Popular baby names in Ohio, 2020
The most popular baby names in Ohio in 2020 were Olivia for girls (569 babies) and Liam for boys (618). Social Security records list 102,390 babies born in Ohio in 2020 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.
Names that stood out in Ohio in 2020
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: 46 babies, 4.8× the national rate
- Cecelia: 48 babies, 3.2× the national rate
- Oakleigh: 27 babies, 2.9× the national rate
- Linda: 27 babies, 2.7× the national rate
- Oaklynn: 79 babies, 2.6× the national rate
- Ellianna: 32 babies, 2.6× the national rate
- Maxine: 28 babies, 2.6× the national rate
- Mylah: 28 babies, 2.6× the national rate
- Baylee: 27 babies, 2.6× the national rate
- Oakley: 82 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Boys
- Mohamed: 44 babies, 2.7× the national rate
- Brantley: 129 babies, 2.6× the national rate
- Crew: 98 babies, 2.6× the national rate
- Colson: 75 babies, 2.6× the national rate
- Garrett: 70 babies, 2.6× the national rate
- Case: 39 babies, 2.6× the national rate
- Braxton: 221 babies, 2.5× the national rate
- Jensen: 88 babies, 2.5× the national rate
- Keegan: 44 babies, 2.4× the national rate
- Ronald: 38 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Ohio, 2020
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 2019 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Olivia | 569 | – | 1 |
| 2 | Charlotte | 534 | ↑1 | 5 |
| 3 | Amelia | 533 | ↑3 | 6 |
| 4 | Ava | 526 | ↓2 | 3 |
| 5 | Emma | 493 | ↓1 | 2 |
| 6 | Sophia | 442 | ↑1 | 4 |
| 7 | Evelyn | 414 | ↑1 | 9 |
| 8 | Harper | 392 | ↓3 | 10 |
| 9 | Isabella | 357 | – | 7 |
| 10 | Eleanor | 305 | ↑5 | 22 |
| 11 | Nora | 291 | ↓1 | 30 |
| 12 | Mia | 290 | ↑2 | 8 |
| 13 | Ella | 277 | ↓2 | 15 |
| 14 | Scarlett | 273 | ↓1 | 21 |
| 15 | Avery | 265 | ↓3 | 19 |
| 16 | Lillian | 257 | – | 46 |
| 17 | Elizabeth | 256 | – | 16 |
| 18 | Paisley | 253 | ↑11 | 49 |
| 19 | Aria | 240 | ↑2 | 27 |
| 20 | Ellie | 238 | ↑4 | 29 |
| 21 | Layla | 238 | ↓3 | 24 |
| 22 | Riley | 234 | ↑3 | 33 |
| 23 | Abigail | 233 | ↓4 | 12 |
| 24 | Mila | 228 | ↓4 | 20 |
| 25 | Nova | 226 | ↑15 | 38 |
| 26 | Grace | 225 | ↑6 | 28 |
| 27 | Penelope | 223 | ↑1 | 26 |
| 28 | Hazel | 220 | ↑7 | 31 |
| 29 | Willow | 220 | ↓6 | 48 |
| 30 | Aurora | 219 | ↓8 | 36 |
| 31 | Gianna | 218 | new | 13 |
| 32 | Zoey | 215 | ↑1 | 32 |
| 33 | Luna | 207 | ↓6 | 14 |
| 34 | Madison | 205 | ↓4 | 23 |
| 35 | Kinsley | 199 | new | 59 |
| 36 | Violet | 199 | ↓10 | 37 |
| 37 | Chloe | 198 | ↓1 | 25 |
| 38 | Isla | 196 | new | 44 |
| 39 | Addison | 195 | ↓5 | 47 |
| 40 | Hannah | 194 | ↓9 | 39 |
| 41 | Everly | 190 | ↑3 | 43 |
| 42 | Stella | 188 | – | 42 |
| 43 | Lucy | 187 | ↓4 | 50 |
| 44 | Peyton | 185 | new | 98 |
| 45 | Brooklyn | 180 | new | 54 |
| 46 | Lily | 177 | new | 35 |
| 47 | Emily | 172 | ↓9 | 18 |
| 48 | Claire | 171 | ↓11 | 58 |
| 49 | Quinn | 164 | ↓2 | 84 |
| 50 | Cora | 163 | ↓9 | 88 |
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 2019 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Liam | 618 | – | 1 |
| 2 | Oliver | 588 | – | 3 |
| 3 | Noah | 555 | – | 2 |
| 4 | Elijah | 478 | ↑3 | 4 |
| 5 | William | 474 | ↓1 | 5 |
| 6 | James | 469 | ↓1 | 6 |
| 7 | Henry | 459 | ↑6 | 9 |
| 8 | Owen | 445 | ↓2 | 22 |
| 9 | Benjamin | 427 | – | 7 |
| 10 | Mason | 404 | ↑5 | 11 |
| 11 | Carter | 401 | – | 33 |
| 12 | Lincoln | 401 | ↓4 | 40 |
| 13 | Lucas | 401 | ↓1 | 8 |
| 14 | Jackson | 398 | ↓4 | 17 |
| 15 | Wyatt | 393 | ↑1 | 29 |
| 16 | Theodore | 381 | ↑4 | 23 |
| 17 | Grayson | 355 | ↓3 | 35 |
| 18 | Levi | 349 | ↑3 | 18 |
| 19 | Michael | 345 | – | 12 |
| 20 | Jack | 339 | ↓2 | 21 |
| 21 | Logan | 327 | ↓4 | 16 |
| 22 | Luke | 311 | ↑1 | 31 |
| 23 | Hudson | 310 | ↑5 | 43 |
| 24 | Alexander | 309 | ↓2 | 10 |
| 25 | Jacob | 297 | ↑4 | 15 |
| 26 | Joseph | 297 | ↓1 | 26 |
| 27 | Leo | 292 | ↓1 | 36 |
| 28 | Ethan | 291 | ↑2 | 13 |
| 29 | Maverick | 286 | ↑12 | 50 |
| 30 | Colton | 285 | ↓3 | 66 |
| 31 | John | 281 | ↑2 | 27 |
| 32 | Asher | 278 | ↑3 | 32 |
| 33 | Jaxon | 278 | ↓1 | 48 |
| 34 | David | 269 | ↑9 | 28 |
| 35 | Samuel | 268 | ↓11 | 25 |
| 36 | Daniel | 266 | ↑1 | 14 |
| 37 | Thomas | 259 | ↑5 | 45 |
| 38 | Charles | 256 | ↓4 | 46 |
| 39 | Aiden | 244 | ↓8 | 24 |
| 40 | Cooper | 239 | new | 75 |
| 41 | Landon | 235 | ↑3 | 69 |
| 42 | Nolan | 234 | ↑4 | 61 |
| 43 | Isaac | 227 | ↓5 | 39 |
| 44 | Jameson | 224 | new | 79 |
| 45 | Andrew | 222 | ↓6 | 52 |
| 46 | Braxton | 221 | ↑1 | >100 |
| 47 | Matthew | 220 | new | 30 |
| 48 | Gabriel | 215 | ↓8 | 38 |
| 49 | Waylon | 214 | new | >100 |
| 50 | Anthony | 213 | ↓1 | 41 |