State roster

Top names in Ohio

The names most likely to appear on 2006 Ohio birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 123,729 Ohio births in 2006 across 2,771 distinct names.

Distinctively Ohio

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

#96Brooklynnoutside the national top 200
#99Aliviaoutside the national top 200
#77Kylee#146 nationally
#95Payton#163 nationally
#85Kendall#148 nationally
#68Lydia#130 nationally
#94Gage#154 nationally
#87Skylar#145 nationally
#91Maxwell#149 nationally
#90Braden#143 nationally
#41Carson#87 nationally
#71Kennedy#115 nationally

Girls

#1Emma912US #2
#2Madison870US #3
#3Ava813US #5
#4Olivia794US #7
#5Emily741US #1
#6Abigail707US #6
#7Hannah680US #8
#8Grace614US #16
#9Isabella609US #4
#10Sophia552US #9
#11Alexis550US #14
#12Elizabeth511US #11
#13Chloe464US #18
#14Samantha436US #10
#15Sarah431US #15
#16Lauren415US #24
#17Alyssa407US #19
#18Taylor403US #23
#19Ella397US #21
#20Lillian397US #38
#21Addison389US #28
#22Natalie381US #17
#23Anna378US #22
#24Morgan347US #35
#25Nevaeh343US #43
#26Hailey339US #25
#27Savannah321US #30
#28Sydney319US #34
#29Allison312US #47
#30Mackenzie310US #53
#31Brooklyn299US #66
#32Lily287US #33
#33Kaitlyn283US #41
#34Riley277US #56
#35Mia273US #13
#36Brooke271US #44
#37Brianna269US #20
#38Kayla266US #26
#39Kaylee262US #42
#40Audrey261US #69
#41Julia260US #31
#42Paige259US #77
#43Makayla244US #45
#44Ashley241US #12
#45Avery239US #52
#46Gabrielle237US #63
#47Gabriella235US #50
#48Trinity233US #64
#49Megan232US #60
#50Rachel232US #48
#51Kylie227US #67
#52Leah227US #68
#53Victoria225US #27
#54Aubrey222US #93
#55Faith219US #62
#56Katelyn219US #61
#57Jenna214US #88
#58Haley208US #75
#59Claire207US #86
#60Katherine199US #37
#61Autumn193US #95
#62Madeline190US #71
#63Jasmine189US #29
#64Mary184US #80
#65Jessica183US #32
#66Zoe181US #54
#67Destiny179US #36
#68Lydia178US #130
#69Maria178US #46
#70Gracie177US #103
#71Kennedy176US #115
#72Alexandra160US #40
#73Alexa158US #39
#74Isabelle158US #84
#75Mariah157US #82
#76Sara157US #72
#77Kylee154US #146
#78Marissa154US #104
#79Aaliyah151US #90
#80Maya150US #57
#81Mya148US #102
#82Amelia146US #83
#83Layla146US #101
#84Caroline145US #89
#85Kendall139US #148
#86Madelyn139US #113
#87Skylar139US #145
#88Zoey139US #119
#89Gianna137US #98
#90Jayla137US #99
#91Molly136US #105
#92Rylee133US #135
#93Arianna132US #76
#94Evelyn129US #65
#95Payton128US #163
#96Brooklynn126
#97Rebecca125US #96
#98Peyton123US #138
#99Alivia120
#100Danielle120US #116

Boys

#1Jacob1,051US #1
#2Andrew938US #7
#3Ethan858US #4
#4Michael850US #2
#5Noah799US #15
#6Joshua772US #3
#7Logan765US #20
#8Matthew750US #5
#9William743US #10
#10Alexander734US #12
#11Joseph725US #11
#12Nicholas710US #17
#13Tyler704US #18
#14Ryan681US #14
#15Nathan660US #23
#16Anthony641US #9
#17James633US #16
#18Benjamin627US #24
#19Samuel597US #25
#20Austin592US #41
#21Gavin574US #38
#22Aiden555US #32
#23Christopher554US #8
#24Zachary541US #33
#25John534US #19
#26Evan533US #42
#27Mason528US #40
#28Dylan518US #26
#29Luke509US #43
#30Landon504US #50
#31David500US #13
#32Caleb497US #34
#33Owen485US #58
#34Daniel475US #6
#35Elijah474US #29
#36Cameron453US #52
#37Jack440US #36
#38Connor437US #53
#39Brandon436US #27
#40Jackson433US #35
#41Carson431US #87
#42Gabriel417US #28
#43Robert416US #47
#44Aidan415US #44
#45Carter402US #75
#46Isaiah400US #39
#47Brayden396US #79
#48Hunter385US #54
#49Christian378US #21
#50Dominic361US #85
#51Jordan361US #46
#52Charles360US #60
#53Adam359US #64
#54Thomas354US #51
#55Jayden348US #49
#56Aaron342US #57
#57Hayden340US #73
#58Lucas318US #59
#59Isaac317US #48
#60Ian313US #80
#61Justin311US #45
#62Jonathan301US #22
#63Kyle296US #81
#64Jason295US #55
#65Brady285US #106
#66Chase279US #83
#67Wyatt279US #82
#68Nathaniel265US #69
#69Cole262US #84
#70Caden255US #91
#71Blake251US #97
#72Kaden234US #92
#73Xavier233US #78
#74Alex229US #67
#75Timothy229US #93
#76Kevin228US #37
#77Sean225US #68
#78Bryce217US #109
#79Jeremiah211US #71
#80Seth204US #103
#81Colin202US #111
#82Devin202US #100
#83Vincent202US #107
#84Liam188US #98
#85Eric184US #77
#86Ashton182US #121
#87Brian182US #72
#88Tristan181US #86
#89Cody179US #105
#90Braden177US #143
#91Maxwell175US #149
#92Preston175US #114
#93Trevor175US #125
#94Gage170US #154
#95Kaleb168US #115
#96Marcus168US #112
#97Parker166US #116
#98Steven165US #90
#99Cooper161US #113
#100Riley161US #101

On the move since 2005

Rising

↑56Addison#21
↑28Aubrey#54
↑22Gabriella#47
↑21Carson#41
↑20Lily#32
↑19Alexa#73
↑17Sara#76
↑17Landon#30

Falling

↓21Jenna#57
↓21Rebecca#97
↓19Megan#49
↓17Molly#91
↓16Haley#58
↓16Marissa#78
↓16Thomas#54
↓16Steven#98

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2005 rankings.