Popular baby names in Ohio, 1998

The most popular baby names in Ohio in 1998 were Emily for girls (1,196 babies) and Jacob for boys (2,105). Jacob ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 131,601 babies born in Ohio in 1998 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Ohio in 1998

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

Girls

Alivia: 39 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Alayna: 42 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Mara: 39 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Carlee: 37 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Halle: 39 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Brooklyn: 136 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Maranda: 31 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Lydia: 165 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Abbigail: 32 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Macey: 32 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Jaret: 114 babies, 8.8× the national rate
Cory: 159 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Trent: 106 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Dominic: 230 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Ohio, 1998

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1997	US rank
1	Emily	1,196	–	1
2	Taylor	1,141	–	7
3	Hannah	1,120	–	2
4	Alexis	1,019	↑3	6
5	Madison	930	↑5	9
6	Samantha	915	↓2	3
7	Sarah	888	↓2	4
8	Ashley	753	↓2	5
9	Megan	714	–	13
10	Elizabeth	710	↑3	10
11	Lauren	652	↑5	14
12	Rachel	635	↓1	15
13	Olivia	631	↑5	21
14	Kayla	627	↓2	12
15	Morgan	622	–	23
16	Jessica	621	↓8	8
17	Abigail	615	–	18
18	Alyssa	567	↑1	11
19	Emma	496	↑13	22
20	Allison	477	↑1	38
21	Brittany	472	↓7	25
22	Sydney	455	↑2	28
23	Brianna	439	–	17
24	Victoria	417	↑3	16
25	Courtney	411	↓5	39
26	Amanda	409	↓4	19
27	Haley	405	↑1	36
28	Nicole	399	↓2	24
29	Kaitlyn	386	↑4	35
30	Anna	372	↑1	31
31	Brooke	371	↓6	46
32	Alexandra	343	↑2	27
33	Destiny	335	↑15	34
34	Natalie	329	new	40
35	Katherine	327	–	33
36	Rebecca	325	↓7	30
37	Julia	323	new	32
38	Paige	319	↓2	63
39	Jordan	316	–	42
40	Sierra	313	↑4	51
41	Danielle	311	↑2	41
42	Mary	310	↓5	44
43	Jenna	299	↑4	65
44	Mackenzie	295	↓4	64
45	Erin	293	↑1	57
46	Shelby	288	↓8	49
47	Savannah	283	new	45
48	Kelsey	280	↓6	56
49	Amber	279	↓19	37
50	Gabrielle	279	↓1	47

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1997	US rank
1	Jacob	2,105	–	2
2	Michael	1,557	–	1
3	Austin	1,425	–	10
4	Nicholas	1,309	–	6
5	Matthew	1,281	↑2	3
6	Tyler	1,240	↓1	8
7	Andrew	1,170	↓1	9
8	Joshua	1,139	↑2	4
9	Zachary	1,089	–	16
10	Brandon	1,062	↓2	7
11	Joseph	1,003	↑1	11
12	Christopher	913	↓1	5
13	Ryan	889	↑1	17
14	Kyle	883	↓1	24
15	John	856	↑1	15
16	Alexander	846	↑3	22
17	David	842	↑3	13
18	James	817	↓3	18
19	William	799	↑4	14
20	Anthony	760	↓3	19
21	Justin	756	–	20
22	Noah	732	↑13	29
23	Daniel	717	↓5	12
24	Robert	716	↓2	23
25	Dylan	705	↑1	25
26	Nathan	685	↑2	34
27	Samuel	641	–	28
28	Benjamin	638	↓3	30
29	Jordan	635	↓5	27
30	Logan	571	–	44
31	Thomas	564	↓2	31
32	Cameron	528	↑10	35
33	Aaron	504	↓2	37
34	Caleb	502	↑3	42
35	Jonathan	481	↓1	21
36	Jared	464	↑9	51
37	Adam	462	↓4	45
38	Cody	460	↓6	43
39	Ethan	457	↑10	38
40	Hunter	455	↑10	36
41	Christian	428	↓5	26
42	Connor	391	new	47
43	Kevin	387	↓4	32
44	Eric	383	↓4	39
45	Charles	365	↑1	48
46	Brian	357	↓5	41
47	Jason	350	↓3	40
48	Timothy	350	↓10	49
49	Dakota	344	new	72
50	Nathaniel	335	new	60

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