State roster

Top names in Ohio

The names most likely to appear on 1929 Ohio birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 102,141 Ohio births in 1929 across 1,053 distinct names.

Distinctively Ohio

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

#100Lowell#193 nationally
#58Joann#144 nationally
#77Steve#162 nationally
#35Joanne#101 nationally
#76Wilbur#131 nationally
#83Tom#134 nationally
#92Jo#140 nationally
#53Eileen#98 nationally
#84Virgil#127 nationally
#98Homer#141 nationally
#38Rosemary#80 nationally
#96Janice#136 nationally

Girls

#1Mary3,554US #1
#2Betty2,449US #2
#3Dorothy1,542US #3
#4Helen1,230US #4
#5Patricia1,150US #10
#6Ruth1,118US #8
#7Margaret1,014US #5
#8Barbara875US #7
#9Virginia813US #11
#10Shirley782US #9
#11Joan775US #13
#12Doris771US #6
#13Jean758US #12
#14Norma703US #25
#15Dolores693US #14
#16Phyllis659US #24
#17Lois656US #17
#18Donna625US #47
#19Marilyn593US #33
#20Nancy511US #32
#21Evelyn505US #19
#22Martha501US #27
#23Anna500US #20
#24Marjorie472US #30
#25Alice470US #21
#26Mildred459US #18
#27Rose453US #26
#28Elizabeth449US #15
#29Frances413US #16
#30Eleanor369US #38
#31Carol364US #63
#32June350US #48
#33Joyce339US #23
#34Irene321US #29
#35Joanne319US #101
#36Rita311US #52
#37Marie301US #22
#38Rosemary298US #80
#39Florence294US #35
#40Wilma290US #66
#41Geraldine288US #43
#42Ann279US #46
#43Wanda274US #61
#44Catherine272US #34
#45Jane267US #62
#46Janet265US #82
#47Pauline262US #50
#48Gloria258US #28
#49Louise250US #31
#50Thelma249US #41
#51Juanita242US #60
#52Beverly239US #39
#53Eileen239US #98
#54Delores238US #74
#55Esther235US #71
#56Carolyn233US #77
#57Lillian233US #40
#58Joann230US #144
#59Marian230US #75
#60Audrey223US #58
#61Clara213US #65
#62Josephine211US #45
#63Grace210US #54
#64Charlotte206US #73
#65Jeanne203US #92
#66Edna192US #51
#67Kathryn189US #104
#68Lucille189US #57
#69Edith182US #59
#70Bonnie180US #86
#71Ethel179US #56
#72Vivian178US #81
#73Jacqueline174US #87
#74Kathleen172US #89
#75Ruby165US #36
#76Bernice164US #55
#77Gladys163US #44
#78Maxine159US #85
#79Elaine158US #67
#80Hazel158US #64
#81Peggy153US #70
#82Sally153US #112
#83Katherine151US #84
#84Emma145US #69
#85Theresa144US #49
#86Sarah139US #68
#87Gertrude136US #95
#88Beatrice134US #72
#89Ellen133US #97
#90Laura133US #90
#91Anne130US #91
#92Jo130US #140
#93Elsie128US #78
#94Arlene127US #105
#95Roberta126US #126
#96Janice125US #136
#97Julia122US #88
#98Jeanette120US #131
#99Agnes118US #94
#100Vera115US #99

Boys

#1Robert3,912US #1
#2William2,763US #4
#3James2,744US #2
#4John2,743US #3
#5Richard2,522US #6
#6Donald2,167US #7
#7Charles1,749US #5
#8George1,133US #8
#9Paul1,048US #13
#10Thomas956US #11
#11Edward917US #10
#12Jack888US #14
#13Joseph868US #9
#14David724US #17
#15Harold720US #16
#16Raymond688US #15
#17Kenneth619US #18
#18Frank610US #12
#19Carl600US #28
#20Ralph567US #26
#21Eugene535US #20
#22Walter475US #19
#23Harry433US #27
#24Arthur382US #22
#25Howard365US #31
#26Albert353US #24
#27Earl350US #36
#28Ronald321US #45
#29Gerald317US #33
#30Herbert317US #25
#31Louis293US #32
#32Lawrence286US #38
#33Clarence284US #37
#34Fred280US #34
#35Russell261US #56
#36Norman259US #40
#37Roy252US #35
#38Dale248US #73
#39Leonard243US #42
#40Henry229US #21
#41Gene228US #68
#42Daniel227US #47
#43Melvin210US #49
#44Anthony206US #44
#45Don206US #78
#46Francis202US #39
#47Joe202US #30
#48Bernard201US #52
#49Ernest200US #43
#50Roger183US #64
#51Glenn182US #80
#52Alfred178US #41
#53Michael176US #54
#54Stanley176US #48
#55Bill167US #63
#56Theodore165US #65
#57Ray159US #57
#58Jerry158US #61
#59Elmer155US #70
#60Marvin152US #46
#61Wayne151US #69
#62Frederick149US #67
#63Edwin147US #66
#64Clyde146US #74
#65Billy142US #23
#66Floyd142US #58
#67Clifford135US #72
#68Leroy133US #51
#69Andrew132US #59
#70Lloyd129US #62
#71Lewis124US #84
#72Samuel123US #53
#73Chester119US #96
#74Philip116US #76
#75Vernon116US #71
#76Wilbur113US #131
#77Steve108US #162
#78Lester106US #88
#79Allen103US #86
#80Herman103US #75
#81Peter102US #55
#82Bob93US #89
#83Tom91US #134
#84Virgil89US #127
#85Leo88US #60
#86Victor87US #100
#87Douglas86US #97
#88Bruce85US #112
#89Alvin83US #77
#90Gilbert83US #91
#91Jerome82US #110
#92Marion79US #118
#93Vincent79US #82
#94Jim78US #132
#95Martin77US #83
#96Gordon75US #79
#97Larry75US #135
#98Homer74US #141
#99Lee74US #85
#100Lowell73US #193

On the move since 1928

Rising

↑25Carol#31
↑24Joann#58
↑19Delores#54
↑16Carolyn#56
↑15Bill#55
↑14Bonnie#70
↑14Herman#80
↑13Kathleen#74

Falling

↓19Elsie#93
↓18Theresa#85
↓17Lillian#57
↓16Leo#85
↓13Thelma#50
↓13Emma#84
↓13Beatrice#88
↓13Gordon#96

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1928 rankings.