State roster

Top names in Ohio

The names most likely to appear on 2014 Ohio birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 113,182 Ohio births in 2014 across 2,895 distinct names.

Distinctively Ohio

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

#63Kendall#133 nationally
#56Braxton#120 nationally
#67Adalynn#129 nationally
#93Grant#155 nationally
#79Payton#135 nationally
#30Lydia#84 nationally
#70Brantley#121 nationally
#81Kinsley#131 nationally
#87Willow#136 nationally
#99Josephine#147 nationally
#91Weston#136 nationally
#61Cora#103 nationally

Girls

#1Emma826US #1
#2Olivia732US #2
#3Ava681US #5
#4Sophia613US #3
#5Isabella524US #4
#6Harper487US #11
#7Avery452US #14
#8Lillian435US #25
#9Abigail412US #8
#10Charlotte391US #10
#11Amelia379US #15
#12Ella375US #17
#13Aubrey362US #21
#14Addison359US #24
#15Evelyn354US #16
#16Chloe347US #18
#17Mia339US #6
#18Madison338US #9
#19Elizabeth332US #13
#20Emily325US #7
#21Brooklyn324US #26
#22Grace314US #20
#23Zoey303US #22
#24Layla272US #29
#25Hannah263US #28
#26Claire259US #44
#27Savannah256US #38
#28Nora246US #49
#29Riley244US #47
#30Lydia243US #84
#31Paisley243US #53
#32Anna240US #34
#33Scarlett237US #30
#34Lily234US #27
#35Audrey230US #36
#36Aubree229US #62
#37Natalie224US #23
#38Gabriella219US #42
#39Alexis217US #65
#40Aria210US #31
#41Kennedy208US #54
#42Peyton207US #56
#43Leah200US #35
#44Lucy200US #61
#45Skylar196US #48
#46Ellie192US #55
#47Caroline189US #59
#48Madelyn189US #60
#49Piper188US #75
#50Violet187US #67
#51Annabelle183US #57
#52Sadie179US #46
#53Nevaeh178US #63
#54Mackenzie177US #69
#55Allison172US #39
#56Eleanor167US #78
#57Serenity167US #58
#58Stella166US #66
#59Penelope164US #43
#60Samantha164US #33
#61Cora162US #103
#62Sofia160US #12
#63Kendall158US #133
#64Aaliyah157US #45
#65Arianna157US #40
#66Madeline156US #89
#67Adalynn154US #129
#68Reagan154US #106
#69Taylor154US #77
#70Ariana153US #37
#71Autumn153US #71
#72Morgan153US #102
#73Kaylee152US #52
#74Rylee151US #113
#75Kylie150US #73
#76Victoria143US #19
#77Vivian142US #97
#78Hailey141US #51
#79Payton137US #135
#80Faith136US #79
#81Kinsley134US #131
#82Eva133US #83
#83Naomi133US #80
#84Julia132US #86
#85Zoe132US #32
#86Sarah130US #50
#87Willow126US #136
#88Alyssa125US #76
#89Bailey125US #104
#90Gianna125US #95
#91Mila125US #72
#92Isabelle124US #96
#93Lilly124US #124
#94Hadley121US #100
#95Quinn120US #126
#96Paige118US #134
#97Molly117US #122
#98Mya117US #138
#99Josephine116US #147
#100Brielle115US #118

Boys

#1Liam724US #2
#2Mason672US #3
#3Noah660US #1
#4William604US #5
#5Carter603US #27
#6Michael587US #7
#7Elijah559US #11
#8Jackson532US #18
#9Logan528US #13
#10Lucas523US #19
#11Jacob521US #4
#12Benjamin507US #12
#13James490US #9
#14Alexander488US #8
#15Owen474US #36
#16Luke469US #28
#17Wyatt468US #39
#18Joseph463US #20
#19Ethan462US #6
#20Andrew458US #22
#21Aiden452US #14
#22Hunter430US #40
#23Oliver401US #32
#24Colton397US #65
#25Henry391US #33
#26Samuel391US #23
#27Caleb386US #35
#28Gabriel382US #24
#29Landon381US #43
#30Daniel360US #10
#31Connor356US #52
#32Anthony354US #21
#33Jaxon353US #46
#34Isaac345US #31
#35Cameron342US #53
#36Matthew341US #16
#37Charles328US #51
#38Jack325US #41
#39John324US #26
#40Grayson323US #63
#41David317US #17
#42Levi315US #45
#43Dominic314US #69
#44Jaxson309US #85
#45Christopher301US #30
#46Evan297US #58
#47Jayden297US #15
#48Parker294US #73
#49Bentley292US #89
#50Joshua292US #25
#51Lincoln291US #87
#52Gavin290US #61
#53Brayden289US #62
#54Isaiah283US #48
#55Nolan282US #81
#56Braxton277US #120
#57Ryan275US #37
#58Blake271US #84
#59Jace271US #68
#60Eli269US #49
#61Austin264US #66
#62Nicholas256US #57
#63Chase255US #78
#64Carson254US #91
#65Robert253US #60
#66Jordan252US #55
#67Josiah249US #64
#68Thomas243US #54
#69Dylan242US #29
#70Brantley241US #121
#71Tyler234US #72
#72Nathan229US #38
#73Cooper228US #86
#74Jeremiah219US #56
#75Christian210US #42
#76Jonathan210US #44
#77Camden208US #101
#78Easton206US #83
#79Zachary204US #82
#80Hudson202US #80
#81Jase198US #105
#82Vincent196US #104
#83Xavier184US #88
#84Aaron181US #50
#85Ayden180US #74
#86Adam177US #79
#87Brandon176US #71
#88Bryson175US #115
#89Brody172US #93
#90Maxwell172US #107
#91Weston170US #136
#92Cole167US #116
#93Grant165US #155
#94Kayden164US #90
#95Leo164US #97
#96Sebastian157US #34
#97Wesley153US #130
#98Miles152US #108
#99Micah151US #109
#100Greyson149US #133

On the move since 2013

Rising

↑34Madeline#66
↑32Eleanor#56
↑31Oliver#23
↑30Paisley#31
↑30Cora#61
↑28Piper#49
↑28Sadie#52
↑26Adalynn#67

Falling

↓31Gianna#90
↓29Quinn#95
↓23Autumn#71
↓22Morgan#72
↓22Julia#84
↓22Gavin#52
↓19Alyssa#88
↓19Brielle#100

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2013 rankings.