The most common names of people born in Ohio

Social Security has recorded about 15 million births in Ohio since 1910 under names it lists. By our estimate, about 11 million of those people are alive today, and their average age is 45. The most common names among them are Mary for women and Michael for men.

These are the names of people born in Ohio, wherever they live now. Social Security records state of birth, not where people live, so people who moved to Ohio from elsewhere aren't counted here, and people born here who moved away are.

Women and girls born in Ohio

Most common names of living women born in Ohio
#	Name	Alive today	Average age
1	Mary	86,000	66
2	Jennifer	70,000	49
3	Linda	57,000	71
4	Patricia	52,000	70
5	Elizabeth	50,000	45
6	Lisa	49,000	57
7	Susan	48,000	66
8	Karen	47,000	67
9	Barbara	45,000	72
10	Jessica	44,000	39
11	Sarah	43,000	40
12	Kimberly	42,000	55
13	Michelle	41,000	52
14	Amy	40,000	51
15	Amanda	38,000	41
16	Deborah	38,000	67
17	Melissa	36,000	50
18	Emily	36,000	32
19	Ashley	36,000	35
20	Rebecca	36,000	53
21	Nancy	34,000	72
22	Angela	34,000	51
23	Sandra	33,000	70
24	Carol	31,000	74
25	Laura	31,000	54
26	Stephanie	31,000	47
27	Pamela	30,000	66
28	Sharon	30,000	70
29	Heather	29,000	46
30	Cynthia	29,000	64

Men and boys born in Ohio

Most common names of living men born in Ohio
#	Name	Alive today	Average age
1	Michael	180,000	52
2	James	150,000	57
3	David	140,000	57
4	Robert	140,000	59
5	John	140,000	58
6	William	110,000	54
7	Christopher	81,000	44
8	Thomas	81,000	57
9	Joseph	80,000	47
10	Richard	77,000	63
11	Matthew	76,000	40
12	Daniel	71,000	48
13	Mark	67,000	58
14	Charles	62,000	56
15	Brian	59,000	50
16	Timothy	58,000	54
17	Andrew	57,000	37
18	Joshua	55,000	35
19	Jeffrey	54,000	56
20	Anthony	53,000	43
21	Steven	52,000	54
22	Jason	49,000	44
23	Kevin	47,000	50
24	Ryan	44,000	35
25	Jacob	44,000	28
26	Nicholas	43,000	35
27	Paul	41,000	59
28	Scott	41,000	54
29	Donald	40,000	64
30	Ronald	40,000	65

Average ages here are for people with the name born in Ohio, not the national average.

Names more common in Ohio than nationally

Among living people born in Ohio, these names make up a bigger share than they do nationwide. Beth is 2.3× as common among people born here as among all Americans.

Names more common among people born in Ohio than nationally
#	Name	Vs. national	Alive today	Average age
1	Beth	2.3×	12,000	60
2	Sue	2.1×	7,200	73
3	Rick	2.1×	5,100	65
4	Tim	1.9×	4,700	65
5	Todd	1.9×	19,000	54
6	Jodi	1.9×	5,700	54
7	Constance	1.8×	5,700	69
8	Tom	1.8×	4,800	70
9	Dale	1.8×	12,000	65
10	Marcia	1.8×	6,400	70
11	Douglas	1.8×	28,000	60
12	Vicki	1.7×	8,600	68
13	Chad	1.7×	15,000	45
14	Jill	1.7×	12,000	59
15	Roberta	1.7×	6,100	70

The newest Ohio babies

The most popular names for babies born in Ohio in 2025, with the average age of everyone in the US who has each name.

Girls

Top girl names of 2025 in Ohio
#	Name	Born 2025	Avg. age, US
1	Charlotte	551	30
2	Amelia	482	16
3	Sophia	464	16
4	Evelyn	420	34
5	Olivia	392	18
6	Eleanor	376	30
7	Emma	362	20
8	Lainey	334	7
9	Violet	329	18
10	Nora	301	25

Boys

Top boy names of 2025 in Ohio
#	Name	Born 2025	Avg. age, US
1	Oliver	653	13
2	Theodore	611	29
3	Noah	551	16
4	Henry	543	34
5	Liam	530	11
6	Hudson	455	9
7	William	431	51
8	James	403	54
9	Elijah	393	16
10	Jack	389	34

About these numbers

Social Security publishes names by state of birth for births from 1910 on, listing a name only when at least five babies of the same sex got it in the state that year, so rare names are missing. We estimate how many of those babies are alive with SSA's national cohort life tables (there are no state tables), and count a name as a girls' or boys' name by which sex has more living people born here. “Vs. national” compares the name's share of living people born in Ohio with its share of all living Americans in the national records. How we calculate this