Popular baby names in Ohio, 2005

The most popular baby names in Ohio in 2005 were Emma for girls (1,060 babies) and Jacob for boys (1,189). Emma ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 122,806 babies born in Ohio in 2005 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Ohio in 2005

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

Girls

Alayna: 112 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Gretchen: 34 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Elyse: 36 babies, 3× the national rate
Corinne: 31 babies, 3× the national rate
Alaina: 116 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Leanna: 32 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Cara: 46 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Alivia: 97 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Kiersten: 55 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Mara: 34 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Boys

Braylon: 97 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Landen: 125 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Curtis: 80 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Caiden: 66 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Mohamed: 41 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Craig: 36 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Carson: 299 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Keegan: 95 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Trent: 86 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Casey: 75 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Ohio, 2005

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2004	US rank
1	Emma	1,060	–	2
2	Madison	919	–	3
3	Olivia	851	↑1	5
4	Emily	845	↓1	1
5	Ava	709	↑15	9
6	Hannah	701	↓1	7
7	Abigail	682	↓1	4
8	Alexis	621	–	13
9	Grace	606	↓2	14
10	Isabella	569	–	6
11	Elizabeth	516	↓2	11
12	Sophia	513	↑4	12
13	Chloe	471	↑4	19
14	Sarah	458	–	15
15	Alyssa	437	↓3	16
16	Samantha	436	↓1	8
17	Anna	433	↑2	22
18	Taylor	432	↓5	24
19	Lauren	431	↓8	21
20	Morgan	412	↑2	33
21	Natalie	395	↑4	18
22	Ella	394	↑1	23
23	Hailey	361	↑1	26
24	Sydney	343	↓6	30
25	Lillian	342	↑12	50
26	Allison	335	↑8	45
27	Brianna	317	↑2	20
28	Nevaeh	315	new	69
29	Mackenzie	306	↑1	51
30	Megan	306	↓4	41
31	Kaitlyn	304	↑2	34
32	Mia	300	new	17
33	Riley	298	↑3	54
34	Kayla	293	↓6	25
35	Brooklyn	292	new	78
36	Jenna	291	↓4	62
37	Paige	290	↓10	60
38	Savannah	284	↑5	35
39	Julia	283	↑1	31
40	Ashley	271	↓19	10
41	Makayla	269	–	44
42	Haley	267	–	53
43	Leah	265	↑1	68
44	Kaylee	261	↑6	40
45	Brooke	260	↓7	47
46	Rachel	251	↓15	38
47	Gabrielle	246	↑1	55
48	Faith	238	↓3	49
49	Trinity	235	↓3	48
50	Kylie	234	↓15	57

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2004	US rank
1	Jacob	1,189	–	1
2	Andrew	1,001	↑1	6
3	Ethan	947	↓1	5
4	Michael	917	–	2
5	Logan	819	↑8	26
6	Nicholas	793	↑2	15
7	Matthew	780	↓2	4
8	William	765	↑3	11
9	Tyler	764	↓3	16
10	Joseph	753	↓3	9
11	Joshua	752	↓1	3
12	Ryan	695	↓3	14
13	Alexander	692	↑1	13
14	James	666	↑1	17
15	Nathan	657	↑2	20
16	Anthony	654	↑2	8
17	Noah	644	↑3	23
18	Zachary	644	↓6	29
19	Austin	609	↑2	38
20	Benjamin	608	↓1	25
21	Dylan	604	↓5	24
22	Samuel	585	–	21
23	Mason	558	↑8	42
24	John	557	↓1	18
25	Christopher	550	↑3	10
26	Gavin	530	↑7	47
27	Caleb	526	↓3	35
28	David	523	↓3	12
29	Evan	518	–	39
30	Connor	502	↓4	48
31	Jack	502	↑11	34
32	Luke	496	↑2	41
33	Daniel	480	↓6	7
34	Elijah	475	↓2	31
35	Aiden	468	new	50
36	Brandon	456	↓6	27
37	Cameron	448	↑3	52
38	Thomas	447	↓2	40
39	Gabriel	432	↑6	28
40	Christian	427	↓1	22
41	Owen	419	↓4	60
42	Robert	398	↓7	37
43	Jackson	382	↑5	44
44	Aidan	377	↑2	43
45	Hunter	372	↓7	53
46	Justin	364	↓5	36
47	Landon	364	new	61
48	Brayden	362	new	80
49	Charles	362	↓2	56
50	Kyle	349	↓7	69

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