State roster

Top names in Ohio

The names most likely to appear on 1912 Ohio birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 40,949 Ohio births in 1912 across 730 distinct names.

Distinctively Ohio

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

#76Marcella#197 nationally
#85Freda#173 nationally
#99Karl#182 nationally
#79Goldie#158 nationally
#84Dale#159 nationally
#91Nelson#166 nationally
#75Audrey#145 nationally
#82Mike#144 nationally
#80Norma#137 nationally
#81Olive#131 nationally
#75Steve#123 nationally
#64Virgil#111 nationally

Girls

#1Mary1,868US #1
#2Helen1,108US #2
#3Ruth835US #5
#4Dorothy807US #3
#5Margaret737US #4
#6Mildred544US #6
#7Elizabeth460US #8
#8Anna377US #7
#9Florence343US #12
#10Marie333US #10
#11Evelyn314US #13
#12Virginia307US #20
#13Frances301US #9
#14Alice299US #11
#15Thelma263US #26
#16Martha262US #29
#17Edna257US #16
#18Catherine251US #21
#19Lillian230US #14
#20Irene220US #22
#21Rose216US #15
#22Lucille215US #32
#23Ethel211US #18
#24Hazel207US #25
#25Gladys203US #19
#26Esther200US #33
#27Edith195US #31
#28Eleanor194US #39
#29Gertrude189US #30
#30Grace189US #24
#31Louise180US #17
#32Clara179US #34
#33Marjorie177US #56
#34Kathryn171US #71
#35Josephine169US #28
#36Ann164US #47
#37Pauline161US #38
#38Emma148US #35
#39Bertha146US #36
#40Katherine141US #53
#41Mabel141US #46
#42Betty139US #66
#43Doris125US #48
#44Elsie120US #42
#45Julia118US #44
#46Beatrice115US #37
#47Jane115US #89
#48Bernice113US #51
#49Anne111US #58
#50Agnes109US #40
#51Jean100US #64
#52Nellie100US #59
#53Sarah99US #41
#54Violet99US #83
#55Marguerite97US #79
#56Alma95US #62
#57Leona93US #76
#58Lois93US #63
#59Marian91US #93
#60Viola91US #52
#61Pearl90US #54
#62Wilma90US #99
#63Laura88US #57
#64Eva87US #49
#65Vera84US #68
#66Charlotte83US #91
#67Sylvia81US #77
#68Beulah78US #80
#69Velma78US #88
#70Myrtle76US #50
#71Ruby76US #23
#72Ida75US #45
#73Alberta69US #106
#74Stella69US #73
#75Audrey67US #145
#76Marcella67US #197
#77Opal66US #85
#78Bessie65US #43
#79Goldie64US #158
#80Norma64US #137
#81Olive64US #131
#82Blanche62US #75
#83Marion60US #55
#84Geraldine59US #122
#85Freda58US #173
#86Harriet58US #113
#87Hilda58US #104
#88Vivian58US #84
#89Ada56US #96
#90Genevieve55US #92
#91Mae54US #74
#92Ella53US #69
#93Lena53US #72
#94Ellen52US #86
#95Emily52US #105
#96Erma52US #141
#97Naomi52US #132
#98Jessie51US #65
#99Loretta51US #119
#100Jennie50US #81

Boys

#1John1,111US #1
#2Robert931US #4
#3William865US #2
#4Charles658US #7
#5James616US #3
#6Joseph535US #5
#7George506US #6
#8Paul426US #14
#9Frank379US #9
#10Harold362US #13
#11Edward361US #8
#12Harry289US #16
#13Walter281US #11
#14Raymond274US #18
#15Ralph272US #23
#16Carl265US #24
#17Richard264US #19
#18Donald252US #27
#19Howard249US #25
#20Thomas214US #10
#21Albert213US #17
#22Arthur210US #15
#23Kenneth209US #33
#24Clarence190US #21
#25Louis174US #20
#26Earl152US #34
#27Lawrence151US #38
#28Henry132US #12
#29Fred130US #26
#30David127US #29
#31Russell118US #56
#32Anthony114US #37
#33Elmer113US #47
#34Herbert113US #39
#35Jack113US #28
#36Roy103US #31
#37Stanley103US #43
#38Eugene102US #41
#39Francis101US #35
#40Michael98US #42
#41Edwin97US #54
#42Chester94US #55
#43Floyd93US #59
#44Andrew90US #44
#45Leonard89US #45
#46Wilbur86US #92
#47Ernest84US #32
#48Lester84US #58
#49Norman84US #61
#50Frederick83US #51
#51Bernard81US #60
#52Leo77US #49
#53Gerald76US #87
#54Herman76US #50
#55Samuel75US #30
#56Glenn73US #84
#57Peter69US #48
#58Alfred68US #40
#59Theodore67US #52
#60Clyde62US #65
#61Joe62US #36
#62Clifford61US #62
#63Melvin60US #71
#64Virgil60US #111
#65Woodrow59US #46
#66Lloyd58US #70
#67Daniel55US #53
#68Homer55US #98
#69Lewis54US #68
#70Victor54US #81
#71Ray53US #77
#72Willard53US #105
#73Vincent52US #72
#74Stephen51US #88
#75Steve51US #123
#76Marion50US #112
#77Martin48US #75
#78Leroy45US #66
#79Maurice42US #95
#80Edgar40US #85
#81Marvin40US #83
#82Mike40US #144
#83Philip40US #69
#84Dale38US #159
#85Gilbert38US #115
#86Alvin37US #86
#87Sam37US #63
#88Vernon36US #90
#89Cecil35US #76
#90Everett35US #96
#91Nelson35US #166
#92Orville35US #136
#93Benjamin34US #67
#94Morris34US #82
#95Julius33US #100
#96Nicholas33US #113
#97Roger32US #138
#98Glen31US #139
#99Karl31US #182
#100Milton31US #64

On the move since 1911

Rising

↑26Velma#69
↑26Leo#52
↑24Violet#54
↑23Lois#58
↑18Charlotte#66
↑17Glenn#56
↑17Vincent#73
↑15Stephen#74

Falling

↓46Loretta#99
↓30Sam#87
↓27Hilda#87
↓24Clifford#62
↓21Everett#90
↓20Mike#82
↓15Vivian#88
↓15Jessie#98

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1911 rankings.