State roster

Top names in Ohio

The names most likely to appear on 1938 Ohio birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 103,787 Ohio births in 1938 across 1,060 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#175 nationally
#86Lowell#164 nationally
#98Karl#162 nationally
#46Tom#106 nationally
#45Sue#104 nationally
#87Charlene#143 nationally
#99Neil#152 nationally
#96Ted#147 nationally
#66Marcia#116 nationally
#85Suzanne#133 nationally
#70Ronnie#113 nationally
#72Connie#110 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,791US #1
#2Barbara2,262US #2
#3Patricia1,799US #3
#4Carol1,653US #6
#5Nancy1,508US #7
#6Shirley1,284US #5
#7Betty1,069US #4
#8Janet943US #16
#9Donna867US #20
#10Judith833US #12
#11Marilyn795US #19
#12Sandra765US #14
#13Joyce743US #11
#14Margaret694US #9
#15Joan669US #10
#16Beverly668US #18
#17Ruth657US #21
#18Carolyn615US #15
#19Phyllis607US #28
#20Dorothy599US #8
#21Linda576US #31
#22Janice549US #24
#23Helen477US #13
#24Judy466US #41
#25Virginia461US #22
#26Martha434US #26
#27Norma425US #34
#28Jean404US #27
#29Sharon376US #30
#30Marlene375US #51
#31Lois368US #33
#32Elizabeth350US #17
#33Sally350US #54
#34Carole342US #46
#35Rose312US #39
#36Frances308US #23
#37Doris307US #25
#38Ann303US #32
#39Alice300US #29
#40Joanne299US #57
#41Jane285US #44
#42Peggy268US #35
#43Susan268US #71
#44Marjorie265US #53
#45Sue254US #104
#46Joann250US #68
#47Dolores248US #43
#48Gloria242US #36
#49Rita240US #74
#50Rosalie240US #66
#51Roberta239US #73
#52Elaine237US #42
#53Evelyn237US #38
#54Karen237US #50
#55Anna224US #40
#56Charlotte222US #70
#57Loretta222US #62
#58Diane216US #64
#59Jacqueline212US #69
#60Bonnie201US #65
#61Delores201US #75
#62Geraldine201US #45
#63Kathleen194US #58
#64Rosemary194US #95
#65Wanda181US #49
#66Marcia176US #116
#67Arlene175US #63
#68Kay175US #81
#69Catherine169US #48
#70Marie169US #37
#71Sylvia165US #56
#72Connie161US #110
#73Eleanor160US #60
#74Juanita159US #80
#75Wilma152US #85
#76Darlene150US #76
#77Gail150US #77
#78June150US #79
#79Mildred144US #52
#80Patty143US #175
#81Louise140US #59
#82Eileen137US #113
#83Jo137US #78
#84Constance134US #117
#85Suzanne132US #133
#86Kathryn131US #114
#87Charlene128US #143
#88Ellen127US #89
#89Irene124US #72
#90Deanna123US #115
#91Esther122US #120
#92Sarah120US #67
#93Anita118US #99
#94Julia117US #107
#95Thelma117US #86
#96Grace116US #100
#97Jeanette112US #91
#98Pauline112US #97
#99Florence107US #90
#100Audrey105US #87

Boys

#1Robert3,812US #1
#2James3,197US #2
#3John2,623US #3
#4William2,388US #4
#5Richard2,339US #5
#6Charles1,764US #6
#7David1,691US #8
#8Donald1,667US #7
#9Ronald1,604US #10
#10Thomas1,487US #9
#11Larry998US #16
#12Paul959US #15
#13Kenneth899US #14
#14George873US #11
#15Joseph742US #12
#16Jerry713US #17
#17Edward703US #13
#18Jack588US #25
#19Gerald586US #19
#20Gary578US #22
#21Raymond519US #20
#22Carl488US #29
#23Roger488US #31
#24Frank486US #18
#25Michael459US #21
#26Ralph436US #35
#27Harold433US #23
#28Lawrence350US #36
#29Walter340US #26
#30Daniel327US #39
#31Fred310US #38
#32Harry287US #44
#33Dale285US #56
#34Eugene276US #33
#35Arthur264US #32
#36Norman253US #43
#37Don248US #52
#38Howard246US #42
#39Albert240US #37
#40Wayne236US #40
#41Joe218US #28
#42Earl213US #50
#43Dennis207US #49
#44Anthony203US #46
#45Russell202US #70
#46Tom196US #106
#47Bruce195US #66
#48Marvin193US #53
#49Jim186US #81
#50Louis186US #47
#51Clarence183US #58
#52Melvin180US #54
#53Henry175US #30
#54Philip167US #64
#55Stanley167US #59
#56Bill166US #67
#57Gene166US #65
#58Terry164US #86
#59Glenn154US #83
#60Herbert154US #68
#61Roy153US #41
#62Frederick152US #71
#63Leonard150US #57
#64Ray149US #72
#65Douglas139US #60
#66Bernard138US #75
#67Phillip135US #95
#68Francis132US #51
#69Alan131US #91
#70Ronnie129US #113
#71Bob128US #94
#72Ernest128US #55
#73Peter123US #48
#74Clifford122US #89
#75Theodore121US #84
#76Allen119US #73
#77Leroy115US #61
#78Alfred114US #69
#79Jerome112US #93
#80Martin111US #87
#81Samuel110US #62
#82Edwin107US #90
#83Lee105US #80
#84Gordon102US #78
#85Stephen101US #74
#86Lowell98US #164
#87Andrew96US #82
#88Patrick95US #88
#89Clyde94US #97
#90Franklin93US #100
#91Floyd92US #96
#92Dean89US #129
#93Jon89US #126
#94Billy88US #24
#95Lloyd88US #92
#96Ted85US #147
#97Keith80US #120
#98Karl79US #162
#99Neil79US #152
#100Vernon77US #103

On the move since 1937

Rising

↑27Judy#24
↑23Douglas#65
↑18Susan#43
↑16Sharon#29
↑16Connie#72
↑15Herbert#60
↑14Judith#10
↑14Diane#58

Falling

↓21Franklin#90
↓15Mildred#79
↓14Delores#61
↓13Sylvia#71
↓12Dolores#47
↓12Evelyn#53
↓12Grace#96
↓12Bill#56

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1937 rankings.