State roster

Top names in Ohio

The names most likely to appear on 1989 Ohio birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 147,946 Ohio births in 1989 across 2,035 distinct names.

Distinctively Ohio

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

#88Todd#146 nationally
#95Nichole#136 nationally
#62Kara#101 nationally
#90Jonathon#128 nationally
#83Brent#118 nationally
#94Jeffery#129 nationally
#60Abigail#94 nationally
#68Bethany#102 nationally
#98Miranda#130 nationally
#78Rachael#109 nationally
#78Craig#105 nationally
#92Britney#118 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley2,378US #2
#2Brittany2,133US #3
#3Jessica2,056US #1
#4Amanda1,867US #4
#5Sarah1,411US #5
#6Megan1,167US #11
#7Samantha1,165US #6
#8Emily1,025US #13
#9Jennifer1,012US #7
#10Lauren991US #9
#11Elizabeth944US #10
#12Stephanie931US #8
#13Amber926US #14
#14Rachel864US #18
#15Heather836US #15
#16Nicole816US #12
#17Tiffany807US #16
#18Danielle785US #17
#19Courtney667US #21
#20Kayla667US #20
#21Chelsea664US #27
#22Melissa565US #19
#23Michelle564US #22
#24Katherine534US #26
#25Rebecca515US #24
#26Sara507US #29
#27Kristen500US #36
#28Laura490US #25
#29Christina486US #23
#30Kelsey486US #31
#31Erin457US #40
#32Kelly450US #37
#33Allison413US #46
#34Amy406US #35
#35Andrea389US #39
#36Lindsey386US #48
#37Erica375US #34
#38Kimberly373US #28
#39Katie372US #45
#40Mary372US #38
#41Angela370US #47
#42Hannah368US #42
#43Jasmine367US #30
#44Alyssa366US #33
#45Brittney338US #41
#46Caitlin337US #49
#47Jamie322US #52
#48Kristin320US #60
#49Cassandra313US #54
#50Lindsay306US #63
#51Kathryn299US #58
#52Alicia295US #53
#53Lisa287US #55
#54Alexandra278US #43
#55Anna270US #51
#56Brooke261US #74
#57Shannon259US #61
#58Victoria258US #44
#59Crystal241US #32
#60Abigail238US #94
#61Holly238US #79
#62Kara235US #101
#63Katelyn234US #76
#64Morgan231US #69
#65Natalie231US #62
#66Tara228US #70
#67Julie226US #78
#68Bethany220US #102
#69Jenna220US #71
#70Leah219US #83
#71Whitney213US #57
#72Christine204US #59
#73Molly202US #93
#74Kristina193US #65
#75Meghan193US #80
#76Jordan192US #72
#77Jacqueline190US #64
#78Rachael187US #109
#79Taylor184US #75
#80Maria181US #56
#81April180US #66
#82Kathleen177US #90
#83Brandi176US #98
#84Kaitlin172US #100
#85Kaitlyn168US #95
#86Alexis164US #92
#87Catherine158US #67
#88Margaret149US #97
#89Erika147US #73
#90Alexandria146US #104
#91Brianna145US #77
#92Britney143US #118
#93Natasha142US #87
#94Kendra135US #99
#95Nichole132US #136
#96Jillian131US #106
#97Brandy130US #121
#98Miranda130US #130
#99Monica127US #68
#100Melanie126US #88

Boys

#1Michael2,895US #1
#2Matthew2,270US #3
#3Joshua2,264US #4
#4Christopher2,117US #2
#5Andrew1,715US #7
#6David1,578US #5
#7Daniel1,475US #6
#8Justin1,474US #8
#9Nicholas1,454US #14
#10James1,426US #9
#11Ryan1,412US #13
#12Joseph1,380US #11
#13Robert1,380US #10
#14Kyle1,248US #20
#15Brandon1,204US #18
#16Anthony1,169US #16
#17John1,153US #12
#18Zachary1,085US #25
#19Adam1,056US #27
#20Kevin985US #19
#21William980US #15
#22Aaron919US #31
#23Brian895US #24
#24Eric881US #21
#25Jacob875US #26
#26Tyler864US #30
#27Thomas834US #23
#28Timothy805US #28
#29Steven804US #22
#30Benjamin771US #29
#31Jonathan764US #17
#32Nathan650US #43
#33Alexander649US #32
#34Mark596US #42
#35Dustin588US #48
#36Jeffrey576US #37
#37Jeremy566US #34
#38Charles559US #36
#39Jordan558US #44
#40Richard544US #33
#41Cory539US #61
#42Jason534US #35
#43Cody533US #45
#44Patrick504US #38
#45Stephen501US #40
#46Corey494US #55
#47Bradley484US #58
#48Scott475US #51
#49Sean471US #39
#50Gregory434US #52
#51Samuel415US #47
#52Derek412US #54
#53Paul395US #49
#54Travis395US #41
#55Kenneth386US #53
#56Bryan357US #56
#57Jesse343US #50
#58Jared300US #57
#59Alex299US #60
#60Nathaniel283US #84
#61Shawn278US #65
#62Chad275US #74
#63Donald270US #82
#64Austin262US #59
#65Ian245US #68
#66Keith245US #70
#67Douglas233US #92
#68Phillip231US #75
#69Seth223US #94
#70Evan222US #69
#71Edward219US #62
#72Ronald216US #85
#73Shane216US #71
#74Marcus215US #67
#75Brett214US #81
#76Vincent207US #80
#77Cameron206US #64
#78Craig198US #105
#79Ethan196US #87
#80Caleb183US #91
#81Logan163US #104
#82Mitchell155US #93
#83Brent154US #118
#84Gary154US #106
#85Casey153US #90
#86Derrick150US #99
#87Devin150US #96
#88Todd150US #146
#89Peter148US #66
#90Jonathon147US #128
#91Raymond147US #86
#92Taylor146US #72
#93Philip140US #101
#94Jeffery139US #129
#95Wesley139US #98
#96Antonio138US #76
#97George134US #79
#98Joel133US #88
#99Blake132US #97
#100Troy132US #124

On the move since 1988

Rising

↑29Kelsey#30
↑21Jasmine#43
↑20Caleb#80
↑18Logan#81
↑17Abigail#60
↑15Kaitlyn#85
↑13Katelyn#63
↑12Jordan#39

Falling

↓22Whitney#71
↓15Jillian#96
↓15Raymond#91
↓14Natasha#93
↓13Molly#73
↓13Shane#73
↓12Crystal#59
↓12Kathleen#82

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1988 rankings.