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Baby names in Ohio, 1990s

1990–1999 · 1,386,614 recorded births

Michael was the most common name given in Ohio across the 1990s, with 20,276 births in the decade. The state recorded 1,386,614 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Ohio in the 1990s

Names given far more often here than nationally in these years. The multiplier is conservative — it is the low end of the plausible range, so a name carried by a handful of births does not outrank one carried by hundreds.

NameBirthsvs national
Treg26
Jaret214
Dontez70
Nautica190
Firman8
Fannie94
Rhoda67
Enos49

Top 25 in the 1990s

RankNameBirths
#1Michael20,276
#2Jacob17,693
#3Matthew15,827
#4Tyler15,646
#5Joshua14,711
#6Nicholas13,960
#7Ashley13,798
#8Andrew13,705
#9Christopher13,407
#10Brandon13,253
#11Zachary12,852
#12Emily12,379
#13Jessica12,315
#14Taylor11,952
#15Joseph11,810
#15Ryan11,810
#17Sarah11,044
#18James11,003
#19Kyle10,980
#20Austin10,541
#21Brittany10,477
#21Samantha10,477
#23David10,340
#24John9,989
#25Jordan9,954

Other decades in Ohio

All Ohio names, 2025

Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. State records begin in 1910. Names given to fewer than five babies in a state in a year are withheld at source. namelegacy.org