Popular baby names in Ohio, 1990

The most popular baby names in Ohio in 1990 were Ashley for girls (2,317 babies) and Michael for boys (2,936). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 150,700 babies born in Ohio in 1990 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Ohio in 1990

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

Girls

India: 56 babies, 3× the national rate
Ciera: 54 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Emilee: 36 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Ellen: 121 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Abbey: 46 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Abby: 112 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Cierra: 89 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Chelsie: 87 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Kayleigh: 49 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Clay: 52 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Cory: 450 babies, 2× the national rate
Zachariah: 59 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Ohio, 1990

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1989	US rank
1	Ashley	2,317	–	2
2	Brittany	2,127	–	3
3	Jessica	2,103	–	1
4	Amanda	1,679	–	4
5	Sarah	1,410	–	6
6	Megan	1,267	–	11
7	Samantha	1,259	–	5
8	Emily	1,079	–	12
9	Stephanie	915	↑3	7
10	Jennifer	911	↓1	8
11	Lauren	909	↓1	10
12	Elizabeth	890	↓1	9
13	Courtney	865	↑6	17
14	Kayla	863	↑6	14
15	Rachel	853	↓1	16
16	Amber	810	↓3	15
17	Nicole	749	↓1	13
18	Chelsea	731	↑3	24
19	Danielle	730	↓1	18
20	Heather	726	↓5	19
21	Tiffany	628	↓4	23
22	Rebecca	535	↑3	21
23	Hannah	521	↑19	30
24	Michelle	520	↓1	22
25	Alyssa	513	↑19	27
26	Katherine	511	↓2	26
27	Christina	487	↑2	25
28	Kelsey	480	↑2	32
29	Melissa	472	↓7	20
30	Kristen	447	↓3	42
31	Sara	444	↓5	34
32	Kelly	421	–	41
33	Erin	411	↓2	43
34	Allison	402	↓1	48
35	Jasmine	392	↑8	28
36	Mary	388	↑3	35
37	Laura	384	↓9	29
38	Cassandra	378	↑11	49
39	Amy	376	↓5	38
40	Erica	353	↓3	36
41	Andrea	351	↓6	40
42	Lindsey	344	↓6	51
43	Katie	340	↓3	53
44	Caitlin	328	↑2	50
45	Jamie	319	↑2	55
46	Kimberly	319	↓8	31
47	Victoria	315	new	33
48	Brittney	308	↓3	44
49	Kathryn	308	new	57
50	Taylor	308	new	46

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1989	US rank
1	Michael	2,936	–	1
2	Matthew	2,197	–	3
3	Joshua	2,117	–	4
4	Christopher	2,081	–	2
5	Andrew	1,685	–	7
6	Ryan	1,577	↑5	11
7	James	1,460	↑3	8
8	David	1,424	↓2	6
9	Nicholas	1,406	–	14
10	Robert	1,381	↑3	13
11	Justin	1,368	↓3	9
12	Joseph	1,333	–	10
13	Kyle	1,314	↑1	18
14	Daniel	1,295	↓7	5
15	John	1,257	↑2	12
16	Tyler	1,211	↑10	21
17	Zachary	1,189	↑1	22
18	Jacob	1,166	↑7	20
19	Anthony	1,161	↓3	15
20	Brandon	1,079	↓5	19
21	William	1,050	–	16
22	Eric	941	↑2	24
23	Kevin	880	↓3	23
24	Adam	869	↓5	32
25	Jordan	861	↑14	29
26	Cody	851	↑17	31
27	Thomas	837	–	26
28	Aaron	836	↓6	34
29	Brian	824	↓6	27
30	Steven	801	↓1	25
31	Timothy	773	↓3	30
32	Jonathan	756	↓1	17
33	Alexander	712	–	28
34	Benjamin	711	↓4	33
35	Nathan	635	↓3	44
36	Jeremy	553	↑1	40
37	Charles	539	↑1	38
38	Jeffrey	537	↓2	43
39	Patrick	534	↑5	36
40	Stephen	519	↑5	39
41	Mark	517	↓7	47
42	Dustin	507	↓7	50
43	Richard	507	↓3	35
44	Travis	498	new	42
45	Sean	490	↑4	37
46	Jason	482	↓4	46
47	Samuel	480	new	45
48	Corey	453	↓2	56
49	Cory	450	↓8	67
50	Scott	438	↓2	53

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