State roster

Top names in Ohio

The names most likely to appear on 1920 Ohio birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 104,574 Ohio births in 1920 across 1,107 distinct names.

Distinctively Ohio

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

#92Bette#196 nationally
#100Donnaoutside the national top 200
#99Nick#194 nationally
#47Steve#127 nationally
#66Rosemary#141 nationally
#69Mike#141 nationally
#94Marcella#161 nationally
#57Jeanne#114 nationally
#44Eileen#100 nationally
#72Janet#124 nationally
#70Wanda#117 nationally
#63Dale#105 nationally

Girls

#1Mary4,232US #1
#2Helen2,345US #3
#3Dorothy2,321US #2
#4Betty1,947US #11
#5Ruth1,942US #5
#6Margaret1,649US #4
#7Virginia1,136US #7
#8Mildred956US #6
#9Elizabeth857US #8
#10Evelyn794US #12
#11Anna775US #10
#12Martha670US #23
#13Frances662US #9
#14Marjorie649US #24
#15Alice633US #15
#16Jean594US #33
#17Doris592US #14
#18Florence591US #16
#19Marie526US #13
#20Eleanor520US #25
#21Irene505US #17
#22Rose462US #20
#23Catherine442US #21
#24Edna429US #27
#25Pauline408US #36
#26Jane405US #48
#27Thelma380US #31
#28Josephine373US #28
#29Lois371US #38
#30Lillian370US #18
#31Lucille368US #29
#32Esther367US #39
#33Ann358US #49
#34Kathryn356US #67
#35Louise355US #19
#36June349US #53
#37Edith344US #32
#38Hazel336US #34
#39Ethel329US #30
#40Gladys328US #22
#41Rita324US #52
#42Grace323US #37
#43Clara276US #44
#44Eileen274US #100
#45Marian273US #73
#46Bernice269US #40
#47Gertrude269US #42
#48Katherine266US #45
#49Norma258US #69
#50Wilma256US #78
#51Phyllis254US #72
#52Anne249US #65
#53Geraldine247US #60
#54Julia246US #55
#55Agnes245US #54
#56Beatrice234US #41
#57Jeanne230US #114
#58Elsie219US #51
#59Barbara211US #47
#60Emma210US #46
#61Vivian209US #64
#62Kathleen205US #91
#63Juanita200US #61
#64Maxine199US #81
#65Violet198US #77
#66Rosemary194US #141
#67Vera194US #75
#68Bertha192US #57
#69Ruby185US #26
#70Wanda182US #117
#71Charlotte178US #79
#72Janet175US #124
#73Stella175US #82
#74Laura170US #63
#75Sarah170US #50
#76Viola170US #59
#77Dolores168US #110
#78Alma164US #80
#79Marguerite163US #93
#80Mabel161US #83
#81Leona160US #89
#82Genevieve159US #86
#83Marion159US #43
#84Shirley158US #56
#85Eva157US #58
#86Ida146US #66
#87Pearl143US #62
#88Audrey139US #103
#89Ellen139US #92
#90Nellie139US #76
#91Sylvia130US #85
#92Bette125US #196
#93Harriet125US #112
#94Marcella125US #161
#95Opal125US #101
#96Loretta122US #120
#97Bessie121US #71
#98Jeanette117US #126
#99Nancy116US #95
#100Donna115

Boys

#1Robert3,860US #3
#2John2,862US #1
#3William2,777US #2
#4James1,957US #4
#5Charles1,764US #5
#6George1,316US #6
#7Richard1,299US #10
#8Joseph1,134US #7
#9Paul1,132US #14
#10Edward1,051US #8
#11Donald963US #16
#12Harold901US #12
#13Frank830US #9
#14Raymond676US #15
#15Walter655US #13
#16Thomas631US #11
#17Ralph622US #22
#18Jack610US #20
#19Harry574US #21
#20Carl540US #27
#21Albert527US #19
#22Kenneth511US #23
#23Howard495US #24
#24Arthur463US #18
#25Eugene405US #30
#26Clarence399US #26
#27Earl389US #31
#28Henry362US #17
#29David341US #25
#30Louis333US #28
#31Warren332US #39
#32Lawrence302US #36
#33Stanley285US #40
#34Russell283US #51
#35Joe273US #35
#36Fred263US #33
#37Roy260US #32
#38Leonard258US #38
#39Bernard257US #46
#40Elmer256US #45
#41Francis245US #34
#42Herbert243US #41
#43Ernest240US #37
#44Chester224US #55
#45Anthony206US #43
#46Norman203US #47
#47Steve203US #127
#48Edwin201US #53
#49Michael200US #50
#50Frederick193US #60
#51Andrew192US #49
#52Alfred186US #42
#53Clifford183US #59
#54Gerald182US #64
#55Melvin178US #54
#56Daniel176US #52
#57Wilbur173US #98
#58Ray172US #67
#59Floyd171US #61
#60Lester168US #69
#61Samuel164US #44
#62Glenn158US #80
#63Dale156US #105
#64Leo155US #48
#65Herman150US #66
#66Clyde145US #68
#67Wayne142US #86
#68Lloyd138US #58
#69Mike137US #141
#70Leroy136US #56
#71Victor136US #81
#72Peter133US #57
#73Theodore133US #63
#74Lewis129US #72
#75Marvin127US #62
#76Martin123US #78
#77Vernon122US #65
#78Roger117US #103
#79Philip115US #71
#80Homer113US #100
#81Virgil113US #101
#82Vincent111US #73
#83Franklin103US #119
#84Stephen102US #96
#85Willard100US #88
#86Alvin98US #76
#87Edgar90US #89
#88Sam90US #84
#89Harvey89US #87
#90Benjamin86US #83
#91Allen85US #94
#92Gordon84US #85
#93Cecil83US #77
#94Marion81US #109
#95Gilbert78US #97
#96Max78US #112
#97Everett76US #95
#98Glen76US #122
#99Nick74US #194
#100Tony74US #136

On the move since 1919

Rising

↑47Warren#31
↑20Rosemary#66
↑20Wanda#70
↑19Jeanne#57
↑15Phyllis#51
↑12Homer#80
↑11Kathleen#62
↑10Dolores#77

Falling

↓26Theodore#73
↓20Mabel#80
↓20Eva#85
↓17Glen#98
↓16Nick#99
↓15Mike#69
↓12Charlotte#71
↓12Sarah#75

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1919 rankings.