State roster

Top names in Ohio

The names most likely to appear on 1932 Ohio birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 91,806 Ohio births in 1932 across 992 distinct names.

Distinctively Ohio

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

#83Pattyoutside the national top 200
#97Karl#193 nationally
#71Lowell#150 nationally
#77Dick#149 nationally
#91Wilbur#152 nationally
#91Carole#151 nationally
#50Rosemary#100 nationally
#66Tom#116 nationally
#90Virgil#139 nationally
#99Ted#147 nationally
#34Joann#79 nationally
#99Judith#144 nationally

Girls

#1Mary3,089US #1
#2Betty1,642US #2
#3Barbara1,446US #3
#4Patricia1,255US #6
#5Dorothy1,100US #4
#6Joan1,006US #5
#7Marilyn982US #16
#8Shirley907US #9
#9Ruth853US #11
#10Nancy813US #13
#11Helen793US #8
#12Margaret776US #7
#13Donna680US #29
#14Norma636US #22
#15Carol621US #32
#16Lois619US #20
#17Doris591US #10
#18Virginia586US #14
#19Jean564US #15
#20Janet552US #35
#21Dolores549US #18
#22Phyllis532US #30
#23Joyce496US #12
#24Martha487US #27
#25Alice429US #21
#26Beverly402US #28
#27Elizabeth388US #17
#28Marjorie369US #37
#29Anna368US #24
#30Evelyn368US #23
#31Frances338US #19
#32Rose337US #33
#33Joanne325US #62
#34Joann318US #79
#35Mildred291US #26
#36Carolyn277US #46
#37Gloria275US #25
#38Rita274US #53
#39Ann261US #34
#40Jane254US #49
#41Geraldine251US #42
#42Delores250US #56
#43Wanda247US #52
#44June243US #44
#45Eleanor235US #45
#46Sally232US #84
#47Catherine222US #39
#48Charlotte211US #74
#49Irene211US #43
#50Rosemary207US #100
#51Florence203US #47
#52Wilma200US #65
#53Marlene199US #78
#54Louise196US #36
#55Marie195US #31
#56Peggy189US #40
#57Esther188US #82
#58Juanita186US #58
#59Pauline182US #59
#60Janice177US #94
#61Bonnie172US #64
#62Kathleen171US #83
#63Edna170US #50
#64Lillian166US #48
#65Clara165US #70
#66Elaine164US #68
#67Kathryn162US #107
#68Thelma162US #51
#69Marian159US #86
#70Grace154US #72
#71Eileen152US #114
#72Edith148US #69
#73Josephine144US #57
#74Lucille141US #63
#75Audrey139US #61
#76Loretta139US #89
#77Jacqueline128US #85
#78Gladys127US #54
#79Theresa126US #60
#80Maxine125US #110
#81Arlene124US #80
#82Ethel121US #66
#83Patty121
#84Emma120US #76
#85Ruby120US #38
#86Sarah120US #67
#87Vivian115US #90
#88Beatrice112US #87
#89Jeanette112US #106
#90Jeanne112US #112
#91Carole110US #151
#92Katherine110US #95
#93Anne107US #81
#94Hazel106US #75
#95Margie106US #102
#96Jo105US #103
#97Roberta105US #109
#98Constance104US #99
#99Judith104US #144
#100Sue104US #139

Boys

#1Robert3,383US #1
#2James2,557US #2
#3Richard2,479US #5
#4John2,382US #3
#5William2,167US #4
#6Donald2,097US #7
#7Charles1,680US #6
#8Thomas964US #10
#9Paul896US #13
#10George891US #8
#11Ronald842US #16
#12David742US #12
#13Edward740US #11
#14Jack732US #17
#15Joseph670US #9
#16Kenneth624US #14
#17Harold546US #18
#18Carl517US #28
#19Raymond496US #19
#20Frank484US #15
#21Eugene450US #22
#22Ralph422US #27
#23Walter395US #21
#24Gerald382US #24
#25Harry345US #32
#26Jerry320US #34
#27Arthur308US #25
#28Norman295US #37
#29Howard294US #36
#30Fred286US #33
#31Lawrence280US #35
#32Albert277US #26
#33Dale273US #61
#34Don263US #55
#35Roger257US #50
#36Earl240US #41
#37Gene237US #64
#38Clarence231US #40
#39Louis218US #39
#40Daniel203US #42
#41Herbert201US #44
#42Russell199US #63
#43Glenn195US #77
#44Joe195US #29
#45Ray189US #59
#46Roy187US #38
#47Henry185US #23
#48Bill184US #58
#49Larry176US #65
#50Melvin176US #51
#51Marvin174US #46
#52Wayne174US #57
#53Stanley171US #52
#54Leonard164US #48
#55Anthony155US #45
#56Bernard144US #60
#57Edwin139US #72
#58Frederick139US #73
#59Michael139US #54
#60Billy137US #20
#61Theodore137US #67
#62Bob133US #79
#63Francis129US #43
#64Alfred128US #49
#65Ernest127US #47
#66Tom127US #116
#67Leroy122US #53
#68Lewis118US #92
#69Jim116US #104
#70Clifford114US #84
#71Lowell112US #150
#72Floyd111US #68
#73Andrew110US #69
#74Philip109US #70
#75Samuel107US #56
#76Vernon106US #78
#77Dick104US #149
#78Franklin103US #66
#79Allen99US #80
#80Lloyd98US #71
#81Elmer96US #94
#82Lester96US #101
#83Clyde95US #82
#84Bruce94US #98
#85Glen94US #118
#86Peter94US #62
#87Leo89US #74
#88Gilbert83US #97
#89Martin83US #88
#90Virgil83US #139
#91Wilbur83US #152
#92Lee82US #86
#93Dean81US #123
#94Gordon81US #81
#95Vincent79US #93
#96Jerome77US #107
#97Karl77US #193
#98Victor77US #110
#99Ted76US #147
#100Alan74US #127

On the move since 1931

Rising

↑22Dick#77
↑18Sally#46
↑17Marlene#53
↑17Elaine#66
↑17Kathryn#67
↑14Charlotte#48
↑14Maxine#80
↑12Delores#42

Falling

↓17Jeanne#90
↓15Vivian#87
↓14Audrey#75
↓13Juanita#58
↓13Clara#65
↓12Clyde#83
↓11Leo#87
↓10Josephine#73

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1931 rankings.