What baby names are unique to Ohio?

Yaro is the name most distinctive to Ohio, given about 14 times more often there than in the United States as a whole. Void, Tressel and Coletta follow.

How is a distinctive name measured?

Each name's share of births in Ohio is compared with its share nationally. The multiplier shown is the conservative low end of that ratio, so a name carried by a handful of births cannot outrank one carried by hundreds.

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Names unique to Ohio

The most distinctive Ohio baby names, 1910–2025

These are the names given far more often in Ohio than anywhere else in the country, across the whole record from 1910 to 2025. Yaro leads: it is given about 14× more often here than across the United States as a whole.

The multiplier compares each name's share of Ohio births with its share nationally, and reports the conservative low end of that comparison — so a name carried by a handful of births cannot outrank one carried by hundreds.

Across the whole record, 1910–2025

#	Name	Births	vs national
1	Yaro	24	14×
2	Void	16	6×
3	Tressel	10	6×
4	Coletta	498	5×
5	Gizella	124	5×
6	Dontez	177	3×
7	Rayshawn	613	3×
8	Deb	221	3×
9	Garnet	1,102	3×
10	Jonda	77	3×
11	Tonda	310	3×
12	Barb	475	3×
13	Bexlee	72	3×
14	Crosley	38	2×
15	Nautica	268	2×
16	Bexley	394	2×
17	Abdullahi	213	2×
18	Abdirahman	241	2×
19	Clarabelle	204	2×
20	Glenna	2,473	2×
21	Atlee	234	2×
22	Saundra	1,793	2×
23	Tari	253	2×
24	Ilo	73	2×
25	Bev	109	2×
26	Beth	14,202	2×
27	Rolland	887	2×
28	Jaret	288	2×
29	Ned	1,458	2×
30	Rick	7,035	2×
31	Treva	833	2×
32	Muhammadali	78	2×
33	Sue	11,758	2×
34	Denver	1,960	2×
35	Myonna	50	2×
36	Patty	5,168	2×
37	Aissata	60	2×
38	Cinda	390	2×
39	Twila	977	2×
40	Adelbert	186	2×

Right now, in 2025

A different list from the one above, and not a contradiction: these are the names distinctive to Ohio in a single recent year rather than across the whole record.

Name	Births	vs national
Atlee	13	9×
Amadou	13	7×
Kylynn	7	7×
Wynnie	7	7×
Hudsyn	14	6×
Dakai	6	6×
Danyla	6	6×
Jayveon	6	6×
Lariyah	6	6×
Rhyett	6	6×

Decade by decade

The single most distinctive name of each decade.

Decade	Name	vs national
1910s	Yaro	12×
1920s	Coletta	6×
1930s	Coletta	4×
1940s	Coletta	3×
1950s	Atlee	5×
1960s	Halle	6×
1970s	Halle	6×
1980s	Halle	12×
1990s	Treg	5×
2000s	Void	16×
2010s	Crosley	5×
2020s	Myonna	5×

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Names unique to other states

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