Name Legacy

Baby names in Ohio, 2010s

2010–2019 · 1,110,477 recorded births

Emma was the most common name given in Ohio across the 2010s, with 7,256 births in the decade. The state recorded 1,110,477 births in total over those years.

Most distinctive to Ohio in the 2010s

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
Crosley38
Marty73
Rayshawn93
Abdullahi117
Rhoda61
Cartier138
Bexley186
Abdirahman126

Top 25 in the 2010s

RankNameBirths
#1Emma7,256
#2Ava6,977
#3Liam6,772
#4Olivia6,723
#5Mason6,444
#6Noah6,295
#7Sophia6,160
#8William5,970
#9Carter5,776
#10Logan5,579
#11Isabella5,326
#12Michael5,267
#13Jacob5,242
#14Jackson5,160
#15Elijah5,106
#16James5,068
#17Benjamin4,972
#18Owen4,943
#19Lucas4,797
#20Ethan4,641
#21Avery4,580
#22Alexander4,558
#23Aiden4,364
#24Harper4,339
#25Joseph4,229

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