State roster

Top names in Ohio

The names most likely to appear on 1934 Ohio birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 90,859 Ohio births in 1934 across 976 distinct names.

Distinctively Ohio

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

#87Patty#173 nationally
#97Ronnie#179 nationally
#100Steve#176 nationally
#84Suzanne#153 nationally
#80Lowell#148 nationally
#89Marcia#157 nationally
#52Rosemary#111 nationally
#84Dick#138 nationally
#67Sue#119 nationally
#91Kay#143 nationally
#64Tom#112 nationally
#44Carole#89 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,904US #1
#2Shirley1,603US #4
#3Barbara1,572US #3
#4Betty1,415US #2
#5Patricia1,344US #6
#6Nancy1,144US #10
#7Carol925US #14
#8Dorothy881US #5
#9Joan859US #7
#10Janet846US #21
#11Marilyn835US #17
#12Ruth736US #13
#13Donna722US #23
#14Margaret653US #8
#15Helen651US #9
#16Norma550US #24
#17Phyllis543US #28
#18Joyce531US #12
#19Lois515US #20
#20Virginia506US #15
#21Jean484US #16
#22Doris483US #11
#23Dolores461US #26
#24Beverly447US #22
#25Martha417US #27
#26Carolyn415US #33
#27Alice380US #25
#28Joanne378US #45
#29Evelyn355US #29
#30Joann351US #50
#31Elizabeth312US #18
#32Marjorie305US #41
#33Rose297US #37
#34Anna294US #31
#35Sally292US #62
#36Frances277US #19
#37Ann274US #32
#38Rita252US #63
#39Marlene249US #57
#40Gloria248US #30
#41Jane244US #48
#42June242US #46
#43Janice239US #68
#44Carole235US #89
#45Mildred232US #35
#46Eleanor220US #44
#47Delores218US #51
#48Geraldine212US #43
#49Wanda203US #47
#50Charlotte198US #72
#51Peggy194US #36
#52Rosemary194US #111
#53Wilma194US #73
#54Bonnie184US #58
#55Catherine181US #42
#56Florence176US #61
#57Irene175US #49
#58Pauline163US #71
#59Kathleen162US #74
#60Lillian162US #52
#61Judith161US #94
#62Audrey160US #69
#63Marie160US #34
#64Thelma159US #65
#65Elaine157US #54
#66Loretta155US #83
#67Sue155US #119
#68Jacqueline154US #80
#69Juanita152US #64
#70Louise150US #40
#71Esther149US #91
#72Grace146US #79
#73Sandra146US #93
#74Kathryn145US #108
#75Arlene144US #53
#76Marian143US #97
#77Jo138US #75
#78Sylvia134US #70
#79Eileen132US #109
#80Clara131US #76
#81Josephine131US #60
#82Edna130US #55
#83Vivian129US #98
#84Suzanne124US #153
#85Edith120US #81
#86Roberta120US #104
#87Patty116US #173
#88Sarah116US #67
#89Marcia110US #157
#90Ellen109US #95
#91Kay109US #143
#92Patsy106US #59
#93Maxine105US #114
#94Ethel104US #78
#95Darlene103US #90
#96Anne102US #88
#97Susan101US #138
#98Jeanette100US #106
#99Theresa100US #77
#100Laura99US #96

Boys

#1Robert3,219US #1
#2James2,789US #2
#3John2,349US #3
#4Richard2,285US #5
#5William2,100US #4
#6Donald2,036US #6
#7Charles1,604US #7
#8Ronald1,148US #11
#9Thomas1,073US #9
#10David913US #12
#11Paul894US #14
#12George816US #8
#13Joseph719US #10
#14Jack704US #17
#15Edward651US #13
#16Kenneth611US #15
#17Harold549US #18
#18Carl519US #28
#19Frank487US #16
#20Raymond477US #19
#21Ralph430US #31
#22Gerald417US #22
#23Jerry378US #25
#24Walter366US #21
#25Eugene339US #24
#26Roger339US #39
#27Larry299US #43
#28Howard290US #37
#29Harry283US #36
#30Fred278US #33
#31Lawrence271US #34
#32Norman270US #38
#33Daniel257US #42
#34Dale256US #62
#35Don252US #50
#36Arthur248US #29
#37Earl239US #41
#38Russell221US #70
#39Clarence214US #45
#40Wayne207US #48
#41Albert201US #32
#42Gary199US #60
#43Glenn197US #81
#44Bill196US #59
#45Franklin196US #46
#46Joe188US #26
#47Michael184US #47
#48Louis182US #40
#49Roy179US #35
#50Gene173US #67
#51Melvin167US #55
#52Ray167US #63
#53Stanley167US #58
#54Bernard159US #65
#55Henry158US #27
#56Marvin156US #44
#57Leonard151US #53
#58Francis144US #49
#59Jim143US #90
#60Herbert141US #57
#61Anthony132US #52
#62Philip131US #69
#63Leroy130US #54
#64Tom130US #112
#65Frederick128US #77
#66Ernest127US #51
#67Bob122US #75
#68Gordon122US #71
#69Floyd116US #73
#70Theodore115US #74
#71Clifford112US #85
#72Peter112US #61
#73Edwin109US #80
#74Lloyd109US #82
#75Bruce105US #78
#76Samuel102US #66
#77Clyde101US #84
#78Dean99US #118
#79Jerome99US #107
#80Lowell99US #148
#81Allen98US #88
#82Billy98US #20
#83Andrew97US #76
#84Dick95US #138
#85Leo90US #86
#86Douglas89US #72
#87Alfred87US #64
#88Lewis87US #94
#89Lee81US #79
#90Vernon81US #89
#91Duane80US #104
#92Martin79US #91
#93Keith78US #125
#94Phillip78US #113
#95Alvin76US #93
#96Dennis74US #95
#97Ronnie73US #179
#98Chester72US #123
#99Glen72US #120
#100Steve71US #176

On the move since 1933

Rising

↑19Gary#42
↑15Michael#47
↑14Peter#72
↑13Rosemary#52
↑13Loretta#66
↑13Jacqueline#68
↑13Larry#27
↑13Gordon#68

Falling

↓21Clara#80
↓20Alfred#87
↓18Esther#71
↓18Marian#76
↓16Ethel#94
↓12Eileen#79
↓12Franklin#45
↓12Billy#82

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1933 rankings.