State roster

Top names in Ohio

The names most likely to appear on 1996 Ohio birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 132,427 Ohio births in 1996 across 2,225 distinct names.

Distinctively Ohio

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

#55Seth#103 nationally
#93Dominic#135 nationally
#78Grant#119 nationally
#87Devon#127 nationally
#38Mackenzie#75 nationally
#60Corey#94 nationally
#53Bradley#83 nationally
#85Collin#115 nationally
#36Paige#65 nationally
#88Alec#117 nationally
#100Makayla#129 nationally
#99Colin#126 nationally

Girls

#1Emily1,290US #1
#2Taylor1,138US #6
#3Ashley1,019US #3
#4Sarah1,019US #4
#5Hannah1,017US #7
#6Samantha970US #5
#7Megan882US #12
#8Jessica866US #2
#9Rachel864US #9
#10Alexis825US #8
#11Kayla798US #11
#12Brittany723US #14
#13Madison686US #15
#14Elizabeth685US #10
#15Courtney643US #21
#16Morgan603US #25
#17Lauren578US #16
#18Amanda535US #13
#19Abigail526US #32
#20Rebecca496US #24
#21Olivia478US #34
#22Allison473US #38
#23Alyssa460US #23
#24Brianna452US #17
#25Haley452US #30
#26Brooke439US #45
#27Nicole431US #22
#28Alexandra428US #26
#29Amber428US #27
#30Victoria421US #18
#31Danielle392US #29
#32Kaitlyn392US #40
#33Anna386US #33
#34Shelby364US #35
#35Sydney362US #39
#36Paige360US #65
#37Kelsey352US #36
#38Mackenzie338US #75
#39Erin334US #51
#40Mary334US #44
#41Katherine325US #31
#42Emma323US #53
#43Stephanie322US #20
#44Jordan304US #49
#45Sierra304US #62
#46Jennifer303US #19
#47Tiffany291US #52
#48Sara290US #50
#49Chelsea285US #55
#50Gabrielle283US #54
#51Cheyenne278US #68
#52Marissa273US #59
#53Natalie272US #46
#54Katelyn269US #64
#55Madeline265US #67
#56Mariah260US #63
#57Savannah259US #43
#58Destiny256US #56
#59Julia254US #48
#60Jasmine252US #28
#61Miranda243US #76
#62Jenna238US #83
#63Alexandria237US #77
#64Heather230US #71
#65Kelly222US #73
#66Kathryn218US #87
#67Lindsey216US #86
#68Christina211US #57
#69Kristen211US #70
#70Breanna207US #74
#71Maria206US #37
#72Cassandra196US #89
#73Caitlin195US #84
#74Molly194US #99
#75Andrea189US #61
#76Katie189US #81
#77Leah188US #98
#78Autumn187US #104
#79Grace186US #94
#80Michaela184US #102
#81Shannon183US #80
#82Erica179US #79
#83Kaitlin178US #103
#84Michelle177US #47
#85Bailey173US #85
#86Kaylee170US #110
#87Melissa169US #42
#88Laura168US #66
#89Jamie164US #96
#90Sabrina155US #58
#91Kimberly154US #41
#92Kylie150US #111
#93Briana148US #72
#94Bethany145US #117
#95Cassidy145US #109
#96Caroline143US #78
#97Hayley141US #120
#98Angela140US #90
#99Catherine140US #95
#100Makayla138US #129

Boys

#1Jacob1,953US #3
#2Michael1,660US #1
#3Tyler1,546US #7
#4Austin1,437US #9
#5Matthew1,391US #2
#6Nicholas1,391US #6
#7Brandon1,293US #8
#8Andrew1,265US #10
#9Zachary1,222US #14
#10Joshua1,219US #5
#11Joseph1,086US #12
#12Christopher1,083US #4
#13Ryan1,012US #16
#14Kyle976US #25
#15James962US #17
#16David920US #13
#17John903US #15
#18Anthony868US #19
#19Alexander835US #22
#20Daniel833US #11
#21William819US #18
#22Justin811US #20
#23Robert799US #23
#24Cody732US #31
#25Benjamin713US #29
#26Jordan672US #27
#27Thomas632US #28
#28Nathan629US #37
#29Samuel610US #30
#30Dylan584US #33
#31Logan579US #42
#32Adam578US #39
#33Aaron531US #34
#34Christian493US #24
#35Jonathan493US #21
#36Kevin484US #26
#37Timothy457US #40
#38Brian454US #36
#39Caleb439US #48
#40Eric437US #35
#41Charles408US #43
#42Noah399US #50
#43Steven386US #38
#44Dakota371US #58
#45Jason360US #41
#46Cameron346US #49
#47Patrick330US #44
#48Alex326US #53
#49Sean324US #46
#50Richard312US #45
#51Connor308US #54
#52Nathaniel300US #69
#53Bradley298US #83
#54Devin289US #60
#55Seth288US #103
#56Evan287US #65
#57Jared281US #64
#58Jeffrey280US #72
#59Mark277US #55
#60Corey271US #94
#61Dustin270US #79
#62Stephen268US #59
#63Mitchell265US #88
#64Trevor264US #63
#65Ian260US #70
#66Chase257US #76
#67Luke255US #75
#68Jeremy251US #56
#69Travis248US #73
#70Isaiah246US #71
#71Hunter244US #47
#72Paul235US #78
#73Ethan234US #62
#74Jesse224US #51
#75Derek215US #101
#76Blake212US #84
#77Lucas212US #93
#78Grant210US #119
#79Elijah205US #81
#80Garrett203US #85
#81Tristan201US #68
#82Mason199US #104
#83Scott197US #108
#84Kenneth195US #77
#85Collin191US #115
#86Shane191US #112
#87Devon182US #127
#88Alec179US #117
#89Gregory179US #98
#90Shawn178US #111
#91Cole177US #106
#92Dalton177US #99
#93Dominic171US #135
#94Malik171US #97
#95Jack169US #89
#96Marcus168US #87
#97Spencer167US #109
#98Brett166US #110
#99Colin165US #126
#100Taylor165US #82

On the move since 1995

Rising

↑39Noah#42
↑35Savannah#57
↑19Julia#59
↑19Chase#66
↑18Emma#42
↑17Elijah#79
↑16Cheyenne#51
↑14Gabrielle#50

Falling

↓21Taylor#100
↓20Erica#82
↓17Miranda#61
↓16Kristen#69
↓15Jesse#74
↓15Gregory#89
↓14Shawn#90
↓14Marcus#96

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1995 rankings.