Popular baby names in Ohio, 2002

The most popular baby names in Ohio in 2002 were Madison for girls (1,211 babies) and Jacob for boys (1,589). Madison ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 125,208 babies born in Ohio in 2002 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Ohio in 2002

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

Girls

Ellen: 53 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Alivia: 59 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Alayna: 62 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Regan: 60 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Kiersten: 47 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Kaitlynn: 57 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Brooklynn: 49 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Ryleigh: 43 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Makenna: 97 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Kiley: 55 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Cory: 87 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Clay: 45 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Mohamed: 34 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Brock: 86 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Reece: 57 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Gage: 190 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Ohio, 2002

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2001	US rank
1	Madison	1,211	–	2
2	Hannah	992	–	3
3	Emily	959	–	1
4	Alexis	875	–	5
5	Emma	856	↑5	4
6	Olivia	851	–	10
7	Abigail	765	↓2	7
8	Elizabeth	684	–	11
9	Taylor	666	↓2	18
10	Grace	642	↓1	15
11	Sarah	600	–	8
12	Lauren	582	↑1	13
13	Samantha	567	↓1	9
14	Alyssa	521	–	12
15	Megan	510	–	22
16	Morgan	491	↑1	29
17	Sydney	486	↑1	23
18	Ashley	462	↓2	6
19	Kayla	445	–	19
20	Anna	436	–	20
21	Chloe	426	↑5	25
22	Isabella	423	↑15	14
23	Brianna	410	↑2	17
24	Sophia	387	↑9	27
25	Rachel	381	↓2	24
26	Allison	372	↑3	44
27	Mackenzie	371	↓6	42
28	Kaitlyn	360	↑3	32
29	Haley	351	↓5	35
30	Hailey	350	↓2	31
31	Paige	349	↑17	51
32	Jessica	336	↓10	16
33	Jenna	333	↓1	47
34	Victoria	330	↑1	21
35	Julia	322	↓8	33
36	Destiny	315	↓6	34
37	Makayla	304	↑4	50
38	Natalie	298	↑6	30
39	Brooke	297	↓3	52
40	Faith	296	↓2	48
41	Savannah	295	↓2	39
42	Jordan	274	↑1	45
43	Kylie	266	new	61
44	Sierra	257	↑3	62
45	Gabrielle	244	↓11	66
46	Katherine	242	↓6	36
47	Katelyn	240	↓5	53
48	Madeline	236	↓2	56
49	Kaylee	235	new	57
50	Autumn	233	↓5	73

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2001	US rank
1	Jacob	1,589	–	1
2	Michael	1,159	–	2
3	Andrew	1,052	↑1	6
4	Joshua	1,015	↑1	3
5	Ethan	993	↑7	5
6	Nicholas	993	↓3	9
7	Tyler	961	–	14
8	Matthew	956	↓2	4
9	Joseph	943	↑1	7
10	Zachary	882	↓2	19
11	Austin	861	↓2	26
12	Logan	842	↓1	29
13	William	800	↑3	11
14	Alexander	752	↑1	15
15	Ryan	732	↑3	16
16	Nathan	730	↑6	28
17	James	715	↑2	18
18	Noah	712	↓5	31
19	Anthony	689	↑4	12
20	Dylan	687	↓6	23
21	Christopher	681	–	8
22	John	680	↓2	17
23	Samuel	640	↑1	25
24	David	634	↑1	13
25	Brandon	624	↓8	20
26	Benjamin	593	–	27
27	Daniel	593	↑2	10
28	Justin	572	↓1	22
29	Hunter	557	↑4	38
30	Kyle	555	–	40
31	Cameron	536	↓3	39
32	Caleb	531	↓1	35
33	Robert	517	↓1	34
34	Jordan	496	↑2	37
35	Thomas	474	–	36
36	Christian	455	↓2	24
37	Gabriel	443	↑8	32
38	Luke	435	–	46
39	Adam	426	↑1	55
40	Aaron	423	↓3	43
41	Mason	422	↓2	53
42	Evan	406	–	56
43	Elijah	404	↑5	41
44	Jonathan	399	↓3	21
45	Connor	393	↓1	47
46	Gavin	387	new	61
47	Jack	380	↑3	44
48	Isaiah	363	↓1	45
49	Nathaniel	347	–	62
50	Charles	335	new	58

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