State roster

Top names in Ohio

The names most likely to appear on 1930 Ohio birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 103,939 Ohio births in 1930 across 1,036 distinct names.

Distinctively Ohio

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

#76Steve#169 nationally
#73Wilbur#141 nationally
#53Joann#118 nationally
#97Dick#161 nationally
#81Tom#132 nationally
#33Joanne#81 nationally
#80Janice#126 nationally
#90Alan#136 nationally
#66Eileen#110 nationally
#85Dean#129 nationally
#89Jo#131 nationally
#30Glenn#71 nationally

Girls

#1Mary3,585US #1
#2Betty2,301US #2
#3Dorothy1,526US #3
#4Patricia1,241US #7
#5Helen1,115US #4
#6Ruth1,092US #10
#7Margaret960US #5
#8Barbara946US #6
#9Marilyn905US #22
#10Joan903US #8
#11Shirley895US #11
#12Nancy780US #24
#13Virginia780US #12
#14Norma751US #25
#15Dolores738US #13
#16Jean737US #14
#17Doris710US #9
#18Lois669US #17
#19Donna658US #37
#20Phyllis636US #28
#21Martha541US #27
#22Evelyn529US #19
#23Alice525US #20
#24Marjorie523US #32
#25Elizabeth464US #15
#26Anna462US #23
#27Rose454US #29
#28Janet420US #53
#29Joyce409US #18
#30Carol394US #54
#31Frances394US #16
#32Mildred394US #21
#33Joanne366US #81
#34Rita365US #42
#35Eleanor344US #39
#36June318US #47
#37Geraldine314US #43
#38Wanda307US #56
#39Irene306US #33
#40Jane304US #55
#41Wilma292US #68
#42Juanita288US #57
#43Marie282US #26
#44Gloria279US #30
#45Florence278US #38
#46Ann273US #41
#47Pauline270US #52
#48Rosemary266US #82
#49Catherine265US #35
#50Louise263US #31
#51Carolyn262US #72
#52Beverly257US #34
#53Joann241US #118
#54Delores240US #66
#55Thelma233US #45
#56Clara230US #64
#57Marian223US #80
#58Edith213US #61
#59Grace211US #62
#60Lillian211US #44
#61Audrey205US #63
#62Jacqueline201US #74
#63Charlotte197US #75
#64Bonnie193US #78
#65Edna190US #51
#66Eileen189US #110
#67Lucille189US #59
#68Josephine187US #49
#69Kathryn184US #101
#70Vivian183US #91
#71Esther182US #77
#72Bernice177US #58
#73Sally177US #98
#74Theresa174US #50
#75Elaine172US #69
#76Gladys171US #48
#77Jeanne169US #92
#78Ethel161US #65
#79Peggy160US #67
#80Janice156US #126
#81Kathleen156US #84
#82Jeanette144US #106
#83Beatrice141US #76
#84Emma138US #73
#85Loretta137US #105
#86Maxine137US #93
#87Laura132US #89
#88Hazel129US #71
#89Jo127US #131
#90Ruby126US #36
#91Patsy124US #97
#92Sarah123US #70
#93Ellen122US #100
#94Julia122US #90
#95Elsie121US #88
#96Katherine120US #85
#97Vera120US #104
#98Anne111US #83
#99Violet109US #120
#100Alma106US #109

Boys

#1Robert3,941US #1
#2James2,848US #2
#3Richard2,691US #5
#4William2,682US #4
#5John2,674US #3
#6Donald2,252US #7
#7Charles1,823US #6
#8George1,114US #8
#9Paul1,108US #12
#10Thomas1,001US #11
#11Jack953US #14
#12Joseph927US #9
#13Edward865US #10
#14David813US #15
#15Harold730US #18
#16Raymond676US #16
#17Kenneth670US #17
#18Frank623US #13
#19Ralph570US #25
#20Carl544US #26
#21Eugene535US #21
#22Walter496US #19
#23Harry429US #28
#24Howard380US #31
#25Ronald379US #37
#26Albert371US #24
#27Arthur362US #23
#28Gerald331US #30
#29Fred329US #32
#30Glenn310US #71
#31Lawrence294US #36
#32Earl290US #38
#33Norman287US #40
#34Clarence284US #39
#35Gene272US #70
#36Dale269US #64
#37Louis262US #34
#38Don253US #68
#39Herbert244US #35
#40Russell231US #60
#41Joe230US #27
#42Daniel222US #47
#43Jerry221US #51
#44Stanley220US #49
#45Roy215US #33
#46Henry208US #22
#47Roger201US #58
#48Melvin199US #50
#49Leonard198US #45
#50Ernest196US #43
#51Anthony193US #44
#52Bill190US #59
#53Ray184US #57
#54Marvin183US #48
#55Bernard182US #52
#56Francis166US #42
#57Alfred163US #46
#58Edwin160US #66
#59Billy158US #20
#60Clyde158US #76
#61Wayne157US #65
#62Michael155US #54
#63Theodore153US #67
#64Leroy151US #53
#65Frederick141US #74
#66Samuel141US #55
#67Clifford138US #73
#68Floyd137US #61
#69Elmer134US #80
#70Andrew120US #62
#71Philip116US #75
#72Lloyd115US #69
#73Wilbur114US #141
#74Gordon112US #77
#75Leo112US #63
#76Steve111US #169
#77Lewis108US #87
#78Peter108US #56
#79Vernon108US #72
#80Allen105US #85
#81Tom104US #132
#82Bob103US #88
#83Larry103US #108
#84Lester103US #95
#85Dean101US #129
#86Glen100US #114
#87Virgil100US #128
#88Chester98US #103
#89Herman93US #78
#90Alan91US #136
#91Willard91US #117
#92Bruce88US #109
#93Alvin87US #79
#94Jim87US #125
#95Victor86US #100
#96Gilbert85US #90
#97Dick84US #161
#98Marion84US #126
#99Warren84US #96
#100Vincent78US #84

On the move since 1929

Rising

↑22Gordon#74
↑21Glenn#30
↑18Janet#28
↑16Janice#80
↑16Jeanette#82
↑15Jerry#43
↑14Larry#83
↑11Edith#58

Falling

↓16Esther#71
↓15Ruby#90
↓15Chester#88
↓13Eileen#66
↓13Katherine#96
↓12Jeanne#77
↓10Rosemary#48
↓10Leonard#49

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1929 rankings.