Popular baby names in Ohio, 1994

The most popular baby names in Ohio in 1994 were Ashley for girls (1,373 babies) and Michael for boys (1,922). Ashley ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 138,165 babies born in Ohio in 1994 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Ohio in 1994

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

Girls

Halle: 35 babies, 3.2× the national rate
India: 65 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Cierra: 129 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Brooklyn: 59 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Abbey: 51 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Kali: 54 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Ciera: 49 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Logan: 70 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Kayleigh: 46 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Mackenzie: 241 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Clay: 79 babies, 3× the national rate
Deshawn: 55 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Jarrod: 40 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Cory: 273 babies, 2× the national rate
Dale: 50 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Ohio, 1994

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1993	US rank
1	Ashley	1,373	–	2
2	Emily	1,342	↑1	3
3	Jessica	1,289	↓1	1
4	Taylor	1,254	–	6
5	Sarah	1,093	–	5
6	Samantha	1,091	↑1	4
7	Brittany	1,061	↓1	7
8	Megan	953	–	10
9	Kayla	922	↑1	12
10	Rachel	846	↑1	13
11	Amanda	779	↓2	8
12	Hannah	762	↑2	16
13	Elizabeth	728	↓1	9
14	Lauren	684	↓1	14
15	Morgan	669	↑10	25
16	Courtney	658	–	22
17	Alexis	634	↑6	18
18	Nicole	629	↓1	11
19	Danielle	610	↑2	20
20	Amber	595	↓5	21
21	Kelsey	506	↓1	29
22	Allison	497	↑5	34
23	Abigail	473	↑19	42
24	Rebecca	470	↑2	24
25	Alyssa	468	↓1	26
26	Victoria	459	↑2	19
27	Jennifer	441	↓5	17
28	Stephanie	438	↓10	15
29	Alexandra	431	↑1	28
30	Brianna	423	↑13	27
31	Brooke	397	↑1	54
32	Chelsea	390	↓13	38
33	Katherine	378	↓4	30
34	Tiffany	378	↓3	35
35	Erin	370	↓1	45
36	Haley	363	↑9	36
37	Paige	359	↑4	63
38	Heather	354	↓5	44
39	Mary	353	↓1	37
40	Anna	348	new	41
41	Olivia	346	↓4	50
42	Kaitlyn	345	↓2	48
43	Katelyn	338	↓7	58
44	Kristen	329	new	55
45	Jasmine	328	↓1	23
46	Shelby	322	↓7	40
47	Sara	313	↓12	43
48	Madison	311	new	51
49	Jordan	295	new	52
50	Marissa	295	new	53

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1993	US rank
1	Michael	1,922	–	1
2	Jacob	1,877	↑2	7
3	Tyler	1,780	↓1	5
4	Brandon	1,553	↑1	6
5	Matthew	1,502	↓2	3
6	Nicholas	1,434	↑3	9
7	Zachary	1,427	–	12
8	Joshua	1,393	↓2	4
9	Christopher	1,319	↓1	2
10	Andrew	1,309	↑1	10
11	Austin	1,254	↑12	17
12	Ryan	1,199	↓2	16
13	Joseph	1,188	↑1	11
14	Kyle	1,139	↓1	24
15	James	1,111	↓3	14
16	David	1,024	↑1	13
17	Daniel	990	↑1	8
18	John	978	↑2	15
19	Cody	971	↓4	25
20	Alexander	952	↓1	22
21	Anthony	940	↑1	18
22	Robert	934	↓6	21
23	Justin	920	↓2	20
24	William	864	–	19
25	Aaron	739	–	28
26	Jordan	709	↑2	29
27	Adam	646	↓1	38
28	Thomas	642	↑1	27
29	Benjamin	630	↑1	31
30	Nathan	615	↑1	40
31	Jonathan	613	↑2	23
32	Eric	594	–	30
33	Kevin	586	↓6	26
34	Dylan	579	–	32
35	Brian	548	↑1	37
36	Samuel	548	↑1	33
37	Steven	488	↓2	34
38	Timothy	482	–	39
39	Charles	439	–	43
40	Mark	392	↑6	48
41	Logan	384	new	70
42	Richard	380	↓2	41
43	Patrick	379	↓2	42
44	Dustin	368	–	56
45	Sean	362	↓3	44
46	Jason	347	↑1	46
47	Alex	337	↑1	50
48	Jeremy	337	↓3	47
49	Nathaniel	337	new	78
50	Travis	337	↓7	53

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