Popular baby names in Ohio, 2017

The most popular baby names in Ohio in 2017 were Emma for girls (674 babies) and Liam for boys (657). Social Security records list 110,135 babies born in Ohio in 2017 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Ohio in 2017

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

Girls

Bexley: 32 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Makenna: 82 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Liberty: 42 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Rylan: 27 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Gracelynn: 63 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Elliana: 98 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Delaney: 91 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Alayah: 41 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Octavia: 37 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Elaina: 79 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Colson: 36 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Maxton: 33 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Corbin: 112 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Kolton: 53 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Braxton: 240 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Brantley: 165 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Jensen: 70 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Mohamed: 45 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Zayne: 57 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Kamden: 47 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Ohio, 2017

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2016	US rank
1	Emma	674	–	1
2	Ava	665	–	3
3	Olivia	628	–	2
4	Harper	562	↑1	11
5	Charlotte	527	↓1	7
6	Amelia	491	↑2	8
7	Isabella	474	↑2	4
8	Sophia	472	↓2	5
9	Evelyn	455	↓2	9
10	Avery	365	–	14
11	Lillian	365	↑5	27
12	Mia	340	↑3	6
13	Nora	335	–	29
14	Ella	330	↑3	16
15	Abigail	316	↓4	10
16	Scarlett	304	↑2	18
17	Elizabeth	290	↓5	13
18	Grace	279	↑3	21
19	Aria	268	↑9	20
20	Layla	264	↑5	26
21	Aubrey	262	↑3	31
22	Paisley	262	↑5	45
23	Eleanor	258	↑11	36
24	Riley	251	↓5	25
25	Emily	246	↓5	12
26	Addison	245	↓4	34
27	Madison	244	↓13	17
28	Penelope	243	↑9	24
29	Savannah	241	↑10	38
30	Brooklyn	234	↓7	39
31	Zoey	231	↑1	28
32	Chloe	229	↓1	22
33	Claire	229	↓4	49
34	Hannah	229	↓8	32
35	Anna	223	↑10	53
36	Lily	218	↓3	33
37	Lucy	216	↑1	52
38	Audrey	211	↑4	46
39	Kinsley	210	new	59
40	Willow	201	new	80
41	Quinn	198	↑2	76
42	Stella	198	↓7	42
43	Peyton	197	new	89
44	Ellie	196	↓14	44
45	Skylar	194	↓1	48
46	Aurora	192	new	51
47	Cora	192	↑2	83
48	Kennedy	189	↓12	58
49	Gabriella	186	↓3	65
50	Mila	184	new	30

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2016	US rank
1	Liam	657	–	1
2	Noah	593	–	2
3	Carter	591	–	24
4	William	560	–	3
5	Lucas	540	↑7	11
6	Oliver	535	↑5	10
7	Elijah	531	↑2	8
8	Mason	523	↓3	7
9	Logan	515	↑14	5
10	Owen	512	↓4	28
11	Michael	480	↑2	12
12	Benjamin	475	↓5	6
13	Wyatt	475	↑1	25
14	Lincoln	467	↑4	41
15	James	463	↓7	4
16	Grayson	460	↓1	34
17	Henry	440	↓1	19
18	Jackson	438	↓8	20
19	Jacob	413	–	9
20	Alexander	382	↓3	13
21	Joseph	375	↓1	18
22	Samuel	362	↑5	21
23	Luke	347	↑8	30
24	Andrew	342	↑4	40
25	Jaxon	342	–	43
26	Aiden	335	↓5	17
27	Ethan	335	↓5	14
28	Jack	335	↑2	36
29	John	330	–	27
30	Charles	327	↑8	48
31	Gabriel	323	↓7	31
32	Levi	314	↓6	35
33	Connor	306	↓1	56
34	Colton	297	↑3	70
35	Anthony	290	↑1	33
36	David	290	↑10	22
37	Hunter	288	↓3	53
38	Theodore	285	new	61
39	Cameron	281	↓4	60
40	Carson	278	↑1	83
41	Landon	278	↓8	57
42	Daniel	276	–	15
43	Jaxson	276	↑4	79
44	Nolan	276	↑6	67
45	Matthew	275	↓6	16
46	Isaac	264	↓3	32
47	Eli	262	↑1	54
48	Joshua	258	new	38
49	Christopher	256	new	39
50	Hudson	252	↓5	64

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