State roster

Top names in Ohio

The names most likely to appear on 1915 Ohio birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 84,973 Ohio births in 1915 across 1,007 distinct names.

Distinctively Ohio

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

#84Marcella#186 nationally
#95Nick#177 nationally
#85Karl#160 nationally
#82Don#156 nationally
#59Dale#125 nationally
#48Steve#110 nationally
#70Mike#129 nationally
#74Eileen#132 nationally
#97Wanda#154 nationally
#81Willis#137 nationally
#78Franklin#132 nationally
#95Winifred#143 nationally

Girls

#1Mary3,653US #1
#2Helen2,185US #2
#3Ruth1,646US #5
#4Dorothy1,627US #3
#5Margaret1,458US #4
#6Mildred998US #6
#7Elizabeth803US #8
#8Virginia772US #12
#9Anna750US #7
#10Evelyn626US #10
#11Florence609US #14
#12Frances586US #9
#13Martha584US #25
#14Marie578US #11
#15Alice538US #13
#16Rose472US #16
#17Irene468US #17
#18Betty452US #53
#19Eleanor428US #28
#20Catherine423US #19
#21Lillian423US #15
#22Esther403US #33
#23Thelma385US #30
#24Edna384US #20
#25Lucille380US #29
#26Marjorie374US #39
#27Pauline369US #32
#28Josephine357US #22
#29Louise353US #18
#30Doris346US #34
#31Clara338US #38
#32Ann336US #43
#33Grace336US #27
#34Ethel328US #23
#35Hazel327US #26
#36Edith312US #31
#37Kathryn311US #60
#38Gladys303US #21
#39Gertrude277US #35
#40Jane276US #69
#41Jean270US #48
#42Julia255US #44
#43Anne253US #52
#44Katherine236US #49
#45Lois235US #47
#46Bernice234US #42
#47Wilma229US #80
#48Elsie226US #41
#49Agnes224US #45
#50Beatrice218US #37
#51Emma213US #40
#52Bertha206US #46
#53Vera190US #65
#54Mabel188US #62
#55Marguerite188US #85
#56Stella188US #64
#57Marian186US #86
#58Ruby180US #24
#59Charlotte169US #81
#60Laura169US #61
#61Sarah166US #51
#62Viola165US #59
#63Nellie164US #63
#64Alma156US #70
#65Violet152US #82
#66Eva147US #55
#67Phyllis144US #100
#68Pearl143US #56
#69Vivian140US #78
#70June139US #96
#71Marion138US #50
#72Genevieve137US #76
#73Jennie137US #73
#74Eileen130US #132
#75Ida129US #54
#76Ellen127US #88
#77Maxine126US #98
#78Sylvia125US #67
#79Geraldine124US #108
#80Leona124US #74
#81Alberta120US #120
#82Opal120US #90
#83Audrey119US #127
#84Marcella118US #186
#85Myrtle118US #58
#86Olive117US #123
#87Velma116US #94
#88Theresa114US #93
#89Juanita113US #92
#90Norma113US #118
#91Bessie109US #57
#92Harriet108US #112
#93Jessie108US #66
#94Hilda105US #107
#95Winifred105US #143
#96Barbara103US #83
#97Wanda103US #154
#98Lena102US #77
#99Miriam101US #138
#100Loretta100US #115

Boys

#1John2,449US #1
#2Robert2,199US #4
#3William1,946US #2
#4Charles1,391US #7
#5James1,313US #3
#6George1,126US #6
#7Joseph1,093US #5
#8Paul947US #13
#9Frank821US #9
#10Edward795US #8
#11Harold732US #12
#12Richard732US #15
#13Donald645US #20
#14Walter623US #11
#15Ralph602US #21
#16Carl569US #22
#17Raymond548US #16
#18Harry533US #19
#19Albert458US #17
#20Howard451US #25
#21Thomas451US #10
#22Arthur437US #18
#23Kenneth409US #28
#24Clarence362US #24
#25Henry352US #14
#26Louis321US #23
#27Lawrence290US #37
#28Earl286US #33
#29Stanley278US #34
#30Fred271US #26
#31Jack269US #27
#32David263US #31
#33Francis255US #29
#34Eugene244US #41
#35Elmer231US #45
#36Russell230US #51
#37Joe218US #38
#38Michael213US #43
#39Herbert211US #40
#40Anthony206US #36
#41Leonard204US #44
#42Roy201US #32
#43Edwin193US #53
#44Frederick190US #52
#45Bernard188US #48
#46Norman184US #50
#47Andrew183US #46
#48Steve181US #110
#49Alfred179US #42
#50Wilbur179US #92
#51Lester174US #57
#52Ernest171US #35
#53Chester167US #54
#54Leo157US #47
#55Floyd156US #59
#56Willard152US #58
#57Clifford149US #61
#58Glenn136US #87
#59Dale135US #125
#60Daniel135US #55
#61Gerald133US #78
#62Melvin130US #60
#63Lewis129US #70
#64Clyde128US #63
#65Peter127US #49
#66Lloyd125US #62
#67Herman123US #56
#68Ray122US #67
#69Homer120US #98
#70Mike117US #129
#71Theodore111US #64
#72Wayne111US #97
#73Samuel110US #39
#74Martin109US #79
#75Philip106US #69
#76Vincent105US #65
#77Virgil102US #108
#78Franklin101US #132
#79Vernon96US #80
#80Victor96US #74
#81Willis94US #137
#82Don93US #156
#83Leroy90US #66
#84Stephen89US #86
#85Karl88US #160
#86Marvin88US #72
#87Sam85US #68
#88Marion84US #112
#89Warren82US #105
#90Max81US #102
#91Tony77US #130
#92Everett76US #89
#93Roger74US #124
#94Cecil71US #76
#95Nick71US #177
#96Julius69US #109
#97Maurice68US #101
#98Gordon67US #90
#99Orville67US #127
#100Edgar66US #85

On the move since 1914

Rising

↑24Ellen#76
↑19Jennie#73
↑18Pearl#68
↑18Dale#59
↑16Willard#56
↑15Betty#18
↑15Lewis#63
↑14Ruby#58

Falling

↓22Bessie#91
↓22Samuel#73
↓19Leona#80
↓19Harriet#92
↓18Barbara#96
↓18Edgar#100
↓17Lena#98
↓16Velma#87

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1914 rankings.