State roster

Top names in Ohio

The names most likely to appear on 1933 Ohio birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 86,051 Ohio births in 1933 across 953 distinct names.

Distinctively Ohio

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

#96Patty#191 nationally
#94Steve#179 nationally
#92Lowell#161 nationally
#83Dick#144 nationally
#75Sue#131 nationally
#52Carole#107 nationally
#95Susan#149 nationally
#64Tom#117 nationally
#67Eileen#115 nationally
#73Judith#119 nationally
#31Joann#72 nationally
#90Willard#130 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,919US #1
#2Betty1,517US #2
#3Barbara1,472US #3
#4Patricia1,304US #6
#5Nancy954US #11
#6Dorothy933US #4
#7Shirley921US #9
#8Joan901US #5
#9Marilyn805US #16
#10Ruth729US #13
#11Margaret717US #7
#12Janet714US #25
#13Carol697US #20
#14Helen677US #8
#15Donna676US #24
#16Jean554US #14
#17Norma552US #23
#18Lois522US #19
#19Doris517US #10
#20Phyllis514US #28
#21Dolores481US #21
#22Joyce463US #12
#23Virginia461US #15
#24Martha417US #27
#25Beverly372US #26
#26Alice370US #22
#27Anna334US #29
#28Elizabeth333US #17
#29Joanne328US #56
#30Carolyn320US #40
#31Joann320US #72
#32Evelyn316US #30
#33Marjorie303US #41
#34Rose295US #35
#35Jane291US #47
#36Marlene281US #50
#37Frances274US #18
#38Ann262US #34
#39June260US #45
#40Gloria259US #31
#41Eleanor239US #38
#42Mildred236US #32
#43Bonnie231US #68
#44Wanda230US #48
#45Geraldine229US #42
#46Sally224US #76
#47Delores217US #52
#48Rita216US #53
#49Janice212US #81
#50Wilma199US #66
#51Charlotte184US #79
#52Carole175US #107
#53Esther172US #88
#54Kathleen170US #77
#55Peggy167US #36
#56Florence166US #49
#57Catherine164US #44
#58Marian163US #89
#59Clara160US #67
#60Irene160US #46
#61Grace159US #69
#62Juanita159US #63
#63Audrey156US #59
#64Lillian155US #51
#65Rosemary155US #102
#66Marie152US #33
#67Eileen150US #115
#68Thelma149US #57
#69Louise148US #39
#70Pauline146US #64
#71Edna143US #55
#72Elaine139US #61
#73Judith137US #119
#74Josephine134US #62
#75Sue125US #131
#76Sylvia125US #84
#77Jo124US #90
#78Ethel123US #71
#79Loretta123US #87
#80Lucille123US #78
#81Jacqueline121US #86
#82Edith117US #80
#83Kathryn117US #108
#84Arlene112US #74
#85Roberta109US #112
#86Bernice108US #83
#87Ruby108US #43
#88Margie107US #95
#89Katherine106US #100
#90Patsy106US #65
#91Gladys105US #60
#92Julia104US #97
#93Vivian103US #98
#94Jeanette102US #103
#95Susan100US #149
#96Patty99US #191
#97Jeanne97US #125
#98Theresa97US #70
#99Anne96US #85
#100Sarah96US #58

Boys

#1Robert3,091US #1
#2James2,554US #2
#3Richard2,351US #5
#4John2,151US #3
#5William2,051US #4
#6Donald1,882US #7
#7Charles1,506US #6
#8Thomas965US #10
#9Paul892US #14
#10Ronald855US #12
#11George806US #8
#12David773US #13
#13Joseph677US #9
#14Jack642US #17
#15Kenneth635US #15
#16Edward631US #11
#17Harold520US #18
#18Raymond487US #19
#19Frank474US #16
#20Carl433US #28
#21Gerald401US #22
#22Ralph391US #29
#23Eugene370US #23
#24Walter361US #21
#25Jerry319US #31
#26Harry301US #35
#27Arthur268US #25
#28Howard262US #36
#29Roger251US #48
#30Don248US #54
#31Norman247US #37
#32Dale244US #65
#33Franklin244US #33
#34Albert238US #30
#35Lawrence233US #38
#36Daniel232US #42
#37Fred221US #34
#38Earl207US #41
#39Clarence203US #43
#40Larry202US #58
#41Russell200US #67
#42Joe192US #27
#43Gene191US #66
#44Glenn191US #74
#45Louis186US #40
#46Wayne184US #52
#47Marvin182US #44
#48Roy178US #39
#49Bernard172US #63
#50Bill169US #59
#51Melvin166US #51
#52Ray166US #62
#53Herbert159US #49
#54Anthony152US #46
#55Henry151US #24
#56Stanley146US #55
#57Leonard139US #47
#58Bob138US #82
#59Francis137US #45
#60Theodore137US #68
#61Gary134US #80
#62Michael132US #53
#63Jim126US #98
#64Tom123US #117
#65Ernest121US #50
#66Philip118US #70
#67Alfred115US #57
#68Floyd115US #69
#69Lloyd112US #73
#70Billy109US #20
#71Frederick109US #78
#72Samuel106US #61
#73Edwin105US #77
#74Leroy103US #56
#75Clifford102US #86
#76Allen98US #84
#77Andrew92US #76
#78Leo90US #75
#79Lewis90US #92
#80Clyde89US #87
#81Gordon89US #71
#82Vernon88US #83
#83Dick87US #144
#84Elmer87US #101
#85Bruce85US #91
#86Peter85US #60
#87Glen82US #124
#88Jerome79US #105
#89Lee79US #79
#90Willard79US #130
#91Dean76US #128
#92Lowell75US #161
#93Warren75US #99
#94Steve74US #179
#95Gilbert72US #104
#96Phillip72US #125
#97Douglas70US #81
#98Chester69US #119
#99Lester69US #108
#100Martin68US #89

On the move since 1932

Rising

↑45Franklin#33
↑39Carole#52
↑26Judith#73
↑25Sue#75
↑19Jo#77
↑18Bonnie#43
↑17Marlene#36
↑13Gordon#81

Falling

↓21Lowell#92
↓19Theresa#98
↓17Lester#99
↓16Kathryn#83
↓16Edwin#73
↓15Rosemary#65
↓15Louise#69
↓14Sarah#100

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1932 rankings.