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Baby names in Ohio, 2000s

2000–2009 · 1,242,749 recorded births

Jacob was the most common name given in Ohio across the 2000s, with 13,089 births in the decade. The state recorded 1,242,749 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Ohio in the 2000s

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
Void1616×
Tressel10
Rhoda86
Dontez46
Fannie85
Marty95
Malinda131
Erma37

Top 25 in the 2000s

RankNameBirths
#1Jacob13,089
#2Michael9,825
#3Madison9,706
#4Andrew9,569
#5Ethan8,827
#6Emma8,778
#7Olivia8,284
#8Tyler8,251
#9Emily8,247
#10Joshua8,207
#11Matthew8,134
#12Nicholas8,084
#13Logan8,059
#14Joseph7,979
#15Hannah7,621
#16William7,576
#17Ryan7,274
#18Alexander7,199
#19Abigail7,110
#20Noah7,107
#21Zachary6,956
#22Alexis6,850
#23James6,785
#24Austin6,599
#25Anthony6,584

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