State roster

Top names in Ohio

The names most likely to appear on 1991 Ohio birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 149,810 Ohio births in 1991 across 2,192 distinct names.

Distinctively Ohio

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

#89Craig#135 nationally
#76Rachael#114 nationally
#70Kara#106 nationally
#73Bethany#109 nationally
#66Seth#99 nationally
#92Jonathon#125 nationally
#60Abigail#92 nationally
#94Gary#124 nationally
#100Chelsey#129 nationally
#73Ronald#101 nationally
#76Chad#104 nationally
#81Douglas#109 nationally

Girls

#1Ashley2,213US #1
#2Jessica1,890US #2
#3Brittany1,640US #3
#4Sarah1,343US #6
#5Amanda1,335US #4
#6Samantha1,214US #5
#7Emily1,174US #10
#8Megan1,102US #11
#9Kayla988US #12
#10Elizabeth930US #9
#11Lauren920US #13
#12Rachel901US #14
#13Stephanie846US #7
#14Chelsea828US #18
#15Jennifer814US #8
#16Amber754US #16
#17Courtney704US #19
#18Nicole675US #15
#19Danielle663US #17
#20Heather630US #23
#21Kelsey611US #26
#22Hannah563US #29
#23Rebecca557US #21
#24Taylor546US #32
#25Katherine529US #25
#26Tiffany520US #27
#27Alyssa488US #30
#28Melissa473US #20
#29Michelle446US #22
#30Shelby434US #33
#31Sara422US #37
#32Christina398US #31
#33Mary388US #38
#34Erin384US #44
#35Allison383US #50
#36Jasmine383US #24
#37Kristen380US #48
#38Kelly378US #42
#39Brooke373US #65
#40Morgan370US #49
#41Alexandra359US #36
#42Victoria355US #28
#43Erica350US #40
#44Laura350US #35
#45Lindsey339US #52
#46Andrea338US #39
#47Katie335US #53
#48Cassandra328US #54
#49Alexis326US #47
#50Caitlin320US #55
#51Kimberly320US #34
#52Anna318US #46
#53Jamie294US #60
#54Olivia293US #61
#55Amy289US #43
#56Paige282US #76
#57Mariah279US #69
#58Kathryn278US #57
#59Brittney273US #58
#60Abigail267US #92
#61Jordan262US #62
#62Lindsay259US #77
#63Molly256US #74
#64Angela255US #59
#65Brianna243US #51
#66Alexandria242US #78
#67Jenna240US #80
#68Alicia237US #63
#69Leah231US #91
#70Kara228US #106
#71Julia220US #67
#72Katelyn216US #75
#73Bethany213US #109
#74Kaitlyn213US #82
#75Shannon211US #71
#76Rachael206US #114
#77Miranda205US #90
#78Natalie205US #64
#79Crystal204US #41
#80Maria203US #45
#81Kaitlin199US #99
#82Tara195US #104
#83Whitney192US #68
#84Kristin191US #86
#85Holly182US #105
#86Ariel181US #66
#87Lisa181US #83
#88Erika179US #84
#89Marissa177US #81
#90Catherine172US #72
#91Meghan167US #94
#92Brandi165US #110
#93Christine163US #73
#94Jacqueline156US #70
#95Julie156US #98
#96Gabrielle148US #97
#97Margaret147US #108
#98Kathleen146US #102
#99Kristina145US #87
#100Chelsey142US #129

Boys

#1Michael2,789US #1
#2Joshua2,003US #4
#3Matthew1,998US #3
#4Christopher1,806US #2
#5Andrew1,612US #5
#6Tyler1,566US #16
#7Joseph1,444US #9
#8Nicholas1,439US #12
#9Ryan1,406US #11
#10James1,404US #7
#11Jacob1,391US #17
#12Brandon1,366US #15
#13David1,339US #8
#14Zachary1,339US #22
#15Kyle1,303US #21
#16Robert1,283US #13
#17Justin1,261US #14
#18John1,232US #10
#19Cody1,186US #24
#20Daniel1,182US #6
#21Anthony1,171US #18
#22William986US #19
#23Eric907US #25
#24Jordan893US #29
#25Aaron829US #31
#26Kevin795US #23
#27Alexander769US #26
#28Thomas760US #28
#29Jonathan746US #20
#30Timothy732US #32
#31Benjamin721US #33
#32Brian719US #30
#33Adam716US #36
#34Steven714US #27
#35Nathan635US #42
#36Charles538US #38
#37Patrick530US #35
#38Richard505US #34
#39Mark494US #47
#40Samuel478US #39
#41Stephen462US #41
#42Dustin456US #56
#43Sean455US #40
#44Jeffrey444US #45
#45Travis441US #44
#46Dylan420US #46
#47Corey418US #58
#48Jeremy415US #43
#49Cory411US #74
#50Gregory401US #55
#51Jason383US #49
#52Austin382US #50
#53Scott377US #57
#54Bradley369US #67
#55Derek362US #59
#56Kenneth333US #54
#57Jesse325US #51
#58Alex320US #63
#59Ethan316US #65
#60Paul315US #53
#61Taylor310US #52
#62Bryan305US #61
#63Shawn305US #71
#64Evan293US #70
#65Christian287US #48
#66Seth285US #99
#67Jared278US #64
#68Ian272US #73
#69Caleb262US #78
#70Shane261US #75
#71Cameron257US #62
#72Nathaniel249US #84
#73Ronald231US #101
#74Keith226US #89
#75Edward224US #68
#76Chad222US #104
#77Donald218US #102
#78Logan213US #94
#79Brett211US #88
#80Mitchell198US #96
#81Douglas196US #109
#82Marcus196US #76
#83Vincent192US #81
#84Devin185US #83
#85Phillip172US #98
#86Casey167US #90
#87Chase160US #108
#88George159US #87
#89Craig155US #135
#90Luke155US #113
#91Spencer155US #105
#92Jonathon150US #125
#93Peter150US #77
#94Gary149US #124
#95Trevor149US #69
#96Dillon146US #103
#97Antonio141US #79
#98Garrett141US #91
#99Blake140US #86
#100Derrick137US #111

On the move since 1990

Rising

↑42Dylan#46
↑26Taylor#24
↑23Alexis#49
↑19Brianna#65
↑19Julia#71
↑16Morgan#40
↑16Taylor#61
↑14Brooke#39

Falling

↓26Christine#93
↓21Kristin#84
↓17Lisa#87
↓16Amy#55
↓14Katelyn#72
↓14Shannon#75
↓13Julie#95
↓13Kristina#99

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1990 rankings.