Popular baby names in Ohio, 1986

The most popular baby names in Ohio in 1986 were Ashley for girls (2,643 babies) and Michael for boys (3,002). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 143,431 babies born in Ohio in 1986 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Ohio in 1986

Names given at least 15 times in Ohio that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Tierra: 60 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Ciera: 46 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Abbey: 38 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Cierra: 68 babies, 2.5× the national rate
India: 59 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Abby: 101 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Molly: 213 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Ciara: 61 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Tricia: 52 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Heath: 48 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Ohio, 1986

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1985	US rank
1	Ashley	2,643	–	2
2	Jessica	2,524	–	1
3	Amanda	2,221	–	3
4	Jennifer	1,699	–	4
5	Sarah	1,550	–	5
6	Brittany	1,278	↑5	8
7	Megan	1,143	↓1	11
8	Heather	1,041	–	9
9	Stephanie	1,040	↓2	6
10	Amber	1,001	↑2	13
11	Nicole	960	↓2	7
12	Elizabeth	945	↓2	10
13	Rachel	851	–	15
14	Lauren	786	↑5	14
15	Emily	761	↑2	24
16	Danielle	759	↓1	16
17	Melissa	735	↓3	12
18	Tiffany	714	↑3	17
19	Samantha	654	↑16	21
20	Amy	652	↓4	22
21	Sara	636	↑4	27
22	Laura	612	↓2	20
23	Kelly	593	–	29
24	Christina	580	↓6	19
25	Michelle	577	↓3	23
26	Erin	558	↓2	30
27	Kimberly	558	–	18
28	Rebecca	535	–	26
29	Angela	505	↓3	33
30	Katherine	504	↑2	28
31	Erica	445	↑7	31
32	Katie	444	↑7	38
33	Lindsey	444	↑3	39
34	Allison	443	↑8	42
35	Andrea	426	↓6	36
36	Jamie	415	↓6	34
37	Courtney	404	↑6	35
38	Crystal	402	↓7	25
39	Mary	401	↑1	37
40	Whitney	398	new	32
41	Lindsay	395	↓7	46
42	Kristen	389	↓5	41
43	Lisa	387	↓10	40
44	Shannon	348	↓3	44
45	Kathryn	313	–	48
46	Julie	284	–	58
47	Alicia	282	↑1	45
48	Tara	282	↓4	56
49	Christine	280	–	47
50	Jenna	278	↓3	55

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1985	US rank
1	Michael	3,002	–	1
2	Matthew	2,400	–	3
3	Christopher	2,325	–	2
4	Joshua	2,011	–	4
5	Andrew	1,788	↑2	8
6	David	1,684	↓1	5
7	Ryan	1,634	↑2	11
8	James	1,539	–	7
9	Daniel	1,526	↓3	6
10	Robert	1,474	↑1	9
11	Brandon	1,426	↓1	13
12	Joseph	1,357	–	12
13	Justin	1,302	↑4	14
14	John	1,284	↓1	10
15	Nicholas	1,258	↓1	17
16	Kyle	1,159	↑7	23
17	Brian	1,116	↓2	20
18	Adam	1,111	↓2	24
19	Anthony	1,079	–	19
20	William	1,023	–	15
21	Jason	1,022	↓3	18
22	Eric	938	↓1	22
23	Kevin	925	↓1	21
24	Jonathan	914	–	16
25	Timothy	907	↑1	27
26	Thomas	839	↑1	26
27	Steven	831	↓2	25
28	Jeremy	813	↑6	28
29	Benjamin	757	↑3	30
30	Zachary	736	↑1	38
31	Aaron	727	↓3	33
32	Jeffrey	691	↓3	32
33	Mark	680	↓3	35
34	Dustin	658	↑2	42
35	Jacob	634	↑5	31
36	Richard	628	↓1	29
37	Charles	620	↓4	34
38	Tyler	575	↑3	40
39	Nathan	569	↓1	43
40	Gregory	560	↑2	46
41	Scott	526	↓4	44
42	Stephen	522	↓3	36
43	Sean	517	↑1	37
44	Alexander	505	new	41
45	Bradley	466	–	54
46	Patrick	463	↓3	39
47	Shawn	431	↑3	55
48	Bryan	411	↓2	47
49	Chad	405	↓1	59
50	Paul	400	↓3	45

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