Popular baby names in Ohio, 2016
The most popular baby names in Ohio in 2016 were Emma for girls (683 babies) and Liam for boys (695). Liam ranked #2 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 111,386 babies born in Ohio in 2016 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.
Names that stood out in Ohio in 2016
Names given at least 15 times in Ohio that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.
Girls
- Aubriella: 27 babies, 3× the national rate
- Avalynn: 27 babies, 2.8× the national rate
- Corinne: 28 babies, 2.7× the national rate
- Rayna: 34 babies, 2.6× the national rate
- Raelynn: 144 babies, 2.5× the national rate
- Addilynn: 36 babies, 2.5× the national rate
- Paislee: 81 babies, 2.4× the national rate
- Jenna: 62 babies, 2.4× the national rate
- Remington: 49 babies, 2.4× the national rate
- Kara: 44 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Boys
- Layne: 32 babies, 3× the national rate
- Mohamed: 56 babies, 2.8× the national rate
- Emery: 30 babies, 2.8× the national rate
- Donald: 47 babies, 2.4× the national rate
- Braxton: 234 babies, 2.3× the national rate
- Case: 37 babies, 2.3× the national rate
- Bo: 33 babies, 2.3× the national rate
- Lennon: 32 babies, 2.3× the national rate
- Brantley: 183 babies, 2.2× the national rate
- Keegan: 89 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Ohio, 2016
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 2015 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Emma | 683 | – | 1 |
| 2 | Ava | 672 | – | 3 |
| 3 | Olivia | 659 | – | 2 |
| 4 | Charlotte | 543 | ↑4 | 7 |
| 5 | Harper | 532 | – | 11 |
| 6 | Sophia | 455 | ↓2 | 4 |
| 7 | Evelyn | 439 | – | 12 |
| 8 | Amelia | 435 | ↑2 | 10 |
| 9 | Isabella | 426 | ↓3 | 5 |
| 10 | Avery | 405 | ↓1 | 16 |
| 11 | Abigail | 391 | – | 8 |
| 12 | Elizabeth | 361 | ↑3 | 13 |
| 13 | Nora | 355 | ↑8 | 36 |
| 14 | Madison | 343 | ↑3 | 15 |
| 15 | Mia | 338 | ↓2 | 6 |
| 16 | Lillian | 330 | ↓4 | 28 |
| 17 | Ella | 318 | ↑1 | 17 |
| 18 | Scarlett | 309 | ↑1 | 18 |
| 19 | Riley | 296 | ↑11 | 22 |
| 20 | Emily | 295 | ↑4 | 9 |
| 21 | Grace | 295 | ↓1 | 19 |
| 22 | Addison | 290 | ↓8 | 29 |
| 23 | Brooklyn | 278 | ↓1 | 34 |
| 24 | Aubrey | 266 | ↓8 | 25 |
| 25 | Layla | 261 | ↑1 | 30 |
| 26 | Hannah | 257 | ↑3 | 33 |
| 27 | Paisley | 256 | – | 46 |
| 28 | Aria | 249 | ↑6 | 23 |
| 29 | Claire | 248 | ↑2 | 40 |
| 30 | Ellie | 246 | ↑7 | 43 |
| 31 | Chloe | 244 | ↓6 | 20 |
| 32 | Zoey | 230 | ↓9 | 26 |
| 33 | Lily | 227 | ↑3 | 24 |
| 34 | Eleanor | 226 | ↑1 | 41 |
| 35 | Stella | 222 | ↑13 | 45 |
| 36 | Kennedy | 218 | ↓4 | 59 |
| 37 | Penelope | 218 | ↑6 | 27 |
| 38 | Lucy | 212 | ↑3 | 55 |
| 39 | Savannah | 212 | ↓6 | 38 |
| 40 | Lydia | 205 | ↓2 | 80 |
| 41 | Natalie | 205 | ↓2 | 31 |
| 42 | Audrey | 203 | ↓14 | 39 |
| 43 | Quinn | 201 | new | 79 |
| 44 | Skylar | 201 | ↓4 | 42 |
| 45 | Anna | 183 | ↓1 | 49 |
| 46 | Gabriella | 179 | ↓4 | 61 |
| 47 | Madelyn | 177 | ↓2 | 62 |
| 48 | Nevaeh | 176 | new | 73 |
| 49 | Cora | 175 | ↓3 | 87 |
| 50 | Aubree | 172 | new | 84 |
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 2015 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liam | 695 | – | 2 |
| 2 | Noah | 614 | ↑1 | 1 |
| 3 | Carter | 586 | ↑1 | 26 |
| 4 | William | 580 | ↑1 | 3 |
| 5 | Mason | 544 | ↓3 | 4 |
| 6 | Owen | 530 | ↑2 | 24 |
| 7 | Benjamin | 525 | ↑3 | 6 |
| 8 | James | 520 | ↑1 | 5 |
| 9 | Elijah | 519 | ↑6 | 9 |
| 10 | Jackson | 516 | ↓4 | 17 |
| 11 | Oliver | 516 | ↑3 | 12 |
| 12 | Lucas | 500 | ↑6 | 14 |
| 13 | Michael | 465 | – | 8 |
| 14 | Wyatt | 450 | ↑2 | 33 |
| 15 | Grayson | 446 | ↑11 | 37 |
| 16 | Henry | 438 | ↓5 | 22 |
| 17 | Alexander | 436 | – | 11 |
| 18 | Lincoln | 436 | ↑15 | 51 |
| 19 | Jacob | 433 | ↓7 | 7 |
| 20 | Joseph | 403 | ↑2 | 20 |
| 21 | Aiden | 400 | ↓2 | 16 |
| 22 | Ethan | 400 | ↓2 | 10 |
| 23 | Logan | 400 | ↓16 | 18 |
| 24 | Gabriel | 389 | ↑1 | 25 |
| 25 | Jaxon | 379 | ↑4 | 41 |
| 26 | Levi | 376 | ↑8 | 42 |
| 27 | Samuel | 365 | ↑1 | 21 |
| 28 | Andrew | 360 | ↓4 | 34 |
| 29 | John | 354 | ↓2 | 28 |
| 30 | Jack | 348 | ↑6 | 38 |
| 31 | Luke | 341 | ↓10 | 29 |
| 32 | Connor | 335 | ↑3 | 54 |
| 33 | Landon | 335 | ↓2 | 53 |
| 34 | Hunter | 334 | ↓11 | 45 |
| 35 | Cameron | 330 | ↑2 | 57 |
| 36 | Anthony | 315 | ↑11 | 30 |
| 37 | Colton | 312 | ↓5 | 68 |
| 38 | Charles | 309 | – | 52 |
| 39 | Matthew | 305 | – | 15 |
| 40 | Caleb | 299 | ↓10 | 44 |
| 41 | Carson | 297 | new | 81 |
| 42 | Daniel | 297 | ↑4 | 13 |
| 43 | Isaac | 294 | ↑5 | 31 |
| 44 | Isaiah | 288 | new | 47 |
| 45 | Hudson | 283 | new | 61 |
| 46 | David | 282 | ↓4 | 19 |
| 47 | Jaxson | 278 | ↓7 | 82 |
| 48 | Eli | 272 | new | 50 |
| 49 | Brayden | 263 | ↓8 | 64 |
| 50 | Nolan | 259 | new | 67 |