Popular baby names in Cincinnati (Ohio), 2015

According to the Cincinnati Vital Records Office, the most popular baby names in the Ohio city last year were Ava and Jackson.

Here are Cincinnati’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2015:

Girl names

1. Ava
2. Olivia
3. Evelyn
4. Madelyn
5. Sophia
6. Aubree
7. Grace
8. Nora
9. Abigail
10. Avery & Emma (tie)

Boy names

1. Jackson
2. William
3. Benjamin
4. Carter
5. Henry
6. James
7. Liam
8. Luke
9. Charles
10. Oliver

I’m surprised that the #6 name for girls is Aubree and not Aubrey. In every U.S. state (except for Montana) the preferred spelling of the name in 2014 was “Aubrey.” Ohio itself welcomed 360 Aubreys vs. 226 Aubrees that year.

In 2012, the top baby names in Cincinnati were Emma and William.

Source: These were the top 2015 Cincinnati baby names

Image: Adapted from Flag of Ohio (public domain)