#71Evan206US #74
#72Edward205US #62
#73Craig200US #96
#74Douglas196US #88
#75Ian192US #77
#76Raymond183US #84
#77Phillip181US #71
#78Casey180US #83
#79Peter168US #64
#80Todd168US #135
#81Brent160US #107
#82Vincent152US #82
#83Mitchell151US #95
#84Antonio150US #72
#85Cameron148US #69
#86Alan147US #110
#87Jonathon144US #125
#88Lucas144US #112
#89Curtis142US #105
#90Derrick140US #97
#91Jeffery140US #120
#92Luke137US #119
#93Gary136US #100
#94Philip136US #94
#95Wesley134US #93
#96Devin133US #98
#97George132US #78
#98Joel131US #85
#99Logan131US #109
#100Caleb128US #108

On the move since 1987

Rising

↑23Jasmine#64
↑19Caitlin#43
↑18Alexandra#58
↑18Kara#72
↑17Abigail#77
↑16Austin#68
↑15Chelsea#30
↑15Hannah#52

Falling

↓20Brandy#91
↓19Brandi#93
↓17Kathleen#70
↓15Christine#67
↓15Kristina#85
↓15Philip#94
↓13Gary#93
↓13Wesley#95

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1987 rankings.