State roster

Top names in Ohio

The names most likely to appear on 1941 Ohio birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 116,628 Ohio births in 1941 across 1,116 distinct names.

Distinctively Ohio

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

#80Dave#177 nationally
#96Patty#176 nationally
#60Timothy#121 nationally
#77Jeffrey#134 nationally
#96Dan#152 nationally
#34Tom#88 nationally
#66Steve#112 nationally
#60Marcia#105 nationally
#83Charlene#125 nationally
#93Pat#134 nationally
#97Deanna#137 nationally
#81Danny#120 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,723US #1
#2Barbara2,281US #2
#3Patricia2,210US #3
#4Carol1,913US #4
#5Judith1,700US #6
#6Linda1,515US #5
#7Nancy1,488US #8
#8Sandra1,433US #9
#9Judy1,096US #16
#10Janet1,021US #18
#11Carolyn938US #11
#12Joyce880US #13
#13Betty848US #7
#14Sharon844US #15
#15Donna823US #20
#16Shirley813US #10
#17Karen805US #19
#18Marilyn681US #30
#19Margaret667US #12
#20Ruth653US #28
#21Beverly635US #29
#22Susan598US #27
#23Joan588US #17
#24Janice582US #22
#25Bonnie570US #33
#26Phyllis519US #35
#27Dorothy485US #14
#28Kathleen468US #36
#29Virginia451US #23
#30Jean442US #32
#31Martha423US #25
#32Elizabeth383US #21
#33Helen381US #24
#34Gloria360US #26
#35Diane346US #40
#36Carole338US #48
#37Lois337US #43
#38Sally333US #61
#39Sue333US #75
#40Jane308US #46
#41Frances305US #31
#42Joanne303US #54
#43Elaine297US #44
#44Ann288US #37
#45Kay283US #70
#46Alice271US #34
#47Norma267US #47
#48Peggy265US #39
#49Marlene262US #83
#50Rose254US #49
#51Rita247US #63
#52Connie246US #79
#53Charlotte244US #55
#54Geraldine243US #45
#55Doris234US #38
#56Joann233US #58
#57Marjorie222US #71
#58Brenda220US #41
#59Jacqueline217US #73
#60Marcia213US #105
#61Roberta213US #72
#62Rosemary199US #94
#63Marie193US #42
#64Suzanne192US #97
#65Catherine191US #51
#66Darlene191US #76
#67Wanda187US #53
#68Dolores179US #57
#69Anna177US #56
#70Jo176US #66
#71Diana170US #100
#72Evelyn170US #50
#73Kathryn170US #87
#74Delores161US #80
#75Rebecca157US #86
#76Loretta155US #81
#77Juanita154US #84
#78Arlene148US #77
#79Sarah143US #60
#80Ellen142US #67
#81Constance141US #114
#82Sylvia141US #65
#83Charlene138US #125
#84Louise138US #62
#85Gail136US #68
#86Sheila131US #110
#87Cynthia130US #112
#88Eleanor128US #78
#89Mildred128US #64
#90Anita127US #91
#91Eileen127US #121
#92June127US #90
#93Pat127US #134
#94Jeanne121US #126
#95Irene119US #74
#96Patty118US #176
#97Deanna117US #137
#98Katherine113US #85
#99Wilma111US #106
#100Sara109US #124

Boys

#1James3,678US #1
#2Robert3,660US #2
#3John3,127US #3
#4William2,628US #4
#5Richard2,395US #5
#6David2,334US #7
#7Thomas1,746US #8
#8Ronald1,710US #9
#9Charles1,700US #6
#10Larry1,512US #11
#11Donald1,435US #10
#12Gary1,036US #19
#13Paul983US #18
#14Kenneth977US #15
#15Jerry972US #14
#16George905US #13
#17Joseph869US #12
#18Michael869US #16
#19Edward739US #17
#20Gerald620US #20
#21Roger619US #25
#22Dennis582US #23
#23Jack550US #32
#24Frank530US #21
#25Raymond487US #22
#26Carl474US #29
#27Daniel464US #31
#28Ralph396US #38
#29Harold395US #24
#30Lawrence386US #34
#31Harry329US #48
#32Dale323US #59
#33Fred322US #43
#34Tom312US #88
#35Walter295US #26
#36Terry289US #64
#37Stephen284US #41
#38Arthur274US #33
#39Wayne263US #37
#40Philip251US #52
#41Bill245US #68
#42Eugene239US #42
#43Albert237US #40
#44Howard234US #47
#45Norman234US #49
#46Bruce229US #51
#47Joe228US #30
#48Anthony220US #46
#49Russell201US #75
#50Jim200US #80
#51Earl199US #58
#52Henry195US #28
#53Don186US #66
#54Stanley185US #57
#55Frederick183US #69
#56Douglas181US #53
#57Louis181US #50
#58Roy181US #39
#59Phillip179US #77
#60Timothy170US #121
#61Melvin167US #56
#62Ronnie166US #79
#63Patrick162US #70
#64Clarence160US #62
#65Marvin157US #63
#66Steve156US #112
#67Peter154US #44
#68Alan153US #84
#69Bob150US #103
#70Glenn148US #86
#71Leonard146US #54
#72Ray144US #83
#73Jerome143US #101
#74Gene141US #72
#75Ernest132US #61
#76Bernard127US #87
#77Jeffrey126US #134
#78Allen125US #73
#79Mike125US #111
#80Dave123US #177
#81Danny122US #120
#82Andrew119US #82
#83Martin119US #85
#84Keith116US #119
#85Samuel116US #65
#86Herbert114US #76
#87Leroy114US #67
#88Theodore114US #95
#89Alfred112US #74
#90Lee112US #81
#91Steven112US #90
#92Mark110US #122
#93Francis109US #60
#94Clifford107US #94
#95Billy101US #27
#96Dan101US #152
#97Jon100US #128
#98Edwin98US #97
#99Barry97US #91
#100Gordon97US #92

On the move since 1940

Rising

↑26Steve#66
↑19Timothy#60
↑16Stephen#37
↑15Diana#71
↑14Marie#63
↑14Kathryn#73
↑13Catherine#65
↑13Rebecca#75

Falling

↓29June#92
↓24Jon#97
↓19Wilma#99
↓16Gene#74
↓15Gail#85
↓15Allen#78
↓13Theodore#88
↓12Alice#46

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1940 rankings.