Popular baby names in Ohio, 1991

The most popular baby names in Ohio in 1991 were Ashley for girls (2,213 babies) and Michael for boys (2,789). Social Security records list 149,811 babies born in Ohio in 1991 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Ohio in 1991

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

Girls

Abbey: 45 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Kaleigh: 39 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Kayleigh: 57 babies, 2.3× the national rate
India: 52 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Chelsie: 84 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Cierra: 79 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Katlyn: 67 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Breanne: 41 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Tylor: 40 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Jarrod: 56 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Cory: 411 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Ohio, 1991

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1990	US rank
1	Ashley	2,213	–	1
2	Jessica	1,890	↑1	2
3	Brittany	1,640	↓1	3
4	Sarah	1,343	↑1	6
5	Amanda	1,335	↓1	4
6	Samantha	1,214	↑1	5
7	Emily	1,174	↑1	10
8	Megan	1,102	↓2	11
9	Kayla	988	↑5	12
10	Elizabeth	930	↑2	9
11	Lauren	920	–	13
12	Rachel	901	↑3	14
13	Stephanie	846	↓4	7
14	Chelsea	828	↑4	18
15	Jennifer	814	↓5	8
16	Amber	754	–	16
17	Courtney	704	↓4	19
18	Nicole	675	↓1	15
19	Danielle	663	–	17
20	Heather	630	–	23
21	Kelsey	611	↑7	26
22	Hannah	563	↑1	29
23	Rebecca	557	↓1	21
24	Taylor	546	↑26	32
25	Katherine	529	↑1	25
26	Tiffany	520	↓5	27
27	Alyssa	488	↓2	30
28	Melissa	473	↑1	20
29	Michelle	446	↓5	22
30	Shelby	434	new	33
31	Sara	422	–	37
32	Christina	398	↓5	31
33	Mary	388	↑3	38
34	Erin	384	↓1	44
35	Allison	383	↓1	50
36	Jasmine	383	↓1	24
37	Kristen	380	↓7	48
38	Kelly	378	↓6	42
39	Brooke	373	new	65
40	Morgan	370	new	49
41	Alexandra	359	new	36
42	Victoria	355	↑5	28
43	Erica	350	↓3	40
44	Laura	350	↓7	35
45	Lindsey	339	↓3	52
46	Andrea	338	↓5	39
47	Katie	335	↓4	53
48	Cassandra	328	↓10	54
49	Alexis	326	new	47
50	Caitlin	320	↓6	55

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1990	US rank
1	Michael	2,789	–	1
2	Joshua	2,003	↑1	4
3	Matthew	1,998	↓1	3
4	Christopher	1,806	–	2
5	Andrew	1,612	–	5
6	Tyler	1,566	↑10	16
7	Joseph	1,444	↑5	9
8	Nicholas	1,439	↑1	12
9	Ryan	1,406	↓3	11
10	James	1,404	↓3	7
11	Jacob	1,391	↑7	17
12	Brandon	1,366	↑8	15
13	David	1,339	↓5	8
14	Zachary	1,339	↑3	22
15	Kyle	1,303	↓2	21
16	Robert	1,283	↓6	13
17	Justin	1,261	↓6	14
18	John	1,231	↓3	10
19	Cody	1,186	↑7	24
20	Daniel	1,182	↓6	6
21	Anthony	1,171	↓2	18
22	William	986	↓1	19
23	Eric	907	↓1	25
24	Jordan	893	↑1	29
25	Aaron	829	↑3	31
26	Kevin	796	↓3	23
27	Alexander	769	↑6	26
28	Thomas	760	↓1	28
29	Jonathan	746	↑3	20
30	Timothy	732	↑1	32
31	Benjamin	721	↑3	33
32	Brian	719	↓3	30
33	Adam	716	↓9	36
34	Steven	714	↓4	27
35	Nathan	635	–	42
36	Charles	538	↑1	38
37	Patrick	530	↑2	35
38	Richard	505	↑5	34
39	Mark	494	↑2	47
40	Samuel	478	↑7	39
41	Stephen	462	↓1	41
42	Dustin	456	–	56
43	Sean	455	↑2	40
44	Jeffrey	444	↓6	45
45	Travis	441	↓1	44
46	Dylan	420	new	46
47	Corey	418	↑1	58
48	Jeremy	415	↓12	43
49	Cory	411	–	74
50	Gregory	401	new	55

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