State roster

Top names in Ohio

The names most likely to appear on 2013 Ohio birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 112,227 Ohio births in 2013 across 2,918 distinct names.

Distinctively Ohio

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

#68Alaina#182 nationally
#93Adalynn#173 nationally
#90Grant#169 nationally
#57Kendall#130 nationally
#61Braxton#123 nationally
#37Lydia#95 nationally
#65Payton#123 nationally
#84Brooklynn#142 nationally
#66Quinn#119 nationally
#89Gabrielle#141 nationally
#50Morgan#100 nationally
#39Nora#83 nationally

Girls

#1Emma814US #2
#2Sophia794US #1
#3Ava721US #5
#4Olivia661US #3
#5Isabella552US #4
#6Abigail465US #8
#7Lillian441US #26
#8Harper429US #16
#9Avery415US #12
#10Addison413US #19
#11Madison408US #9
#12Aubrey388US #18
#13Charlotte383US #11
#14Emily361US #7
#15Elizabeth355US #10
#16Ella352US #15
#17Grace352US #22
#18Evelyn347US #20
#19Amelia337US #17
#20Brooklyn335US #28
#21Mia318US #6
#22Zoey315US #24
#23Natalie304US #21
#24Chloe301US #14
#25Layla280US #30
#26Hannah272US #23
#27Lily269US #27
#28Peyton269US #51
#29Anna253US #35
#30Aubree252US #53
#31Leah246US #32
#32Audrey243US #33
#33Riley241US #45
#34Savannah241US #36
#35Alexis235US #47
#36Gabriella220US #38
#37Lydia218US #95
#38Claire211US #50
#39Nora209US #83
#40Aria203US #41
#41Kennedy201US #65
#42Nevaeh199US #46
#43Serenity198US #52
#44Mackenzie192US #62
#45Madelyn190US #68
#46Aaliyah186US #37
#47Allison175US #34
#48Autumn170US #64
#49Lucy169US #66
#50Morgan168US #100
#51Scarlett168US #42
#52Taylor168US #59
#53Samantha167US #29
#54Ellie166US #74
#55Sofia166US #13
#56Caroline165US #63
#57Kendall165US #130
#58Kylie163US #61
#59Gianna162US #87
#60Reagan160US #104
#61Paisley156US #80
#62Julia152US #75
#63Annabelle148US #81
#64Skylar148US #73
#65Payton147US #123
#66Quinn145US #119
#67Violet145US #69
#68Alaina143US #182
#69Alyssa143US #57
#70Faith143US #89
#71Kaylee143US #40
#72Stella143US #70
#73Zoe143US #31
#74Hailey142US #43
#75Penelope140US #56
#76Arianna138US #44
#77Piper138US #97
#78Lauren137US #92
#79Rylee136US #109
#80Sadie136US #49
#81Brielle134US #117
#82Victoria134US #25
#83Mya133US #116
#84Brooklynn132US #142
#85Khloe132US #78
#86Sydney132US #98
#87Mila130US #79
#88Eleanor124US #106
#89Gabrielle123US #141
#90Paige123US #128
#91Cora122US #127
#92Molly122US #102
#93Adalynn121US #173
#94Naomi121US #86
#95Bailey120US #105
#96Hadley120US #110
#97Vivian120US #120
#98Eva119US #88
#99London119US #85
#100Madeline118US #90

Boys

#1Liam792US #3
#2Mason727US #4
#3Noah647US #1
#4William620US #5
#5Jacob594US #2
#6Carter580US #33
#7Jackson569US #16
#8Logan551US #18
#9James547US #13
#10Michael525US #7
#11Benjamin523US #14
#12Elijah521US #11
#13Ethan510US #6
#14Lucas496US #23
#15Owen494US #38
#16Joseph486US #20
#17Alexander474US #8
#18Hunter462US #36
#19Andrew453US #22
#20Aiden438US #12
#21Samuel416US #25
#22Landon413US #39
#23Gabriel405US #24
#24John400US #27
#25Cameron398US #59
#26Luke397US #34
#27Colton391US #65
#28Wyatt383US #42
#29Caleb377US #32
#30Gavin369US #50
#31Daniel368US #10
#32Henry367US #37
#33Anthony358US #19
#34Matthew354US #15
#35David347US #17
#36Joshua345US #21
#37Jayden343US #9
#38Ryan341US #30
#39Brayden337US #48
#40Parker325US #74
#41Levi324US #49
#42Bentley320US #81
#43Blake319US #75
#44Isaac315US #28
#45Jaxon315US #45
#46Connor312US #56
#47Charles310US #57
#48Chase306US #78
#49Christopher306US #26
#50Jack298US #40
#51Evan295US #55
#52Jace294US #66
#53Dominic291US #68
#54Oliver288US #52
#55Grayson276US #77
#56Robert276US #62
#57Austin275US #64
#58Nolan273US #86
#59Eli270US #43
#60Jaxson265US #92
#61Braxton262US #123
#62Dylan262US #29
#63Jase261US #89
#64Tyler259US #63
#65Isaiah258US #44
#66Nathan253US #31
#67Christian247US #35
#68Nicholas239US #54
#69Zachary235US #73
#70Thomas233US #61
#71Lincoln232US #95
#72Jordan231US #53
#73Camden223US #99
#74Carson219US #90
#75Xavier219US #83
#76Bryson215US #102
#77Cooper207US #84
#78Jeremiah203US #58
#79Maxwell202US #108
#80Aaron199US #51
#81Brantley196US #119
#82Brody196US #94
#83Adam195US #82
#84Jason192US #79
#85Jonathan191US #41
#86Josiah191US #69
#87Kayden191US #93
#88Easton188US #88
#89Ayden180US #71
#90Grant178US #169
#91Bryce174US #117
#92Cole171US #114
#93Hudson170US #87
#94Vincent167US #101
#95Silas166US #116
#96Hayden159US #129
#97Brandon155US #70
#98Colin151US #125
#99Leo151US #112
#100Micah146US #105

On the move since 2012

Rising

↑57Aria#40
↑43Scarlett#51
↑34Caroline#56
↑27Jace#52
↑26Paisley#61
↑25Grayson#55
↑20Annabelle#63
↑20Hunter#18

Falling

↓33Hailey#74
↓28Molly#92
↓27Madeline#100
↓24Zoe#73
↓24Arianna#76
↓24Nathan#66
↓21Kaylee#71
↓20Bailey#95

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2012 rankings.