State roster

Top names in Ohio

The names most likely to appear on 1916 Ohio birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 88,582 Ohio births in 1916 across 1,049 distinct names.

Distinctively Ohio

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

#76Nick#182 nationally
#84Rosemary#184 nationally
#86Don#160 nationally
#52Mike#125 nationally
#74Dolores#146 nationally
#42Steve#108 nationally
#57Eileen#118 nationally
#65Dale#121 nationally
#95Janet#142 nationally
#97Emil#140 nationally
#53Wilbur#94 nationally
#91Roger#129 nationally

Girls

#1Mary3,736US #1
#2Helen2,253US #2
#3Dorothy1,718US #3
#4Ruth1,673US #5
#5Margaret1,509US #4
#6Virginia906US #10
#7Mildred882US #6
#8Elizabeth833US #8
#9Anna758US #7
#10Evelyn666US #11
#11Betty644US #44
#12Frances638US #9
#13Florence602US #14
#14Martha571US #24
#15Alice567US #13
#16Marie563US #12
#17Rose523US #15
#18Irene492US #17
#19Catherine454US #20
#20Eleanor448US #27
#21Thelma445US #29
#22Marjorie439US #37
#23Edna393US #19
#24Esther389US #34
#25Lucille386US #30
#26Ann382US #40
#27Lillian382US #16
#28Doris381US #32
#29Josephine377US #21
#30Kathryn366US #60
#31Pauline361US #33
#32Louise339US #18
#33Jean334US #45
#34Grace332US #26
#35Edith327US #28
#36Ethel322US #25
#37Hazel321US #31
#38Jane316US #62
#39Clara314US #39
#40Gladys311US #22
#41Gertrude297US #35
#42Katherine263US #51
#43Julia255US #46
#44Anne253US #53
#45Lois241US #43
#46Wilma241US #82
#47Elsie238US #48
#48Marian238US #72
#49Agnes235US #50
#50Bertha214US #49
#51Beatrice211US #38
#52Bernice205US #42
#53Emma205US #41
#54Stella204US #63
#55Vera193US #66
#56June187US #86
#57Eileen186US #118
#58Mabel182US #65
#59Rita181US #67
#60Sarah177US #52
#61Geraldine176US #94
#62Viola176US #59
#63Violet174US #83
#64Laura172US #64
#65Leona165US #75
#66Nellie164US #61
#67Marguerite163US #78
#68Charlotte161US #80
#69Ruby156US #23
#70Genevieve153US #76
#71Phyllis153US #95
#72Alma152US #70
#73Ida142US #54
#74Dolores139US #146
#75Myrtle139US #58
#76Maxine137US #96
#77Norma137US #111
#78Marion134US #47
#79Eva133US #55
#80Barbara131US #74
#81Vivian130US #77
#82Theresa125US #98
#83Ellen124US #87
#84Rosemary123US #184
#85Sylvia123US #69
#86Juanita122US #90
#87Audrey120US #119
#88Pearl120US #57
#89Loretta117US #113
#90Hilda116US #105
#91Kathleen115US #104
#92Jennie114US #79
#93Bessie113US #56
#94Harriet108US #106
#95Janet108US #142
#96Naomi108US #130
#97Opal107US #91
#98Sophie105US #101
#99Beulah104US #97
#100Blanche104US #89

Boys

#1John2,558US #1
#2Robert2,475US #4
#3William2,024US #2
#4Charles1,485US #6
#5James1,426US #3
#6Joseph1,170US #5
#7George1,159US #7
#8Paul951US #12
#9Edward881US #8
#10Richard865US #15
#11Frank802US #9
#12Harold729US #13
#13Donald677US #20
#14Carl560US #23
#15Walter554US #11
#16Ralph546US #21
#17Raymond532US #16
#18Albert499US #17
#19Harry484US #19
#20Thomas472US #10
#21Howard459US #25
#22Kenneth398US #27
#23Arthur386US #18
#24Jack354US #26
#25Clarence353US #24
#26Louis331US #22
#27Earl319US #32
#28Stanley297US #34
#29Henry295US #14
#30David286US #28
#31Lawrence269US #38
#32Eugene251US #39
#33Fred244US #29
#34Elmer239US #45
#35Joe221US #35
#36Anthony220US #37
#37Roy220US #33
#38Russell217US #51
#39Herbert216US #40
#40Francis212US #31
#41Leonard211US #42
#42Steve210US #108
#43Norman206US #48
#44Andrew197US #46
#45Ernest196US #36
#46Bernard186US #49
#47Frederick182US #52
#48Edwin181US #53
#49Chester180US #54
#50Michael173US #44
#51Leo165US #47
#52Mike162US #125
#53Wilbur162US #94
#54Clyde156US #62
#55Samuel155US #41
#56Lester153US #59
#57Alfred146US #43
#58Floyd146US #60
#59Lloyd145US #58
#60Gerald143US #76
#61Clifford142US #61
#62Daniel142US #55
#63Theodore138US #65
#64Melvin133US #57
#65Dale130US #121
#66Herman129US #56
#67Glenn127US #84
#68Vernon124US #75
#69Lewis118US #71
#70Ray117US #73
#71Leroy114US #63
#72Philip113US #70
#73Willard110US #69
#74Peter107US #50
#75Martin104US #81
#76Nick104US #182
#77Victor103US #78
#78Homer101US #103
#79Wayne101US #98
#80Stephen98US #87
#81Virgil98US #104
#82Marion92US #110
#83Warren92US #102
#84Vincent91US #67
#85Marvin89US #66
#86Don85US #160
#87Sam85US #74
#88Woodrow81US #64
#89Edgar79US #88
#90Gilbert79US #106
#91Roger79US #129
#92Franklin78US #130
#93Alvin75US #82
#94Gordon73US #90
#95Julius73US #111
#96Everett69US #91
#97Emil68US #140
#98Willis68US #136
#99Benjamin67US #79
#100Maurice67US #100

On the move since 1915

Rising

↑19Nick#76
↑18Geraldine#61
↑18Mike#52
↑18Samuel#55
↑17Eileen#57
↑16Barbara#80
↑15Leona#65
↑14June#56

Falling

↓20Pearl#88
↓19Jennie#92
↓17Willard#73
↓17Willis#98
↓15Opal#97
↓14Franklin#92
↓13Eva#79
↓12Marguerite#67

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1915 rankings.