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Top names in Ohio

The names most likely to appear on 1939 Ohio birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 101,957 Ohio births in 1939 across 1,035 distinct names.

Distinctively Ohio

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

#81Patty#181 nationally
#97Dave#193 nationally
#90Timothy#153 nationally
#38Tom#97 nationally
#86Charlene#139 nationally
#74Suzanne#122 nationally
#64Ronnie#109 nationally
#66Marcia#109 nationally
#50Sue#92 nationally
#95Danny#137 nationally
#82Constance#123 nationally
#72Connie#111 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,720US #1
#2Barbara2,044US #2
#3Patricia1,837US #3
#4Carol1,658US #6
#5Nancy1,466US #7
#6Judith1,263US #8
#7Shirley1,062US #5
#8Betty977US #4
#9Janet943US #17
#10Joyce807US #12
#11Sandra807US #13
#12Donna801US #20
#13Marilyn786US #19
#14Linda780US #15
#15Margaret691US #10
#16Judy677US #28
#17Joan674US #11
#18Ruth657US #22
#19Carolyn644US #14
#20Beverly571US #25
#21Phyllis564US #30
#22Janice553US #24
#23Dorothy549US #9
#24Helen451US #16
#25Sharon444US #23
#26Virginia438US #21
#27Martha399US #27
#28Jean378US #32
#29Carole371US #47
#30Sally359US #52
#31Lois352US #35
#32Norma333US #38
#33Susan327US #44
#34Elizabeth319US #18
#35Alice294US #31
#36Marlene288US #64
#37Karen285US #39
#38Frances280US #26
#39Jane277US #46
#40Doris276US #29
#41Joanne269US #53
#42Joann267US #57
#43Ann264US #33
#44Marjorie253US #60
#45Rose251US #42
#46Elaine247US #45
#47Loretta240US #65
#48Geraldine232US #41
#49Kay232US #76
#50Sue231US #92
#51Diane229US #51
#52Peggy226US #34
#53Bonnie224US #61
#54Rita222US #78
#55Evelyn221US #40
#56Charlotte216US #66
#57Roberta216US #71
#58Kathleen213US #48
#59Gloria203US #36
#60Anna201US #43
#61Wanda198US #50
#62Dolores193US #58
#63Rosemary193US #93
#64Jacqueline189US #72
#65Darlene185US #75
#66Marcia181US #109
#67Arlene180US #69
#68Delores179US #79
#69Marie176US #37
#70Jo172US #70
#71Brenda164US #86
#72Connie159US #111
#73Mildred154US #55
#74Suzanne154US #122
#75Catherine152US #49
#76Wilma152US #87
#77Juanita150US #77
#78Eleanor146US #63
#79June142US #83
#80Sylvia142US #62
#81Patty140US #181
#82Constance139US #123
#83Gail135US #73
#84Ellen133US #80
#85Kathryn133US #106
#86Charlene132US #139
#87Rosalie130US #114
#88Esther129US #117
#89Irene128US #74
#90Eileen122US #115
#91Grace118US #108
#92Louise118US #59
#93Anita115US #97
#94Sarah114US #68
#95Thelma112US #88
#96Edith108US #102
#97Florence108US #96
#98Julia108US #91
#99Clara105US #103
#100Diana105US #138

Boys

#1Robert3,460US #1
#2James3,176US #2
#3John2,544US #3
#4William2,304US #4
#5Richard2,211US #5
#6David1,870US #7
#7Charles1,578US #6
#8Thomas1,561US #9
#9Ronald1,532US #10
#10Donald1,422US #8
#11Larry1,091US #14
#12Kenneth875US #13
#13Paul868US #17
#14Jerry833US #16
#15George749US #11
#16Joseph743US #12
#17Edward655US #15
#18Gary650US #21
#19Michael572US #18
#20Roger565US #28
#21Gerald557US #19
#22Jack528US #26
#23Raymond505US #22
#24Frank456US #20
#25Harold446US #23
#26Carl439US #30
#27Ralph377US #35
#28Daniel345US #38
#29Dennis335US #34
#30Walter321US #25
#31Fred319US #40
#32Dale308US #59
#33Lawrence308US #36
#34Harry272US #45
#35Eugene268US #37
#36Howard249US #47
#37Norman241US #44
#38Tom239US #97
#39Wayne236US #39
#40Arthur232US #32
#41Albert216US #41
#42Bill209US #67
#43Don208US #56
#44Joe203US #27
#45Terry203US #83
#46Russell198US #73
#47Jim191US #75
#48Earl187US #50
#49Anthony184US #48
#50Melvin179US #51
#51Philip178US #66
#52Frederick176US #71
#53Bruce175US #64
#54Henry174US #31
#55Louis169US #49
#56Douglas167US #58
#57Glenn164US #87
#58Marvin157US #52
#59Roy157US #42
#60Gene153US #69
#61Clarence150US #60
#62Leonard147US #54
#63Ray147US #74
#64Ronnie146US #109
#65Stanley145US #57
#66Phillip136US #92
#67Stephen135US #65
#68Ernest133US #55
#69Patrick133US #79
#70Alan126US #85
#71Bob126US #89
#72Allen122US #72
#73Samuel119US #63
#74Bernard118US #76
#75Jerome117US #93
#76Edwin115US #96
#77Gordon114US #82
#78Theodore114US #90
#79Herbert112US #68
#80Clifford104US #88
#81Francis104US #53
#82Jon103US #121
#83Peter102US #46
#84Lee101US #78
#85Alfred99US #70
#86Leroy97US #61
#87Lloyd96US #95
#88Keith93US #117
#89Floyd91US #94
#90Timothy91US #153
#91Martin88US #91
#92Andrew87US #84
#93Billy87US #24
#94Mike85US #129
#95Danny84US #137
#96Dean84US #134
#97Dave80US #193
#98Franklin80US #106
#99Jimmy80US #43
#100Lewis80US #107

On the move since 1938

Rising

↑19Kay#49
↑19Patrick#69
↑18Stephen#67
↑17Karen#37
↑14Geraldine#48
↑14Dennis#29
↑14Bill#42
↑13Jo#70

Falling

↓37Rosalie#87
↓19Herbert#79
↓15Dolores#62
↓13Francis#81
↓11Gloria#59
↓11Louise#92
↓11Martin#91
↓10Rose#45

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1938 rankings.