State roster

Top names in Ohio

The names most likely to appear on 1924 Ohio birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 111,862 Ohio births in 1924 across 1,147 distinct names.

Distinctively Ohio

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

#91Nick#189 nationally
#82Mike#164 nationally
#53Donna#131 nationally
#70Steve#139 nationally
#99Marcella#164 nationally
#95Bette#151 nationally
#71Don#125 nationally
#66Janet#118 nationally
#42Eileen#93 nationally
#92Miriam#143 nationally
#51Marilyn#101 nationally
#84Carol#132 nationally

Girls

#1Mary4,201US #1
#2Betty2,869US #4
#3Dorothy2,273US #2
#4Helen1,967US #3
#5Ruth1,716US #6
#6Margaret1,460US #5
#7Virginia1,173US #7
#8Jean826US #16
#9Marjorie803US #17
#10Mildred785US #8
#11Doris749US #9
#12Martha729US #21
#13Elizabeth719US #11
#14Evelyn700US #12
#15Anna695US #13
#16Lois601US #22
#17Alice598US #15
#18Frances579US #10
#19Patricia521US #35
#20Irene516US #18
#21Eleanor500US #29
#22Norma497US #40
#23Florence492US #20
#24Phyllis468US #44
#25June460US #45
#26Rose458US #25
#27Lillian417US #23
#28Marie401US #14
#29Thelma391US #33
#30Pauline376US #38
#31Catherine370US #27
#32Barbara358US #28
#33Shirley357US #19
#34Rita346US #49
#35Grace331US #43
#36Jane331US #53
#37Lucille325US #37
#38Louise324US #24
#39Edna322US #31
#40Esther319US #51
#41Josephine313US #34
#42Eileen312US #93
#43Ethel299US #39
#44Geraldine298US #58
#45Wilma296US #67
#46Ann294US #55
#47Jeanne291US #90
#48Marian289US #64
#49Juanita283US #48
#50Kathryn282US #81
#51Marilyn280US #101
#52Gladys279US #30
#53Donna274US #131
#54Edith271US #36
#55Clara269US #56
#56Joan265US #95
#57Hazel254US #42
#58Wanda254US #74
#59Maxine250US #77
#60Gloria249US #41
#61Rosemary247US #106
#62Bernice230US #47
#63Dolores225US #75
#64Ruby224US #26
#65Kathleen218US #76
#66Janet214US #118
#67Agnes213US #63
#68Nancy209US #69
#69Julia205US #62
#70Violet205US #88
#71Emma201US #57
#72Anne195US #79
#73Elsie195US #61
#74Vivian195US #71
#75Audrey192US #84
#76Viola192US #82
#77Beatrice190US #50
#78Gertrude188US #60
#79Katherine187US #59
#80Sarah172US #54
#81Laura171US #72
#82Charlotte169US #80
#83Elaine167US #73
#84Carol165US #132
#85Ellen161US #99
#86Vera160US #85
#87Carolyn159US #127
#88Eva159US #66
#89Bertha146US #65
#90Marion144US #46
#91Mabel141US #108
#92Miriam138US #143
#93Ida136US #70
#94Margie136US #102
#95Bette132US #151
#96Pearl129US #78
#97Genevieve124US #107
#98Leona123US #103
#99Marcella122US #164
#100Theresa120US #96

Boys

#1Robert4,436US #1
#2John3,145US #2
#3William3,076US #3
#4James2,347US #4
#5Charles1,902US #5
#6Richard1,886US #8
#7Donald1,467US #10
#8George1,386US #6
#9Joseph1,190US #7
#10Paul1,130US #14
#11Edward1,116US #9
#12Harold911US #13
#13Frank848US #12
#14Jack840US #17
#15Thomas836US #11
#16Raymond740US #15
#17Ralph707US #23
#18Kenneth632US #19
#19Walter608US #16
#20Harry600US #22
#21Carl598US #27
#22Albert514US #21
#23Arthur487US #20
#24Howard484US #26
#25Eugene474US #25
#26David466US #24
#27Earl394US #33
#28Louis359US #28
#29Clarence356US #29
#30Henry317US #18
#31Lawrence310US #36
#32Leonard297US #38
#33Fred293US #32
#34Roy273US #31
#35Norman269US #42
#36Gerald266US #49
#37Russell261US #52
#38Bernard249US #46
#39Ernest245US #37
#40Herbert240US #41
#41Elmer230US #57
#42Stanley226US #40
#43Daniel222US #47
#44Dale218US #84
#45Ray212US #60
#46Francis210US #34
#47Edwin206US #55
#48Wayne206US #74
#49Calvin205US #44
#50Anthony201US #39
#51Melvin199US #48
#52Joe195US #35
#53Glenn194US #79
#54Michael188US #54
#55Clifford181US #64
#56Alfred178US #43
#57Chester175US #67
#58Frederick174US #62
#59Theodore174US #65
#60Leo171US #51
#61Warren168US #58
#62Andrew167US #56
#63Marvin166US #50
#64Samuel164US #45
#65Floyd159US #66
#66Clyde154US #69
#67Lloyd152US #61
#68Lewis149US #77
#69Wilbur148US #106
#70Steve145US #139
#71Don144US #125
#72Lester141US #72
#73Herman137US #70
#74Leroy132US #53
#75Roger127US #93
#76Philip124US #71
#77Bill120US #92
#78Gordon120US #75
#79Alvin117US #73
#80Peter117US #59
#81Virgil113US #111
#82Mike110US #164
#83Vernon109US #68
#84Martin107US #82
#85Homer105US #109
#86Victor104US #90
#87Stephen102US #110
#88Willard94US #97
#89Ronald90US #130
#90Billy89US #63
#91Nick89US #189
#92Glen87US #118
#93Junior85US #121
#94Marion85US #112
#95Gilbert83US #100
#96Harvey82US #88
#97Everett79US #104
#98Wallace78US #87
#99Allen77US #94
#100Milton77US #81

On the move since 1923

Rising

↑42Calvin#49
↑24Patricia#19
↑15Shirley#33
↑14Maxine#59
↑13Barbara#32
↑13Marvin#63
↑12Ray#45
↑12Gordon#78

Falling

↓22Katherine#79
↓19Gertrude#78
↓16Ann#46
↓16Andrew#62
↓14Warren#61
↓12Edith#54
↓12Beatrice#77
↓12Wallace#98

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1923 rankings.