Popular baby names in Ohio, 2021
The most popular baby names in Ohio in 2021 were Olivia for girls (535 babies) and Oliver for boys (641). Oliver ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 102,821 babies born in Ohio in 2021 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.
Names that stood out in Ohio in 2021
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, 4× the national rate
- Layne: 29 babies, 2.9× the national rate
- Oaklynn: 117 babies, 2.7× the national rate
- Ensley: 28 babies, 2.6× the national rate
- Maren: 52 babies, 2.5× the national rate
- Nellie: 28 babies, 2.5× the national rate
- Murphy: 28 babies, 2.4× the national rate
- Dior: 39 babies, 2.3× the national rate
- Kinslee: 26 babies, 2.3× the national rate
- Oakley: 98 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Boys
- Gatlin: 32 babies, 3.2× the national rate
- Colson: 90 babies, 2.8× the national rate
- Boone: 42 babies, 2.8× the national rate
- Mohamed: 47 babies, 2.7× the national rate
- Emmitt: 44 babies, 2.6× the national rate
- Layne: 35 babies, 2.6× the national rate
- Memphis: 60 babies, 2.5× the national rate
- Landen: 35 babies, 2.5× the national rate
- Brantley: 98 babies, 2.4× the national rate
- Lincoln: 477 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Ohio, 2021
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 2020 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Olivia | 535 | – | 1 |
| 2 | Charlotte | 523 | – | 3 |
| 3 | Emma | 517 | ↑2 | 2 |
| 4 | Amelia | 504 | ↓1 | 4 |
| 5 | Ava | 490 | ↓1 | 5 |
| 6 | Evelyn | 438 | ↑1 | 9 |
| 7 | Sophia | 422 | ↓1 | 6 |
| 8 | Harper | 388 | – | 10 |
| 9 | Eleanor | 356 | ↑1 | 15 |
| 10 | Isabella | 322 | ↓1 | 7 |
| 11 | Avery | 310 | ↑4 | 19 |
| 12 | Nora | 309 | ↓1 | 27 |
| 13 | Ella | 287 | – | 16 |
| 14 | Elizabeth | 280 | ↑3 | 14 |
| 15 | Mia | 279 | ↓3 | 8 |
| 16 | Nova | 277 | ↑9 | 32 |
| 17 | Willow | 270 | ↑12 | 39 |
| 18 | Hazel | 250 | ↑10 | 28 |
| 19 | Layla | 247 | ↑2 | 24 |
| 20 | Paisley | 247 | ↓2 | 52 |
| 21 | Penelope | 244 | ↑6 | 23 |
| 22 | Ellie | 239 | ↓2 | 30 |
| 23 | Isla | 236 | ↑15 | 34 |
| 24 | Scarlett | 235 | ↓10 | 20 |
| 25 | Aria | 226 | ↓6 | 22 |
| 26 | Violet | 226 | ↑10 | 36 |
| 27 | Zoey | 221 | ↑5 | 38 |
| 28 | Aurora | 219 | ↑2 | 35 |
| 29 | Luna | 217 | ↑4 | 11 |
| 30 | Mila | 214 | ↓6 | 26 |
| 31 | Lillian | 213 | ↓15 | 51 |
| 32 | Gianna | 209 | ↓1 | 13 |
| 33 | Abigail | 208 | ↓10 | 17 |
| 34 | Madison | 207 | – | 29 |
| 35 | Chloe | 206 | ↑2 | 25 |
| 36 | Kinsley | 206 | ↓1 | 57 |
| 37 | Riley | 206 | ↓15 | 37 |
| 38 | Grace | 196 | ↓12 | 33 |
| 39 | Stella | 193 | ↑3 | 41 |
| 40 | Lucy | 192 | ↑3 | 48 |
| 41 | Everly | 185 | – | 50 |
| 42 | Josephine | 181 | new | 72 |
| 43 | Ivy | 178 | new | 49 |
| 44 | Naomi | 176 | new | 54 |
| 45 | Lydia | 175 | new | 89 |
| 46 | Lily | 173 | – | 31 |
| 47 | Emilia | 172 | new | 40 |
| 48 | Addison | 170 | ↓9 | 45 |
| 49 | Hannah | 170 | ↓9 | 44 |
| 50 | Cora | 168 | – | 87 |
| Rank | Name | Babies | vs 2020 | US rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oliver | 641 | ↑1 | 3 |
| 2 | Liam | 547 | ↓1 | 1 |
| 3 | Noah | 509 | – | 2 |
| 4 | Henry | 500 | ↑3 | 9 |
| 5 | Lincoln | 477 | ↑7 | 45 |
| 6 | William | 468 | ↓1 | 6 |
| 7 | Elijah | 463 | ↓3 | 4 |
| 8 | Owen | 441 | – | 22 |
| 9 | Jackson | 426 | ↑5 | 14 |
| 10 | James | 424 | ↓4 | 5 |
| 11 | Benjamin | 413 | ↓2 | 7 |
| 12 | Lucas | 413 | ↑1 | 8 |
| 13 | Wyatt | 413 | ↑2 | 29 |
| 14 | Theodore | 412 | ↑2 | 10 |
| 15 | Jack | 384 | ↑5 | 11 |
| 16 | Carter | 371 | ↓5 | 39 |
| 17 | Levi | 343 | ↑1 | 12 |
| 18 | Grayson | 339 | ↓1 | 35 |
| 19 | Asher | 335 | ↑13 | 25 |
| 20 | Michael | 332 | ↓1 | 17 |
| 21 | Hudson | 331 | ↑2 | 34 |
| 22 | Leo | 327 | ↑5 | 31 |
| 23 | Logan | 327 | ↓2 | 21 |
| 24 | Maverick | 327 | ↑5 | 47 |
| 25 | Mason | 323 | ↓15 | 18 |
| 26 | Samuel | 300 | ↑9 | 23 |
| 27 | Luke | 285 | ↓5 | 32 |
| 28 | John | 283 | ↑3 | 27 |
| 29 | Colton | 279 | ↑1 | 75 |
| 30 | Alexander | 267 | ↓6 | 13 |
| 31 | Joseph | 263 | ↓5 | 28 |
| 32 | Nolan | 261 | ↑10 | 60 |
| 33 | Jacob | 249 | ↓8 | 24 |
| 34 | Jaxon | 247 | ↓1 | 54 |
| 35 | Gabriel | 246 | ↑13 | 38 |
| 36 | Luca | 236 | new | 42 |
| 37 | Cameron | 234 | new | 62 |
| 38 | Ezra | 234 | new | 37 |
| 39 | Charles | 233 | ↓1 | 50 |
| 40 | Isaac | 231 | ↑3 | 40 |
| 41 | Thomas | 231 | ↓4 | 46 |
| 42 | Daniel | 229 | ↓6 | 16 |
| 43 | Ethan | 227 | ↓15 | 20 |
| 44 | Aiden | 224 | ↓5 | 26 |
| 45 | Waylon | 220 | ↑4 | 69 |
| 46 | Brooks | 219 | new | 78 |
| 47 | Landon | 219 | ↓6 | 73 |
| 48 | Miles | 216 | new | 55 |
| 49 | Carson | 215 | new | 97 |
| 50 | Jameson | 215 | ↓6 | 80 |