State roster

Top names in Ohio

The names most likely to appear on 1918 Ohio birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 102,505 Ohio births in 1918 across 1,126 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#171 nationally
#92Nick#173 nationally
#59Mike#127 nationally
#44Steve#109 nationally
#98Marcella#163 nationally
#50Eileen#110 nationally
#53Dale#111 nationally
#48Wilbur#97 nationally
#77Jeanne#126 nationally
#84Janet#129 nationally
#86Wanda#128 nationally
#90Alex#131 nationally

Girls

#1Mary4,202US #1
#2Helen2,592US #2
#3Ruth1,947US #5
#4Dorothy1,932US #3
#5Margaret1,662US #4
#6Virginia1,297US #7
#7Betty1,290US #21
#8Mildred977US #6
#9Elizabeth860US #9
#10Anna851US #10
#11Evelyn767US #11
#12Frances734US #8
#13Martha665US #25
#14Florence635US #14
#15Alice619US #13
#16Irene549US #16
#17Rose529US #17
#18Marjorie511US #34
#19Marie504US #12
#20Jean491US #37
#21Eleanor483US #26
#22Doris471US #19
#23Ann458US #44
#24Thelma448US #32
#25Catherine437US #20
#26Edna431US #23
#27Esther423US #38
#28Pauline420US #35
#29Lillian419US #15
#30Grace418US #31
#31Lucille402US #29
#32Edith392US #30
#33Josephine384US #24
#34Gladys373US #22
#35Jane371US #53
#36Ethel356US #28
#37Kathryn353US #63
#38Hazel344US #33
#39Louise344US #18
#40Clara304US #43
#41Julia298US #48
#42Lois298US #42
#43Rita289US #58
#44Katherine288US #50
#45Anne278US #54
#46Elsie269US #49
#47June269US #66
#48Emma265US #46
#49Marian258US #76
#50Eileen254US #110
#51Gertrude254US #39
#52Bernice249US #41
#53Agnes245US #47
#54Bertha228US #51
#55Geraldine224US #77
#56Wilma218US #82
#57Beatrice217US #40
#58Stella213US #67
#59Vera204US #68
#60Phyllis199US #80
#61Maxine195US #87
#62Genevieve189US #81
#63Charlotte185US #78
#64Alma184US #73
#65Pearl179US #56
#66Mabel175US #74
#67Ruby174US #27
#68Sarah173US #52
#69Eva172US #55
#70Nellie171US #65
#71Leona170US #79
#72Viola169US #59
#73Ellen168US #92
#74Laura168US #64
#75Marguerite167US #86
#76Vivian167US #72
#77Jeanne160US #126
#78Kathleen159US #99
#79Norma158US #98
#80Violet156US #83
#81Barbara152US #60
#82Marion151US #45
#83Rosemary148US #171
#84Janet146US #129
#85Juanita144US #85
#86Wanda138US #128
#87Ida135US #57
#88Harriet133US #106
#89Opal133US #94
#90Theresa129US #101
#91Sylvia127US #71
#92Jennie126US #91
#93Sara126US #109
#94Dolores125US #127
#95Myrtle124US #62
#96Audrey122US #118
#97Alberta119US #122
#98Marcella117US #163
#99Miriam117US #138
#100Bessie115US #61

Boys

#1Robert3,361US #4
#2John2,966US #1
#3William2,336US #2
#4Charles1,804US #5
#5James1,702US #3
#6George1,318US #6
#7Joseph1,265US #7
#8Richard1,096US #12
#9Edward1,005US #8
#10Paul998US #14
#11Frank916US #9
#12Donald899US #18
#13Harold772US #13
#14Walter701US #11
#15Raymond677US #15
#16Ralph656US #22
#17Thomas650US #10
#18Harry608US #20
#19Carl599US #25
#20Jack577US #21
#21Howard479US #26
#22Albert473US #19
#23Arthur472US #17
#24Kenneth429US #27
#25Earl414US #31
#26Clarence386US #23
#27Louis368US #24
#28Henry367US #16
#29David346US #28
#30Stanley340US #36
#31Eugene327US #35
#32Elmer309US #44
#33Lawrence290US #38
#34Russell272US #50
#35Roy256US #32
#36Fred252US #33
#37Leonard248US #41
#38Herbert246US #40
#39Joe237US #34
#40Chester232US #54
#41Francis229US #30
#42Andrew227US #46
#43Anthony227US #39
#44Steve227US #109
#45Norman213US #49
#46Lloyd211US #51
#47Michael206US #45
#48Wilbur204US #97
#49Bernard201US #47
#50Glenn198US #84
#51Ernest194US #37
#52Edwin189US #55
#53Dale185US #111
#54Daniel183US #52
#55Floyd179US #61
#56Clifford178US #60
#57Frederick177US #59
#58Leo176US #48
#59Mike174US #127
#60Samuel174US #43
#61Clyde167US #67
#62Herman166US #65
#63Lester166US #62
#64Alfred165US #42
#65Leroy165US #57
#66Victor165US #63
#67Willard154US #83
#68Gerald153US #72
#69Melvin152US #56
#70Ray152US #69
#71Theodore148US #64
#72Peter136US #53
#73Vernon136US #66
#74Virgil134US #99
#75Wayne134US #91
#76Lewis133US #74
#77Homer115US #100
#78Alvin111US #80
#79Martin111US #81
#80Roger107US #116
#81Stephen107US #96
#82Warren103US #90
#83Philip101US #71
#84Marion100US #107
#85Sam99US #75
#86Harvey98US #88
#87Gordon95US #85
#88Edgar91US #89
#89Woodrow91US #58
#90Alex89US #131
#91Marvin89US #68
#92Nick87US #173
#93Franklin86US #129
#94Tony83US #135
#95Everett80US #93
#96Max79US #106
#97Glen78US #125
#98Milton77US #76
#99Vincent77US #73
#100Julius74US #118

On the move since 1917

Rising

↑21Pearl#65
↑16Dale#53
↑15Lloyd#46
↑15Marion#84
↑15Sam#85
↑14Alma#64
↑13Victor#66
↑12Harvey#86

Falling

↓20Marguerite#75
↓18Vincent#99
↓16Ida#87
↓16Lewis#76
↓12Marion#82
↓12Gerald#68
↓10Mabel#66
↓10Janet#84

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1917 rankings.