State roster

Top names in Ohio

The names most likely to appear on 1935 Ohio birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 92,440 Ohio births in 1935 across 982 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#190 nationally
#83Lowell#152 nationally
#95Ronnie#164 nationally
#98Wilbur#166 nationally
#87Suzanne#154 nationally
#51Sue#115 nationally
#78Dick#142 nationally
#51Tom#110 nationally
#46Rosemary#97 nationally
#43Carole#93 nationally
#86Kay#134 nationally
#98Judy#143 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,754US #1
#2Shirley2,666US #2
#3Barbara1,737US #3
#4Patricia1,493US #5
#5Betty1,246US #4
#6Nancy1,219US #9
#7Carol1,003US #11
#8Marilyn850US #14
#9Joan806US #7
#10Janet759US #22
#11Dorothy743US #6
#12Ruth698US #15
#13Donna673US #23
#14Margaret651US #8
#15Phyllis604US #27
#16Helen574US #10
#17Joyce560US #12
#18Beverly510US #20
#19Lois493US #21
#20Jean483US #18
#21Doris482US #13
#22Carolyn476US #28
#23Virginia457US #16
#24Norma446US #29
#25Martha438US #24
#26Dolores419US #26
#27Joanne395US #44
#28Joann355US #53
#29Alice344US #25
#30Marlene321US #39
#31Elizabeth315US #17
#32Frances308US #19
#33Ann304US #30
#34Jane294US #43
#35Judith292US #54
#36Sally283US #58
#37Evelyn280US #31
#38Janice279US #47
#39Anna271US #34
#40Sandra269US #50
#41Marjorie263US #46
#42Geraldine251US #40
#43Carole246US #93
#44Rose232US #37
#45Delores218US #57
#46Rosemary211US #97
#47Gloria210US #32
#48June206US #55
#49Rita205US #63
#50Wanda197US #49
#51Sue194US #115
#52Roberta189US #77
#53Wilma186US #70
#54Charlotte184US #65
#55Elaine181US #51
#56Eleanor180US #48
#57Kathleen173US #71
#58Mildred168US #35
#59Peggy168US #36
#60Bonnie167US #62
#61Catherine165US #42
#62Loretta163US #69
#63Marie158US #33
#64Audrey155US #64
#65Florence155US #74
#66Sylvia148US #60
#67Arlene145US #59
#68Jo145US #73
#69Louise143US #45
#70Juanita137US #72
#71Esther134US #94
#72Irene133US #52
#73Jacqueline132US #79
#74Eileen129US #108
#75Pauline129US #80
#76Sarah121US #61
#77Grace120US #83
#78Kathryn120US #111
#79Marian120US #105
#80Sharon119US #96
#81Edna118US #67
#82Lillian118US #66
#83Ethel117US #82
#84Clara116US #81
#85Anne115US #84
#86Kay115US #134
#87Suzanne114US #154
#88Ellen113US #95
#89Susan113US #126
#90Edith111US #87
#91Josephine110US #75
#92Patsy110US #56
#93Thelma107US #76
#94Diane106US #109
#95Jeanne106US #133
#96Patty105US #190
#97Connie104US #140
#98Judy104US #143
#99Margie95US #100
#100Gladys94US #78

Boys

#1Robert3,261US #1
#2James2,811US #2
#3Richard2,406US #5
#4John2,381US #3
#5William2,116US #4
#6Donald1,983US #7
#7Charles1,473US #6
#8Ronald1,342US #12
#9David1,112US #11
#10Thomas1,046US #9
#11Paul884US #14
#12George876US #8
#13Joseph716US #10
#14Edward683US #13
#15Jack661US #18
#16Kenneth637US #15
#17Raymond534US #17
#18Harold523US #20
#19Carl487US #28
#20Frank481US #16
#21Gerald467US #21
#22Jerry462US #22
#23Larry427US #33
#24Ralph426US #32
#25Roger375US #36
#26Walter345US #23
#27Eugene307US #26
#28Gary292US #44
#29Harry292US #37
#30Howard283US #39
#31Dale280US #61
#32Fred279US #34
#33Don278US #51
#34Arthur265US #29
#35Lawrence263US #35
#36Daniel255US #43
#37Norman252US #38
#38Albert251US #31
#39Joe208US #25
#40Louis207US #42
#41Earl204US #46
#42Gene200US #66
#43Glenn198US #78
#44Russell197US #68
#45Michael192US #41
#46Clarence191US #48
#47Roy190US #40
#48Wayne186US #49
#49Melvin183US #57
#50Ray180US #64
#51Tom176US #110
#52Bill170US #60
#53Marvin160US #45
#54Philip156US #65
#55Henry154US #27
#56Herbert151US #58
#57Frederick148US #73
#58Theodore148US #79
#59Jim147US #90
#60Leonard146US #54
#61Stanley139US #56
#62Bernard134US #67
#63Edwin129US #89
#64Anthony125US #52
#65Bruce124US #77
#66Bob122US #81
#67Francis118US #53
#68Clifford110US #88
#69Leroy109US #50
#70Ernest107US #55
#71Peter106US #59
#72Dennis103US #72
#73Floyd103US #76
#74Billy102US #19
#75Clyde102US #82
#76Phillip100US #107
#77Alfred97US #63
#78Dick97US #142
#79Jerome96US #96
#80Lester96US #114
#81Dean93US #120
#82Franklin92US #71
#83Lowell92US #152
#84Lloyd90US #84
#85Vernon90US #94
#86Lee89US #80
#87Allen88US #83
#88Martin88US #93
#89Lewis87US #98
#90Andrew86US #85
#91Gordon86US #70
#92Alan84US #122
#93Patrick84US #112
#94Samuel83US #62
#95Ronnie81US #164
#96Keith80US #125
#97Elmer79US #115
#98Wilbur77US #166
#99Stephen74US #113
#100Herman71US #101

On the move since 1934

Rising

↑34Roberta#52
↑33Sandra#40
↑26Judith#35
↑24Dennis#72
↑18Phillip#76
↑16Sue#51
↑14Gary#28
↑13Tom#51

Falling

↓37Franklin#82
↓29Thelma#93
↓23Gordon#91
↓22Lillian#82
↓18Samuel#94
↓17Pauline#75
↓15Irene#72
↓13Mildred#58

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1934 rankings.