State roster

Top names in Ohio

The names most likely to appear on 1914 Ohio birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 61,311 Ohio births in 1914 across 885 distinct names.

Distinctively Ohio

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

#98Rosemaryoutside the national top 200
#90Don#173 nationally
#83Karl#161 nationally
#100Forrest#176 nationally
#83Dolores#155 nationally
#94Wanda#164 nationally
#77Dale#142 nationally
#48Steve#112 nationally
#65Mike#129 nationally
#87Willis#135 nationally
#79Geraldine#123 nationally
#48Marian#90 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,731US #1
#2Helen1,630US #2
#3Dorothy1,192US #3
#4Ruth1,152US #5
#5Margaret1,093US #4
#6Mildred691US #7
#7Elizabeth533US #8
#8Virginia515US #14
#9Anna505US #6
#10Florence468US #13
#11Evelyn451US #11
#12Frances441US #9
#13Alice408US #12
#14Marie392US #10
#15Martha387US #27
#16Catherine385US #18
#17Thelma326US #26
#18Edna325US #19
#19Irene320US #22
#20Grace311US #25
#21Rose309US #15
#22Esther300US #35
#23Kathryn297US #63
#24Eleanor292US #28
#25Ann285US #40
#26Lucille285US #30
#27Josephine276US #23
#28Pauline275US #34
#29Hazel272US #29
#30Lillian266US #16
#31Marjorie265US #45
#32Ethel256US #21
#33Betty254US #62
#34Edith248US #31
#35Gladys248US #20
#36Louise234US #17
#37Doris228US #36
#38Julia212US #42
#39Clara210US #37
#40Gertrude210US #32
#41Jean187US #54
#42Katherine181US #48
#43Jane171US #71
#44Anne169US #53
#45Elsie165US #46
#46Agnes160US #44
#47Bernice160US #43
#48Marian153US #90
#49Lois149US #51
#50Emma147US #39
#51Bertha146US #41
#52Mabel143US #58
#53Vera141US #68
#54Stella139US #65
#55Wilma136US #95
#56Beatrice133US #38
#57Nellie131US #61
#58Viola126US #57
#59Charlotte123US #88
#60Laura116US #59
#61Leona115US #79
#62Sarah115US #47
#63Violet107US #83
#64Genevieve106US #76
#65Vivian104US #81
#66Marguerite103US #84
#67Ida102US #49
#68Alma100US #69
#69Bessie100US #55
#70Eva99US #52
#71Velma98US #92
#72Ruby95US #24
#73Harriet94US #111
#74Marion94US #50
#75Phyllis93US #113
#76Opal91US #89
#77Sylvia91US #70
#78Barbara88US #82
#79Geraldine88US #123
#80Hilda88US #103
#81Lena87US #75
#82Myrtle85US #60
#83Dolores82US #155
#84Theresa82US #93
#85Beulah81US #96
#86Pearl81US #56
#87Olive80US #127
#88Blanche79US #80
#89Jessie79US #64
#90Alberta78US #119
#91Norma78US #128
#92Jennie76US #77
#93Loretta76US #122
#94Wanda75US #164
#95Ada74US #106
#96Audrey74US #138
#97Geneva72US #118
#98Rosemary72
#99Ella71US #72
#100Ellen70US #86

Boys

#1John1,848US #1
#2Robert1,584US #4
#3William1,382US #2
#4Charles1,070US #7
#5James879US #3
#6Joseph864US #5
#7George825US #6
#8Paul672US #13
#9Frank626US #9
#10Edward608US #8
#11Harold500US #14
#12Richard473US #17
#13Donald434US #23
#14Ralph414US #21
#15Carl403US #24
#16Walter403US #10
#17Raymond401US #16
#18Harry396US #19
#19Thomas334US #11
#20Albert315US #15
#21Howard308US #26
#22Kenneth289US #30
#23Arthur279US #18
#24Clarence267US #22
#25Henry248US #12
#26Louis233US #20
#27Earl229US #33
#28Jack217US #27
#29Lawrence217US #35
#30Russell214US #49
#31Stanley206US #39
#32Fred193US #28
#33David182US #29
#34Andrew163US #44
#35Elmer163US #46
#36Bernard162US #50
#37Michael155US #40
#38Anthony153US #37
#39Eugene153US #43
#40Leonard152US #45
#41Joe149US #34
#42Francis147US #31
#43Herbert147US #42
#44Ernest142US #38
#45Roy142US #32
#46Alfred136US #41
#47Norman129US #54
#48Steve129US #112
#49Lester128US #57
#50Frederick123US #52
#51Samuel121US #36
#52Chester120US #56
#53Edwin118US #53
#54Clifford111US #62
#55Glenn111US #91
#56Melvin110US #59
#57Clyde108US #63
#58Wilbur108US #96
#59Ray107US #74
#60Floyd101US #58
#61Peter101US #48
#62Herman100US #51
#63Lloyd98US #66
#64Leo97US #47
#65Mike95US #129
#66Gerald91US #81
#67Theodore90US #64
#68Stephen86US #80
#69Daniel84US #55
#70Victor84US #76
#71Virgil77US #107
#72Willard77US #92
#73Leroy76US #60
#74Wayne76US #111
#75Martin75US #73
#76Sam75US #67
#77Dale71US #142
#78Lewis71US #72
#79Philip71US #68
#80Vincent68US #61
#81Homer66US #101
#82Edgar64US #87
#83Karl62US #161
#84Vernon62US #83
#85Cecil61US #79
#86Everett61US #90
#87Willis61US #135
#88Gordon59US #88
#89Alvin58US #78
#90Don57US #173
#91Warren55US #108
#92Franklin54US #134
#93Marvin50US #75
#94Milton48US #69
#95Roger47US #126
#96Maurice46US #94
#97Tony46US #138
#98Alex45US #131
#99Alexander45US #98
#100Forrest45US #176

On the move since 1913

Rising

↑22Charlotte#59
↑18Lois#49
↑17Dolores#83
↑17Mike#65
↑13Marian#48
↑13Vivian#65
↑11Ann#25
↑11Leonard#40

Falling

↓20Loretta#93
↓18Blanche#88
↓18Ellen#100
↓18Floyd#60
↓16Sarah#62
↓15Gladys#35
↓14Marguerite#66
↓12Roy#45

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1913 rankings.