Most Popular Baby Names in Ohio (2025)

The most popular baby names in Ohio in 2025 were Charlotte for girls and Oliver for boys, based on Social Security data for babies born in the state.

Names that rank much higher in Ohio than in the country as a whole include Vivian, Kinsley, Lincoln, and Myles.

State data is published a year behind the national list, and it only includes names given to at least five babies of one sex in the state.

Top 100 baby names in Ohio

Girls

Girls
#	Name	Babies	Change
1	Charlotte	551	–
2	Amelia	482	–
3	Sophia	464	↑ 2
4	Evelyn	420	–
5	Olivia	392	↓ 2
6	Eleanor	376	↑ 1
7	Emma	362	↓ 1
8	Lainey	334	↑ 2
9	Violet	329	↑ 2
10	Nora	301	↓ 1
11	Harper	288	↓ 3
12	Aurora	287	↑ 1
13	Ava	281	↓ 1
14	Mia	279	↑ 5
15	Isabella	270	↓ 1
16	Hazel	261	↓ 1
17	Penelope	258	↑ 8
18	Scarlett	251	↑ 12
19	Isla	243	↑ 8
20	Ellie	241	↓ 4
21	Elizabeth	234	↓ 4
22	Lucy	233	↓ 2
23	Avery	230	–
24	Willow	229	–
25	Ivy	228	↓ 7
26	Josephine	220	↑ 5
27	Lily	217	↑ 10
28	Nova	217	↓ 6
29	Ella	205	↓ 8
30	Lillian	202	↓ 2
31	Aria	201	↓ 5
32	Vivian	201	↑ 2
33	Eloise	200	↑ 10
34	Layla	193	↓ 1
35	Eliana	185	↑ 6
36	Grace	185	↑ 4
37	Riley	183	↑ 1
38	Naomi	180	↑ 6
39	Paisley	180	↓ 7
40	Delilah	178	↑ 2
41	Clara	176	↑ 7
42	Chloe	173	↓ 13
43	Sadie	172	↑ 2
44	Gianna	168	↓ 8
45	Iris	165	↑ 22
46	Maeve	163	↑ 8
47	Stella	163	↑ 4
48	Abigail	160	↑ 7
49	Sofia	158	↓ 3
50	Kinsley	150	↑ 19
51	Luna	148	↓ 16
52	Lydia	147	↑ 6
53	Quinn	147	–
54	Claire	143	↓ 7
55	Ruby	143	↓ 3
56	Daisy	141	↑ 9
57	Mila	140	↓ 7
58	Emery	137	↑ 13
59	Emily	136	↑ 1
60	Millie	136	↑ 12
61	Sophie	135	↑ 26
62	Eden	133	↑ 4
63	Josie	133	↓ 24
64	Addison	132	↓ 15
65	Emersyn	131	new
66	Adeline	130	↓ 3
67	Zoey	129	↑ 3
68	Oaklynn	128	↓ 9
69	Audrey	124	↑ 6
70	Elliana	124	↑ 20
71	Hannah	123	↓ 14
72	Oakley	123	↑ 23
73	Emilia	122	↓ 12
74	Raelynn	119	↓ 6
75	Parker	116	↑ 21
76	Cora	115	↓ 14
77	Kennedy	115	↑ 20
78	Madelyn	115	↑ 6
79	Lyla	114	–
80	Cecilia	113	new
81	Zoe	113	↑ 17
82	Georgia	112	↓ 9
83	Rylee	112	new
84	Elena	111	↓ 7
85	Gabriella	111	↑ 3
86	Juniper	111	new
87	Wrenley	110	↓ 7
88	Margaret	109	new
89	Elsie	107	new
90	Madison	107	↓ 34
91	Emerson	106	↓ 15
92	Leah	106	↓ 9
93	Eliza	103	↓ 1
94	Madeline	103	new
95	Caroline	102	↓ 4
96	Maya	102	↓ 15
97	Ailany	101	new
98	Everly	101	↓ 16
99	Alice	99	↓ 35
100	Natalie	99	↓ 15

