State roster

Top names in Ohio

The names most likely to appear on 1999 Ohio birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 130,907 Ohio births in 1999 across 2,376 distinct names.

Distinctively Ohio

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

#98Kennedy#165 nationally
#90Owen#153 nationally
#87Lydia#148 nationally
#90Hope#143 nationally
#96Hayley#144 nationally
#94Mckenzie#141 nationally
#79Michaela#125 nationally
#88Alec#132 nationally
#85Grant#128 nationally
#76Dominic#118 nationally
#87Devon#125 nationally
#82Colin#119 nationally

Girls

#1Hannah1,190US #2
#2Emily1,167US #1
#3Alexis1,007US #3
#4Madison992US #7
#5Taylor942US #8
#6Sarah861US #4
#7Abigail719US #18
#8Samantha717US #5
#9Olivia691US #20
#10Ashley668US #6
#11Elizabeth666US #10
#12Lauren646US #12
#13Megan638US #15
#14Jessica606US #9
#15Kayla606US #13
#16Morgan603US #24
#17Rachel597US #19
#18Emma586US #17
#19Alyssa584US #11
#20Sydney542US #23
#21Brianna512US #14
#22Grace484US #27
#23Allison431US #40
#24Haley424US #31
#25Kaitlyn415US #33
#26Anna408US #29
#27Courtney391US #44
#28Brittany387US #35
#29Destiny380US #28
#30Amanda378US #22
#31Victoria366US #16
#32Mackenzie357US #52
#33Brooke354US #47
#34Katherine348US #36
#35Julia338US #30
#36Paige331US #67
#37Mary325US #45
#38Nicole324US #25
#39Natalie318US #34
#40Alexandra315US #32
#41Jenna315US #61
#42Makayla313US #66
#43Savannah303US #42
#44Sierra298US #49
#45Gabrielle293US #46
#46Danielle289US #43
#47Amber277US #41
#48Rebecca276US #38
#49Katelyn271US #55
#50Shelby270US #62
#51Erin264US #58
#52Jordan255US #48
#53Kaylee252US #69
#54Mariah247US #68
#55Kelsey246US #72
#56Madeline242US #70
#57Hailey240US #54
#58Jasmine236US #26
#59Maria234US #39
#60Autumn233US #77
#61Sara233US #50
#62Chloe229US #63
#63Sophia223US #53
#64Alexandria214US #83
#65Breanna210US #74
#66Faith203US #76
#67Cheyenne202US #84
#68Jennifer200US #21
#69Leah199US #103
#70Bailey195US #65
#71Marissa194US #73
#72Mikayla194US #85
#73Molly194US #102
#74Isabella193US #60
#75Claire191US #86
#76Stephanie188US #37
#77Caroline179US #71
#78Cassandra179US #87
#79Michaela175US #125
#80Kylie174US #109
#81Miranda171US #94
#82Lindsey163US #96
#83Kathryn162US #91
#84Caitlin159US #93
#85Cassidy159US #99
#86Erica153US #106
#87Lydia152US #148
#88Alexa150US #89
#89Katie146US #92
#90Hope145US #143
#91Zoe144US #104
#92Andrea143US #59
#93Margaret142US #110
#94Mckenzie141US #141
#95Christina137US #75
#96Hayley136US #144
#97Meghan134US #127
#98Kennedy133US #165
#99Audrey132US #134
#100Tiffany132US #80

Boys

#1Jacob2,057US #1
#2Michael1,415US #2
#3Austin1,345US #13
#4Nicholas1,273US #5
#5Tyler1,244US #10
#6Matthew1,232US #3
#7Andrew1,189US #7
#8Zachary1,132US #17
#9Joshua1,047US #4
#10Brandon1,044US #11
#11Joseph1,013US #8
#12Ryan876US #12
#13Alexander870US #21
#14Noah853US #24
#15Christopher846US #6
#16John818US #15
#17James800US #19
#18William789US #14
#19Kyle787US #28
#20David778US #16
#21Justin756US #20
#22Dylan750US #23
#23Anthony733US #18
#24Nathan720US #32
#25Benjamin648US #29
#26Robert648US #26
#27Daniel641US #9
#28Samuel625US #27
#29Jordan620US #30
#30Cameron610US #33
#31Logan600US #42
#32Thomas585US #31
#33Hunter530US #36
#34Ethan499US #37
#35Aaron487US #38
#36Adam487US #44
#37Caleb477US #41
#38Jonathan466US #22
#39Christian445US #25
#40Jared403US #54
#41Cody397US #45
#42Seth396US #65
#43Evan363US #57
#44Eric355US #39
#45Nathaniel355US #62
#46Timothy352US #49
#47Brian345US #43
#48Connor339US #48
#49Charles336US #50
#50Jason324US #40
#51Dakota323US #77
#52Kevin317US #34
#53Luke313US #67
#54Chase305US #76
#55Elijah303US #60
#56Trevor302US #66
#57Mason300US #71
#58Jack296US #52
#59Steven282US #47
#60Devin278US #68
#61Ian270US #72
#62Mark264US #69
#63Alex259US #58
#64Cole257US #75
#65Isaiah252US #51
#66Sean252US #56
#67Isaac248US #64
#68Blake243US #84
#69Patrick240US #63
#70Richard240US #61
#71Jeremy230US #81
#72Dalton228US #86
#73Lucas228US #90
#74Garrett226US #78
#75Bradley223US #104
#76Dominic223US #118
#77Gabriel223US #53
#78Spencer222US #92
#79Bryce216US #93
#80Maxwell204US #106
#81Stephen202US #85
#82Colin195US #119
#83Kenneth193US #89
#84Jeffrey192US #100
#85Grant182US #128
#86Paul182US #94
#87Devon180US #125
#88Alec179US #132
#89Shane178US #110
#90Owen177US #153
#91Derek176US #113
#92Gavin174US #101
#93Jesse174US #82
#94Tanner173US #87
#95Colton169US #109
#96Mitchell168US #112
#97Shawn165US #117
#98Travis165US #102
#99Brendan162US #96
#100Dustin156US #133

On the move since 1998

Rising

↑32Sophia#63
↑29Grace#22
↑22Hailey#57
↑22Lucas#73
↑19Seth#42
↑18Makayla#42
↑18Kaylee#53
↑14Faith#66

Falling

↓28Mitchell#96
↓26Tiffany#100
↓19Miranda#81
↓18Dustin#100
↓17Katie#89
↓14Cheyenne#67
↓14Travis#98
↓13Jordan#52

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1998 rankings.