State roster

Top names in Ohio

The names most likely to appear on 1921 Ohio birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 109,065 Ohio births in 1921 across 1,125 distinct names.

Distinctively Ohio

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

#82Donna#189 nationally
#100Lowell#199 nationally
#89Nick#183 nationally
#57Steve#130 nationally
#99Bette#169 nationally
#77Mike#145 nationally
#61Rosemary#128 nationally
#40Eileen#100 nationally
#100Marcella#159 nationally
#90Miriam#147 nationally
#55Jeanne#109 nationally
#72Janet#124 nationally

Girls

#1Mary4,386US #1
#2Helen2,341US #3
#3Dorothy2,231US #2
#4Betty2,215US #8
#5Ruth1,934US #5
#6Margaret1,624US #4
#7Virginia1,357US #6
#8Mildred893US #7
#9Marjorie828US #16
#10Anna814US #11
#11Evelyn780US #12
#12Martha744US #21
#13Elizabeth743US #10
#14Jean635US #25
#15Frances610US #9
#16Alice602US #15
#17Doris593US #13
#18Florence566US #17
#19Irene552US #18
#20Rose475US #20
#21Marie458US #14
#22Thelma457US #30
#23Catherine440US #23
#24Eleanor425US #29
#25Lillian419US #19
#26Pauline419US #37
#27Edna385US #27
#28Jane384US #47
#29June379US #50
#30Lois374US #38
#31Ann364US #53
#32Grace362US #35
#33Kathryn360US #64
#34Rita360US #48
#35Josephine358US #28
#36Esther357US #42
#37Lucille356US #31
#38Norma333US #51
#39Gladys317US #24
#40Eileen314US #100
#41Marian312US #69
#42Edith305US #33
#43Ethel305US #32
#44Louise302US #22
#45Hazel299US #34
#46Phyllis299US #60
#47Clara291US #45
#48Wilma264US #72
#49Bernice260US #39
#50Geraldine254US #62
#51Anne252US #70
#52Wanda237US #101
#53Emma236US #52
#54Katherine234US #49
#55Jeanne233US #109
#56Barbara229US #40
#57Agnes223US #56
#58Patricia223US #84
#59Elsie215US #55
#60Juanita215US #57
#61Rosemary212US #128
#62Beatrice211US #41
#63Bertha206US #59
#64Julia206US #58
#65Shirley206US #44
#66Vivian206US #68
#67Gertrude204US #46
#68Kathleen200US #83
#69Charlotte198US #79
#70Dolores195US #111
#71Maxine194US #77
#72Janet188US #124
#73Vera187US #76
#74Viola186US #66
#75Stella185US #86
#76Violet180US #81
#77Mabel179US #85
#78Ruby178US #26
#79Alma167US #78
#80Leona166US #92
#81Laura165US #71
#82Donna162US #189
#83Eva160US #63
#84Elaine159US #97
#85Marguerite159US #98
#86Sarah159US #54
#87Ellen158US #95
#88Margie154US #106
#89Harriet150US #114
#90Miriam150US #147
#91Nancy147US #87
#92Audrey146US #82
#93Genevieve145US #90
#94Nellie145US #80
#95Sylvia144US #88
#96Marion141US #43
#97Alberta139US #133
#98Ida139US #67
#99Bette133US #169
#100Marcella133US #159

Boys

#1Robert4,245US #2
#2John3,010US #1
#3William2,839US #3
#4James2,009US #4
#5Charles1,888US #5
#6Richard1,520US #10
#7George1,433US #6
#8Joseph1,297US #7
#9Paul1,173US #14
#10Edward1,141US #8
#11Donald1,139US #13
#12Harold937US #12
#13Frank850US #9
#14Raymond711US #16
#15Jack704US #18
#16Ralph698US #23
#17Thomas657US #11
#18Walter653US #15
#19Harry632US #21
#20Carl630US #30
#21Kenneth539US #22
#22Albert522US #20
#23Howard502US #27
#24Arthur501US #19
#25Eugene464US #26
#26Clarence400US #28
#27Earl396US #31
#28Warren385US #24
#29Henry370US #17
#30David366US #25
#31Louis362US #29
#32Lawrence349US #37
#33Russell306US #52
#34Elmer281US #48
#35Stanley275US #41
#36Roy273US #32
#37Leonard268US #39
#38Joe258US #36
#39Fred249US #33
#40Daniel240US #49
#41Ernest239US #38
#42Anthony236US #40
#43Herbert235US #42
#44Bernard232US #45
#45Andrew231US #51
#46Norman228US #46
#47Michael222US #47
#48Chester213US #56
#49Francis211US #35
#50Dale209US #93
#51Gerald198US #60
#52Wayne181US #81
#53Glenn180US #80
#54Edwin177US #54
#55Frederick170US #61
#56Melvin169US #53
#57Steve167US #130
#58Lester165US #66
#59Lloyd164US #58
#60Clyde162US #69
#61Leroy162US #55
#62Alfred161US #43
#63Leo160US #50
#64Samuel157US #44
#65Theodore153US #65
#66Floyd152US #63
#67Ray150US #67
#68Wilbur148US #100
#69Clifford147US #62
#70Lewis144US #71
#71Virgil144US #98
#72Roger141US #99
#73Vernon128US #68
#74Peter124US #57
#75Herman123US #64
#76Homer123US #105
#77Mike121US #145
#78Alvin116US #73
#79Marion115US #102
#80Willard110US #89
#81Victor107US #83
#82Sam104US #85
#83Marvin103US #59
#84Don99US #136
#85Philip97US #72
#86Gordon94US #84
#87Martin93US #78
#88Everett92US #95
#89Nick92US #183
#90Vincent89US #70
#91Max87US #112
#92Milton87US #75
#93Harvey86US #87
#94Tony84US #134
#95Edgar83US #90
#96Franklin83US #126
#97Stephen83US #97
#98Allen82US #94
#99Glen82US #119
#100Lowell77US #199

On the move since 1920

Rising

↑19Shirley#65
↑18Wanda#52
↑18Donna#82
↑16Daniel#40
↑15Wayne#52
↑15Marion#79
↑13Dale#50
↑11Norma#38

Falling

↓20Gertrude#67
↓16Clifford#69
↓13Marion#96
↓13Franklin#96
↓13Stephen#97
↓12Ida#98
↓11Violet#76
↓11Sarah#86

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1920 rankings.