Popular baby names in Ohio, 2008

The most popular baby names in Ohio in 2008 were Ava for girls (868 babies) and Jacob for boys (948). Ava ranked #5 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 120,823 babies born in Ohio in 2008 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Ohio in 2008

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

Girls

Corinne: 33 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Alaina: 128 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Elliana: 47 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Brooklynn: 142 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Madalynn: 41 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Raegan: 60 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Myla: 38 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Kiersten: 34 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Leanna: 31 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Alivia: 130 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Braylon: 187 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Grady: 119 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Kellen: 60 babies, 3× the national rate
Braylen: 41 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Demetrius: 45 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Landen: 159 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Brady: 360 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Grant: 204 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Cohen: 65 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Chad: 45 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Ohio, 2008

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2007	US rank
1	Ava	868	–	5
2	Olivia	824	↑1	4
3	Emma	809	↑1	1
4	Madison	761	↓2	6
5	Isabella	672	–	2
6	Abigail	589	–	8
7	Sophia	589	↑1	7
8	Addison	582	↓1	12
9	Emily	523	↑1	3
10	Chloe	491	↑5	10
11	Elizabeth	480	↑2	9
12	Grace	477	↓1	21
13	Alexis	467	↓1	15
14	Ella	446	–	19
15	Hannah	425	↓6	17
16	Lillian	394	–	29
17	Riley	366	↑11	39
18	Taylor	360	↑7	22
19	Natalie	357	↑2	13
20	Aubrey	343	↑14	42
21	Samantha	343	↓3	11
22	Lily	341	↑4	24
23	Hailey	335	↑4	25
24	Alyssa	334	↓7	16
25	Nevaeh	330	↓5	34
26	Sarah	327	↓3	20
27	Lauren	319	↓5	30
28	Anna	314	↓9	26
29	Brooklyn	300	↑2	48
30	Mia	294	–	14
31	Kylie	284	↑11	51
32	Morgan	278	↓3	46
33	Peyton	275	new	60
34	Savannah	267	↓10	33
35	Allison	263	–	32
36	Kaylee	263	↓4	31
37	Makayla	262	new	37
38	Audrey	261	↓1	44
39	Brianna	261	↓1	23
40	Leah	261	↑6	40
41	Sydney	260	↓2	49
42	Claire	259	↑2	62
43	Brooke	250	↓10	52
44	Mackenzie	244	↓4	65
45	Gabriella	235	–	35
46	Avery	233	↓3	38
47	Kayla	225	↓6	28
48	Madeline	219	↑2	56
49	Autumn	216	new	87
50	Kaitlyn	216	↓3	53

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2007	US rank
1	Jacob	948	–	1
2	Ethan	823	↑1	3
3	Michael	775	↓1	2
4	Andrew	721	–	12
5	Logan	716	–	19
6	William	673	–	8
7	Noah	654	↑4	15
8	Aiden	650	↑10	16
9	Joseph	648	↑1	13
10	Alexander	630	↓3	6
11	Anthony	605	↑4	7
12	James	599	↑1	17
13	Gavin	592	↑4	30
14	Joshua	561	↓6	4
15	Tyler	555	↓6	28
16	Nicholas	550	↑3	29
17	Ryan	550	↓3	18
18	Matthew	545	↓6	10
19	Benjamin	542	↓3	25
20	Brayden	540	↑18	51
21	Jayden	530	↑3	11
22	Mason	527	–	35
23	Jackson	514	↑7	32
24	Elijah	507	↑12	22
25	Christopher	500	↓4	9
26	Owen	492	↑7	58
27	Luke	482	↑7	43
28	Nathan	481	↓8	21
29	John	474	↓6	20
30	Samuel	474	↓1	27
31	David	466	↑4	14
32	Caleb	465	↓7	34
33	Landon	465	↑7	45
34	Carter	450	↑11	65
35	Evan	449	↓9	38
36	Daniel	440	↓5	5
37	Austin	439	↓9	55
38	Dylan	439	↓1	31
39	Cameron	438	↓7	53
40	Gabriel	433	↑4	24
41	Jack	422	↑2	39
42	Lucas	414	new	46
43	Zachary	391	↓16	47
44	Wyatt	390	new	62
45	Hunter	379	↑5	54
46	Robert	378	↓4	49
47	Connor	376	↓8	57
48	Carson	363	↓7	89
49	Brady	360	new	94
50	Charles	360	↓2	63

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