State roster

Top names in Ohio

The names most likely to appear on 2001 Ohio birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 127,799 Ohio births in 2001 across 2,469 distinct names.

Distinctively Ohio

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

#98Corey#168 nationally
#88Mitchell#156 nationally
#74Lydia#140 nationally
#82Gage#144 nationally
#79Kennedy#138 nationally
#75Owen#130 nationally
#86Grant#135 nationally
#87Collin#136 nationally
#90Mckenzie#135 nationally
#100Bradley#145 nationally
#80Maxwell#124 nationally
#77Cheyenne#119 nationally

Girls

#1Madison1,252US #2
#2Hannah1,087US #3
#3Emily1,075US #1
#4Alexis878US #5
#5Abigail824US #8
#6Olivia821US #10
#7Taylor723US #12
#8Elizabeth708US #9
#9Grace692US #16
#10Emma682US #13
#11Sarah654US #6
#12Samantha625US #7
#13Lauren603US #15
#14Alyssa584US #14
#15Megan564US #20
#16Ashley534US #4
#17Morgan526US #29
#18Sydney517US #23
#19Kayla509US #17
#20Anna487US #19
#21Mackenzie479US #40
#22Jessica456US #11
#23Rachel445US #24
#24Haley443US #34
#25Brianna415US #18
#26Chloe384US #30
#27Julia384US #27
#28Hailey377US #33
#29Allison376US #44
#30Destiny372US #22
#31Kaitlyn369US #31
#32Jenna365US #45
#33Sophia320US #37
#34Gabrielle318US #50
#35Victoria312US #21
#36Brooke303US #57
#37Isabella303US #28
#38Faith296US #53
#39Savannah289US #42
#40Katherine287US #35
#41Makayla285US #54
#42Katelyn272US #52
#43Jordan271US #47
#44Natalie268US #32
#45Autumn266US #72
#46Madeline266US #56
#47Sierra264US #55
#48Paige263US #71
#49Alexandra256US #38
#50Amanda248US #39
#51Nicole248US #36
#52Jasmine247US #25
#53Mary244US #48
#54Kaylee239US #66
#55Zoe237US #65
#56Erin228US #60
#57Rebecca219US #46
#58Courtney214US #73
#59Bailey210US #69
#60Kylie208US #95
#61Leah208US #87
#62Amber204US #51
#63Danielle203US #63
#64Shelby202US #68
#65Maria195US #41
#66Trinity191US #67
#67Marissa185US #79
#68Kathryn184US #97
#69Claire182US #82
#70Molly180US #90
#71Kelsey179US #100
#72Sara179US #58
#73Breanna178US #94
#74Lydia173US #140
#75Caroline171US #62
#76Mariah168US #85
#77Cheyenne167US #119
#78Alexandria163US #91
#79Kennedy161US #138
#80Lillian160US #111
#81Mikayla157US #109
#82Riley157US #106
#83Audrey156US #112
#84Jennifer153US #26
#85Alexa150US #78
#86Lindsey148US #105
#87Cassidy146US #107
#88Miranda141US #128
#89Caitlin139US #89
#90Mckenzie139US #135
#91Catherine137US #81
#92Jada137US #75
#93Jillian136US #120
#94Madelyn135US #121
#95Brittany134US #115
#96Margaret133US #118
#97Caitlyn129US #133
#98Stephanie128US #43
#99Jade126US #98
#100Skylar124US #141

Boys

#1Jacob1,763US #1
#2Michael1,205US #2
#3Nicholas1,116US #6
#4Andrew1,097US #7
#5Joshua1,055US #4
#6Matthew1,050US #3
#7Tyler991US #13
#8Zachary982US #16
#9Austin936US #25
#10Joseph914US #8
#11Logan848US #29
#12Ethan832US #17
#13Noah818US #28
#14Dylan808US #21
#15Alexander789US #20
#16William780US #10
#17Brandon763US #18
#18Ryan748US #15
#19James742US #19
#20John740US #14
#21Christopher730US #5
#22Nathan726US #31
#23Anthony711US #11
#24Samuel697US #26
#25David688US #12
#26Benjamin651US #27
#27Justin636US #22
#28Cameron615US #35
#29Daniel593US #9
#30Kyle586US #40
#31Caleb572US #37
#32Robert558US #30
#33Hunter546US #36
#34Christian480US #24
#35Thomas465US #33
#36Jordan463US #39
#37Aaron458US #42
#38Luke451US #50
#39Mason442US #54
#40Adam440US #51
#41Jonathan440US #23
#42Evan432US #56
#43Seth394US #68
#44Connor388US #49
#45Gabriel384US #38
#46Cody360US #64
#47Isaiah355US #43
#48Elijah354US #45
#49Nathaniel345US #61
#50Jack343US #48
#51Charles342US #55
#52Jason330US #41
#53Chase306US #79
#54Gavin305US #78
#55Ian303US #70
#56Jared303US #65
#57Eric300US #44
#58Cole299US #74
#59Timothy295US #67
#60Devin294US #71
#61Isaac290US #47
#62Blake276US #77
#63Kevin273US #32
#64Sean266US #57
#65Alex260US #62
#66Dakota259US #93
#67Dominic257US #106
#68Brian246US #46
#69Trevor246US #76
#70Bryce241US #92
#71Garrett240US #80
#72Steven237US #63
#73Jackson229US #60
#74Patrick228US #72
#75Owen217US #130
#76Spencer208US #103
#77Richard207US #73
#78Lucas203US #83
#79Dalton194US #98
#80Maxwell194US #124
#81Aidan191US #86
#82Gage189US #144
#83Mark187US #84
#84Jeremy185US #89
#85Colin182US #125
#86Grant180US #135
#87Collin175US #136
#88Mitchell175US #156
#89Colton174US #118
#90Wyatt174US #107
#91Carter170US #111
#92Tanner168US #101
#93Kenneth161US #97
#94Antonio159US #85
#95Marcus158US #104
#96Riley158US #105
#97Carson157US #95
#98Corey157US #168
#99Hayden154US #117
#100Bradley153US #145

On the move since 2000

Rising

↑24Isabella#37
↑23Zoe#55
↑20Sophia#33
↑20Logan#11
↑20Gavin#54
↑19Lillian#80
↑15Gabriel#45
↑14Jordan#43

Falling

↓51Brittany#95
↓24Bradley#100
↓19Margaret#96
↓17Courtney#58
↓16Paige#48
↓15Danielle#63
↓13Amanda#50
↓13Caitlin#89

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2000 rankings.