Popular baby names in Ohio, 1997

The most popular baby names in Ohio in 1997 were Emily for girls (1,293 babies) and Jacob for boys (2,042). Jacob ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 131,846 babies born in Ohio in 1997 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Ohio in 1997

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

Girls

Nautica: 32 babies, 4.4× the national rate
Alivia: 31 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Halle: 41 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Macie: 32 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Brooklynn: 37 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Abbey: 53 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Mara: 33 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Hunter: 57 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Ciera: 41 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Heaven: 41 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Jaret: 49 babies, 6.2× the national rate
Gage: 135 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Ohio, 1997

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1996	US rank
1	Emily	1,293	–	1
2	Taylor	1,161	–	7
3	Hannah	1,124	↑2	5
4	Samantha	923	↑2	6
5	Sarah	920	↓2	4
6	Ashley	883	↓2	3
7	Alexis	879	↑3	8
8	Jessica	841	–	2
9	Megan	825	↓2	11
10	Madison	780	↑3	10
11	Rachel	730	↓2	13
12	Kayla	717	↓1	12
13	Elizabeth	660	↑1	9
14	Brittany	603	↓2	20
15	Morgan	603	↑1	22
16	Lauren	581	↑1	14
17	Abigail	561	↑2	26
18	Olivia	532	↑3	27
19	Alyssa	518	↑4	15
20	Courtney	517	↓5	28
21	Allison	496	↑1	39
22	Amanda	487	↓4	16
23	Brianna	482	↑1	17
24	Sydney	437	↑11	35
25	Brooke	430	↑1	45
26	Nicole	424	↑1	21
27	Victoria	422	↑3	19
28	Haley	417	↓3	31
29	Rebecca	417	↓9	25
30	Amber	379	↓1	29
31	Anna	373	↑2	33
32	Emma	361	↑9	36
33	Kaitlyn	359	↓1	41
34	Alexandra	356	↓6	30
35	Katherine	356	↑7	32
36	Paige	356	–	64
37	Mary	329	↑2	46
38	Shelby	323	↓4	43
39	Jordan	319	↑5	40
40	Mackenzie	316	↓2	71
41	Madeline	307	new	59
42	Kelsey	302	↓5	57
43	Danielle	301	↓12	34
44	Sierra	299	↑1	56
45	Jennifer	293	↑1	18
46	Erin	291	↓6	52
47	Jenna	287	new	76
48	Destiny	283	new	42
49	Gabrielle	281	↑1	51
50	Sara	272	↓2	50

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1996	US rank
1	Jacob	2,042	–	2
2	Michael	1,533	–	1
3	Austin	1,485	↑1	9
4	Nicholas	1,452	↑2	6
5	Tyler	1,396	↓2	10
6	Andrew	1,343	↑2	7
7	Matthew	1,335	↓2	3
8	Brandon	1,317	↓1	8
9	Zachary	1,226	–	13
10	Joshua	1,207	–	5
11	Christopher	1,044	↑1	4
12	Joseph	1,026	↓1	12
13	Kyle	936	↑1	24
14	Ryan	936	↓1	16
15	James	895	–	17
16	John	885	↑1	15
17	Anthony	827	↑1	18
18	Daniel	814	↑2	11
19	Alexander	794	–	22
20	David	791	↓4	14
21	Justin	771	↑1	20
22	Robert	734	↑1	23
23	William	726	↓2	19
24	Jordan	725	↑2	26
25	Benjamin	685	–	29
26	Dylan	634	↑4	30
27	Samuel	626	↑2	27
28	Nathan	618	–	34
29	Thomas	599	↓2	31
30	Logan	592	↑1	42
31	Aaron	585	↑2	33
32	Cody	580	↓8	36
33	Adam	558	↓1	39
34	Jonathan	533	↑1	21
35	Noah	532	↑7	38
36	Christian	460	↓2	25
37	Caleb	438	↑2	47
38	Timothy	419	↓1	43
39	Kevin	418	↓3	28
40	Eric	397	–	35
41	Brian	395	↓3	37
42	Cameron	374	↑4	45
43	Steven	367	–	40
44	Jason	366	↑1	41
45	Jared	364	new	56
46	Charles	347	↓5	49
47	Sean	339	↑2	48
48	Evan	338	new	61
49	Ethan	335	new	46
50	Hunter	334	new	44

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