State roster

Top names in Ohio

The names most likely to appear on 2008 Ohio birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 120,799 Ohio births in 2008 across 2,893 distinct names.

Distinctively Ohio

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

#85Braylonoutside the national top 200
#96Alainaoutside the national top 200
#82Brooklynn#183 nationally
#99Landen#199 nationally
#93Alivia#181 nationally
#74Kendall#149 nationally
#78Grant#143 nationally
#60Lydia#120 nationally
#86Kylee#142 nationally
#93Gage#146 nationally
#58Jenna#108 nationally
#91Collin#141 nationally

Girls

#1Ava868US #5
#2Olivia824US #4
#3Emma809US #1
#4Madison761US #6
#5Isabella672US #2
#6Abigail589US #8
#7Sophia589US #7
#8Addison582US #12
#9Emily523US #3
#10Chloe491US #10
#11Elizabeth479US #9
#12Grace477US #21
#13Alexis467US #15
#14Ella445US #19
#15Hannah425US #17
#16Lillian394US #29
#17Riley366US #39
#18Taylor360US #22
#19Natalie357US #13
#20Aubrey343US #42
#21Samantha343US #11
#22Lily341US #24
#23Hailey335US #25
#24Alyssa334US #16
#25Nevaeh330US #34
#26Sarah327US #20
#27Lauren318US #30
#28Anna314US #26
#29Brooklyn300US #48
#30Mia294US #14
#31Kylie284US #51
#32Morgan278US #46
#33Peyton275US #60
#34Savannah267US #33
#35Allison263US #32
#36Kaylee263US #31
#37Makayla262US #37
#38Audrey261US #44
#39Brianna261US #23
#40Leah261US #40
#41Sydney260US #49
#42Claire259US #62
#43Brooke250US #52
#44Mackenzie244US #65
#45Gabriella235US #35
#46Avery233US #38
#47Kayla225US #28
#48Madeline219US #56
#49Autumn216US #87
#50Kaitlyn216US #53
#51Madelyn215US #64
#52Julia207US #41
#53Gabrielle206US #79
#54Layla200US #55
#55Mariah195US #77
#56Katherine192US #45
#57Paige188US #89
#58Jenna186US #108
#59Payton186US #91
#60Lydia184US #120
#61Mya181US #103
#62Ashley180US #18
#63Zoey177US #98
#64Trinity176US #70
#65Gracie174US #99
#66Faith169US #90
#67Rylee165US #116
#68Aaliyah163US #76
#69Megan163US #100
#70Bailey162US #82
#71Destiny155US #47
#72Rachel155US #74
#73Victoria152US #27
#74Kendall149US #149
#75Jasmine148US #43
#76Kennedy148US #115
#77Amelia147US #68
#78Katelyn147US #80
#79Maya147US #71
#80Evelyn145US #54
#81Zoe145US #58
#82Brooklynn142US #183
#83Gianna141US #88
#84Molly139US #104
#85Maria138US #63
#86Kylee137US #142
#87Haley136US #102
#88Serenity136US #111
#89Charlotte135US #86
#90Lilly134US #125
#91Caroline131US #94
#92Alexandra130US #61
#93Alivia130US #181
#94Isabelle130US #93
#95Reagan129US #143
#96Alaina128
#97Lucy126US #112
#98Jessica125US #59
#99Rebecca125US #118
#100Keira123US #123

Boys

#1Jacob948US #1
#2Ethan823US #3
#3Michael775US #2
#4Andrew720US #12
#5Logan716US #19
#6William673US #8
#7Noah654US #15
#8Aiden650US #16
#9Joseph648US #13
#10Alexander629US #6
#11Anthony605US #7
#12James599US #17
#13Gavin592US #30
#14Joshua561US #4
#15Tyler555US #28
#16Nicholas550US #29
#17Ryan550US #18
#18Matthew545US #10
#19Benjamin542US #25
#20Brayden540US #51
#21Jayden530US #11
#22Mason527US #35
#23Jackson514US #32
#24Elijah507US #22
#25Christopher500US #9
#26Owen492US #58
#27Luke482US #43
#28Nathan481US #21
#29John474US #20
#30Samuel474US #27
#31David466US #14
#32Landon465US #45
#33Caleb464US #34
#34Carter450US #65
#35Evan449US #38
#36Daniel440US #5
#37Austin439US #55
#38Dylan439US #31
#39Cameron438US #53
#40Gabriel433US #24
#41Jack422US #39
#42Lucas414US #46
#43Zachary391US #47
#44Wyatt390US #62
#45Hunter379US #54
#46Robert378US #49
#47Connor376US #57
#48Carson363US #89
#49Brady360US #94
#50Charles360US #63
#51Chase344US #67
#52Brandon339US #33
#53Christian336US #23
#54Jonathan335US #26
#55Isaiah332US #42
#56Thomas326US #52
#57Hayden321US #76
#58Blake317US #90
#59Jordan307US #48
#60Isaac304US #37
#61Brody295US #70
#62Dominic286US #93
#63Justin285US #44
#64Colton282US #98
#65Aidan274US #59
#66Adam267US #72
#67Aaron261US #50
#68Jason255US #60
#69Xavier253US #71
#70Liam239US #75
#71Cole238US #85
#72Nathaniel238US #77
#73Ian234US #80
#74Cooper227US #92
#75Caden226US #96
#76Parker224US #103
#77Kyle213US #97
#78Grant204US #143
#79Jeremiah203US #68
#80Ayden201US #91
#81Colin194US #114
#82Bryce192US #117
#83Timothy192US #107
#84Kevin191US #41
#85Braylon187
#86Henry182US #78
#87Kaden182US #100
#88Maxwell179US #134
#89Cody175US #123
#90Sean175US #83
#91Collin173US #141
#92Alex165US #84
#93Gage165US #146
#94Levi165US #116
#95Seth165US #128
#96Eric164US #86
#97Preston164US #124
#98Trevor161US #147
#99Landen159US #199
#100Tristan157US #81

On the move since 2007

Rising

↑55Peyton#33
↑39Payton#59
↑31Layla#54
↑19Ayden#80
↑18Brayden#20
↑17Rylee#67
↑16Mariah#55
↑16Brody#61

Falling

↓31Isabelle#94
↓28Haley#87
↓20Jessica#98
↓16Julia#52
↓16Rachel#72
↓16Alivia#93
↓16Zachary#43
↓16Preston#97

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2007 rankings.