State roster

Top names in Ohio

The names most likely to appear on 1937 Ohio birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 98,542 Ohio births in 1937 across 1,033 distinct names.

Distinctively Ohio

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

#80Patty#180 nationally
#90Lowell#155 nationally
#89Suzanne#145 nationally
#97Danny#152 nationally
#74Ronnie#128 nationally
#93Ted#147 nationally
#48Sue#101 nationally
#71Marcia#124 nationally
#100Dick#153 nationally
#56Tom#108 nationally
#90Charlene#141 nationally
#62Rosemary#110 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,760US #1
#2Barbara1,980US #2
#3Patricia1,840US #3
#4Carol1,521US #6
#5Shirley1,505US #4
#6Nancy1,323US #7
#7Betty1,057US #5
#8Janet938US #18
#9Marilyn810US #13
#10Ruth782US #15
#11Donna763US #21
#12Joyce716US #11
#13Joan690US #9
#14Beverly659US #14
#15Dorothy653US #8
#16Margaret643US #10
#17Phyllis560US #27
#18Carolyn539US #20
#19Helen534US #12
#20Sandra488US #26
#21Janice481US #25
#22Lois448US #29
#23Marlene445US #40
#24Judith441US #34
#25Virginia435US #16
#26Jean418US #23
#27Norma408US #33
#28Martha404US #24
#29Linda348US #49
#30Doris341US #22
#31Elizabeth335US #17
#32Joanne330US #51
#33Carole323US #56
#34Frances315US #19
#35Dolores311US #37
#36Alice307US #28
#37Rose307US #38
#38Sally297US #59
#39Ann289US #30
#40Joann289US #58
#41Evelyn276US #36
#42Marjorie266US #57
#43Peggy265US #31
#44Jane254US #42
#45Sharon249US #41
#46Anna244US #39
#47Delores237US #68
#48Sue233US #101
#49Elaine232US #45
#50Rita230US #69
#51Judy229US #91
#52Roberta225US #66
#53Gloria224US #32
#54Bonnie223US #64
#55Charlotte223US #67
#56Geraldine220US #44
#57Wanda210US #55
#58Sylvia194US #50
#59Kay192US #79
#60Loretta191US #63
#61Susan189US #97
#62Rosemary188US #110
#63Jacqueline187US #70
#64Mildred185US #43
#65Kathleen182US #61
#66Juanita173US #75
#67Marie173US #35
#68Eleanor171US #53
#69June169US #71
#70Catherine168US #47
#71Marcia165US #124
#72Diane162US #76
#73Wilma159US #80
#74Arlene157US #60
#75Kathryn155US #108
#76Darlene151US #72
#77Eileen148US #107
#78Louise147US #48
#79Gail132US #99
#80Patty132US #180
#81Irene125US #62
#82Marian125US #129
#83Jo124US #73
#84Grace123US #94
#85Clara121US #100
#86Edna121US #74
#87Anita119US #93
#88Connie118US #128
#89Suzanne118US #145
#90Charlene114US #141
#91Sarah113US #65
#92Florence110US #81
#93Edith109US #96
#94Pauline109US #87
#95Ruby107US #52
#96Thelma107US #78
#97Jeanette106US #90
#98Patsy105US #54
#99Deanna104US #139
#100Lillian104US #84

Boys

#1Robert3,520US #1
#2James3,025US #2
#3John2,652US #3
#4Richard2,254US #5
#5William2,195US #4
#6Donald1,816US #7
#7Charles1,605US #6
#8David1,526US #8
#9Ronald1,439US #11
#10Thomas1,328US #9
#11Paul925US #15
#12George856US #10
#13Larry841US #16
#14Joseph766US #12
#15Kenneth735US #14
#16Edward689US #13
#17Jack602US #23
#18Jerry591US #17
#19Gerald540US #20
#20Frank506US #18
#21Raymond506US #19
#22Carl503US #28
#23Harold457US #21
#24Roger442US #36
#25Gary441US #29
#26Ralph378US #34
#27Lawrence348US #38
#28Michael328US #27
#29Walter325US #26
#30Daniel306US #39
#31Fred305US #35
#32Eugene298US #33
#33Dale279US #59
#34Harry275US #41
#35Norman248US #43
#36Howard246US #42
#37Albert241US #37
#38Arthur241US #31
#39Don235US #51
#40Russell222US #67
#41Joe215US #25
#42Earl214US #48
#43Wayne206US #44
#44Bill204US #64
#45Philip200US #62
#46Louis199US #46
#47Gene198US #61
#48Melvin190US #50
#49Anthony175US #47
#50Frederick174US #68
#51Jim171US #82
#52Clarence170US #54
#53Marvin166US #49
#54Dennis164US #63
#55Roy163US #40
#56Tom158US #108
#57Leonard153US #58
#58Stanley152US #57
#59Henry151US #30
#60Bruce147US #70
#61Ray146US #71
#62Peter137US #52
#63Ernest132US #53
#64Glenn129US #88
#65Bernard128US #73
#66Leroy127US #56
#67Francis126US #55
#68Phillip124US #98
#69Franklin121US #77
#70Terry121US #113
#71Theodore121US #86
#72Bob120US #81
#73Samuel119US #66
#74Ronnie116US #128
#75Herbert115US #65
#76Clifford113US #90
#77Jerome111US #100
#78Alfred107US #60
#79Martin105US #87
#80Alan104US #103
#81Edwin104US #89
#82Clyde103US #93
#83Allen102US #76
#84Lee102US #78
#85Andrew100US #79
#86Lloyd99US #91
#87Floyd98US #80
#88Douglas93US #74
#89Vernon92US #96
#90Lowell91US #155
#91Harvey89US #95
#92Billy87US #22
#93Ted84US #147
#94Gordon83US #75
#95Lewis83US #104
#96Patrick83US #94
#97Danny79US #152
#98Keith76US #123
#99Allan75US #124
#100Dick75US #153

On the move since 1936

Rising

↑34Linda#29
↑28Terry#70
↑25Sharon#45
↑21Dennis#54
↑20Marcia#71
↑16Kay#59
↑15Marian#82
↑13Sylvia#58

Falling

↓23Arlene#74
↓23Gordon#94
↓19Glenn#64
↓17Thelma#96
↓16Eleanor#68
↓16Jo#83
↓15Florence#92
↓14Lowell#90

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1936 rankings.