State roster

Top names in Ohio

The names most likely to appear on 1926 Ohio birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 106,975 Ohio births in 1926 across 1,090 distinct names.

Distinctively Ohio

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

#86Joanneoutside the national top 200
#99Nickoutside the national top 200
#74Steve#151 nationally
#95Miriam#155 nationally
#31Donna#90 nationally
#51Janet#110 nationally
#36Eileen#92 nationally
#43Rosemary#95 nationally
#94Franklin#142 nationally
#76Wilbur#122 nationally
#39Dale#84 nationally
#71Carol#113 nationally

Girls

#1Mary3,808US #1
#2Betty2,656US #3
#3Dorothy2,093US #2
#4Helen1,634US #4
#5Ruth1,497US #6
#6Margaret1,321US #5
#7Virginia964US #8
#8Jean881US #12
#9Doris772US #7
#10Mildred655US #9
#11Marjorie654US #22
#12Evelyn647US #13
#13Patricia647US #23
#14Anna604US #15
#15Lois599US #19
#16Martha581US #24
#17Norma579US #29
#18Alice569US #17
#19Elizabeth565US #11
#20Barbara547US #16
#21Phyllis530US #33
#22Rose516US #25
#23Frances511US #10
#24Shirley511US #14
#25Florence475US #26
#26Irene456US #21
#27Eleanor446US #32
#28June437US #40
#29Joan424US #51
#30Marilyn412US #65
#31Donna408US #90
#32Gloria394US #20
#33Pauline368US #39
#34Marie362US #18
#35Thelma359US #36
#36Eileen335US #92
#37Catherine334US #31
#38Rita327US #50
#39Jane318US #56
#40Esther309US #62
#41Lillian309US #28
#42Dolores294US #49
#43Rosemary289US #95
#44Geraldine286US #54
#45Wilma285US #67
#46Ann278US #55
#47Josephine278US #37
#48Juanita278US #52
#49Wanda275US #66
#50Edna274US #38
#51Janet272US #110
#52Audrey262US #60
#53Lucille260US #43
#54Louise259US #27
#55Edith258US #42
#56Kathryn254US #87
#57Grace250US #46
#58Jeanne239US #88
#59Marian239US #70
#60Nancy237US #57
#61Gladys236US #35
#62Bernice229US #45
#63Clara225US #61
#64Ethel214US #41
#65Joyce205US #44
#66Hazel195US #48
#67Beatrice194US #58
#68Charlotte188US #78
#69Kathleen188US #83
#70Katherine186US #72
#71Carol182US #113
#72Ruby180US #30
#73Elaine179US #68
#74Emma179US #59
#75Maxine177US #85
#76Elsie175US #69
#77Julia174US #75
#78Marion168US #47
#79Agnes159US #77
#80Vivian159US #80
#81Violet157US #94
#82Beverly156US #74
#83Theresa155US #64
#84Laura148US #81
#85Gertrude145US #71
#86Joanne143
#87Vera143US #84
#88Carolyn142US #114
#89Ellen140US #100
#90Anne139US #86
#91Sarah128US #63
#92Bonnie127US #105
#93Eva127US #79
#94Margie125US #103
#95Miriam125US #155
#96Peggy123US #104
#97Bertha120US #76
#98Jacqueline120US #119
#99Alma118US #91
#100Viola118US #97

Boys

#1Robert4,264US #1
#2William2,892US #4
#3John2,829US #2
#4James2,493US #3
#5Richard2,220US #7
#6Charles1,814US #5
#7Donald1,696US #9
#8George1,345US #6
#9Paul1,163US #13
#10Edward1,051US #10
#11Joseph1,021US #8
#12Thomas925US #11
#13Harold909US #14
#14Jack856US #16
#15Raymond748US #15
#16Frank682US #12
#17Ralph660US #24
#18Kenneth609US #18
#19Carl579US #26
#20Walter576US #17
#21Harry544US #25
#22Eugene534US #23
#23David509US #22
#24Albert474US #21
#25Arthur431US #20
#26Earl427US #32
#27Howard378US #27
#28Clarence347US #29
#29Henry319US #19
#30Lawrence310US #36
#31Fred298US #31
#32Louis292US #30
#33Gerald288US #41
#34Leonard279US #38
#35Russell274US #52
#36Norman272US #39
#37Herbert254US #44
#38Ernest239US #37
#39Dale237US #84
#40Roy237US #34
#41Daniel232US #46
#42Stanley232US #43
#43Anthony228US #42
#44Bernard216US #49
#45Elmer210US #61
#46Ray210US #57
#47Joe206US #33
#48Francis203US #35
#49Glenn189US #75
#50Theodore189US #63
#51Wayne189US #68
#52Edwin185US #55
#53Melvin182US #47
#54Clifford180US #62
#55Andrew172US #59
#56Floyd172US #53
#57Don165US #96
#58Marvin161US #50
#59Chester160US #79
#60Lloyd159US #60
#61Lester150US #78
#62Alfred149US #45
#63Leroy147US #51
#64Samuel146US #48
#65Clyde145US #67
#66Frederick145US #64
#67Leo143US #54
#68Roger137US #89
#69Michael136US #56
#70Gene135US #91
#71Ronald132US #88
#72Peter131US #58
#73Billy127US #40
#74Steve127US #151
#75Vernon125US #66
#76Wilbur122US #122
#77Lewis121US #82
#78Bill118US #74
#79Herman115US #69
#80Martin113US #80
#81Calvin111US #65
#82Warren109US #71
#83Gordon105US #76
#84Victor103US #94
#85Homer102US #123
#86Philip101US #70
#87Allen98US #93
#88Willard97US #100
#89Virgil96US #118
#90Marion94US #113
#91Alvin93US #72
#92Bob91US #102
#93Harvey90US #90
#94Franklin89US #142
#95Glen89US #121
#96Jerry88US #97
#97Sam84US #92
#98Lee82US #85
#99Nick82
#100Milton77US #83

On the move since 1925

Rising

↑25Audrey#52
↑21Joyce#65
↑20Dolores#42
↑18Gene#70
↑17Martin#80
↑16Theresa#83
↑15Chester#59
↑13Ronald#71

Falling

↓23Calvin#81
↓19Michael#69
↓16Marian#59
↓16Viola#100
↓12Edna#50
↓12Ethel#64
↓12Frederick#66
↓11Sarah#91

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1925 rankings.