State roster

Top names in Ohio

The names most likely to appear on 2002 Ohio birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 125,193 Ohio births in 2002 across 2,495 distinct names.

Distinctively Ohio

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

#78Brooklyn#152 nationally
#71Lydia#137 nationally
#82Gage#140 nationally
#95Caden#153 nationally
#90Brady#147 nationally
#83Brayden#138 nationally
#78Grant#127 nationally
#82Cassidy#131 nationally
#97Mckenzie#143 nationally
#84Margaret#129 nationally
#91Kennedy#136 nationally
#83Cheyenne#127 nationally

Girls

#1Madison1,211US #2
#2Hannah992US #3
#3Emily959US #1
#4Alexis875US #5
#5Emma855US #4
#6Olivia851US #10
#7Abigail765US #7
#8Elizabeth684US #11
#9Taylor666US #18
#10Grace642US #15
#11Sarah599US #8
#12Lauren582US #13
#13Samantha567US #9
#14Alyssa521US #12
#15Megan510US #22
#16Morgan491US #29
#17Sydney486US #23
#18Ashley462US #6
#19Kayla445US #19
#20Anna435US #20
#21Chloe426US #25
#22Isabella423US #14
#23Brianna410US #17
#24Sophia387US #27
#25Rachel380US #24
#26Allison372US #44
#27Mackenzie371US #42
#28Kaitlyn360US #32
#29Haley351US #35
#30Hailey350US #31
#31Paige349US #51
#32Jessica336US #16
#33Jenna333US #47
#34Victoria330US #21
#35Julia322US #33
#36Destiny315US #34
#37Makayla304US #50
#38Natalie298US #30
#39Brooke297US #52
#40Faith296US #48
#41Savannah295US #39
#42Jordan274US #45
#43Kylie266US #61
#44Sierra257US #62
#45Gabrielle244US #66
#46Katherine242US #36
#47Katelyn240US #53
#48Madeline236US #56
#49Kaylee235US #57
#50Autumn233US #73
#51Mary229US #49
#52Riley227US #77
#53Jasmine220US #26
#54Amanda218US #46
#55Rebecca216US #54
#56Alexandra215US #38
#57Leah209US #87
#58Zoe209US #60
#59Nicole205US #37
#60Trinity197US #70
#61Danielle193US #71
#62Maria192US #40
#63Lillian190US #96
#64Erin188US #72
#65Mia184US #43
#66Audrey183US #100
#67Ava179US #82
#68Claire178US #95
#69Marissa173US #99
#70Courtney172US #88
#71Lydia172US #137
#72Shelby170US #75
#73Bailey165US #84
#74Molly157US #107
#75Ella156US #89
#76Sara156US #59
#77Alexandria155US #106
#78Brooklyn154US #152
#79Breanna152US #104
#80Kelsey151US #118
#81Amber149US #65
#82Cassidy146US #131
#83Cheyenne146US #127
#84Margaret145US #129
#85Caroline142US #67
#86Kathryn142US #108
#87Jennifer140US #28
#88Mariah140US #130
#89Jillian139US #125
#90Alexa138US #69
#91Kennedy138US #136
#92Madelyn138US #120
#93Lily134US #79
#94Lindsey134US #122
#95Angel133US #109
#96Jada133US #78
#97Mckenzie131US #143
#98Aaliyah130US #64
#99Gabriella130US #76
#100Katie128US #103

Boys

#1Jacob1,589US #1
#2Michael1,159US #2
#3Andrew1,052US #6
#4Joshua1,015US #3
#5Ethan993US #5
#6Nicholas993US #9
#7Tyler961US #14
#8Matthew956US #4
#9Joseph943US #7
#10Zachary882US #19
#11Austin861US #26
#12Logan842US #29
#13William800US #11
#14Alexander752US #15
#15Ryan732US #16
#16Nathan730US #28
#17James715US #18
#18Noah712US #31
#19Anthony689US #12
#20Dylan687US #23
#21Christopher681US #8
#22John680US #17
#23Samuel640US #25
#24David634US #13
#25Brandon624US #20
#26Benjamin593US #27
#27Daniel593US #10
#28Justin572US #22
#29Hunter557US #38
#30Kyle555US #40
#31Cameron536US #39
#32Caleb531US #35
#33Robert517US #34
#34Jordan496US #37
#35Thomas474US #36
#36Christian455US #24
#37Gabriel443US #32
#38Luke435US #46
#39Adam426US #55
#40Aaron423US #43
#41Mason422US #53
#42Evan406US #56
#43Elijah404US #41
#44Jonathan399US #21
#45Connor393US #47
#46Gavin387US #61
#47Jack380US #44
#48Isaiah363US #45
#49Nathaniel347US #62
#50Charles335US #58
#51Seth332US #72
#52Ian320US #67
#53Dominic317US #83
#54Isaac317US #48
#55Cole306US #69
#56Chase304US #82
#57Blake303US #76
#58Jason302US #42
#59Jackson289US #50
#60Aidan284US #60
#61Cody270US #71
#62Timothy270US #70
#63Kevin263US #33
#64Eric261US #52
#65Alex256US #63
#66Owen253US #94
#67Bryce251US #97
#68Devin246US #74
#69Steven246US #68
#70Sean243US #59
#71Lucas236US #75
#72Brian235US #51
#73Trevor235US #81
#74Garrett226US #91
#75Jared225US #84
#76Hayden220US #96
#77Dakota209US #107
#78Grant205US #127
#79Colin202US #116
#80Patrick193US #79
#81Spencer192US #110
#82Gage190US #140
#83Brayden189US #138
#84Kaleb189US #111
#85Maxwell188US #129
#86Riley185US #99
#87Dalton184US #117
#88Jaden181US #87
#89Jayden178US #101
#90Brady177US #147
#91Richard177US #77
#92Jeremiah174US #86
#93Carter168US #108
#94Mark167US #93
#95Caden161US #153
#96Colton161US #128
#97Antonio159US #85
#98Jeremy158US #95
#99Xavier158US #88
#100Marcus157US #106

On the move since 2001

Rising

↑30Riley#52
↑23Hayden#76
↑21Aidan#60
↑17Paige#31
↑17Kylie#43
↑17Lillian#63
↑17Audrey#66
↑15Isabella#22

Falling

↓19Amber#81
↓19Jared#75
↓18Kathryn#86
↓15Cody#61
↓14Bailey#73
↓14Richard#91
↓14Jeremy#98
↓12Courtney#70

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2001 rankings.