State roster

Top names in Ohio

The names most likely to appear on 1928 Ohio birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 105,461 Ohio births in 1928 across 1,087 distinct names.

Distinctively Ohio

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

#82Joannoutside the national top 200
#46Joanne#142 nationally
#78Steve#162 nationally
#86Janice#149 nationally
#72Wilbur#127 nationally
#50Eileen#102 nationally
#45Janet#95 nationally
#88Tom#135 nationally
#43Rosemary#88 nationally
#92Dean#136 nationally
#84Virgil#126 nationally
#20Donna#61 nationally

Girls

#1Mary4,004US #1
#2Betty2,555US #2
#3Dorothy1,729US #3
#4Ruth1,406US #6
#5Helen1,315US #4
#6Margaret1,112US #5
#7Patricia997US #11
#8Virginia864US #9
#9Jean810US #12
#10Doris806US #7
#11Lois744US #18
#12Shirley737US #10
#13Barbara674US #8
#14Norma662US #23
#15Phyllis662US #26
#16Joan609US #27
#17Evelyn578US #17
#18Dolores562US #20
#19Martha560US #22
#20Donna551US #61
#21Marilyn548US #38
#22Marjorie541US #29
#23Anna531US #16
#24Elizabeth526US #14
#25Alice501US #19
#26Mildred498US #15
#27Frances464US #13
#28Rose453US #24
#29June398US #44
#30Irene381US #28
#31Eleanor359US #36
#32Nancy322US #43
#33Rita321US #57
#34Wanda311US #63
#35Florence310US #32
#36Joyce310US #30
#37Thelma303US #40
#38Wilma298US #69
#39Catherine294US #33
#40Lillian291US #35
#41Gloria286US #25
#42Jane286US #62
#43Rosemary286US #88
#44Geraldine284US #50
#45Janet283US #95
#46Joanne277US #142
#47Juanita268US #58
#48Marie268US #21
#49Pauline266US #48
#50Eileen265US #102
#51Audrey261US #60
#52Louise249US #31
#53Ann248US #54
#54Josephine246US #42
#55Esther245US #66
#56Carol241US #77
#57Marian234US #71
#58Edna229US #45
#59Beverly219US #46
#60Ethel218US #55
#61Clara216US #65
#62Kathryn205US #99
#63Charlotte204US #72
#64Lucille201US #51
#65Vivian198US #78
#66Grace194US #52
#67Theresa187US #49
#68Gladys184US #41
#69Hazel184US #59
#70Jeanne184US #90
#71Emma180US #67
#72Carolyn176US #91
#73Delores174US #94
#74Elsie174US #73
#75Beatrice170US #70
#76Jacqueline170US #97
#77Edith166US #56
#78Elaine163US #68
#79Maxine163US #84
#80Bernice162US #53
#81Sarah162US #64
#82Joann158
#83Katherine154US #75
#84Bonnie152US #89
#85Ruby149US #34
#86Janice146US #149
#87Kathleen146US #82
#88Ellen144US #98
#89Peggy139US #76
#90Ramona139US #117
#91Viola138US #103
#92Vera137US #92
#93Agnes134US #85
#94Marion133US #47
#95Sally131US #128
#96Gertrude126US #86
#97Laura117US #83
#98Violet117US #113
#99Loretta116US #123
#100Leona111US #122

Boys

#1Robert4,220US #1
#2William2,834US #4
#3John2,752US #2
#4James2,645US #3
#5Richard2,520US #6
#6Donald2,067US #7
#7Charles1,900US #5
#8Paul1,148US #13
#9George1,129US #8
#10Joseph962US #9
#11Edward948US #10
#12Thomas929US #11
#13Jack928US #15
#14Harold815US #14
#15Frank684US #12
#16Kenneth662US #17
#17Raymond641US #16
#18Carl609US #28
#19Ralph595US #24
#20Eugene572US #20
#21David555US #19
#22Harry542US #26
#23Walter514US #18
#24Albert403US #23
#25Howard366US #31
#26Arthur362US #22
#27Herbert361US #25
#28Clarence350US #35
#29Earl323US #37
#30Lawrence315US #38
#31Norman285US #39
#32Louis284US #32
#33Ronald281US #50
#34Fred280US #36
#35Roy275US #34
#36Daniel269US #47
#37Henry269US #21
#38Russell267US #55
#39Gerald259US #41
#40Dale244US #75
#41Leonard239US #42
#42Bernard224US #49
#43Stanley224US #45
#44Alfred222US #33
#45Anthony216US #44
#46Joe208US #30
#47Don206US #84
#48Gene196US #62
#49Elmer190US #63
#50Ernest188US #43
#51Roger188US #71
#52Glenn186US #76
#53Francis178US #40
#54Melvin172US #48
#55Michael168US #53
#56Leroy165US #51
#57Clifford164US #68
#58Floyd164US #54
#59Ray163US #57
#60Samuel163US #52
#61Billy157US #27
#62Lloyd151US #59
#63Theodore149US #66
#64Edwin148US #58
#65Frederick147US #67
#66Marvin147US #46
#67Wayne147US #69
#68Jerry144US #79
#69Leo131US #61
#70Bill130US #64
#71Andrew128US #60
#72Wilbur127US #127
#73Clyde124US #74
#74Lester124US #89
#75Peter121US #56
#76Vernon120US #70
#77Chester118US #88
#78Steve110US #162
#79Alvin109US #72
#80Philip107US #73
#81Bob106US #95
#82Lewis104US #86
#83Gordon100US #77
#84Virgil100US #126
#85Martin99US #83
#86Allen95US #93
#87Lee90US #87
#88Tom88US #135
#89Edgar87US #114
#90Glen86US #115
#91Warren85US #85
#92Dean83US #136
#93Bruce82US #112
#94Herman82US #78
#95Harvey81US #90
#96Jerome81US #110
#97Victor81US #99
#98Marion80US #118
#99Willard79US #113
#100Homer77US #131

On the move since 1927

Rising

↑31Joanne#46
↑21Leroy#56
↑19Delores#73
↑17Ronald#33
↑16Joyce#36
↑16Theresa#67
↑15Alfred#44
↑15Martin#85

Falling

↓20Herman#94
↓19Katherine#83
↓18Edith#77
↓17Pauline#49
↓16Grace#66
↓16Violet#98
↓15Theodore#63
↓14Lewis#82

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1927 rankings.