State roster

Top names in Ohio

The names most likely to appear on 1922 Ohio birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 104,532 Ohio births in 1922 across 1,115 distinct names.

Distinctively Ohio

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

#98Karloutside the national top 200
#77Mike#163 nationally
#80Donna#166 nationally
#93Nick#178 nationally
#60Steve#130 nationally
#55Rosemary#120 nationally
#94Dean#158 nationally
#83Marilyn#145 nationally
#96Carol#158 nationally
#38Eileen#96 nationally
#78Don#136 nationally
#94Miriam#151 nationally

Girls

#1Mary4,383US #1
#2Betty2,466US #6
#3Helen2,120US #3
#4Dorothy2,088US #2
#5Ruth1,728US #5
#6Margaret1,540US #4
#7Virginia1,212US #7
#8Evelyn796US #13
#9Mildred776US #8
#10Marjorie762US #16
#11Elizabeth727US #9
#12Jean726US #20
#13Doris698US #11
#14Martha676US #21
#15Anna662US #12
#16Frances600US #10
#17Alice587US #15
#18Irene537US #17
#19Florence503US #18
#20Marie499US #14
#21Rose413US #23
#22Eleanor401US #28
#23Edna380US #29
#24Lillian379US #19
#25Thelma375US #31
#26Esther369US #44
#27June366US #45
#28Pauline365US #36
#29Rita364US #52
#30Catherine359US #24
#31Norma358US #46
#32Jane349US #55
#33Lois349US #35
#34Ann345US #49
#35Grace340US #38
#36Lucille321US #33
#37Josephine319US #27
#38Eileen314US #96
#39Phyllis312US #53
#40Edith301US #34
#41Kathryn301US #73
#42Gladys286US #25
#43Louise282US #22
#44Ethel280US #32
#45Marian266US #67
#46Clara261US #47
#47Anne258US #66
#48Hazel255US #37
#49Patricia255US #69
#50Jeanne254US #97
#51Wilma247US #77
#52Bernice235US #41
#53Agnes231US #62
#54Geraldine230US #58
#55Rosemary229US #120
#56Katherine223US #54
#57Shirley213US #39
#58Wanda211US #92
#59Kathleen210US #80
#60Emma209US #50
#61Juanita208US #57
#62Maxine206US #82
#63Barbara205US #40
#64Gertrude205US #48
#65Julia198US #60
#66Gloria197US #61
#67Beatrice196US #43
#68Elsie194US #59
#69Sarah184US #51
#70Charlotte183US #76
#71Nancy181US #78
#72Bertha178US #63
#73Janet178US #129
#74Joan176US #127
#75Ruby176US #26
#76Vivian176US #74
#77Laura173US #68
#78Genevieve167US #98
#79Dolores164US #104
#80Donna164US #166
#81Viola164US #72
#82Violet162US #86
#83Marilyn160US #145
#84Vera156US #79
#85Eva155US #64
#86Audrey149US #89
#87Marion148US #42
#88Leona144US #101
#89Marguerite144US #106
#90Mabel142US #99
#91Ellen137US #95
#92Stella134US #88
#93Ida133US #65
#94Miriam132US #151
#95Alberta131US #136
#96Carol130US #158
#97Nellie128US #83
#98Alma125US #84
#99Jennie125US #105
#100Bessie123US #81

Boys

#1Robert4,081US #2
#2John2,961US #1
#3William2,657US #3
#4James2,096US #4
#5Charles1,749US #5
#6Richard1,575US #9
#7George1,368US #6
#8Donald1,282US #12
#9Paul1,139US #14
#10Joseph1,128US #7
#11Edward1,039US #8
#12Harold892US #13
#13Frank800US #10
#14Jack707US #18
#15Thomas702US #11
#16Raymond659US #16
#17Ralph643US #23
#18Walter629US #15
#19Harry583US #22
#20Carl573US #30
#21Kenneth564US #21
#22Albert525US #20
#23Howard466US #26
#24Eugene439US #25
#25Earl422US #31
#26Arthur415US #19
#27David381US #24
#28Louis361US #27
#29Clarence335US #29
#30Henry321US #17
#31Lawrence311US #36
#32Russell299US #49
#33Fred275US #33
#34Stanley266US #41
#35Roy258US #32
#36Bernard247US #46
#37Herbert237US #40
#38Leonard237US #38
#39Anthony236US #39
#40Daniel236US #47
#41Ernest229US #37
#42Norman223US #44
#43Elmer219US #54
#44Francis214US #34
#45Joe213US #35
#46Andrew209US #53
#47Chester200US #64
#48Gerald200US #58
#49Ray199US #65
#50Dale197US #89
#51Edwin185US #52
#52Glenn182US #79
#53Michael182US #48
#54Frederick180US #60
#55Wayne176US #78
#56Clifford175US #63
#57Clyde170US #67
#58Theodore168US #62
#59Melvin166US #50
#60Steve166US #130
#61Alfred165US #42
#62Leroy165US #55
#63Warren165US #45
#64Samuel162US #43
#65Leo160US #51
#66Lloyd146US #59
#67Peter144US #57
#68Floyd142US #61
#69Lester137US #69
#70Vernon136US #68
#71Wilbur136US #102
#72Virgil124US #99
#73Willard121US #91
#74Roger119US #96
#75Lewis117US #75
#76Marvin117US #56
#77Mike112US #163
#78Don107US #136
#79Victor107US #86
#80Vincent107US #71
#81Martin102US #80
#82Herman99US #66
#83Philip99US #70
#84Franklin98US #126
#85Glen98US #123
#86Alvin97US #73
#87Marion95US #107
#88Homer91US #108
#89Stephen86US #101
#90Harvey82US #88
#91Max82US #117
#92Everett80US #98
#93Nick80US #178
#94Dean77US #158
#95Edgar77US #93
#96Billy76US #90
#97Gordon76US #76
#98Karl74
#99Gilbert71US #100
#100Sam71US #84

On the move since 1921

Rising

↑20Nancy#71
↑18Ray#49
↑17Sarah#69
↑15Genevieve#78
↑14Glen#85
↑13Clifford#56
↑12Franklin#84
↑10Esther#26

Falling

↓35Warren#63
↓19Alma#98
↓18Sam#100
↓17Stella#92
↓13Mabel#90
↓12Homer#88
↓11Vera#84
↓11Lester#69

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1921 rankings.