State roster

Top names in Ohio

The names most likely to appear on 1911 Ohio birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 24,593 Ohio births in 1911 across 556 distinct names.

Distinctively Ohio

Names that rank far higher here than they do nationally — the ones that say Ohio more than they say America.

#79Marcellaoutside the national top 200
#100Delbertoutside the national top 200
#76Norma#153 nationally
#62Mike#138 nationally
#94Miriam#164 nationally
#65Steve#133 nationally
#96Dan#164 nationally
#53Loretta#118 nationally
#75Goldie#140 nationally
#63Wayne#126 nationally
#96Phyllis#155 nationally
#82Erma#138 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,277US #1
#2Helen810US #2
#3Dorothy592US #4
#4Ruth573US #5
#5Margaret510US #3
#6Mildred404US #8
#7Anna330US #6
#8Elizabeth311US #7
#9Florence249US #12
#10Marie243US #9
#11Frances227US #10
#12Alice224US #11
#13Evelyn213US #16
#14Thelma206US #27
#15Edna201US #17
#16Martha198US #28
#17Virginia194US #26
#18Hazel191US #25
#19Rose191US #14
#20Gladys185US #18
#21Ethel170US #15
#22Catherine167US #20
#23Lillian164US #13
#24Irene153US #21
#25Esther150US #34
#26Grace150US #23
#27Lucille149US #32
#28Edith147US #31
#29Marjorie136US #59
#30Gertrude133US #30
#31Pauline132US #38
#32Kathryn131US #73
#33Josephine125US #29
#34Louise125US #19
#35Elsie122US #41
#36Clara120US #33
#37Bernice118US #51
#38Mabel118US #43
#39Ann113US #53
#40Eleanor110US #49
#41Bertha107US #36
#42Emma107US #35
#43Doris96US #56
#44Julia86US #44
#45Beatrice83US #37
#46Agnes80US #39
#47Sarah78US #42
#48Jean77US #74
#49Katherine77US #55
#50Nellie76US #54
#51Jane75US #98
#52Leona74US #76
#53Loretta74US #118
#54Betty72US #69
#55Laura69US #57
#56Pearl68US #48
#57Ruby68US #22
#58Viola68US #47
#59Myrtle67US #50
#60Hilda65US #101
#61Wilma65US #102
#62Anne63US #64
#63Ida63US #45
#64Marguerite63US #87
#65Eva61US #46
#66Opal61US #81
#67Bessie60US #40
#68Beulah60US #79
#69Alma59US #62
#70Marian59US #105
#71Vera59US #67
#72Stella57US #72
#73Vivian57US #80
#74Blanche55US #75
#75Goldie53US #140
#76Norma53US #153
#77Genevieve52US #93
#78Violet52US #83
#79Marcella50
#80Sylvia50US #82
#81Lois48US #68
#82Erma46US #138
#83Jessie46US #66
#84Charlotte45US #95
#85Geraldine44US #134
#86Theresa44US #100
#87Alberta43US #114
#88Harriet43US #115
#89Mae43US #71
#90Marion43US #58
#91Juanita42US #107
#92Olive42US #121
#93Ellen41US #84
#94Miriam41US #164
#95Velma41US #90
#96Phyllis40US #155
#97Ella39US #63
#98Jennie39US #85
#99Emily38US #103
#100Lena38US #70

Boys

#1John500US #1
#2William408US #2
#3Robert339US #5
#4Charles307US #7
#5George265US #4
#6James255US #3
#7Joseph252US #6
#8Edward202US #9
#9Frank187US #8
#10Paul174US #17
#11Harold164US #16
#12Walter152US #12
#13Harry132US #13
#14Ralph114US #24
#15Raymond113US #19
#16Donald109US #36
#17Carl104US #26
#18Richard104US #20
#19Albert100US #15
#20Thomas92US #10
#21Clarence90US #23
#22Howard89US #28
#23Arthur88US #18
#24Louis73US #21
#25Henry72US #11
#26Kenneth72US #40
#27Fred66US #22
#28Earl61US #34
#29Lawrence61US #37
#30Anthony60US #35
#31Jack56US #25
#32Elmer55US #48
#33Herbert54US #41
#34Ernest51US #32
#35Russell50US #55
#36Andrew48US #42
#37David47US #27
#38Clifford46US #62
#39Francis46US #33
#40Michael46US #38
#41Eugene45US #43
#42Norman44US #63
#43Samuel43US #30
#44Stanley42US #44
#45Lester41US #65
#46Roy40US #31
#47Wilbur40US #101
#48Edwin39US #60
#49Leonard38US #46
#50Herman37US #49
#51Joe37US #29
#52Alfred34US #39
#53Chester34US #58
#54Clyde34US #61
#55Floyd33US #57
#56Frederick32US #52
#57Sam31US #47
#58Bernard30US #54
#59Gerald30US #88
#60Lewis30US #66
#61Melvin30US #73
#62Mike30US #138
#63Wayne29US #126
#64Homer28US #95
#65Steve28US #133
#66Lloyd27US #74
#67Peter27US #50
#68Theodore27US #56
#69Everett26US #102
#70Ray24US #71
#71Willard24US #114
#72Daniel23US #53
#73Glenn23US #111
#74Marion23US #110
#75Leroy22US #59
#76Virgil22US #107
#77Cecil21US #76
#78Leo21US #51
#79Ben20US #86
#80Benjamin20US #64
#81Lee20US #67
#82Martin20US #75
#83Victor20US #81
#84Marvin18US #82
#85Arnold17US #108
#86Edgar17US #83
#87Maurice17US #99
#88Morris17US #85
#89Stephen17US #84
#90Vincent17US #80
#91Alvin16US #89
#92Jesse16US #72
#93Warren16US #113
#94Willis16US #144
#95Claude15US #87
#96Dan15US #164
#97Harvey15US #91
#98Orville15US #146
#99Vernon15US #96
#100Delbert14

On the move since 1910

Rising

↑44Loretta#53
↑33Hilda#60
↑33Wayne#63
↑29Ruby#57
↑28Norman#42
↑28Sam#57
↑23Beulah#68
↑23Gerald#59

Falling

↓28Ray#70
↓27Alvin#91
↓25Theodore#68
↓22Warren#93
↓21Stephen#89
↓20Charlotte#84
↓19Peter#67
↓19Orville#98

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1910 rankings.