State roster

Top names in Ohio

The names most likely to appear on 1997 Ohio birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 131,842 Ohio births in 1997 across 2,276 distinct names.

Distinctively Ohio

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

#82Dominic#129 nationally
#76Collin#122 nationally
#57Seth#97 nationally
#77Grant#115 nationally
#98Hayley#136 nationally
#59Mitchell#96 nationally
#86Alec#123 nationally
#72Leah#104 nationally
#40Mackenzie#71 nationally
#85Kylie#116 nationally
#64Bradley#94 nationally
#47Jenna#76 nationally

Girls

#1Emily1,293US #1
#2Taylor1,161US #7
#3Hannah1,124US #5
#4Samantha923US #6
#5Sarah920US #4
#6Ashley883US #3
#7Alexis879US #8
#8Jessica841US #2
#9Megan825US #11
#10Madison780US #10
#11Rachel730US #13
#12Kayla717US #12
#13Elizabeth660US #9
#14Brittany603US #20
#15Morgan603US #22
#16Lauren581US #14
#17Abigail561US #26
#18Olivia532US #27
#19Alyssa518US #15
#20Courtney517US #28
#21Allison496US #39
#22Amanda487US #16
#23Brianna482US #17
#24Sydney437US #35
#25Brooke430US #45
#26Nicole424US #21
#27Victoria422US #19
#28Haley417US #31
#29Rebecca417US #25
#30Amber379US #29
#31Anna373US #33
#32Emma361US #36
#33Kaitlyn359US #41
#34Alexandra356US #30
#35Katherine356US #32
#36Paige356US #64
#37Mary329US #46
#38Shelby323US #43
#39Jordan319US #40
#40Mackenzie316US #71
#41Madeline307US #59
#42Kelsey302US #57
#43Danielle301US #34
#44Sierra299US #56
#45Jennifer293US #18
#46Erin291US #52
#47Jenna287US #76
#48Destiny283US #42
#49Gabrielle281US #51
#50Sara272US #50
#51Jasmine270US #24
#52Marissa270US #60
#53Julia267US #37
#54Cheyenne265US #68
#55Savannah258US #47
#56Katelyn250US #63
#57Stephanie244US #23
#58Natalie243US #48
#59Maria241US #38
#60Miranda239US #70
#61Alexandria237US #78
#62Mariah233US #67
#63Tiffany233US #61
#64Grace230US #69
#65Breanna225US #74
#66Autumn217US #91
#67Chelsea207US #73
#68Bailey202US #65
#69Andrea197US #58
#70Molly197US #98
#71Katie195US #87
#72Leah193US #104
#73Laura189US #66
#74Erica188US #84
#75Cassandra187US #81
#76Makayla187US #102
#77Kathryn183US #86
#78Kaylee181US #107
#79Hailey179US #80
#80Christina176US #62
#81Kristen175US #82
#82Caitlin170US #88
#83Michaela166US #100
#84Sabrina165US #53
#85Kylie162US #116
#86Lindsey162US #95
#87Claire161US #108
#88Kelly161US #83
#89Heather160US #90
#90Shannon158US #85
#91Caroline156US #75
#92Cassidy155US #105
#93Alicia151US #89
#94Michelle146US #55
#95Meghan145US #113
#96Chloe144US #109
#97Faith142US #124
#98Hayley142US #136
#99Kimberly142US #49
#100Kaitlin140US #119

Boys

#1Jacob2,042US #2
#2Michael1,533US #1
#3Austin1,485US #9
#4Nicholas1,452US #6
#5Tyler1,396US #10
#6Andrew1,343US #7
#7Matthew1,335US #3
#8Brandon1,317US #8
#9Zachary1,226US #13
#10Joshua1,207US #5
#11Christopher1,044US #4
#12Joseph1,026US #12
#13Kyle936US #24
#14Ryan936US #16
#15James895US #17
#16John885US #15
#17Anthony827US #18
#18Daniel814US #11
#19Alexander794US #22
#20David791US #14
#21Justin771US #20
#22Robert734US #23
#23William726US #19
#24Jordan725US #26
#25Benjamin685US #29
#26Dylan634US #30
#27Samuel626US #27
#28Nathan618US #34
#29Thomas599US #31
#30Logan592US #42
#31Aaron585US #33
#32Cody580US #36
#33Adam558US #39
#34Jonathan533US #21
#35Noah532US #38
#36Christian460US #25
#37Caleb438US #47
#38Timothy419US #43
#39Kevin418US #28
#40Eric397US #35
#41Brian395US #37
#42Cameron374US #45
#43Steven367US #40
#44Jason366US #41
#45Jared364US #56
#46Charles347US #49
#47Sean339US #48
#48Evan338US #61
#49Ethan335US #46
#50Hunter334US #44
#51Dakota333US #66
#52Alex325US #55
#53Nathaniel308US #65
#54Devin300US #59
#55Connor299US #52
#56Luke291US #78
#57Seth285US #97
#58Richard280US #51
#59Mitchell274US #96
#60Trevor268US #62
#61Isaiah261US #60
#62Cole258US #72
#63Mark257US #58
#64Bradley256US #94
#65Patrick256US #50
#66Chase249US #77
#67Ian248US #70
#68Mason241US #89
#69Jack228US #76
#70Jeremy227US #64
#71Dustin223US #88
#72Blake222US #80
#73Stephen221US #68
#74Elijah219US #74
#75Jeffrey213US #84
#76Collin211US #122
#77Grant211US #115
#78Derek210US #106
#79Kenneth204US #83
#80Travis202US #81
#81Paul197US #79
#82Dominic195US #129
#83Dalton194US #90
#84Spencer194US #104
#85Jesse193US #63
#86Alec191US #123
#87Corey190US #110
#88Lucas189US #98
#89Shawn189US #109
#90Isaac187US #73
#91Garrett179US #85
#92Gregory179US #103
#93Devon178US #119
#94Colton177US #108
#95Marcus177US #93
#96Scott173US #113
#97Colin167US #125
#98Bryan165US #69
#99Bryce162US #112
#100Gabriel162US #57

On the move since 1996

Rising

↑29Cole#62
↑26Jack#69
↑24Makayla#76
↑24Ethan#49
↑21Hunter#50
↑17Bailey#68
↑15Jenna#47
↑15Grace#64

Falling

↓27Corey#87
↓25Heather#89
↓23Kelly#88
↓19Lindsey#86
↓18Chelsea#67
↓18Patrick#65
↓17Kaitlin#100
↓17Jeffrey#75

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1996 rankings.