State roster

Top names in Ohio

The names most likely to appear on 2000 Ohio birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 132,538 Ohio births in 2000 across 2,491 distinct names.

Distinctively Ohio

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

#89Gage#166 nationally
#85Owen#145 nationally
#76Bradley#131 nationally
#84Kennedy#139 nationally
#91Hope#146 nationally
#79Mitchell#132 nationally
#100Clayton#151 nationally
#87Mckenzie#133 nationally
#73Dominic#118 nationally
#84Collin#128 nationally
#90Devon#133 nationally
#82Grant#123 nationally

Girls

#1Hannah1,191US #2
#2Emily1,127US #1
#3Madison1,104US #3
#4Alexis974US #6
#5Taylor837US #10
#6Olivia769US #16
#7Sarah758US #5
#8Abigail752US #14
#9Samantha694US #7
#10Lauren675US #11
#11Emma629US #17
#12Megan622US #18
#13Elizabeth620US #9
#14Grace614US #19
#15Ashley611US #4
#16Morgan597US #25
#17Kayla592US #13
#18Sydney570US #23
#19Jessica547US #8
#20Rachel543US #21
#21Alyssa526US #12
#22Haley507US #28
#23Anna493US #22
#24Brianna473US #15
#25Kaitlyn424US #30
#26Mackenzie416US #43
#27Allison398US #44
#28Destiny382US #24
#29Julia358US #29
#30Hailey357US #35
#31Victoria353US #20
#32Paige337US #69
#33Chloe330US #38
#34Gabrielle327US #49
#35Brooke326US #51
#36Katherine324US #33
#37Amanda323US #32
#38Natalie315US #34
#39Savannah315US #37
#40Jenna300US #63
#41Courtney290US #59
#42Katelyn290US #54
#43Faith289US #66
#44Brittany281US #60
#45Rebecca277US #39
#46Sierra276US #53
#47Nicole275US #31
#48Danielle270US #48
#49Autumn266US #77
#50Alexandra262US #36
#51Madeline262US #56
#52Makayla262US #67
#53Sophia261US #42
#54Jasmine260US #27
#55Mary247US #46
#56Erin246US #61
#57Jordan244US #50
#58Amber241US #47
#59Bailey229US #68
#60Shelby225US #70
#61Isabella224US #45
#62Kaylee215US #72
#63Leah214US #97
#64Marissa212US #78
#65Mariah209US #75
#66Sara207US #57
#67Maria206US #41
#68Kelsey197US #88
#69Trinity196US #74
#70Cheyenne194US #99
#71Kylie194US #104
#72Alexandria191US #91
#73Breanna190US #80
#74Molly187US #96
#75Claire182US #86
#76Caitlin173US #76
#77Margaret168US #110
#78Zoe168US #82
#79Jennifer166US #26
#80Caroline165US #65
#81Katie164US #95
#82Kathryn161US #89
#83Cassidy159US #107
#84Kennedy158US #139
#85Mikayla158US #108
#86Lindsey157US #103
#87Mckenzie154US #133
#88Cassandra153US #100
#89Stephanie153US #40
#90Christina152US #73
#91Hope148US #146
#92Audrey147US #115
#93Miranda147US #112
#94Caitlyn144US #118
#95Erica143US #102
#96Riley141US #131
#97Andrea140US #55
#98Catherine139US #81
#99Lillian139US #129
#100Jada137US #84

Boys

#1Jacob1,890US #1
#2Michael1,371US #2
#3Nicholas1,220US #6
#4Tyler1,208US #10
#5Andrew1,200US #7
#6Matthew1,157US #3
#7Joshua1,086US #4
#8Zachary1,063US #15
#9Joseph1,026US #8
#10Austin978US #23
#11Ryan938US #13
#12Brandon924US #12
#13Christopher844US #5
#14Noah821US #27
#15Dylan816US #24
#16William804US #11
#17John790US #14
#18Alexander778US #20
#19James778US #18
#20David753US #16
#21Justin726US #19
#22Nathan722US #30
#23Daniel713US #9
#24Anthony706US #17
#25Kyle697US #37
#26Ethan693US #25
#27Robert655US #29
#28Benjamin640US #26
#29Cameron632US #31
#30Samuel623US #28
#31Logan595US #40
#32Hunter557US #35
#33Jordan539US #36
#34Caleb515US #38
#35Thomas512US #33
#36Christian479US #22
#37Aaron459US #41
#38Evan441US #55
#39Jonathan436US #21
#40Adam434US #45
#41Luke416US #59
#42Seth411US #63
#43Jared387US #56
#44Charles368US #51
#45Jack364US #46
#46Timothy364US #58
#47Nathaniel363US #61
#48Jason353US #39
#49Connor345US #50
#50Eric339US #42
#51Chase338US #77
#52Mason333US #64
#53Kevin328US #32
#54Cody327US #60
#55Elijah326US #52
#56Isaiah317US #47
#57Devin314US #69
#58Dakota304US #88
#59Cole298US #71
#60Gabriel294US #44
#61Brian289US #43
#62Ian289US #73
#63Steven281US #54
#64Blake277US #80
#65Isaac272US #53
#66Sean269US #57
#67Alex267US #62
#68Garrett265US #74
#69Patrick257US #68
#70Trevor256US #75
#71Richard253US #65
#72Bryce248US #92
#73Dominic243US #118
#74Gavin233US #85
#75Mark225US #79
#76Bradley215US #131
#77Colin213US #117
#78Maxwell211US #113
#79Mitchell210US #132
#80Lucas204US #83
#81Spencer201US #98
#82Grant200US #123
#83Dalton195US #91
#84Collin187US #128
#85Owen185US #145
#86Jackson182US #72
#87Wyatt182US #110
#88Stephen176US #95
#89Gage171US #166
#90Devon166US #133
#91Derek165US #121
#92Shane165US #116
#93Tanner164US #93
#94Jeremy163US #84
#95Paul163US #100
#96Kenneth162US #94
#97Jeffrey160US #104
#98Shawn160US #135
#99Antonio158US #82
#100Clayton157US #151

On the move since 1999

Rising

↑29Chloe#33
↑27Hailey#30
↑23Faith#43
↑18Gavin#74
↑17Gabriel#60
↑17Mitchell#79
↑16Margaret#77
↑14Kennedy#84

Falling

↓23Jeremy#94
↓18Mary#55
↓16Brittany#44
↓14Courtney#41
↓14Brian#61
↓14Trevor#70
↓13Kelsey#68
↓13Mikayla#85

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1999 rankings.