State roster

Top names in Ohio

The names most likely to appear on 1990 Ohio birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 150,698 Ohio births in 1990 across 2,116 distinct names.

Distinctively Ohio

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

#97Todd#159 nationally
#98Sierra#141 nationally
#68Kara#110 nationally
#97Brandy#137 nationally
#69Bethany#107 nationally
#80Craig#117 nationally
#85Curtis#121 nationally
#90Jonathon#124 nationally
#94Brent#127 nationally
#72Seth#102 nationally
#64Abigail#90 nationally
#85Rachael#111 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley2,317US #2
#2Brittany2,127US #3
#3Jessica2,103US #1
#4Amanda1,679US #4
#5Sarah1,410US #6
#6Megan1,267US #11
#7Samantha1,259US #5
#8Emily1,079US #12
#9Stephanie915US #7
#10Jennifer911US #8
#11Lauren909US #10
#12Elizabeth889US #9
#13Courtney865US #17
#14Kayla863US #14
#15Rachel853US #16
#16Amber810US #15
#17Nicole749US #13
#18Chelsea731US #24
#19Danielle730US #18
#20Heather726US #19
#21Tiffany628US #23
#22Rebecca535US #21
#23Hannah521US #30
#24Michelle520US #22
#25Alyssa513US #27
#26Katherine511US #26
#27Christina487US #25
#28Kelsey480US #32
#29Melissa472US #20
#30Kristen447US #42
#31Sara444US #34
#32Kelly421US #41
#33Erin411US #43
#34Allison402US #48
#35Jasmine392US #28
#36Mary388US #35
#37Laura384US #29
#38Cassandra378US #49
#39Amy376US #38
#40Erica353US #36
#41Andrea351US #40
#42Lindsey344US #51
#43Katie340US #53
#44Caitlin328US #50
#45Jamie319US #55
#46Kimberly319US #31
#47Victoria315US #33
#48Brittney308US #44
#49Kathryn308US #57
#50Taylor308US #46
#51Lindsay305US #69
#52Alexandra304US #37
#53Brooke303US #70
#54Anna286US #45
#55Angela276US #52
#56Morgan268US #58
#57Jordan265US #59
#58Katelyn263US #75
#59Alicia260US #54
#60Olivia255US #72
#61Shannon253US #68
#62Paige248US #79
#63Kristin237US #65
#64Abigail229US #90
#65Kaitlyn229US #78
#66Molly229US #80
#67Christine225US #62
#68Kara225US #110
#69Bethany224US #107
#70Lisa223US #64
#71Leah222US #82
#72Alexis221US #66
#73Crystal219US #39
#74Whitney216US #60
#75Tara215US #85
#76Alexandria214US #95
#77Natalie210US #63
#78Holly209US #89
#79Jenna208US #81
#80Maria205US #47
#81Kaitlin199US #101
#82Julie196US #93
#83Catherine195US #71
#84Brianna190US #61
#85Rachael185US #111
#86Kristina178US #77
#87Miranda177US #112
#88Kathleen173US #92
#89April166US #73
#90Julia163US #83
#91Jacqueline162US #67
#92Erika160US #74
#93Margaret156US #102
#94Brandi152US #103
#95Melanie150US #86
#96Meghan148US #91
#97Brandy144US #137
#98Sierra138US #141
#99Marissa137US #87
#100Casey136US #106

Boys

#1Michael2,935US #1
#2Matthew2,197US #3
#3Joshua2,117US #4
#4Christopher2,081US #2
#5Andrew1,685US #7
#6Ryan1,577US #11
#7James1,461US #8
#8David1,425US #6
#9Nicholas1,406US #14
#10Robert1,381US #13
#11Justin1,368US #9
#12Joseph1,333US #10
#13Kyle1,314US #18
#14Daniel1,295US #5
#15John1,256US #12
#16Tyler1,211US #21
#17Zachary1,189US #22
#18Jacob1,166US #20
#19Anthony1,161US #15
#20Brandon1,079US #19
#21William1,050US #16
#22Eric941US #24
#23Kevin880US #23
#24Adam869US #32
#25Jordan861US #29
#26Cody851US #31
#27Aaron836US #34
#28Thomas836US #26
#29Brian824US #27
#30Steven801US #25
#31Timothy773US #30
#32Jonathan756US #17
#33Alexander712US #28
#34Benjamin711US #33
#35Nathan635US #44
#36Jeremy553US #40
#37Charles539US #38
#38Jeffrey537US #43
#39Patrick534US #36
#40Stephen519US #39
#41Mark517US #47
#42Dustin507US #50
#43Richard507US #35
#44Travis498US #42
#45Sean490US #37
#46Jason482US #46
#47Samuel480US #45
#48Corey453US #56
#49Cory450US #67
#50Scott438US #53
#51Derek420US #54
#52Bradley402US #65
#53Gregory400US #51
#54Kenneth378US #52
#55Paul365US #49
#56Ethan359US #58
#57Shawn353US #69
#58Bryan344US #57
#59Jesse334US #48
#60Austin326US #55
#61Alex313US #59
#62Jared297US #63
#63Shane284US #73
#64Chad273US #85
#65Ian271US #70
#66Donald270US #87
#67Nathaniel267US #86
#68Evan264US #71
#69Cameron250US #62
#70Keith250US #80
#71Marcus229US #72
#72Seth229US #102
#73Ronald225US #97
#74Caleb221US #88
#75Vincent217US #78
#76Edward214US #68
#77Taylor203US #64
#78Phillip199US #81
#79Christian188US #60
#80Craig188US #117
#81Mitchell186US #93
#82Logan182US #104
#83Brett181US #84
#84Douglas181US #103
#85Curtis173US #121
#86Lucas170US #112
#87Raymond168US #92
#88Dylan165US #83
#89Derrick162US #106
#90Jonathon158US #124
#91Devin154US #98
#92Peter154US #74
#93Trevor153US #76
#94Brent152US #127
#95Casey151US #89
#96Gary151US #114
#97Todd151US #159
#98Philip142US #111
#99Antonio141US #77
#100Colin141US #122

On the move since 1989

Rising

↑29Taylor#50
↑23Ethan#56
↑20Kaitlyn#65
↑19Hannah#23
↑19Alyssa#25
↑19Jordan#57
↑17Cody#26
↑15Taylor#77

Falling

↓21Meghan#96
↓17Lisa#70
↓17Holly#78
↓17Douglas#84
↓15Kristin#63
↓15Julie#82
↓14Angela#55
↓14Crystal#73

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1989 rankings.