State roster

Top names in Ohio

The names most likely to appear on 2005 Ohio birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 122,777 Ohio births in 2005 across 2,735 distinct names.

Distinctively Ohio

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

#82Aubrey#153 nationally
#87Payton#158 nationally
#90Kylee#156 nationally
#86Gage#151 nationally
#92Grant#154 nationally
#87Dakota#148 nationally
#81Reagan#139 nationally
#97Zoey#152 nationally
#68Lydia#119 nationally
#89Maxwell#140 nationally
#85Braden#133 nationally
#71Kennedy#118 nationally

Girls

#1Emma1,060US #2
#2Madison919US #3
#3Olivia851US #5
#4Emily845US #1
#5Ava709US #9
#6Hannah701US #7
#7Abigail682US #4
#8Alexis621US #13
#9Grace606US #14
#10Isabella569US #6
#11Elizabeth516US #11
#12Sophia513US #12
#13Chloe471US #19
#14Sarah457US #15
#15Alyssa437US #16
#16Samantha436US #8
#17Anna433US #22
#18Taylor432US #24
#19Lauren431US #21
#20Morgan412US #33
#21Natalie395US #18
#22Ella394US #23
#23Hailey361US #26
#24Sydney343US #30
#25Lillian342US #50
#26Allison335US #45
#27Brianna317US #20
#28Nevaeh315US #69
#29Mackenzie306US #51
#30Megan306US #41
#31Kaitlyn304US #34
#32Mia300US #17
#33Riley298US #54
#34Kayla293US #25
#35Brooklyn292US #78
#36Jenna291US #62
#37Paige290US #60
#38Savannah284US #35
#39Julia283US #31
#40Ashley271US #10
#41Makayla269US #44
#42Haley267US #53
#43Leah265US #68
#44Kaylee261US #40
#45Brooke260US #47
#46Rachel250US #38
#47Gabrielle246US #55
#48Faith238US #49
#49Trinity235US #48
#50Kylie234US #57
#51Katelyn233US #59
#52Lily226US #39
#53Jessica220US #27
#54Audrey211US #77
#55Victoria208US #28
#56Avery207US #67
#57Jasmine207US #29
#58Madeline202US #70
#59Destiny201US #32
#60Zoe201US #58
#61Katherine189US #36
#62Marissa189US #91
#63Mary188US #72
#64Autumn187US #90
#65Maria184US #46
#66Alexandra182US #37
#67Gracie180US #94
#68Lydia174US #119
#69Gabriella170US #61
#70Claire166US #95
#71Kennedy165US #118
#72Madelyn163US #107
#73Shelby163US #117
#74Molly161US #97
#75Mariah154US #85
#76Rebecca154US #81
#77Addison151US #106
#78Maya151US #73
#79Amelia149US #84
#80Jada147US #76
#81Reagan143US #139
#82Aubrey142US #153
#83Caroline140US #83
#84Mya140US #98
#85Angelina139US #43
#86Jordan139US #86
#87Payton139US #158
#88Peyton137US #131
#89Isabelle136US #96
#90Kylee136US #156
#91Kendall135US #132
#92Alexa132US #66
#93Sara132US #75
#94Rylee129US #128
#95Aaliyah127US #93
#96Bailey126US #108
#97Zoey126US #152
#98Sierra119US #105
#99Arianna118US #88
#100Kathryn118US #125

Boys

#1Jacob1,189US #1
#2Andrew1,001US #6
#3Ethan947US #5
#4Michael917US #2
#5Logan819US #26
#6Nicholas793US #15
#7Matthew780US #4
#8William765US #11
#9Tyler764US #16
#10Joshua752US #3
#11Joseph751US #9
#12Ryan695US #14
#13Alexander692US #13
#14James666US #17
#15Nathan657US #20
#16Anthony654US #8
#17Noah644US #23
#18Zachary644US #29
#19Austin609US #38
#20Benjamin608US #25
#21Dylan604US #24
#22Samuel585US #21
#23Mason558US #42
#24John556US #18
#25Christopher550US #10
#26Gavin530US #47
#27Caleb526US #35
#28David522US #12
#29Evan518US #39
#30Connor502US #48
#31Jack502US #34
#32Luke496US #41
#33Daniel480US #7
#34Elijah475US #31
#35Aiden468US #50
#36Brandon456US #27
#37Cameron448US #52
#38Thomas447US #40
#39Gabriel432US #28
#40Christian427US #22
#41Owen419US #60
#42Robert398US #37
#43Jackson382US #44
#44Aidan377US #43
#45Hunter372US #53
#46Justin364US #36
#47Landon364US #61
#48Brayden362US #80
#49Charles362US #56
#50Kyle349US #69
#51Jordan343US #46
#52Carter342US #77
#53Adam339US #64
#54Isaiah336US #45
#55Jonathan329US #19
#56Aaron327US #57
#57Lucas327US #58
#58Jayden317US #54
#59Isaac313US #49
#60Dominic312US #85
#61Ian301US #68
#62Carson299US #101
#63Nathaniel296US #67
#64Hayden294US #76
#65Jason287US #51
#66Chase282US #82
#67Seth275US #91
#68Caden249US #98
#69Wyatt235US #81
#70Colin234US #95
#71Blake231US #99
#72Cole229US #79
#73Timothy224US #84
#74Xavier219US #87
#75Kevin216US #33
#76Alex210US #71
#77Bryce210US #109
#78Devin209US #90
#79Kaden208US #100
#80Brady205US #110
#81Cody194US #96
#82Steven190US #83
#83Ashton187US #107
#84Brian187US #63
#85Braden182US #133
#86Gage179US #151
#87Dakota178US #148
#88Garrett177US #124
#89Maxwell175US #140
#90Sean171US #75
#91Eric169US #66
#92Grant167US #154
#93Jaden162US #88
#94Jeremiah161US #78
#95Vincent161US #111
#96Mark159US #114
#97Riley159US #106
#98Liam158US #104
#99Patrick157US #108
#100Parker156US #119

On the move since 2004

Rising

↑36Nevaeh#28
↑27Landon#47
↑23Mia#32
↑22Brooklyn#35
↑21Mariah#75
↑19Brayden#48
↑18Reagan#81
↑17Avery#56

Falling

↓19Ashley#40
↓19Sara#93
↓19Eric#91
↓16Jordan#86
↓15Rachel#46
↓15Kylie#50
↓14Jessica#53
↓14Cole#72

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2004 rankings.