State roster

Top names in Ohio

The names most likely to appear on 1913 Ohio birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 49,388 Ohio births in 1913 across 792 distinct names.

Distinctively Ohio

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

#98Marcella#189 nationally
#95Freda#185 nationally
#85Wanda#168 nationally
#55Steve#121 nationally
#100Dolores#165 nationally
#86Goldie#150 nationally
#82Mike#145 nationally
#84Norma#139 nationally
#89Naomi#142 nationally
#72Geraldine#121 nationally
#90Roger#138 nationally
#73Loretta#118 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,181US #1
#2Helen1,384US #2
#3Dorothy948US #3
#4Ruth930US #5
#5Margaret876US #4
#6Mildred629US #6
#7Elizabeth521US #8
#8Anna473US #7
#9Virginia452US #15
#10Florence376US #13
#11Frances353US #9
#12Marie352US #10
#13Martha342US #28
#14Evelyn341US #12
#15Alice309US #11
#16Rose278US #14
#17Catherine276US #22
#18Thelma268US #26
#19Lillian265US #16
#20Gladys260US #19
#21Irene259US #21
#22Edna256US #18
#23Esther247US #32
#24Hazel244US #27
#25Grace236US #25
#26Marjorie234US #48
#27Eleanor222US #34
#28Josephine222US #24
#29Ethel217US #20
#30Edith216US #29
#31Lucille216US #31
#32Louise205US #17
#33Kathryn204US #66
#34Gertrude203US #33
#35Pauline198US #35
#36Ann194US #46
#37Clara181US #36
#38Betty177US #67
#39Julia172US #42
#40Jane169US #81
#41Doris158US #44
#42Jean157US #60
#43Mabel148US #56
#44Bertha146US #39
#45Bernice141US #45
#46Sarah141US #43
#47Katherine137US #54
#48Emma136US #38
#49Agnes135US #41
#50Anne129US #57
#51Beatrice125US #37
#52Marguerite118US #78
#53Nellie117US #58
#54Elsie114US #40
#55Viola113US #52
#56Wilma113US #92
#57Ida110US #49
#58Vera110US #68
#59Violet109US #82
#60Eva108US #50
#61Marian107US #93
#62Laura102US #62
#63Stella102US #69
#64Leona101US #74
#65Alma94US #64
#66Sylvia94US #72
#67Lois93US #59
#68Marion87US #51
#69Genevieve86US #84
#70Blanche85US #76
#71Opal84US #86
#72Geraldine82US #121
#73Loretta81US #118
#74Velma81US #89
#75Bessie79US #47
#76Pearl78US #55
#77Ruby77US #23
#78Vivian77US #83
#79Hilda76US #105
#80Myrtle76US #53
#81Charlotte74US #87
#82Ellen74US #88
#83Beulah73US #85
#84Norma71US #139
#85Wanda71US #168
#86Goldie70US #150
#87Lena69US #73
#88Barbara67US #94
#89Naomi67US #142
#90Olive67US #129
#91Alberta66US #108
#92Jennie63US #80
#93Mae63US #79
#94Theresa63US #97
#95Freda62US #185
#96Jessie62US #61
#97Kathleen62US #110
#98Marcella62US #189
#99Erma61US #140
#100Dolores60US #165

Boys

#1John1,424US #1
#2Robert1,141US #4
#3William1,093US #2
#4Charles850US #7
#5James734US #3
#6Joseph674US #5
#7George645US #6
#8Paul522US #14
#9Edward469US #8
#10Frank445US #9
#11Harold425US #13
#12Carl359US #23
#13Richard354US #19
#14Walter326US #11
#15Raymond323US #18
#16Donald322US #25
#17Harry305US #15
#18Ralph285US #22
#19Howard282US #26
#20Albert265US #16
#21Thomas245US #10
#22Arthur244US #17
#23Kenneth233US #33
#24Louis200US #20
#25Henry197US #12
#26Clarence195US #21
#27Earl189US #31
#28Lawrence168US #35
#29Fred159US #27
#30Elmer157US #45
#31Russell144US #50
#32David141US #29
#33Roy138US #32
#34Michael136US #40
#35Stanley134US #41
#36Jack130US #28
#37Eugene127US #43
#38Francis123US #30
#39Andrew122US #47
#40Herbert122US #39
#41Anthony121US #38
#42Floyd110US #58
#43Bernard109US #52
#44Norman109US #57
#45Ernest108US #34
#46Frederick106US #49
#47Alfred105US #42
#48Edwin96US #55
#49Clyde95US #64
#50Joe95US #37
#51Leonard95US #46
#52Chester93US #56
#53Wilbur92US #91
#54Woodrow91US #44
#55Steve89US #121
#56Gerald87US #84
#57Clifford86US #68
#58Glenn85US #85
#59Lester84US #59
#60Samuel83US #36
#61Melvin82US #61
#62Leo80US #48
#63Theodore79US #60
#64Herman78US #53
#65Lloyd77US #67
#66Leroy75US #63
#67Lewis71US #72
#68Ray71US #73
#69Stephen69US #86
#70Daniel68US #54
#71Peter68US #51
#72Willard66US #99
#73Homer63US #96
#74Vernon63US #83
#75Virgil61US #107
#76Wayne60US #113
#77Alvin59US #82
#78Victor58US #80
#79Martin57US #75
#80Everett53US #97
#81Philip53US #69
#82Mike52US #145
#83Milton51US #71
#84Cecil50US #74
#85Sam50US #65
#86Vincent48US #66
#87Franklin47US #132
#88Maurice46US #95
#89Edgar45US #87
#90Roger44US #138
#91Julius42US #106
#92Marion42US #111
#93Marvin41US #77
#94Gordon40US #94
#95Oscar40US #76
#96Allen39US #100
#97Harvey38US #93
#98Max38US #101
#99Warren38US #109
#100Gilbert37US #103

On the move since 1912

Rising

↑26Loretta#73
↑21Genevieve#69
↑20Steve#55
↑17Milton#83
↑15Ida#57
↑15Marion#68
↑14Vernon#74
↑12Blanche#70

Falling

↓22Marcella#98
↓18Alberta#91
↓16Marion#92
↓15Pearl#76
↓15Charlotte#81
↓15Beulah#83
↓15Gilbert#100
↓14Peter#71

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1912 rankings.