Popular baby names in Ohio, 1996

The most popular baby names in Ohio in 1996 were Emily for girls (1,290 babies) and Jacob for boys (1,953). Jacob ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 132,443 babies born in Ohio in 1996 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Ohio in 1996

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: 56 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Brooklyn: 85 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Mackenzie: 338 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Lydia: 137 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Logan: 83 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Carrie: 66 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Damion: 38 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Trent: 96 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Dale: 43 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Ohio, 1996

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1995	US rank
1	Emily	1,290	–	1
2	Taylor	1,138	–	6
3	Sarah	1,020	↑3	4
4	Ashley	1,019	↓1	3
5	Hannah	1,017	↑2	7
6	Samantha	970	↓1	5
7	Megan	882	↑3	12
8	Jessica	866	↓4	2
9	Rachel	864	↑2	9
10	Alexis	825	↑4	8
11	Kayla	798	↓3	11
12	Brittany	723	↓3	14
13	Madison	687	↑7	15
14	Elizabeth	685	↓1	10
15	Courtney	643	↓3	21
16	Morgan	603	–	25
17	Lauren	578	–	16
18	Amanda	535	↓3	13
19	Abigail	526	↑3	32
20	Rebecca	496	↑12	24
21	Olivia	478	↑7	34
22	Allison	473	↓1	38
23	Alyssa	460	↑1	23
24	Brianna	452	↓1	17
25	Haley	452	↑11	30
26	Brooke	439	↑7	45
27	Nicole	431	↓9	22
28	Alexandra	428	↑3	26
29	Amber	428	↓10	27
30	Victoria	421	↓3	18
31	Danielle	392	↓6	29
32	Kaitlyn	392	↑3	40
33	Anna	386	↑6	33
34	Shelby	364	↑3	35
35	Sydney	362	↓1	39
36	Paige	360	↓7	65
37	Kelsey	352	↓11	36
38	Mackenzie	338	new	75
39	Mary	335	↑2	44
40	Erin	334	↑5	51
41	Emma	324	new	53
42	Katherine	324	↓12	31
43	Stephanie	322	↓5	20
44	Jordan	304	↑2	49
45	Sierra	304	↑2	62
46	Jennifer	303	↓6	19
47	Tiffany	291	↑1	52
48	Sara	290	↓5	50
49	Chelsea	285	↓7	55
50	Gabrielle	283	new	54

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1995	US rank
1	Jacob	1,953	–	3
2	Michael	1,660	–	1
3	Tyler	1,546	–	7
4	Austin	1,437	–	9
5	Matthew	1,391	–	2
6	Nicholas	1,391	–	6
7	Brandon	1,293	–	8
8	Andrew	1,265	–	10
9	Zachary	1,222	–	14
10	Joshua	1,219	–	5
11	Joseph	1,086	–	12
12	Christopher	1,083	–	4
13	Ryan	1,012	–	16
14	Kyle	976	–	25
15	James	962	–	17
16	David	920	↑2	13
17	John	903	–	15
18	Anthony	868	↑3	19
19	Alexander	835	↓3	22
20	Daniel	833	↓1	11
21	William	819	↑3	18
22	Justin	811	–	20
23	Robert	799	–	23
24	Cody	732	↓4	31
25	Benjamin	713	↑1	29
26	Jordan	672	↑1	27
27	Thomas	632	↑2	28
28	Nathan	629	–	37
29	Samuel	610	↑1	30
30	Dylan	584	↑3	33
31	Logan	579	↑6	42
32	Adam	578	–	39
33	Aaron	531	↓8	34
34	Christian	493	↑9	24
35	Jonathan	493	–	21
36	Kevin	484	↓5	26
37	Timothy	457	↓1	40
38	Brian	454	–	36
39	Caleb	439	↑3	48
40	Eric	437	↓6	35
41	Charles	408	↓2	43
42	Noah	399	new	50
43	Steven	386	↓3	38
44	Dakota	371	–	58
45	Jason	360	–	41
46	Cameron	346	new	49
47	Patrick	330	new	44
48	Alex	326	↓2	53
49	Sean	324	↓1	46
50	Richard	312	↓9	45

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