Popular baby names in Ohio, 2006

The most popular baby names in Ohio in 2006 were Emma for girls (912 babies) and Jacob for boys (1,052). Emma ranked #2 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 123,749 babies born in Ohio in 2006 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Ohio in 2006

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: 120 babies, 3× the national rate
Brooklynn: 126 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Alayna: 101 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Mara: 34 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Gretchen: 29 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Alaina: 105 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Aleah: 34 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Kiersten: 44 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Gwendolyn: 35 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Kaylynn: 35 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Braylon: 115 babies, 4.7× the national rate
Carson: 431 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Landen: 158 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Mitchell: 96 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Chad: 61 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Braydon: 58 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Cohen: 54 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Grady: 42 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Mohamed: 42 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Davion: 41 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Ohio, 2006

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2005	US rank
1	Emma	912	–	2
2	Madison	870	–	3
3	Ava	813	↑2	5
4	Olivia	794	↓1	7
5	Emily	741	↓1	1
6	Abigail	707	↑1	6
7	Hannah	680	↓1	8
8	Grace	614	↑1	16
9	Isabella	609	↑1	4
10	Sophia	552	↑2	9
11	Alexis	550	↓3	14
12	Elizabeth	511	↓1	11
13	Chloe	464	–	18
14	Samantha	436	↑2	10
15	Sarah	433	↓1	15
16	Lauren	415	↑3	24
17	Alyssa	407	↓2	19
18	Taylor	403	–	23
19	Ella	397	↑3	21
20	Lillian	397	↑5	38
21	Addison	389	new	28
22	Natalie	381	↓1	17
23	Anna	378	↓6	22
24	Morgan	347	↓4	35
25	Nevaeh	343	↑3	43
26	Hailey	339	↓3	25
27	Savannah	321	↑11	30
28	Sydney	319	↓4	34
29	Allison	312	↓3	47
30	Mackenzie	310	↓1	53
31	Brooklyn	299	↑4	66
32	Lily	287	new	33
33	Kaitlyn	283	↓2	41
34	Riley	277	↓1	56
35	Mia	273	↓3	13
36	Brooke	271	↑9	44
37	Brianna	269	↓10	20
38	Kayla	266	↓4	26
39	Kaylee	262	↑5	42
40	Audrey	261	new	69
41	Julia	260	↓2	31
42	Paige	259	↓5	77
43	Makayla	244	↓2	45
44	Ashley	241	↓4	12
45	Avery	239	new	52
46	Gabrielle	237	↑1	63
47	Gabriella	235	new	50
48	Trinity	233	↑1	64
49	Megan	232	↓19	60
50	Rachel	232	↓4	48

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2005	US rank
1	Jacob	1,052	–	1
2	Andrew	938	–	7
3	Ethan	858	–	4
4	Michael	850	–	2
5	Noah	799	↑12	15
6	Joshua	772	↑5	3
7	Logan	765	↓2	20
8	Matthew	750	↓1	5
9	William	744	↓1	10
10	Alexander	734	↑3	12
11	Joseph	725	↓1	11
12	Nicholas	710	↓6	17
13	Tyler	704	↓4	18
14	Ryan	681	↓2	14
15	Nathan	660	–	23
16	Anthony	641	–	9
17	James	633	↓3	16
18	Benjamin	627	↑2	24
19	Samuel	599	↑3	25
20	Austin	592	↓1	41
21	Gavin	574	↑5	38
22	Aiden	555	↑13	32
23	Christopher	554	↑2	8
24	Zachary	541	↓6	33
25	John	534	↓1	19
26	Evan	533	↑3	42
27	Mason	528	↓4	40
28	Dylan	518	↓7	26
29	Luke	509	↑3	43
30	Landon	504	↑17	50
31	David	500	↓3	13
32	Caleb	497	↓5	34
33	Owen	485	↑8	58
34	Daniel	476	↓1	6
35	Elijah	474	↓1	29
36	Cameron	453	↑1	52
37	Jack	440	↓6	36
38	Connor	437	↓8	53
39	Brandon	436	↓3	27
40	Jackson	433	↑3	35
41	Carson	431	new	87
42	Gabriel	417	↓3	28
43	Robert	416	↓1	47
44	Aidan	415	–	44
45	Carter	402	new	75
46	Isaiah	400	new	39
47	Brayden	396	↑1	79
48	Hunter	385	↓3	54
49	Christian	378	↓9	21
50	Dominic	361	new	85

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