Boys

Boys
#	Name	Babies	Change
1	Oliver	653	–
2	Theodore	611	↑ 1
3	Noah	551	↓ 1
4	Henry	543	↑ 1
5	Liam	530	↓ 1
6	Hudson	455	↑ 1
7	William	431	↑ 3
8	James	403	↓ 2
9	Elijah	393	–
10	Jack	389	↑ 3
11	Cooper	355	↑ 14
12	Lincoln	343	↑ 5
13	Lucas	342	↓ 5
14	Benjamin	336	↑ 2
15	Owen	335	↓ 3
16	Levi	331	↑ 5
17	Michael	324	↑ 3
18	Leo	315	↑ 1
19	Wyatt	305	↓ 5
20	Bennett	291	↑ 15
21	Luca	291	↑ 12
22	Asher	288	↓ 7
23	Jackson	287	↑ 5
24	Carter	285	↓ 2
25	Grayson	285	↓ 14
26	Waylon	281	–
27	Thomas	280	↑ 12
28	Weston	277	↑ 14
29	Joseph	268	↑ 1
30	Samuel	260	↓ 12
31	Wesley	258	↑ 9
32	Ezra	256	↓ 9
33	Roman	255	↑ 5
34	John	251	↓ 3
35	Maverick	248	↓ 11
36	Luke	247	↓ 9
37	Mason	241	↓ 8
38	Rowan	237	↓ 4
39	Elias	235	↑ 11
40	Beau	233	↑ 8
41	Charles	231	↑ 2
42	Everett	229	↑ 15
43	Silas	224	↑ 8
44	Brooks	223	↑ 1
45	Nolan	220	↓ 1
46	Miles	216	↓ 14
47	Myles	216	↓ 10
48	Walker	215	↑ 13
49	Cameron	208	↓ 3
50	Alexander	207	↓ 9
51	Daniel	206	↓ 15
52	Graham	203	↑ 15
53	David	199	↓ 4
54	Ethan	191	↑ 4
55	Logan	187	↓ 3
56	Isaac	184	↓ 9
57	Archer	182	↑ 9
58	Atlas	180	new
59	Gabriel	175	↓ 6
60	Jacob	175	↓ 5
61	Andrew	174	↑ 2
62	Isaiah	172	↓ 8
63	Matthew	172	↓ 7
64	Parker	171	–
65	Braxton	169	↑ 19
66	Vincent	168	↓ 1
67	Josiah	167	↑ 10
68	Julian	165	↑ 22
69	Mateo	163	↓ 7
70	August	162	↑ 10
71	Anthony	161	↓ 3
72	Easton	154	↑ 9
73	Calvin	153	↑ 13
74	Carson	153	–
75	Sawyer	152	↑ 22
76	Joshua	149	↓ 5
77	Caleb	148	↓ 7
78	Callum	148	new
79	Micah	148	↓ 6
80	Landon	145	↑ 7
81	Colton	142	↓ 22
82	Sebastian	140	–
83	Adam	139	↑ 17
84	Aiden	139	↓ 5
85	Arthur	139	↑ 3
86	Jayden	139	new
87	Robert	138	↓ 18
88	Theo	136	↑ 4
89	Emmett	135	–
90	Beckett	134	new
91	Dawson	134	–
92	Dean	134	new
93	Christopher	133	↓ 17
94	Jonah	133	↑ 1
95	Ezekiel	131	↓ 20
96	Jeremiah	130	new
97	Dylan	128	new
98	Elliot	127	new
99	Xavier	127	new
100	Declan	126	new

Names more popular in Ohio

Names in the state's top 50 that rank far higher in Ohio than across the US.

Girls

Name	Ohio	US
Vivian	#32	#72
Kinsley	#50	#93

Boys

Name	Ohio	US
Lincoln	#12	#69
Myles	#47	#100

Number-one names in Ohio by year

Year	Girls	Boys
2025	Charlotte (551)	Oliver (653)
2024	Charlotte (532)	Oliver (620)
2023	Charlotte (512)	Oliver (603)
2022	Charlotte (588)	Oliver (659)
2021	Olivia (535)	Oliver (641)
2020	Olivia (569)	Liam (618)
2019	Olivia (612)	Liam (640)
2018	Ava (635)	Liam (686)
2017	Emma (674)	Liam (657)
2016	Emma (683)	Liam (695)
2015	Emma (724)	Liam (691)
2014	Emma (827)	Liam (724)

Source: US Social Security Administration state files. A name only appears in a state list if at least five babies of one sex received it there that year.

Top 100 baby names in Ohio

Girls

Boys

Names more popular in Ohio

Girls

Boys

Number-one names in Ohio by year

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