State roster

Top names in Ohio

The names most likely to appear on 1919 Ohio birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 93,908 Ohio births in 1919 across 1,045 distinct names.

Distinctively Ohio

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

#83Nick#188 nationally
#96Lowelloutside the national top 200
#98Betteoutside the national top 200
#99Donnaoutside the national top 200
#86Rosemary#166 nationally
#54Mike#132 nationally
#97Marcella#171 nationally
#52Steve#125 nationally
#84Don#145 nationally
#44Eileen#103 nationally
#72Janet#126 nationally
#76Jeanne#130 nationally

Girls

#1Mary3,812US #1
#2Helen2,271US #2
#3Dorothy1,950US #3
#4Ruth1,824US #5
#5Margaret1,524US #4
#6Betty1,357US #15
#7Virginia1,141US #7
#8Mildred933US #6
#9Elizabeth787US #8
#10Evelyn754US #11
#11Anna716US #10
#12Martha634US #25
#13Frances612US #9
#14Florence562US #14
#15Alice557US #13
#16Jean518US #37
#17Irene516US #16
#18Rose496US #19
#19Marie491US #12
#20Marjorie478US #33
#21Doris471US #18
#22Eleanor417US #30
#23Lucille413US #27
#24Esther408US #38
#25Jane392US #53
#26Lillian392US #17
#27Thelma382US #31
#28Catherine381US #23
#29Josephine375US #26
#30Edna374US #22
#31Gladys362US #21
#32Pauline360US #36
#33Ann355US #49
#34Edith333US #29
#35Lois318US #40
#36Grace317US #34
#37Kathryn314US #66
#38Rita312US #54
#39Louise294US #20
#40Ethel292US #28
#41Hazel287US #32
#42Clara267US #43
#43June265US #64
#44Eileen258US #103
#45Gertrude245US #39
#46Anne243US #63
#47Bernice242US #42
#48Katherine240US #51
#49Agnes237US #50
#50Geraldine237US #68
#51Norma223US #83
#52Julia222US #48
#53Elsie221US #47
#54Marian214US #82
#55Beatrice210US #41
#56Emma208US #45
#57Wilma196US #86
#58Violet193US #74
#59Charlotte189US #79
#60Mabel183US #78
#61Barbara180US #60
#62Stella177US #70
#63Sarah172US #46
#64Bertha171US #52
#65Eva170US #55
#66Phyllis170US #84
#67Vera166US #65
#68Maxine163US #85
#69Vivian163US #72
#70Juanita162US #73
#71Ruby162US #24
#72Janet161US #126
#73Kathleen161US #101
#74Leona161US #90
#75Alma157US #76
#76Jeanne156US #130
#77Genevieve155US #88
#78Viola155US #58
#79Laura153US #71
#80Marguerite150US #96
#81Pearl145US #56
#82Nellie144US #69
#83Ida141US #57
#84Ellen137US #92
#85Harriet133US #113
#86Rosemary132US #166
#87Dolores129US #124
#88Alberta128US #120
#89Jennie126US #93
#90Wanda124US #128
#91Marion122US #44
#92Myrtle117US #67
#93Sylvia116US #77
#94Theresa116US #102
#95Velma116US #104
#96Audrey111US #115
#97Marcella110US #171
#98Bette109
#99Donna109
#100Jeanette109US #135

Boys

#1Robert3,166US #4
#2John2,583US #1
#3William2,154US #2
#4Charles1,618US #5
#5James1,556US #3
#6George1,294US #6
#7Richard1,106US #12
#8Joseph1,071US #7
#9Paul973US #15
#10Edward917US #8
#11Donald824US #17
#12Frank786US #9
#13Harold748US #13
#14Harry640US #20
#15Raymond622US #14
#16Walter601US #11
#17Ralph600US #22
#18Carl582US #29
#19Thomas538US #10
#20Jack525US #21
#21Albert469US #18
#22Howard446US #24
#23Kenneth431US #26
#24Arthur407US #19
#25Earl392US #31
#26Clarence378US #25
#27Eugene342US #33
#28Louis324US #28
#29Russell293US #50
#30Henry283US #16
#31Lawrence281US #38
#32Fred279US #30
#33Stanley275US #37
#34Joe254US #35
#35David251US #27
#36Elmer236US #44
#37Herbert232US #40
#38Roy223US #32
#39Francis222US #34
#40Bernard216US #45
#41Anthony210US #41
#42Norman206US #48
#43Chester202US #53
#44Andrew197US #47
#45Michael195US #46
#46Leonard191US #39
#47Theodore190US #54
#48Ernest189US #36
#49Alfred181US #42
#50Gerald181US #70
#51Edwin174US #52
#52Steve173US #125
#53Lester171US #62
#54Mike171US #132
#55Clifford167US #60
#56Leo165US #49
#57Ray161US #69
#58Daniel155US #51
#59Frederick155US #64
#60Melvin151US #56
#61Floyd149US #59
#62Glenn146US #84
#63Clyde145US #67
#64Dale141US #112
#65Samuel140US #43
#66Wilbur139US #98
#67Vernon137US #65
#68Victor135US #68
#69Wayne132US #90
#70Lloyd131US #58
#71Lewis126US #74
#72Peter124US #57
#73Herman122US #61
#74Martin120US #81
#75Leroy114US #55
#76Willard113US #87
#77Virgil112US #103
#78Warren103US #83
#79Marvin102US #63
#80Stephen95US #97
#81Glen93US #116
#82Alvin91US #76
#83Nick90US #188
#84Don89US #145
#85Marion85US #106
#86Sam83US #75
#87Roger81US #124
#88Philip80US #71
#89Gilbert79US #102
#90Vincent78US #72
#91Franklin77US #129
#92Homer77US #104
#93Edgar76US #89
#94Alex75US #137
#95Gordon74US #86
#96Lowell74
#97Tony74US #136
#98Milton73US #73
#99Julius71US #123
#100Max70US #110

On the move since 1918

Rising

↑28Norma#51
↑24Theodore#47
↑22Violet#58
↑20Barbara#61
↑18Gerald#50
↑16Glen#81
↑15Juanita#70
↑15Alfred#49

Falling

↓24Lloyd#70
↓18Wilbur#66
↓16Pearl#81
↓15Genevieve#77
↓15Homer#92
↓12Nellie#82
↓12Glenn#62
↓11Julia#52

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1918 rankings.