State roster

Top names in Ohio

The names most likely to appear on 2016 Ohio birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 111,330 Ohio births in 2016 across 2,974 distinct names.

Distinctively Ohio

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

#89Alaina#184 nationally
#67Raelynn#158 nationally
#95Payton#183 nationally
#94Mya#167 nationally
#84Brantley#156 nationally
#100Grant#171 nationally
#60Braxton#125 nationally
#63Adalynn#124 nationally
#85Nova#136 nationally
#51Willow#96 nationally
#77Weston#121 nationally
#74Bailey#116 nationally

Girls

#1Emma682US #1
#2Ava672US #3
#3Olivia659US #2
#4Charlotte543US #7
#5Harper532US #11
#6Sophia455US #4
#7Evelyn439US #12
#8Amelia435US #10
#9Isabella426US #5
#10Avery405US #16
#11Abigail391US #8
#12Elizabeth361US #13
#13Nora355US #36
#14Madison343US #15
#15Mia338US #6
#16Lillian329US #28
#17Ella318US #17
#18Scarlett309US #18
#19Riley296US #22
#20Emily295US #9
#21Grace295US #19
#22Addison290US #29
#23Brooklyn278US #34
#24Aubrey266US #25
#25Layla261US #30
#26Hannah257US #33
#27Paisley256US #46
#28Aria249US #23
#29Claire248US #40
#30Ellie246US #43
#31Chloe244US #20
#32Zoey230US #26
#33Lily227US #24
#34Eleanor226US #41
#35Stella222US #45
#36Kennedy218US #59
#37Penelope218US #27
#38Lucy212US #55
#39Savannah212US #38
#40Natalie205US #31
#41Lydia204US #80
#42Audrey203US #39
#43Quinn201US #79
#44Skylar201US #42
#45Anna183US #49
#46Gabriella179US #61
#47Madelyn177US #62
#48Nevaeh176US #73
#49Cora175US #87
#50Aubree172US #84
#51Willow170US #96
#52Peyton169US #81
#53Violet169US #47
#54Piper168US #67
#55Leah166US #37
#56Autumn165US #65
#57Hazel165US #52
#58Reagan165US #98
#59Caroline164US #56
#60Aurora163US #66
#61Kinsley162US #86
#62Mackenzie161US #85
#63Adalynn155US #124
#64Mila153US #48
#65Clara152US #100
#66Serenity149US #70
#67Raelynn143US #158
#68Allison142US #50
#69Adeline141US #63
#70Rylee139US #105
#71Annabelle138US #104
#72Kaylee138US #72
#73Ruby137US #71
#74Bailey136US #116
#75Eva136US #74
#76Vivian134US #95
#77Aaliyah131US #53
#78Josephine131US #114
#79Naomi131US #75
#80Sadie130US #60
#81Victoria128US #21
#82Ariana124US #54
#83Samantha124US #44
#84Faith123US #99
#85Nova122US #136
#86Taylor122US #89
#87Brielle121US #121
#88Hadley121US #108
#89Alaina119US #184
#90Bella118US #78
#91Zoe118US #35
#92Ivy117US #112
#93Kylie116US #83
#94Mya116US #167
#95Payton116US #183
#96Morgan115US #132
#97Hailey114US #68
#98Julia114US #88
#99Sofia113US #14
#100Gianna112US #92

Boys

#1Liam694US #2
#2Noah614US #1
#3Carter586US #26
#4William580US #3
#5Mason544US #4
#6Owen530US #24
#7Benjamin525US #6
#8James520US #5
#9Elijah519US #9
#10Jackson516US #17
#11Oliver516US #12
#12Lucas500US #14
#13Michael464US #8
#14Wyatt450US #33
#15Grayson446US #37
#16Henry438US #22
#17Alexander436US #11
#18Lincoln436US #51
#19Jacob433US #7
#20Joseph403US #20
#21Aiden400US #16
#22Ethan400US #10
#23Logan400US #18
#24Gabriel389US #25
#25Jaxon379US #41
#26Levi376US #42
#27Samuel364US #21
#28Andrew360US #34
#29John354US #28
#30Jack348US #38
#31Luke341US #29
#32Connor335US #54
#33Landon335US #53
#34Hunter334US #45
#35Cameron330US #57
#36Anthony315US #30
#37Colton312US #68
#38Charles309US #52
#39Matthew305US #15
#40Caleb298US #44
#41Carson297US #81
#42Daniel296US #13
#43Isaac293US #31
#44Isaiah287US #47
#45Hudson283US #61
#46David281US #19
#47Jaxson278US #82
#48Eli272US #50
#49Brayden263US #64
#50Nolan259US #67
#51Christopher255US #36
#52Cooper254US #79
#53Thomas248US #48
#54Parker247US #87
#55Joshua246US #35
#56Robert245US #62
#57Dominic238US #72
#58Jayden238US #27
#59Bentley236US #100
#60Braxton234US #125
#61Ryan230US #40
#62Bryson229US #94
#63Easton227US #66
#64Gavin224US #80
#65Jace224US #76
#66Josiah221US #55
#67Evan220US #69
#68Leo219US #74
#69Greyson216US #95
#70Chase214US #86
#71Nathan213US #43
#72Austin211US #73
#73Adam207US #75
#74Theodore207US #83
#75Dylan204US #32
#76Jordan204US #65
#77Weston204US #121
#78Jeremiah198US #58
#79Asher196US #71
#80Jonathan196US #56
#81Christian188US #46
#82Camden187US #124
#83Julian185US #39
#84Brantley183US #156
#85Maxwell183US #111
#86Sebastian181US #23
#87Xavier181US #88
#88Everett179US #114
#89Sawyer178US #97
#90Zachary177US #89
#91Nicholas176US #63
#92Roman173US #98
#93Vincent167US #104
#94Declan166US #109
#95Tyler161US #91
#96Miles160US #105
#97Blake158US #127
#98Ezekiel158US #120
#99Harrison157US #107
#100Grant152US #171

On the move since 2015

Rising

↑49Willow#51
↑29Hazel#57
↑24Leo#68
↑21Kinsley#61
↑21Eva#75
↑19Aurora#60
↑19Bailey#74
↑18Greyson#69

Falling

↓28Kylie#93
↓27Sadie#80
↓26Blake#97
↓25Samantha#83
↓25Sofia#99
↓23Aaliyah#77
↓20Morgan#96
↓19Gavin#64

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 2015 rankings.