Popular baby names in Ohio, 2018

The most popular baby names in Ohio in 2018 were Ava for girls (635 babies) and Liam for boys (686). Ava ranked #3 nationally for girls. Social Security records list 108,330 babies born in Ohio in 2018 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Ohio in 2018

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: 45 babies, 5.1× the national rate
Aubriella: 38 babies, 3.5× the national rate
Oaklynn: 53 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Ellianna: 27 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Addilynn: 34 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Remington: 69 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Cecelia: 40 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Maren: 38 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Kinslee: 32 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Kendall: 89 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Mohamed: 61 babies, 3× the national rate
Colten: 35 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Colson: 35 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Boone: 32 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Braxton: 234 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Keegan: 73 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Deacon: 45 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Benson: 46 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Zander: 95 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Jensen: 84 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Ohio, 2018

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2017	US rank
1	Ava	635	↑1	3
2	Emma	616	↓1	1
3	Olivia	608	–	2
4	Amelia	554	↑2	8
5	Harper	539	↓1	9
6	Charlotte	512	↓1	6
7	Sophia	459	↑1	5
8	Evelyn	454	↑1	10
9	Isabella	399	↓2	4
10	Avery	345	–	16
11	Ella	336	↑3	15
12	Nora	327	↑1	30
13	Lillian	321	↓2	34
14	Scarlett	316	↑2	20
15	Mia	306	↓3	7
16	Abigail	304	↓1	11
17	Elizabeth	304	–	13
18	Mila	294	↑32	14
19	Aria	278	–	19
20	Eleanor	272	↑3	32
21	Zoey	255	↑10	29
22	Addison	246	↑4	35
23	Ellie	245	↑21	36
24	Paisley	241	↓2	52
25	Grace	240	↓7	24
26	Riley	238	↓2	28
27	Madison	237	–	22
28	Willow	236	↑12	60
29	Layla	232	↓9	27
30	Aurora	217	↑16	44
31	Nova	216	new	55
32	Penelope	216	↓4	26
33	Emily	213	↓8	12
34	Aubrey	212	↓13	37
35	Quinn	209	↑6	85
36	Stella	208	↑6	38
37	Kennedy	207	↑11	59
38	Claire	205	↓5	50
39	Hannah	205	↓5	33
40	Chloe	203	↓8	25
41	Brooklyn	202	↓11	47
42	Savannah	202	↓13	45
43	Audrey	201	↓5	46
44	Cora	200	↑3	73
45	Violet	200	new	43
46	Lucy	196	↓9	51
47	Lydia	196	new	89
48	Luna	194	new	23
49	Hazel	190	new	42
50	Lily	184	↓14	31

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 2017	US rank
1	Liam	686	–	1
2	Noah	593	–	2
3	William	549	↑1	3
4	Oliver	546	↑2	5
5	Owen	518	↑5	25
6	James	493	↑9	4
7	Carter	492	↓4	24
8	Henry	478	↑9	16
9	Michael	478	↑2	14
10	Lucas	470	↓5	8
11	Mason	467	↓3	9
12	Lincoln	466	↑2	41
13	Benjamin	464	↓1	6
14	Elijah	455	↓7	7
15	Logan	451	↓6	10
16	Jackson	440	↑2	17
17	Wyatt	428	↓4	27
18	Grayson	414	↓2	32
19	Jaxon	379	↑6	39
20	Alexander	374	–	11
21	Jacob	372	↓2	13
22	Luke	354	↑1	30
23	Joseph	350	↓2	23
24	Jack	348	↑4	28
25	Ethan	342	↑2	12
26	Theodore	339	↑12	44
27	Samuel	328	↓5	21
28	Levi	325	↑4	33
29	John	314	–	26
30	Charles	307	–	53
31	Aiden	296	↓5	19
32	Leo	294	new	50
33	Andrew	292	↓9	43
34	Hunter	292	↑3	56
35	Hudson	291	↑15	55
36	Gabriel	286	↓5	35
37	Nolan	285	↑7	65
38	Colton	283	↓4	68
39	Connor	282	↓6	58
40	Matthew	270	↑5	20
41	Daniel	267	↑1	15
42	David	267	↓6	22
43	Isaac	267	↑3	34
44	Jaxson	264	↓1	76
45	Landon	262	↓4	61
46	Cameron	258	↓7	69
47	Carson	258	↓7	70
48	Anthony	253	↓13	38
49	Asher	249	new	47
50	Isaiah	239	new	51

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