State roster

Top names in Ohio

The names most likely to appear on 1943 Ohio birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 132,831 Ohio births in 1943 across 1,157 distinct names.

Distinctively Ohio

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

#94Dave#167 nationally
#95Ted#157 nationally
#41Timothy#99 nationally
#78Kathy#136 nationally
#37Tom#87 nationally
#91Dan#139 nationally
#73Jeffrey#116 nationally
#62Marlene#104 nationally
#80Charlene#121 nationally
#92Marsha#132 nationally
#60Marcia#96 nationally
#37Sue#72 nationally

Girls

#1Mary3,166US #1
#2Barbara2,330US #2
#3Linda2,234US #4
#4Patricia2,170US #3
#5Carol2,156US #5
#6Sandra1,683US #6
#7Judith1,665US #7
#8Sharon1,665US #8
#9Nancy1,615US #9
#10Karen1,454US #15
#11Judy1,197US #13
#12Donna1,123US #17
#13Carolyn1,101US #11
#14Janet1,062US #20
#15Susan922US #18
#16Joyce910US #16
#17Shirley887US #12
#18Betty857US #10
#19Margaret782US #14
#20Marilyn733US #27
#21Kathleen694US #22
#22Beverly652US #32
#23Diane647US #24
#24Ruth640US #33
#25Bonnie585US #34
#26Joan555US #21
#27Janice516US #26
#28Dorothy458US #19
#29Martha445US #29
#30Virginia438US #25
#31Gloria420US #30
#32Phyllis418US #39
#33Jean415US #36
#34Carole410US #42
#35Helen409US #28
#36Elizabeth380US #23
#37Sue368US #72
#38Sally344US #57
#39Lois330US #43
#40Connie323US #59
#41Jane314US #44
#42Alice311US #38
#43Frances307US #31
#44Pamela307US #54
#45Ann300US #37
#46Diana299US #62
#47Rita292US #52
#48Charlotte287US #47
#49Elaine283US #46
#50Roberta280US #66
#51Darlene257US #73
#52Joanne257US #49
#53Peggy257US #41
#54Kay251US #81
#55Jacqueline250US #65
#56Joann249US #60
#57Rose243US #50
#58Norma237US #58
#59Rebecca235US #87
#60Marcia234US #96
#61Kathryn225US #75
#62Marlene218US #104
#63Brenda217US #35
#64Geraldine215US #51
#65Rosemary215US #97
#66Doris210US #40
#67Cheryl207US #102
#68Dianne206US #88
#69Evelyn206US #53
#70Suzanne197US #86
#71Wanda197US #56
#72Marjorie194US #79
#73Jo186US #63
#74Ellen185US #67
#75Eileen182US #68
#76Catherine178US #48
#77Anna176US #64
#78Kathy175US #136
#79Paula170US #93
#80Charlene167US #121
#81Marie163US #45
#82Sheila163US #92
#83Loretta160US #89
#84Constance154US #109
#85Cynthia149US #101
#86Dolores147US #74
#87Gail144US #55
#88Sylvia143US #77
#89Katherine142US #78
#90Christine140US #84
#91Juanita139US #91
#92Marsha137US #132
#93Sherry136US #123
#94Louise133US #70
#95Delores129US #99
#96Jeanne129US #113
#97Anita128US #98
#98Arlene126US #90
#99Sarah126US #71
#100Lynn120US #134

Boys

#1James4,291US #1
#2Robert4,221US #2
#3John3,620US #3
#4William3,054US #4
#5Richard2,795US #5
#6David2,598US #6
#7Thomas2,211US #8
#8Charles1,873US #7
#9Ronald1,867US #9
#10Larry1,555US #12
#11Donald1,522US #11
#12Michael1,408US #10
#13Gary1,263US #16
#14Paul1,130US #19
#15Kenneth1,125US #15
#16George975US #14
#17Joseph954US #13
#18Jerry899US #17
#19Dennis877US #20
#20Edward818US #18
#21Roger800US #24
#22Gerald673US #23
#23Daniel590US #25
#24Frank588US #21
#25Raymond584US #22
#26Jack578US #34
#27Carl479US #33
#28Ralph472US #40
#29Terry453US #49
#30Harold450US #27
#31Lawrence441US #32
#32Douglas395US #28
#33Walter389US #26
#34Dale362US #59
#35Stephen353US #29
#36Fred338US #45
#37Tom320US #87
#38Bruce308US #51
#39Harry296US #50
#40Arthur280US #30
#41Timothy277US #99
#42Albert270US #43
#43Wayne260US #41
#44Jim258US #75
#45Howard255US #48
#46Anthony245US #44
#47Philip241US #57
#48Roy238US #38
#49Eugene235US #47
#50Bill231US #65
#51Frederick229US #70
#52Russell223US #73
#53Joe219US #35
#54Louis218US #53
#55Don210US #72
#56Phillip202US #81
#57Earl201US #60
#58Norman199US #56
#59Stanley196US #54
#60Leonard194US #55
#61Ronnie191US #71
#62Marvin189US #66
#63Peter189US #39
#64Danny183US #88
#65Henry181US #31
#66Patrick181US #69
#67Steve180US #93
#68Glenn179US #85
#69Alan177US #67
#70Clarence175US #68
#71Melvin175US #63
#72Allen165US #76
#73Jeffrey162US #116
#74Ray155US #84
#75Samuel149US #62
#76Keith145US #108
#77Mike144US #90
#78Andrew140US #79
#79Ernest138US #61
#80Martin134US #83
#81Steven133US #58
#82Gene132US #89
#83Bob129US #110
#84Theodore129US #96
#85Francis125US #64
#86Mark125US #101
#87Herbert124US #86
#88Bernard122US #92
#89Leroy122US #74
#90Clifford120US #94
#91Dan118US #139
#92Jon116US #127
#93Lee116US #91
#94Dave113US #167
#95Ted111US #157
#96Victor109US #97
#97Jerome106US #109
#98Floyd101US #112
#99Alfred100US #78
#100Edwin100US #107

On the move since 1942

Rising

↑35Pamela#44
↑21Dianne#68
↑18Danny#64
↑16Marvin#62
↑13Kathryn#61
↑13Rosemary#65
↑13Eileen#75
↑13Steve#67

Falling

↓25Jerome#97
↓18Dolores#86
↓17Marie#81
↓17Jon#92
↓15Gail#87
↓15Bob#83
↓13Marjorie#72
↓13Melvin#71

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1942 rankings.