State roster

Top names in Ohio

The names most likely to appear on 1942 Ohio birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 134,167 Ohio births in 1942 across 1,164 distinct names.

Distinctively Ohio

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

#99Sandyoutside the national top 200
#96Patty#186 nationally
#82Kathy#159 nationally
#85Dave#162 nationally
#47Timothy#108 nationally
#37Tom#89 nationally
#96Dan#147 nationally
#75Jon#125 nationally
#63Marcia#105 nationally
#68Bob#110 nationally
#76Constance#116 nationally
#77Charlene#117 nationally

Girls

#1Mary3,036US #1
#2Barbara2,599US #2
#3Patricia2,208US #3
#4Carol2,137US #5
#5Linda2,083US #4
#6Sandra1,747US #6
#7Nancy1,714US #8
#8Judith1,702US #7
#9Sharon1,326US #11
#10Karen1,258US #16
#11Carolyn1,141US #10
#12Judy1,135US #15
#13Janet1,057US #19
#14Joyce1,054US #13
#15Donna1,028US #20
#16Betty884US #9
#17Susan811US #21
#18Shirley810US #12
#19Margaret790US #14
#20Marilyn750US #27
#21Beverly722US #32
#22Joan721US #18
#23Ruth674US #33
#24Kathleen664US #24
#25Bonnie656US #34
#26Janice581US #25
#27Carole555US #35
#28Diane529US #28
#29Phyllis508US #37
#30Virginia496US #23
#31Dorothy488US #17
#32Martha431US #29
#33Helen412US #26
#34Elizabeth407US #22
#35Jean407US #36
#36Gloria402US #31
#37Sue394US #73
#38Sally380US #56
#39Lois365US #44
#40Jane353US #46
#41Elaine350US #45
#42Ann336US #38
#43Alice320US #39
#44Connie318US #70
#45Joanne314US #48
#46Rita308US #55
#47Frances305US #30
#48Kay296US #75
#49Roberta286US #66
#50Diana285US #68
#51Marlene280US #84
#52Peggy279US #42
#53Norma277US #52
#54Charlotte272US #51
#55Rose271US #50
#56Joann260US #58
#57Darlene244US #78
#58Geraldine230US #47
#59Marjorie225US #74
#60Wanda225US #54
#61Jacqueline222US #69
#62Rebecca221US #85
#63Marcia210US #105
#64Marie210US #43
#65Catherine208US #49
#66Doris206US #41
#67Brenda201US #40
#68Dolores199US #63
#69Suzanne195US #103
#70Jo194US #65
#71Loretta194US #79
#72Gail193US #60
#73Ellen192US #64
#74Kathryn189US #82
#75Evelyn184US #53
#76Constance182US #116
#77Charlene180US #117
#78Rosemary179US #92
#79Pamela174US #106
#80June166US #107
#81Anna161US #59
#82Kathy159US #159
#83Delores158US #86
#84Cynthia156US #101
#85Anita154US #93
#86Sylvia153US #72
#87Katherine151US #81
#88Eileen149US #88
#89Dianne148US #109
#90Arlene143US #83
#91Sarah143US #67
#92Louise135US #61
#93Sheila135US #94
#94Juanita130US #90
#95Wilma129US #114
#96Patty126US #186
#97Jeanne124US #119
#98Eleanor122US #87
#99Sandy122
#100Sara121US #128

Boys

#1James4,295US #1
#2Robert4,134US #2
#3John3,619US #3
#4William3,101US #4
#5Richard2,659US #5
#6David2,549US #6
#7Thomas2,215US #8
#8Charles1,939US #7
#9Ronald1,912US #9
#10Larry1,628US #12
#11Donald1,537US #10
#12Gary1,311US #18
#13Michael1,294US #13
#14Kenneth1,083US #15
#15Paul1,043US #19
#16Joseph1,018US #11
#17Jerry967US #16
#18George924US #14
#19Edward863US #17
#20Dennis861US #20
#21Roger696US #25
#22Gerald670US #22
#23Frank603US #21
#24Raymond589US #24
#25Daniel580US #28
#26Jack562US #34
#27Carl536US #36
#28Douglas494US #23
#29Harold436US #27
#30Ralph428US #38
#31Terry413US #52
#32Lawrence409US #30
#33Walter382US #26
#34Dale373US #63
#35Stephen363US #32
#36Fred354US #46
#37Tom335US #89
#38Harry329US #48
#39Bruce309US #50
#40Arthur291US #29
#41Wayne290US #41
#42Albert283US #40
#43Eugene281US #45
#44Howard278US #49
#45Jim277US #74
#46Anthony266US #44
#47Timothy264US #108
#48Bill259US #65
#49Russell250US #70
#50Norman238US #53
#51Don233US #72
#52Joe232US #33
#53Louis220US #51
#54Patrick215US #64
#55Philip214US #54
#56Earl213US #62
#57Roy210US #42
#58Melvin208US #60
#59Phillip206US #77
#60Frederick205US #68
#61Stanley198US #56
#62Henry196US #31
#63Ronnie186US #78
#64Ray183US #84
#65Leonard174US #57
#66Glenn171US #88
#67Alan169US #81
#68Bob167US #110
#69Peter166US #39
#70Samuel164US #59
#71Clarence161US #67
#72Jerome161US #104
#73Gene155US #82
#74Mike155US #106
#75Jon153US #125
#76Martin152US #85
#77Jeffrey151US #116
#78Marvin150US #66
#79Allen144US #71
#80Steve143US #102
#81Steven140US #75
#82Danny139US #111
#83Ernest137US #61
#84Clifford135US #95
#85Dave135US #162
#86Bernard133US #90
#87Leroy133US #69
#88Theodore133US #91
#89Andrew131US #80
#90Barry131US #79
#91Francis125US #58
#92Herbert125US #83
#93Mark124US #117
#94Gordon120US #92
#95Lee119US #87
#96Dan116US #147
#97Edwin114US #105
#98Franklin114US #103
#99Victor112US #99
#100Lloyd111US #96

On the move since 1941

Rising

↑28Douglas#28
↑22Jon#75
↑21Diana#50
↑15Samuel#70
↑13Rebecca#62
↑13Gail#72
↑13Timothy#47
↑12Roberta#49

Falling

↓17Juanita#94
↓16Rosemary#78
↓15Philip#55
↓14Steve#80
↓13Marvin#78
↓12Anna#81
↓12Arlene#90
↓12Sarah#91

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1941 rankings.