NameCensus.

Top first names in Ohio

The 100 most popular first names given to babies born in Ohio since 1910, ranked by total registrations. The sparkline next to each name shows its national popularity trend from 1880 to 2024, so you can see whether a name peaked decades ago or is still climbing. The top 100 names in Ohio account for 6,640,327 total births.

# Name Total in Ohio Trend
1 Robert 280,254
2 James 263,698
3 John 254,991
4 Michael 230,827
5 William 206,624
6 David 205,437
7 Mary 202,321
8 Richard 157,174
9 Thomas 132,958
10 Charles 127,679
11 Joseph 122,810
12 Donald 95,801
13 Daniel 91,929
14 Christopher 90,889
15 Patricia 86,426
16 Mark 85,894
17 Matthew 83,276
18 Paul 81,881
19 Linda 79,505
20 Barbara 79,318
21 Jennifer 75,235
22 Timothy 72,471
23 Elizabeth 70,911
24 Ronald 70,494
25 Kenneth 69,096
26 Brian 67,926
27 Jeffrey 67,470
28 Anthony 66,165
29 Andrew 66,042
30 Steven 65,506
31 Susan 63,011
32 George 62,225
33 Karen 60,609
34 Betty 60,285
35 Edward 59,928
36 Margaret 59,000
37 Joshua 57,404
38 Nancy 57,372
39 Gary 56,948
40 Kevin 55,450
41 Lisa 54,591
42 Jason 53,422
43 Carol 53,309
44 Dorothy 52,258
45 Ruth 51,455
46 Helen 51,142
47 Sarah 49,654
48 Scott 48,788
49 Deborah 47,455
50 Ryan 47,368
51 Nicholas 47,142
52 Sandra 47,115
53 Kimberly 46,896
54 Donna 46,382
55 Larry 46,187
56 Jacob 46,108
57 Eric 45,675
58 Gregory 45,551
59 Jessica 45,460
60 Michelle 44,277
61 Amy 43,426
62 Jack 43,327
63 Stephen 42,792
64 Rebecca 41,774
65 Sharon 41,209
66 Kathleen 40,548
67 Amanda 40,126
68 Raymond 39,467
69 Frank 39,155
70 Melissa 38,959
71 Emily 38,789
72 Laura 38,157
73 Angela 37,877
74 Douglas 37,791
75 Pamela 37,559
76 Ashley 37,148
77 Janet 36,524
78 Benjamin 36,258
79 Cynthia 35,730
80 Dennis 35,718
81 Anna 35,616
82 Brandon 35,389
83 Shirley 34,205
84 Virginia 33,935
85 Justin 33,462
86 Stephanie 33,132
87 Carl 32,755
88 Kelly 32,593
89 Terry 32,267
90 Adam 32,121
91 Jerry 31,892
92 Tyler 31,826
93 Samuel 31,580
94 Patrick 31,497
95 Harold 30,771
96 Heather 30,650
97 Christine 30,649
98 Aaron 30,142
99 Julie 30,092
100 Jonathan 29,944