State roster

Top names in Ohio

The names most likely to appear on 1925 Ohio birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 108,289 Ohio births in 1925 across 1,112 distinct names.

Distinctively Ohio

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

#93Nickoutside the national top 200
#85Mike#164 nationally
#69Steve#144 nationally
#94Marcella#167 nationally
#40Donna#110 nationally
#95Janice#157 nationally
#36Eileen#96 nationally
#96Bette#155 nationally
#51Rosemary#103 nationally
#59Janet#111 nationally
#90Dean#140 nationally
#38Dale#86 nationally

Girls

#1Mary3,810US #1
#2Betty2,895US #3
#3Dorothy2,168US #2
#4Helen1,831US #4
#5Ruth1,654US #6
#6Margaret1,337US #5
#7Virginia1,102US #7
#8Jean923US #14
#9Doris815US #8
#10Marjorie747US #21
#11Evelyn710US #12
#12Mildred680US #9
#13Martha663US #23
#14Anna635US #13
#15Alice622US #15
#16Elizabeth611US #10
#17Patricia598US #28
#18Lois592US #18
#19Norma542US #34
#20Frances510US #11
#21Phyllis503US #40
#22Irene481US #19
#23June481US #39
#24Eleanor463US #31
#25Shirley461US #17
#26Rose425US #26
#27Barbara408US #22
#28Florence404US #24
#29Marie382US #16
#30Gloria380US #20
#31Rita372US #48
#32Lillian362US #25
#33Pauline359US #38
#34Thelma354US #35
#35Joan337US #66
#36Eileen329US #96
#37Esther321US #56
#38Edna320US #37
#39Marilyn301US #83
#40Donna297US #110
#41Catherine293US #29
#42Ann292US #52
#43Marian291US #67
#44Jane289US #53
#45Wanda289US #72
#46Josephine284US #36
#47Wilma283US #62
#48Juanita279US #49
#49Lucille275US #41
#50Louise274US #27
#51Rosemary270US #103
#52Ethel265US #43
#53Geraldine265US #54
#54Jeanne264US #89
#55Kathryn260US #88
#56Grace251US #44
#57Edith248US #42
#58Clara245US #55
#59Janet236US #111
#60Nancy235US #60
#61Bernice227US #46
#62Dolores223US #64
#63Kathleen214US #81
#64Gladys213US #33
#65Beatrice206US #50
#66Emma205US #57
#67Hazel201US #45
#68Maxine199US #79
#69Charlotte198US #77
#70Agnes197US #69
#71Vivian193US #76
#72Elsie185US #63
#73Katherine185US #61
#74Julia180US #65
#75Elaine173US #73
#76Violet173US #92
#77Audrey168US #78
#78Gertrude167US #70
#79Carol164US #119
#80Sarah161US #58
#81Ruby158US #30
#82Marion153US #47
#83Ellen150US #101
#84Viola149US #84
#85Anne146US #85
#86Joyce140US #59
#87Laura138US #75
#88Bertha137US #74
#89Carolyn125US #127
#90Leona125US #108
#91Loretta124US #122
#92Alma122US #94
#93Vera122US #86
#94Marcella121US #167
#95Janice120US #157
#96Bette117US #155
#97Eva116US #71
#98Genevieve114US #113
#99Theresa114US #80
#100Alberta112US #140

Boys

#1Robert4,427US #1
#2William3,006US #3
#3John2,943US #2
#4James2,390US #4
#5Richard2,090US #8
#6Charles1,831US #5
#7Donald1,604US #10
#8George1,305US #6
#9Paul1,278US #13
#10Edward1,107US #9
#11Joseph1,081US #7
#12Thomas872US #11
#13Harold865US #14
#14Jack781US #17
#15Frank771US #12
#16Raymond719US #15
#17Ralph665US #25
#18Carl637US #28
#19Kenneth630US #19
#20Walter588US #16
#21Harry579US #23
#22David508US #22
#23Eugene501US #24
#24Albert467US #21
#25Arthur442US #20
#26Howard441US #26
#27Earl412US #31
#28Lawrence340US #36
#29Clarence334US #30
#30Louis333US #29
#31Henry275US #18
#32Russell273US #53
#33Stanley272US #40
#34Leonard269US #38
#35Fred267US #33
#36Herbert265US #42
#37Gerald259US #45
#38Dale255US #86
#39Anthony254US #39
#40Daniel251US #44
#41Roy246US #32
#42Norman245US #41
#43Bernard220US #48
#44Ernest217US #37
#45Elmer210US #61
#46Francis208US #35
#47Glenn208US #77
#48Joe186US #34
#49Ray186US #64
#50Michael185US #55
#51Andrew176US #56
#52Wayne176US #74
#53Clifford174US #59
#54Frederick171US #65
#55Theodore167US #63
#56Edwin165US #57
#57Floyd165US #58
#58Calvin163US #47
#59Don163US #106
#60Alfred157US #43
#61Clyde153US #68
#62Marvin153US #51
#63Lloyd152US #62
#64Melvin151US #50
#65Samuel150US #46
#66Leo148US #54
#67Wilbur142US #110
#68Leroy140US #52
#69Steve139US #144
#70Lester129US #81
#71Roger129US #90
#72Lewis126US #79
#73Vernon126US #67
#74Chester125US #73
#75Herman122US #69
#76Gordon120US #72
#77Bill116US #84
#78Philip116US #75
#79Victor116US #89
#80Billy115US #49
#81Peter114US #60
#82Homer109US #116
#83Warren109US #66
#84Ronald104US #104
#85Mike102US #164
#86Vincent96US #71
#87Willard93US #97
#88Gene92US #112
#89Junior92US #115
#90Dean91US #140
#91Alvin90US #70
#92Jerry90US #107
#93Nick90
#94Glen89US #117
#95Lee89US #82
#96Virgil87US #120
#97Martin86US #83
#98Milton84US #80
#99Sam82US #91
#100Allen81US #94

On the move since 1924

Rising

↑30Gloria#30
↑21Joan#35
↑13Donna#40
↑13Wanda#45
↑13Charlotte#69
↑12Marilyn#39
↑12Beatrice#65
↑12Don#59

Falling

↓22Warren#83
↓21Grace#56
↓17Ruby#81
↓17Chester#74
↓15Virgil#96
↓13Anne#85
↓13Melvin#64
↓13Martin#97

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1924 rankings.