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Baby names in Ohio in the 2000s

In Ohio in the 2000s the most given names were Jacob (13,083 boys) and Madison (9,684 girls), of 1,242,008 births recorded.

Babies SSA recorded in Ohio each year, the 2000s shaded
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Ohio births by year and sex25k50k75k100k125k19101930195019701990201020252000-2009BoysGirls
Ohio births by year and sex25k50k75k100k125k19101930195019701990201020252000-2009BoysGirls
Ohio births by year and sex25k50k75k100k125k19101950199020252000-2009BoysGirls

Births under names given to 5 or more babies of one sex in the state that year.

Ohio, 2000-2009: SSA state baby-name file, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s state data.

The top names in Ohio, 2000s

Girls, 2000-2009
#NameBirths
1Madison9,684
2Emma8,778
3Olivia8,284
4Emily8,247
5Hannah7,621
6Abigail7,110
7Alexis6,705
8Grace5,954
9Elizabeth5,591
10Isabella5,341
11Ava5,149
12Taylor5,085
13Sarah4,843
14Samantha4,758
15Sophia4,741
16Lauren4,640
17Alyssa4,500
18Chloe4,387
19Morgan4,046
20Anna4,021
Boys, 2000-2009
#NameBirths
1Jacob13,083
2Michael9,819
3Andrew9,569
4Ethan8,827
5Joshua8,207
6Matthew8,134
7Tyler8,126
8Nicholas8,084
9Joseph7,979
10Logan7,651
11William7,576
12Alexander7,199
13Noah7,102
14Ryan7,067
15Zachary6,956
16James6,780
17Austin6,589
18Anthony6,584
19Nathan6,401
20Dylan6,127

Births summed over 2000-2009, per sex.

The names most over-represented in Ohio in the 2000s

Each figure is the name’s births in the state in the decade against the births its national share, year by year, would predict (names with at least 100 births in the state).

Girls

Boys

Ratios: observed over predicted births, 2000-2009.

More about names in Ohio

  1. The 2000s across the U.S.The most given names of the decade nationally.
  2. Ohio: 2025 and every year since 1910The state’s top names now and its number ones by year.
  3. Ohio in the 2010sThe next decade in the state.
  4. The top names of 2000The first year of the decade, nationally.
  5. Every state’s most given namesEach state since 1910.
  6. Look up any nameIts rank, births since 1880 and the people alive with it.

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