State roster

Top names in Ohio

The names most likely to appear on 1940 Ohio birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 106,859 Ohio births in 1940 across 1,039 distinct names.

Distinctively Ohio

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

#95Sondra#199 nationally
#93Dave#186 nationally
#84Patty#175 nationally
#35Tom#92 nationally
#79Timothy#135 nationally
#81Pat#134 nationally
#73Jon#123 nationally
#76Danny#126 nationally
#64Marcia#112 nationally
#92Deanna#136 nationally
#99Dean#143 nationally
#40Sue#81 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,692US #1
#2Barbara2,087US #2
#3Patricia1,927US #3
#4Carol1,759US #6
#5Judith1,661US #4
#6Nancy1,409US #7
#7Linda1,277US #8
#8Sandra1,129US #10
#9Judy921US #16
#10Shirley896US #9
#11Janet895US #19
#12Joyce893US #13
#13Betty842US #5
#14Donna765US #23
#15Carolyn735US #15
#16Margaret718US #11
#17Marilyn678US #25
#18Ruth677US #24
#19Joan615US #14
#20Beverly591US #27
#21Janice557US #22
#22Dorothy539US #12
#23Sharon528US #17
#24Phyllis518US #33
#25Susan464US #36
#26Virginia450US #21
#27Karen441US #34
#28Helen439US #18
#29Martha439US #26
#30Bonnie406US #39
#31Jean366US #29
#32Carole353US #49
#33Lois351US #38
#34Alice337US #32
#35Gloria337US #30
#36Kathleen332US #40
#37Elizabeth329US #20
#38Ann322US #35
#39Norma310US #43
#40Sue308US #81
#41Jane291US #47
#42Diane290US #45
#43Doris283US #31
#44Frances276US #28
#45Rose272US #44
#46Sally272US #61
#47Joanne267US #54
#48Rita255US #70
#49Marjorie248US #64
#50Marlene237US #80
#51Brenda233US #42
#52Elaine232US #50
#53Charlotte230US #55
#54Geraldine226US #46
#55Roberta219US #71
#56Kay218US #77
#57Peggy217US #37
#58Joann215US #63
#59Rosemary213US #85
#60Connie208US #88
#61Anna202US #51
#62Evelyn196US #48
#63June185US #82
#64Marcia179US #112
#65Dolores173US #67
#66Loretta172US #69
#67Wanda172US #52
#68Darlene171US #79
#69Arlene169US #75
#70Gail169US #65
#71Jacqueline165US #76
#72Jo161US #72
#73Ellen158US #74
#74Suzanne157US #109
#75Sylvia157US #62
#76Delores151US #83
#77Marie151US #41
#78Catherine147US #53
#79Louise140US #59
#80Wilma138US #93
#81Pat137US #134
#82Juanita136US #78
#83Anita135US #87
#84Patty135US #175
#85Eleanor133US #68
#86Diana132US #117
#87Kathryn130US #103
#88Rebecca128US #96
#89Sarah127US #60
#90Constance125US #124
#91Florence119US #100
#92Deanna118US #136
#93Irene112US #73
#94Mildred111US #58
#95Sondra110US #199
#96Sara109US #122
#97Jeanette107US #90
#98Julia103US #91
#99Katherine103US #92
#100Grace102US #105

Boys

#1Robert3,443US #2
#2James3,288US #1
#3John2,925US #3
#4William2,410US #4
#5Richard2,326US #5
#6David1,961US #7
#7Charles1,586US #6
#8Thomas1,541US #8
#9Ronald1,485US #10
#10Donald1,423US #9
#11Larry1,361US #13
#12Paul954US #17
#13Kenneth911US #15
#14Jerry850US #14
#15Gary834US #19
#16George787US #11
#17Joseph787US #12
#18Michael696US #18
#19Edward667US #16
#20Gerald594US #21
#21Roger577US #26
#22Raymond536US #22
#23Frank500US #20
#24Jack496US #29
#25Carl444US #32
#26Dennis440US #24
#27Daniel416US #34
#28Harold407US #23
#29Lawrence362US #36
#30Ralph360US #37
#31Fred323US #40
#32Walter313US #25
#33Dale277US #57
#34Harry272US #47
#35Tom260US #92
#36Howard257US #45
#37Wayne256US #39
#38Arthur238US #33
#39Eugene230US #38
#40Norman226US #48
#41Anthony223US #46
#42Terry220US #73
#43Bill215US #67
#44Albert214US #41
#45Don213US #62
#46Philip204US #60
#47Bruce202US #55
#48Russell201US #72
#49Jim197US #78
#50Joe194US #28
#51Roy194US #42
#52Earl191US #52
#53Stephen191US #49
#54Louis176US #50
#55Melvin176US #53
#56Douglas173US #56
#57Stanley170US #59
#58Gene161US #70
#59Marvin161US #63
#60Henry158US #31
#61Frederick151US #68
#62Phillip148US #79
#63Allen147US #71
#64Leonard147US #54
#65Patrick145US #74
#66Ernest144US #58
#67Peter144US #43
#68Ronnie144US #101
#69Clarence141US #64
#70Ray135US #77
#71Glenn132US #83
#72Alan131US #88
#73Jon130US #123
#74Herbert124US #75
#75Theodore122US #90
#76Danny121US #126
#77Bob118US #99
#78Bernard117US #82
#79Timothy116US #135
#80Jerome112US #95
#81Samuel112US #65
#82Martin109US #85
#83Lee108US #80
#84Keith106US #125
#85Franklin104US #87
#86Leroy104US #66
#87Francis103US #61
#88Lloyd103US #100
#89Billy101US #27
#90Edwin98US #96
#91Mike96US #122
#92Steve96US #121
#93Dave92US #186
#94Andrew89US #84
#95Gordon89US #91
#96Alfred88US #69
#97Clifford83US #94
#98Clyde83US #102
#99Dean79US #143
#100Floyd78US #103

On the move since 1939

Rising

↑24Gloria#35
↑23Bonnie#30
↑22Kathleen#36
↑20Brenda#51
↑19Danny#76
↑16June#63
↑16Peter#67
↑14Diana#86

Falling

↓21Mildred#94
↓19Loretta#66
↓18Gordon#95
↓17Clifford#97
↓16Sally#46
↓16Joann#58
↓14Marlene#50
↓14Glenn#71

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1939 rankings.