State roster

Top names in Ohio

The names most likely to appear on 1936 Ohio birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 94,494 Ohio births in 1936 across 991 distinct names.

Distinctively Ohio

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

#78Patty#183 nationally
#76Lowell#150 nationally
#94Karl#166 nationally
#87Suzanne#151 nationally
#49Tom#112 nationally
#57Judy#118 nationally
#92Ted#144 nationally
#58Sue#109 nationally
#94Charlene#145 nationally
#61Rosemary#111 nationally
#91Marcia#138 nationally
#64Susan#110 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,765US #1
#2Shirley2,050US #2
#3Barbara1,795US #3
#4Patricia1,578US #5
#5Nancy1,357US #8
#6Carol1,236US #10
#7Betty1,125US #4
#8Marilyn923US #13
#9Joan786US #7
#10Janet765US #21
#11Dorothy709US #6
#12Donna694US #22
#13Margaret663US #9
#14Joyce651US #12
#15Ruth639US #16
#16Phyllis608US #25
#17Beverly567US #17
#18Helen539US #11
#19Carolyn522US #23
#20Jean494US #20
#21Virginia492US #14
#22Lois421US #26
#23Doris420US #15
#24Norma419US #29
#25Janice417US #31
#26Martha389US #24
#27Judith381US #43
#28Dolores362US #30
#29Sandra354US #38
#30Marlene353US #39
#31Joanne335US #48
#32Elizabeth321US #18
#33Alice316US #27
#34Sally316US #59
#35Rose312US #37
#36Evelyn303US #34
#37Marjorie295US #49
#38Ann282US #28
#39Jane276US #42
#40Joann274US #55
#41Frances273US #19
#42Carole271US #73
#43Anna269US #36
#44Geraldine231US #41
#45Gloria227US #32
#46Peggy225US #35
#47Roberta225US #64
#48Delores208US #58
#49Rita202US #69
#50Charlotte196US #61
#51Arlene195US #54
#52Eleanor194US #47
#53Kathleen191US #67
#54Wanda190US #56
#55Bonnie189US #65
#56Elaine183US #50
#57Judy182US #118
#58Sue181US #109
#59Marie179US #33
#60Catherine178US #44
#61Rosemary177US #111
#62Jacqueline174US #66
#63Linda174US #97
#64Susan174US #110
#65June172US #62
#66Mildred170US #40
#67Jo169US #72
#68Wilma168US #78
#69Loretta166US #70
#70Sharon160US #60
#71Sylvia157US #53
#72Juanita155US #75
#73Eileen146US #103
#74Irene137US #57
#75Kay137US #98
#76Edna135US #71
#77Florence135US #80
#78Patty132US #183
#79Thelma129US #74
#80Yvonne128US #81
#81Sarah126US #63
#82Audrey124US #68
#83Grace123US #86
#84Kathryn123US #113
#85Esther122US #107
#86Louise122US #46
#87Suzanne122US #151
#88Patsy120US #52
#89Jeanette119US #94
#90Josephine118US #77
#91Marcia117US #138
#92Connie116US #134
#93Ellen116US #99
#94Charlene115US #145
#95Edith114US #87
#96Clara110US #91
#97Marian109US #114
#98Pauline109US #82
#99Anne106US #89
#100Theresa105US #88

Boys

#1Robert3,517US #1
#2James2,923US #2
#3John2,492US #3
#4Richard2,327US #5
#5William2,154US #4
#6Donald1,844US #7
#7Charles1,597US #6
#8Ronald1,348US #12
#9David1,261US #10
#10Thomas1,116US #8
#11Paul858US #15
#12George789US #9
#13Kenneth698US #14
#14Edward694US #13
#15Joseph683US #11
#16Jack645US #20
#17Larry591US #25
#18Jerry576US #18
#19Raymond519US #17
#20Gerald482US #19
#21Harold464US #21
#22Ralph451US #31
#23Frank432US #16
#24Carl431US #27
#25Roger404US #35
#26Eugene332US #29
#27Gary317US #38
#28Fred314US #36
#29Walter308US #26
#30Lawrence306US #37
#31Dale283US #59
#32Harry283US #39
#33Don282US #51
#34Michael271US #33
#35Daniel267US #41
#36Arthur249US #30
#37Howard245US #40
#38Norman223US #43
#39Wayne216US #45
#40Albert210US #34
#41Earl195US #47
#42Russell191US #69
#43Bill183US #61
#44Clarence183US #52
#45Glenn176US #80
#46Henry175US #28
#47Joe174US #23
#48Louis171US #44
#49Tom167US #112
#50Philip164US #63
#51Anthony160US #48
#52Roy160US #42
#53Marvin158US #49
#54Stanley156US #58
#55Gene154US #66
#56Melvin153US #53
#57Frederick148US #70
#58Bernard146US #68
#59Ray144US #65
#60Jim140US #85
#61Leonard138US #54
#62Bruce137US #73
#63Franklin135US #64
#64Ernest134US #55
#65Leroy133US #57
#66Francis131US #50
#67Bob129US #77
#68Peter127US #56
#69Herbert119US #62
#70Edwin117US #84
#71Gordon114US #75
#72Theodore114US #87
#73Jerome111US #98
#74Phillip111US #102
#75Dennis110US #74
#76Lowell110US #150
#77Clifford106US #90
#78Lee104US #76
#79Allen98US #81
#80Samuel98US #67
#81Alan97US #108
#82Billy95US #22
#83Duane94US #110
#84Andrew93US #83
#85Clyde93US #89
#86Patrick93US #100
#87Floyd92US #86
#88Lloyd92US #88
#89Dean90US #125
#90Alfred88US #60
#91Martin88US #92
#92Ted88US #144
#93Keith87US #122
#94Karl84US #166
#95Stephen83US #99
#96Lewis79US #101
#97Willard79US #136
#98Terry77US #126
#99Dick76US #141
#100Douglas75US #78

On the move since 1935

Rising

↑41Judy#57
↑25Susan#64
↑20Gordon#71
↑19Franklin#63
↑18Patty#78
↑16Arlene#51
↑14Thelma#79
↑14Samuel#80

Falling

↓23Pauline#98
↓21Dick#99
↓18Audrey#82
↓18Marian#97
↓17June#65
↓17Louise#86
↓15Rosemary#61
↓15Wilma#68

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1935 rankings.