Popular baby names in Ohio, 2000

The most popular baby names in Ohio in 2000 were Hannah for girls (1,191 babies) and Jacob for boys (1,890). Hannah ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 132,544 babies born in Ohio in 2000 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Ohio in 2000

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: 42 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Kiersten: 55 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Regan: 50 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Brooklynn: 42 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Abbigail: 39 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Leanna: 34 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Haylee: 98 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Hunter: 54 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Macie: 43 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Paige: 337 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Clay: 52 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Jarod: 47 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Dominic: 243 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Chad: 108 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Gage: 171 babies, 2× the national rate
Donald: 116 babies, 2× the national rate
Cory: 108 babies, 2× the national rate
Brent: 66 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Ohio, 2000

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1999	US rank
1	Hannah	1,191	–	2
2	Emily	1,127	–	1
3	Madison	1,104	↑1	3
4	Alexis	974	↓1	6
5	Taylor	837	–	10
6	Olivia	769	↑3	16
7	Sarah	758	↓1	5
8	Abigail	752	↓1	14
9	Samantha	694	↓1	7
10	Lauren	675	↑2	11
11	Emma	629	↑7	17
12	Megan	622	↑1	18
13	Elizabeth	620	↓2	9
14	Grace	614	↑8	19
15	Ashley	611	↓5	4
16	Morgan	597	–	25
17	Kayla	592	↓2	13
18	Sydney	570	↑2	23
19	Jessica	547	↓5	8
20	Rachel	543	↓3	21
21	Alyssa	526	↓2	12
22	Haley	507	↑2	28
23	Anna	493	↑3	22
24	Brianna	473	↓3	15
25	Kaitlyn	424	–	30
26	Mackenzie	416	↑6	43
27	Allison	398	↓4	44
28	Destiny	382	↑1	24
29	Julia	358	↑6	29
30	Hailey	357	new	35
31	Victoria	353	–	20
32	Paige	337	↑4	69
33	Chloe	330	new	38
34	Gabrielle	327	↑11	49
35	Brooke	326	↓2	51
36	Katherine	324	↓2	33
37	Amanda	323	↓7	32
38	Natalie	315	↑1	34
39	Savannah	315	↑4	37
40	Jenna	300	↑1	63
41	Courtney	290	↓14	59
42	Katelyn	290	↑7	54
43	Faith	289	new	66
44	Brittany	281	↓16	60
45	Rebecca	277	↑3	39
46	Sierra	276	↓2	53
47	Nicole	275	↓9	31
48	Danielle	270	↓2	48
49	Autumn	266	new	77
50	Alexandra	262	↓10	36

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1999	US rank
1	Jacob	1,890	–	1
2	Michael	1,371	–	2
3	Nicholas	1,220	↑1	6
4	Tyler	1,208	↑1	10
5	Andrew	1,200	↑2	7
6	Matthew	1,157	–	3
7	Joshua	1,086	↑2	4
8	Zachary	1,063	–	15
9	Joseph	1,027	↑2	8
10	Austin	978	↓7	23
11	Ryan	938	↑1	13
12	Brandon	924	↓2	12
13	Christopher	844	↑2	5
14	Noah	821	–	27
15	Dylan	816	↑7	24
16	William	804	↑2	11
17	John	790	↓1	14
18	Alexander	778	↓5	20
19	James	778	↓2	18
20	David	753	–	16
21	Justin	726	–	19
22	Nathan	722	↑2	30
23	Daniel	713	↑4	9
24	Anthony	706	↓1	17
25	Kyle	697	↓6	37
26	Ethan	693	↑8	25
27	Robert	655	↓1	29
28	Benjamin	640	↓3	26
29	Cameron	632	↑1	31
30	Samuel	623	↓2	28
31	Logan	595	–	40
32	Hunter	557	↑1	35
33	Jordan	539	↓4	36
34	Caleb	515	↑3	38
35	Thomas	512	↓3	33
36	Christian	479	↑3	22
37	Aaron	459	↓2	41
38	Evan	441	↑5	55
39	Jonathan	436	↓1	21
40	Adam	434	↓4	45
41	Luke	416	new	59
42	Seth	411	–	63
43	Jared	387	↓3	56
44	Charles	368	↑5	51
45	Jack	364	new	46
46	Timothy	364	–	58
47	Nathaniel	363	↓2	61
48	Jason	353	↑2	39
49	Connor	345	↓1	50
50	Eric	339	↓6	42

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