State roster

Top names in Ohio

The names most likely to appear on 1917 Ohio birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 94,308 Ohio births in 1917 across 1,070 distinct names.

Distinctively Ohio

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

#83Rosemary#176 nationally
#87Nick#177 nationally
#89Marcella#175 nationally
#97Karl#181 nationally
#50Mike#126 nationally
#94Don#167 nationally
#44Steve#112 nationally
#74Janet#136 nationally
#53Eileen#106 nationally
#69Dale#120 nationally
#85Tony#131 nationally
#91Miriam#134 nationally

Girls

#1Mary3,947US #1
#2Helen2,447US #2
#3Dorothy1,834US #3
#4Ruth1,732US #5
#5Margaret1,565US #4
#6Virginia1,092US #10
#7Mildred968US #6
#8Betty856US #34
#9Elizabeth838US #8
#10Anna819US #7
#11Evelyn766US #11
#12Frances661US #9
#13Martha635US #22
#14Florence614US #14
#15Alice549US #13
#16Rose494US #16
#17Catherine484US #18
#18Irene478US #17
#19Marie478US #12
#20Eleanor475US #26
#21Marjorie443US #36
#22Thelma427US #32
#23Ann413US #44
#24Pauline412US #33
#25Edna402US #20
#26Josephine398US #21
#27Lillian396US #15
#28Jean392US #40
#29Lucille390US #29
#30Esther386US #38
#31Doris384US #25
#32Ethel372US #24
#33Jane370US #55
#34Hazel339US #31
#35Edith338US #28
#36Grace334US #30
#37Kathryn333US #60
#38Clara322US #41
#39Gladys319US #23
#40Louise315US #19
#41Julia281US #47
#42Gertrude278US #37
#43Anne266US #53
#44June259US #73
#45Lois256US #43
#46Bernice255US #42
#47Katherine252US #49
#48Agnes245US #48
#49Wilma240US #82
#50Rita239US #63
#51Elsie237US #50
#52Emma229US #46
#53Eileen226US #106
#54Beatrice210US #39
#55Marguerite205US #78
#56Mabel200US #68
#57Stella199US #62
#58Bertha196US #51
#59Charlotte194US #76
#60Marian191US #74
#61Geraldine190US #89
#62Vera187US #66
#63Genevieve185US #77
#64Ruby179US #27
#65Viola173US #59
#66Phyllis171US #92
#67Maxine168US #93
#68Laura165US #65
#69Nellie165US #64
#70Marion157US #45
#71Ida156US #56
#72Leona155US #80
#73Sarah154US #52
#74Janet152US #136
#75Ellen151US #90
#76Norma150US #108
#77Juanita148US #87
#78Alma146US #71
#79Barbara143US #67
#80Eva143US #54
#81Violet142US #84
#82Vivian141US #79
#83Rosemary139US #176
#84Jennie137US #81
#85Kathleen137US #101
#86Pearl136US #57
#87Opal135US #95
#88Sylvia129US #69
#89Marcella128US #175
#90Bessie127US #61
#91Miriam124US #134
#92Sophie124US #100
#93Audrey122US #117
#94Myrtle119US #58
#95Alberta117US #122
#96Harriet117US #104
#97Loretta117US #114
#98Sara115US #107
#99Winifred115US #141
#100Dolores114US #139

Boys

#1Robert2,807US #4
#2John2,700US #1
#3William2,300US #2
#4Charles1,624US #7
#5James1,463US #3
#6George1,219US #6
#7Joseph1,202US #5
#8Paul1,017US #13
#9Edward964US #8
#10Richard915US #14
#11Frank901US #9
#12Harold759US #12
#13Donald727US #20
#14Walter661US #11
#15Ralph618US #21
#16Carl594US #24
#17Harry590US #19
#18Raymond570US #16
#19Thomas513US #10
#20Albert484US #18
#21Arthur481US #17
#22Howard435US #26
#23Jack416US #22
#24Louis377US #23
#25Kenneth376US #27
#26Clarence355US #25
#27Earl349US #32
#28Henry340US #15
#29David302US #28
#30Lawrence292US #36
#31Eugene289US #39
#32Stanley262US #34
#33Fred260US #29
#34Russell254US #52
#35Joe252US #35
#36Elmer249US #45
#37Herbert248US #40
#38Roy247US #33
#39Francis235US #30
#40Michael219US #44
#41Andrew214US #48
#42Bernard214US #49
#43Anthony213US #38
#44Steve209US #112
#45Leonard206US #41
#46Norman206US #46
#47Ernest202US #37
#48Frederick198US #51
#49Chester185US #56
#50Mike182US #126
#51Clifford177US #59
#52Leo172US #47
#53Edwin171US #55
#54Daniel167US #54
#55Alfred160US #43
#56Gerald158US #69
#57Glenn157US #86
#58Wilbur157US #92
#59Floyd155US #62
#60Lewis155US #70
#61Lloyd153US #53
#62Samuel152US #42
#63Peter150US #50
#64Theodore147US #63
#65Lester141US #61
#66Ray140US #74
#67Willard139US #80
#68Clyde136US #64
#69Dale136US #120
#70Melvin136US #57
#71Herman127US #58
#72Martin125US #77
#73Alvin115US #81
#74Leroy115US #60
#75Vernon115US #71
#76Wayne115US #96
#77Homer108US #102
#78Stephen108US #89
#79Victor107US #78
#80Virgil103US #103
#81Vincent102US #65
#82Philip100US #66
#83Warren99US #93
#84Gordon87US #84
#85Tony85US #131
#86Allen82US #100
#87Nick82US #177
#88Benjamin79US #76
#89Roger78US #119
#90Edgar77US #88
#91Franklin77US #124
#92Alex76US #132
#93Woodrow76US #73
#94Don74US #167
#95Marvin74US #68
#96Milton73US #75
#97Karl72US #181
#98Harvey71US #90
#99Marion70US #108
#100Sam70US #72

On the move since 1916

Rising

↑21Janet#74
↑20Alvin#73
↑12June#44
↑12Marguerite#55
↑11Peter#63
↑11Benjamin#88
↑10Opal#87
↑10Michael#40

Falling

↓26Dolores#100
↓19Myrtle#94
↓18Violet#81
↓17Marion#99
↓14Clyde#68
↓13Sarah#73
↓13Sam#100
↓12Marian#60

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1916 rankings.