State roster

Top names in Ohio

The names most likely to appear on 1931 Ohio birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 95,162 Ohio births in 1931 across 997 distinct names.

Distinctively Ohio

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

#91Pattyoutside the national top 200
#85Steve#173 nationally
#83Lowell#147 nationally
#93Ted#155 nationally
#67Tom#125 nationally
#95Wilbur#149 nationally
#37Joann#90 nationally
#99Dick#152 nationally
#68Jim#116 nationally
#48Rosemary#88 nationally
#65Janice#104 nationally
#88Dean#127 nationally

Girls

#1Mary3,267US #1
#2Betty1,861US #2
#3Patricia1,250US #8
#4Barbara1,221US #4
#5Dorothy1,184US #3
#6Joan965US #5
#7Helen924US #6
#8Ruth917US #11
#9Nancy874US #17
#10Shirley847US #9
#11Marilyn828US #19
#12Margaret780US #7
#13Norma718US #22
#14Jean683US #13
#15Donna661US #32
#16Virginia660US #12
#17Dolores637US #14
#18Lois635US #20
#19Doris575US #10
#20Phyllis573US #29
#21Janet492US #45
#22Martha453US #28
#23Alice452US #21
#24Evelyn444US #24
#25Joyce438US #15
#26Carol431US #46
#27Anna421US #25
#28Marjorie397US #34
#29Elizabeth396US #16
#30Joanne390US #68
#31Rose362US #30
#32Mildred337US #26
#33Gloria328US #23
#34Beverly312US #31
#35Frances301US #18
#36Rita294US #48
#37Joann284US #90
#38June284US #44
#39Jane282US #50
#40Carolyn279US #60
#41Ann276US #35
#42Eleanor256US #40
#43Geraldine250US #38
#44Wilma247US #69
#45Juanita245US #57
#46Wanda243US #54
#47Catherine226US #36
#48Rosemary225US #88
#49Florence216US #43
#50Irene214US #37
#51Pauline212US #56
#52Clara208US #61
#53Louise205US #33
#54Delores202US #58
#55Lillian201US #47
#56Bonnie199US #73
#57Marie196US #27
#58Esther190US #79
#59Thelma190US #53
#60Marian186US #84
#61Audrey183US #64
#62Charlotte181US #75
#63Josephine176US #51
#64Sally176US #97
#65Janice174US #104
#66Edna171US #52
#67Peggy169US #42
#68Jacqueline167US #78
#69Edith166US #65
#70Marlene164US #95
#71Kathleen157US #87
#72Vivian156US #82
#73Jeanne154US #98
#74Eileen153US #106
#75Grace153US #70
#76Lucille145US #62
#77Theresa145US #59
#78Ethel144US #67
#79Arlene143US #77
#80Loretta143US #96
#81Bernice140US #63
#82Gladys140US #55
#83Elaine137US #72
#84Kathryn137US #108
#85Sarah132US #71
#86Ellen131US #99
#87Ruby120US #39
#88Hazel119US #74
#89Emma116US #76
#90Katherine116US #92
#91Patty112
#92Anne110US #80
#93Jeanette109US #105
#94Maxine109US #101
#95Jo108US #116
#96Elsie103US #86
#97Julia103US #91
#98Roberta102US #121
#99Laura101US #89
#100Patsy100US #83

Boys

#1Robert3,739US #1
#2Richard2,646US #5
#3James2,599US #2
#4William2,500US #4
#5John2,425US #3
#6Donald2,121US #7
#7Charles1,602US #6
#8Thomas1,000US #10
#9Paul986US #12
#10George982US #8
#11Jack822US #15
#12Joseph806US #9
#13Edward743US #11
#14David699US #13
#15Kenneth635US #14
#16Harold606US #18
#17Raymond587US #17
#18Carl547US #28
#19Frank531US #16
#20Ronald501US #27
#21Ralph491US #25
#22Eugene469US #21
#23Walter429US #20
#24Gerald339US #26
#25Harry336US #30
#26Arthur331US #23
#27Norman321US #36
#28Albert308US #24
#29Howard304US #34
#30Earl295US #40
#31Fred288US #33
#32Dale276US #62
#33Lawrence274US #38
#34Jerry270US #43
#35Glenn250US #72
#36Clarence247US #39
#37Gene245US #64
#38Don228US #59
#39Roger225US #53
#40Henry224US #22
#41Louis224US #37
#42Roy218US #35
#43Joe211US #29
#44Herbert208US #41
#45Daniel204US #44
#46Bill202US #57
#47Russell202US #63
#48Stanley194US #49
#49Leonard187US #48
#50Ray182US #60
#51Bernard177US #54
#52Wayne172US #58
#53Francis166US #42
#54Anthony165US #46
#55Melvin163US #51
#56Marvin158US #45
#57Ernest157US #47
#58Michael152US #55
#59Larry151US #88
#60Billy144US #19
#61Frederick142US #73
#62Alfred141US #50
#63Theodore131US #70
#64Bob130US #78
#65Edwin121US #67
#66Lewis116US #87
#67Tom116US #125
#68Jim115US #116
#69Leroy114US #52
#70Floyd113US #66
#71Clyde111US #77
#72Lester111US #96
#73Vernon111US #74
#74Andrew110US #65
#75Elmer110US #82
#76Leo110US #69
#77Samuel108US #56
#78Allen107US #79
#79Clifford107US #75
#80Philip107US #71
#81Lloyd105US #68
#82Peter104US #61
#83Lowell102US #147
#84Chester100US #106
#85Steve90US #173
#86Martin89US #91
#87Gordon88US #76
#88Dean87US #127
#89Roland87US #107
#90Virgil87US #121
#91Bruce86US #101
#92Herman86US #83
#93Ted85US #155
#94Alvin84US #80
#95Wilbur84US #149
#96Glen82US #112
#97Gilbert78US #92
#98Lee78US #90
#99Dick77US #152
#100Alan75US #120

On the move since 1930

Rising

↑26Jim#68
↑24Larry#59
↑18Beverly#34
↑18Bob#64
↑16Joann#37
↑15Janice#65
↑14Tom#67
↑13Esther#58

Falling

↓22Wilbur#95
↓16Grace#75
↓15Kathryn#84
↓14Marie#57
↓13Gordon#87
↓12Laura#99
↓12Clifford#79
↓11Irene#50

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1930 rankings.