State roster

Top names in Ohio

The names most likely to appear on 1923 Ohio birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 108,187 Ohio births in 1923 across 1,119 distinct names.

Distinctively Ohio

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

#63Donna#156 nationally
#80Mike#155 nationally
#64Steve#133 nationally
#55Marilyn#118 nationally
#97Marcella#158 nationally
#35Eileen#95 nationally
#52Rosemary#110 nationally
#74Don#130 nationally
#85Gene#140 nationally
#98Dean#153 nationally
#85Carol#139 nationally
#96Bette#148 nationally

Girls

#1Mary4,127US #1
#2Betty2,801US #5
#3Dorothy2,303US #2
#4Helen1,993US #3
#5Ruth1,761US #6
#6Margaret1,458US #4
#7Virginia1,237US #7
#8Marjorie828US #16
#9Mildred823US #8
#10Jean790US #19
#11Doris772US #11
#12Evelyn745US #12
#13Elizabeth727US #9
#14Martha690US #21
#15Anna658US #13
#16Frances636US #10
#17Alice604US #15
#18Irene541US #17
#19Florence529US #18
#20Lois479US #27
#21Eleanor452US #28
#22June435US #42
#23Marie422US #14
#24Rose420US #23
#25Norma408US #41
#26Phyllis390US #45
#27Thelma386US #31
#28Lillian384US #20
#29Rita371US #50
#30Ann368US #52
#31Pauline365US #37
#32Catherine360US #24
#33Esther360US #47
#34Josephine330US #30
#35Eileen324US #95
#36Louise322US #22
#37Grace310US #39
#38Jane309US #55
#39Edna306US #32
#40Kathryn306US #72
#41Lucille305US #35
#42Edith302US #36
#43Patricia299US #56
#44Marian296US #65
#45Barbara292US #33
#46Jeanne292US #90
#47Ethel279US #38
#48Shirley279US #26
#49Wilma265US #74
#50Gladys264US #29
#51Clara262US #49
#52Rosemary260US #110
#53Geraldine256US #58
#54Juanita254US #51
#55Marilyn247US #118
#56Wanda243US #80
#57Katherine240US #60
#58Bernice233US #43
#59Gertrude232US #59
#60Hazel232US #40
#61Kathleen229US #70
#62Julia221US #62
#63Donna220US #156
#64Dolores213US #83
#65Beatrice209US #46
#66Joan207US #117
#67Vivian207US #69
#68Gloria205US #48
#69Violet203US #86
#70Emma202US #53
#71Janet202US #121
#72Elsie193US #61
#73Maxine193US #76
#74Anne191US #71
#75Ruby188US #25
#76Agnes187US #63
#77Charlotte173US #77
#78Sarah173US #54
#79Nancy168US #75
#80Bertha160US #64
#81Laura160US #73
#82Viola158US #79
#83Marion155US #44
#84Vera155US #82
#85Carol152US #139
#86Audrey151US #85
#87Genevieve148US #97
#88Ellen147US #103
#89Elaine146US #87
#90Carolyn144US #132
#91Ida142US #68
#92Stella137US #96
#93Margie134US #101
#94Naomi131US #137
#95Eva130US #66
#96Bette128US #148
#97Marcella127US #158
#98Alma121US #89
#99Nellie121US #88
#100Theresa120US #105

Boys

#1Robert4,264US #2
#2John2,986US #1
#3William2,909US #3
#4James2,141US #4
#5Charles1,855US #5
#6Richard1,774US #9
#7George1,442US #6
#8Donald1,373US #10
#9Joseph1,218US #7
#10Paul1,177US #14
#11Edward1,146US #8
#12Harold926US #13
#13Frank839US #11
#14Thomas763US #12
#15Raymond741US #15
#16Jack731US #17
#17Ralph634US #23
#18Harry612US #22
#19Walter608US #16
#20Carl600US #28
#21Kenneth550US #21
#22Albert516US #20
#23Arthur477US #19
#24Eugene465US #25
#25Howard447US #26
#26David409US #24
#27Earl396US #31
#28Clarence382US #29
#29Henry343US #18
#30Louis332US #27
#31Leonard324US #37
#32Lawrence311US #36
#33Fred283US #33
#34Russell270US #52
#35Stanley270US #41
#36Francis258US #34
#37Norman251US #44
#38Herbert250US #40
#39Roy248US #32
#40Daniel247US #47
#41Ernest241US #38
#42Bernard222US #46
#43Dale221US #90
#44Gerald220US #54
#45Elmer219US #57
#46Andrew218US #53
#47Warren218US #43
#48Anthony215US #39
#49Glenn207US #84
#50Frederick201US #60
#51Joe195US #35
#52Edwin189US #56
#53Theodore188US #62
#54Michael185US #50
#55Melvin182US #48
#56Alfred181US #42
#57Ray181US #61
#58Wayne179US #75
#59Chester174US #63
#60Samuel171US #45
#61Clifford168US #65
#62Floyd161US #64
#63Lloyd158US #59
#64Steve158US #133
#65Herman156US #66
#66Lester147US #71
#67Clyde146US #68
#68Leo142US #49
#69Roger140US #95
#70Leroy136US #55
#71Wilbur135US #105
#72Vernon130US #67
#73Lewis126US #74
#74Don125US #130
#75Peter124US #58
#76Marvin123US #51
#77Victor119US #88
#78Virgil113US #100
#79Philip112US #70
#80Mike110US #155
#81Willard109US #92
#82Sam103US #89
#83Vincent103US #72
#84Alvin101US #73
#85Gene99US #140
#86Wallace98US #69
#87Martin94US #80
#88Max93US #122
#89Franklin87US #132
#90Gordon87US #76
#91Calvin83US #82
#92Homer83US #113
#93Marion82US #106
#94Harvey77US #91
#95Milton77US #81
#96Edgar76US #94
#97Lee75US #85
#98Dean74US #153
#99Jerome74US #118
#100Maurice74US #101

On the move since 1922

Rising

↑28Marilyn#55
↑18Barbara#45
↑18Sam#82
↑17Donna#63
↑17Herman#65
↑16Warren#47
↑15Dolores#64
↑13Lois#20

Falling

↓27Anne#74
↓23Agnes#76
↓16Edna#39
↓12Hazel#60
↓12Chester#59
↓11Maxine#73
↓10Emma#70
↓10Eva#95

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1922 rankings.