State roster

Top names in Ohio

The names most likely to appear on 1995 Ohio birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 135,373 Ohio births in 1995 across 2,185 distinct names.

Distinctively Ohio

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

#97Kara#152 nationally
#100Donald#155 nationally
#69Cory#123 nationally
#92Chad#144 nationally
#94Dominic#138 nationally
#51Mackenzie#88 nationally
#61Seth#97 nationally
#29Paige#58 nationally
#83Alec#112 nationally
#87Grant#116 nationally
#88Bethany#116 nationally
#91Devon#119 nationally

Girls

#1Emily1,309US #3
#2Taylor1,292US #6
#3Ashley1,128US #2
#4Jessica1,107US #1
#5Samantha1,048US #4
#6Sarah1,029US #5
#7Hannah995US #7
#8Kayla888US #11
#9Brittany885US #8
#10Megan872US #13
#11Rachel830US #12
#12Courtney738US #17
#13Elizabeth731US #10
#14Alexis667US #14
#15Amanda657US #9
#16Morgan620US #23
#17Lauren567US #15
#18Nicole532US #19
#19Amber523US #22
#20Madison503US #29
#21Allison497US #34
#22Abigail472US #36
#23Brianna468US #21
#24Alyssa464US #27
#25Danielle464US #24
#26Kelsey435US #33
#27Victoria434US #20
#28Olivia424US #39
#29Paige424US #58
#30Katherine411US #30
#31Alexandra407US #26
#32Brooke404US #52
#33Rebecca404US #28
#34Sydney400US #43
#35Kaitlyn397US #42
#36Haley388US #32
#37Shelby375US #38
#38Stephanie371US #16
#39Anna366US #31
#40Jennifer366US #18
#41Mary358US #40
#42Chelsea354US #47
#43Sara340US #48
#44Miranda336US #57
#45Erin333US #49
#46Jordan318US #50
#47Sierra307US #60
#48Tiffany307US #46
#49Marissa295US #53
#50Katelyn292US #59
#51Mackenzie288US #88
#52Jasmine280US #25
#53Kristen272US #65
#54Mariah269US #71
#55Heather267US #54
#56Kelly261US #64
#57Christina256US #45
#58Natalie252US #51
#59Alexandria245US #72
#60Emma245US #67
#61Madeline244US #79
#62Erica240US #69
#63Jenna240US #84
#64Gabrielle233US #61
#65Lindsey230US #82
#66Destiny222US #66
#67Cheyenne220US #86
#68Andrea216US #55
#69Cassandra208US #78
#70Kaitlin208US #94
#71Maria208US #44
#72Michelle208US #41
#73Breanna204US #76
#74Kathryn201US #83
#75Shannon199US #73
#76Leah198US #103
#77Melissa196US #35
#78Julia195US #62
#79Caitlin194US #81
#80Laura189US #56
#81Katie188US #77
#82Grace184US #97
#83Molly181US #98
#84Kimberly179US #37
#85Autumn175US #110
#86Catherine170US #90
#87Kylie168US #106
#88Bethany165US #116
#89Michaela165US #107
#90Briana163US #74
#91Jamie163US #93
#92Savannah163US #68
#93Angela159US #85
#94Amy157US #75
#95Margaret155US #104
#96Rachael148US #120
#97Kara146US #152
#98Meghan142US #112
#99Alicia140US #89
#100Kaylee140US #127

Boys

#1Jacob1,973US #4
#2Michael1,828US #1
#3Tyler1,730US #6
#4Austin1,501US #10
#5Matthew1,490US #2
#6Nicholas1,478US #7
#7Brandon1,350US #8
#8Andrew1,344US #11
#9Zachary1,283US #14
#10Joshua1,258US #5
#11Joseph1,165US #12
#12Christopher1,164US #3
#13Ryan1,104US #15
#14Kyle1,044US #24
#15James1,041US #17
#16Alexander1,006US #21
#17John962US #13
#18David948US #16
#19Daniel935US #9
#20Cody881US #26
#21Anthony874US #19
#22Justin874US #18
#23Robert847US #22
#24William845US #20
#25Aaron688US #30
#26Benjamin657US #31
#27Jordan623US #29
#28Nathan600US #39
#29Thomas587US #27
#30Samuel580US #33
#31Kevin566US #25
#32Adam551US #38
#33Dylan517US #34
#34Eric497US #32
#35Jonathan485US #23
#36Timothy472US #40
#37Logan462US #51
#38Brian444US #36
#39Charles432US #44
#40Steven412US #37
#41Richard368US #42
#42Caleb360US #54
#43Christian359US #28
#44Dakota352US #56
#45Jason348US #41
#46Alex333US #47
#47Devin329US #58
#48Sean319US #45
#49Evan317US #60
#50Dustin314US #62
#51Patrick314US #43
#52Mark311US #52
#53Cameron310US #49
#54Connor310US #55
#55Jeffrey307US #64
#56Mitchell301US #79
#57Bradley300US #78
#58Stephen299US #57
#59Jesse295US #46
#60Jared293US #63
#61Seth292US #97
#62Ian290US #67
#63Nathaniel290US #73
#64Corey284US #74
#65Jeremy276US #48
#66Travis276US #66
#67Luke255US #82
#68Derek254US #83
#69Cory247US #123
#70Paul247US #71
#71Trevor247US #61
#72Kenneth241US #72
#73Hunter232US #53
#74Gregory230US #84
#75Bryan224US #70
#76Shawn214US #100
#77Ethan212US #75
#78Blake207US #77
#79Taylor206US #69
#80Scott205US #92
#81Noah202US #99
#82Marcus200US #81
#83Alec197US #112
#84Lucas189US #91
#85Chase188US #95
#86Garrett185US #80
#87Grant185US #116
#88Mason185US #102
#89Shane184US #103
#90Dalton171US #87
#91Devon171US #119
#92Chad170US #144
#93Gabriel168US #65
#94Dominic167US #138
#95Cole164US #118
#96Elijah164US #93
#97Brett160US #106
#98Spencer160US #104
#99Edward156US #88
#100Donald151US #155

On the move since 1994

Rising

↑31Madeline#61
↑28Madison#20
↑26Sydney#34
↑26Hunter#73
↑19Devin#47
↑18Grace#82
↑16Destiny#66
↑16Christian#43

Falling

↓23Melissa#77
↓19Michelle#72
↓17Heather#55
↓17Jeremy#65
↓16Travis#66
↓14Tiffany#48
↓14Nathaniel#63
↓14Shane#89

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1994 rankings.