State roster

Top names in Ohio

The names most likely to appear on 1927 Ohio birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 107,926 Ohio births in 1927 across 1,091 distinct names.

Distinctively Ohio

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

#95Myronoutside the national top 200
#77Joanne#181 nationally
#73Steve#154 nationally
#94Janice#159 nationally
#53Janet#111 nationally
#39Eileen#91 nationally
#78Wilbur#130 nationally
#92Franklin#144 nationally
#21Donna#70 nationally
#38Rosemary#86 nationally
#86Dean#133 nationally
#35Dale#81 nationally

Girls

#1Mary4,026US #1
#2Betty2,732US #3
#3Dorothy1,914US #2
#4Helen1,506US #4
#5Ruth1,439US #6
#6Margaret1,206US #5
#7Virginia958US #8
#8Jean886US #14
#9Patricia879US #18
#10Doris780US #7
#11Shirley685US #9
#12Lois663US #19
#13Norma652US #26
#14Barbara633US #10
#15Evelyn630US #15
#16Martha604US #24
#17Phyllis594US #29
#18Mildred584US #11
#19Elizabeth579US #13
#20Marjorie570US #25
#21Donna564US #70
#22Alice554US #17
#23Anna552US #16
#24Marilyn514US #46
#25Rose512US #23
#26Frances500US #12
#27Joan485US #41
#28Dolores424US #34
#29Irene422US #21
#30Eleanor392US #33
#31June383US #43
#32Pauline369US #42
#33Florence366US #28
#34Gloria343US #22
#35Rita338US #54
#36Thelma334US #38
#37Nancy326US #56
#38Rosemary308US #86
#39Eileen304US #91
#40Juanita301US #55
#41Wanda301US #66
#42Wilma301US #68
#43Catherine289US #31
#44Josephine289US #39
#45Jane284US #60
#46Lillian283US #32
#47Louise283US #27
#48Geraldine281US #58
#49Marie279US #20
#50Grace277US #50
#51Esther272US #65
#52Joyce270US #35
#53Janet265US #111
#54Audrey259US #62
#55Lucille257US #45
#56Ann252US #59
#57Marian252US #74
#58Edna250US #40
#59Edith235US #48
#60Clara226US #63
#61Jeanne223US #85
#62Kathryn220US #90
#63Charlotte218US #75
#64Katherine218US #73
#65Ethel217US #47
#66Gladys205US #37
#67Beverly204US #57
#68Carol204US #106
#69Elaine201US #69
#70Vivian198US #77
#71Bernice190US #49
#72Ruby189US #30
#73Hazel186US #53
#74Kathleen180US #83
#75Beatrice178US #67
#76Carolyn173US #99
#77Joanne162US #181
#78Maxine161US #87
#79Elsie158US #72
#80Ellen153US #93
#81Emma153US #64
#82Violet153US #103
#83Theresa152US #52
#84Julia151US #76
#85Bonnie147US #100
#86Vera146US #89
#87Jacqueline145US #115
#88Gertrude140US #78
#89Sarah140US #61
#90Roberta139US #122
#91Agnes135US #81
#92Delores134US #128
#93Laura134US #82
#94Janice131US #159
#95Viola130US #101
#96Arlene125US #108
#97Alberta124US #142
#98Marion124US #51
#99Margie121US #104
#100Alma118US #97

Boys

#1Robert4,272US #1
#2William3,086US #4
#3John2,840US #2
#4James2,593US #3
#5Richard2,364US #6
#6Donald1,962US #8
#7Charles1,860US #5
#8George1,262US #7
#9Paul1,137US #13
#10Joseph1,032US #9
#11Edward1,009US #10
#12Jack904US #16
#13Thomas879US #11
#14Harold782US #14
#15Raymond777US #15
#16Frank728US #12
#17Kenneth652US #18
#18Ralph605US #24
#19Carl595US #26
#20Eugene592US #20
#21Walter582US #17
#22David501US #21
#23Harry483US #25
#24Howard417US #28
#25Arthur412US #22
#26Albert397US #23
#27Clarence369US #32
#28Earl353US #33
#29Gerald323US #38
#30Louis308US #29
#31Fred306US #35
#32Norman302US #39
#33Lawrence300US #37
#34Henry290US #19
#35Dale278US #81
#36Herbert257US #42
#37Russell250US #54
#38Roy247US #34
#39Daniel237US #46
#40Leonard235US #40
#41Stanley232US #44
#42Glenn224US #76
#43Ernest214US #41
#44Bernard213US #50
#45Francis211US #36
#46Don193US #90
#47Ray187US #60
#48Theodore185US #62
#49Gene182US #72
#50Ronald182US #63
#51Joe181US #30
#52Anthony180US #43
#53Elmer180US #61
#54Frederick178US #64
#55Clifford174US #65
#56Melvin172US #48
#57Wayne171US #67
#58Marvin169US #47
#59Alfred168US #45
#60Floyd167US #53
#61Edwin164US #57
#62Andrew162US #56
#63Samuel161US #49
#64Lloyd158US #58
#65Roger156US #84
#66Clyde153US #68
#67Billy151US #31
#68Lewis146US #82
#69Michael137US #52
#70Bill133US #69
#71Leo133US #55
#72Philip129US #75
#73Steve127US #154
#74Herman125US #70
#75Vernon123US #71
#76Lester120US #83
#77Leroy119US #51
#78Wilbur119US #130
#79Chester117US #85
#80Jerry115US #93
#81Peter113US #59
#82Vincent109US #77
#83Warren103US #79
#84Gordon102US #74
#85Bob100US #100
#86Dean94US #133
#87Alvin93US #66
#88Willard92US #106
#89Harvey91US #94
#90Victor91US #98
#91Homer90US #129
#92Franklin87US #144
#93Glen85US #115
#94Marion85US #117
#95Myron84
#96Lee83US #86
#97Everett81US #120
#98Milton81US #88
#99Junior80US #119
#100Martin78US #87

On the move since 1926

Rising

↑23Nancy#37
↑21Gene#49
↑21Ronald#50
↑16Jerry#80
↑15Beverly#67
↑14Dolores#28
↑14Philip#72
↑13Shirley#11

Falling

↓20Marion#98
↓20Chester#79
↓20Martin#100
↓15Marie#49
↓15Lester#76
↓14Leroy#77
↓12Agnes#91
↓11Esther#51

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1926 rankings.