State roster

Top names in Ohio

The names most likely to appear on 1998 Ohio birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 131,594 Ohio births in 1998 across 2,359 distinct names.

Distinctively Ohio

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

#100Brooklyn#200 nationally
#84Lydia#153 nationally
#77Grant#127 nationally
#71Dominic#120 nationally
#94Mckenzie#142 nationally
#93Maxwell#136 nationally
#67Leah#106 nationally
#85Scott#123 nationally
#68Mitchell#103 nationally
#89Colin#122 nationally
#99Collin#130 nationally
#91Kaitlin#120 nationally

Girls

#1Emily1,196US #1
#2Taylor1,141US #7
#3Hannah1,120US #2
#4Alexis1,019US #6
#5Madison930US #9
#6Samantha915US #3
#7Sarah888US #4
#8Ashley753US #5
#9Megan714US #13
#10Elizabeth710US #10
#11Lauren652US #14
#12Rachel635US #15
#13Olivia631US #21
#14Kayla627US #12
#15Morgan622US #23
#16Jessica621US #8
#17Abigail615US #18
#18Alyssa567US #11
#19Emma496US #22
#20Allison477US #38
#21Brittany472US #25
#22Sydney455US #28
#23Brianna439US #17
#24Victoria417US #16
#25Courtney411US #39
#26Amanda409US #19
#27Haley405US #36
#28Nicole399US #24
#29Kaitlyn386US #35
#30Anna372US #31
#31Brooke371US #46
#32Alexandra343US #27
#33Destiny335US #34
#34Natalie329US #40
#35Katherine326US #33
#36Rebecca325US #30
#37Julia323US #32
#38Paige319US #63
#39Jordan316US #42
#40Sierra313US #51
#41Danielle311US #41
#42Mary309US #44
#43Jenna299US #65
#44Mackenzie295US #64
#45Erin293US #57
#46Shelby288US #49
#47Savannah283US #45
#48Kelsey280US #56
#49Amber279US #37
#50Gabrielle279US #47
#51Grace277US #53
#52Jasmine272US #26
#53Cheyenne263US #72
#54Madeline262US #50
#55Sara259US #48
#56Autumn248US #77
#57Mariah247US #62
#58Bailey245US #60
#59Katelyn244US #58
#60Makayla228US #71
#61Jennifer225US #20
#62Miranda224US #80
#63Marissa215US #66
#64Alexandria211US #81
#65Mikayla211US #82
#66Maria208US #43
#67Leah205US #106
#68Stephanie205US #29
#69Breanna201US #76
#70Chloe201US #87
#71Kaylee199US #86
#72Katie189US #88
#73Kathryn188US #89
#74Tiffany184US #67
#75Caitlin183US #78
#76Claire182US #91
#77Michaela181US #103
#78Lindsey178US #97
#79Hailey177US #70
#80Faith173US #107
#81Caroline171US #75
#82Erica166US #92
#83Molly166US #108
#84Lydia165US #153
#85Cassandra163US #85
#86Kelly163US #90
#87Kristen160US #102
#88Alexa158US #93
#89Cassidy158US #113
#90Kylie158US #117
#91Kaitlin154US #120
#92Andrea152US #61
#93Chelsea152US #94
#94Mckenzie149US #142
#95Sophia148US #73
#96Heather144US #99
#97Christina142US #69
#98Catherine141US #101
#99Shannon138US #104
#100Brooklyn136US #200

Boys

#1Jacob2,105US #2
#2Michael1,557US #1
#3Austin1,425US #10
#4Nicholas1,309US #6
#5Matthew1,281US #3
#6Tyler1,240US #8
#7Andrew1,170US #9
#8Joshua1,139US #4
#9Zachary1,089US #16
#10Brandon1,062US #7
#11Joseph1,003US #11
#12Christopher913US #5
#13Ryan889US #17
#14Kyle883US #24
#15John855US #15
#16Alexander846US #22
#17David842US #13
#18James817US #18
#19William799US #14
#20Anthony760US #19
#21Justin756US #20
#22Noah732US #29
#23Daniel717US #12
#24Robert716US #23
#25Dylan705US #25
#26Nathan685US #34
#27Samuel641US #28
#28Benjamin638US #30
#29Jordan635US #27
#30Logan571US #44
#31Thomas564US #31
#32Cameron528US #35
#33Aaron504US #37
#34Caleb502US #42
#35Jonathan481US #21
#36Jared464US #51
#37Adam462US #45
#38Cody460US #43
#39Ethan457US #38
#40Hunter455US #36
#41Christian428US #26
#42Connor391US #47
#43Kevin387US #32
#44Eric383US #39
#45Charles365US #48
#46Brian357US #41
#47Jason350US #40
#48Timothy350US #49
#49Dakota344US #72
#50Nathaniel335US #60
#51Steven330US #46
#52Chase324US #67
#53Evan322US #63
#54Sean310US #50
#55Trevor307US #58
#56Devin303US #62
#57Ian302US #73
#58Alex291US #55
#59Patrick288US #57
#60Luke286US #75
#61Seth284US #86
#62Richard276US #56
#63Jack273US #61
#64Cole260US #77
#65Mark252US #64
#66Mason247US #83
#67Isaiah246US #59
#68Mitchell243US #103
#69Elijah235US #66
#70Blake231US #85
#71Dominic230US #120
#72Bryce229US #94
#73Bradley225US #101
#74Garrett224US #80
#75Spencer220US #84
#76Isaac218US #65
#77Grant209US #127
#78Jeffrey205US #91
#79Kenneth205US #87
#80Dalton204US #88
#81Stephen196US #78
#82Dustin191US #108
#83Jeremy189US #68
#84Travis189US #98
#85Scott187US #123
#86Derek185US #110
#87Tanner185US #82
#88Paul184US #89
#89Colin182US #122
#90Gabriel182US #54
#91Shawn180US #113
#92Alec179US #112
#93Maxwell179US #136
#94Corey177US #115
#95Lucas176US #93
#96Colton169US #106
#97Jesse169US #70
#98Marcus168US #96
#99Collin166US #130
#100Antonio159US #79

On the move since 1997

Rising

↑27Bryce#72
↑26Chloe#70
↑24Natalie#34
↑17Faith#80
↑17Garrett#74
↑16Julia#37
↑16Makayla#60
↑15Destiny#33

Falling

↓26Chelsea#93
↓23Andrea#92
↓23Collin#99
↓19Amber#49
↓17Christina#97
↓16Jennifer#61
↓13Madeline#54
↓13Molly#83

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1997 rankings.