State roster

Top names in Ohio

The names most likely to appear on 1944 Ohio birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 122,371 Ohio births in 1944 across 1,145 distinct names.

Distinctively Ohio

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

#84Dave#163 nationally
#38Timothy#92 nationally
#40Tom#87 nationally
#98Dan#144 nationally
#66Marlene#106 nationally
#62Jeffrey#101 nationally
#71Kathy#110 nationally
#99Jay#136 nationally
#88Jon#122 nationally
#71Keith#104 nationally
#79Marsha#111 nationally
#58Kay#88 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,885US #1
#2Barbara2,002US #2
#3Linda1,968US #3
#4Patricia1,909US #4
#5Carol1,907US #5
#6Sandra1,593US #6
#7Nancy1,496US #7
#8Sharon1,495US #8
#9Judith1,482US #9
#10Karen1,255US #16
#11Judy1,021US #12
#12Donna1,011US #17
#13Susan921US #13
#14Janet895US #21
#15Carolyn883US #11
#16Kathleen788US #20
#17Joyce782US #18
#18Shirley767US #15
#19Betty727US #10
#20Marilyn716US #27
#21Margaret708US #14
#22Cheryl653US #36
#23Ruth597US #32
#24Bonnie581US #34
#25Beverly553US #35
#26Diane540US #24
#27Joan481US #22
#28Dorothy455US #19
#29Janice446US #28
#30Phyllis437US #40
#31Virginia428US #26
#32Elizabeth408US #23
#33Martha400US #29
#34Gloria397US #25
#35Jean392US #37
#36Jane380US #41
#37Sue380US #62
#38Connie354US #51
#39Helen339US #31
#40Pamela338US #44
#41Sally332US #59
#42Carole323US #43
#43Frances292US #33
#44Rita289US #54
#45Elaine285US #46
#46Diana276US #60
#47Lois272US #47
#48Alice269US #38
#49Ann257US #39
#50Brenda253US #30
#51Charlotte251US #50
#52Rose250US #52
#53Jacqueline239US #64
#54Joanne235US #55
#55Darlene234US #76
#56Roberta232US #70
#57Peggy231US #45
#58Kay228US #88
#59Rebecca227US #84
#60Doris226US #42
#61Marcia223US #89
#62Kathryn215US #68
#63Jo214US #61
#64Norma214US #66
#65Marjorie205US #85
#66Marlene201US #106
#67Paula199US #82
#68Suzanne197US #78
#69Joann192US #65
#70Catherine188US #49
#71Kathy188US #110
#72Gail181US #56
#73Wanda181US #58
#74Geraldine178US #53
#75Rosemary178US #99
#76Evelyn174US #57
#77Marie173US #48
#78Constance167US #104
#79Marsha165US #111
#80Dianne162US #90
#81Charlene158US #109
#82Ellen158US #63
#83Sherry156US #100
#84Eileen151US #73
#85Delores147US #97
#86Christine144US #75
#87Cynthia136US #105
#88Katherine135US #77
#89Sylvia131US #83
#90Sheila130US #103
#91Anita129US #95
#92Anna127US #74
#93Jeanne127US #108
#94Loretta121US #98
#95Sarah120US #67
#96Arlene115US #101
#97Louise115US #69
#98Juanita114US #94
#99Lynn112US #116
#100Dolores110US #92

Boys

#1James4,062US #1
#2Robert3,948US #2
#3John3,443US #3
#4William2,788US #4
#5Richard2,537US #5
#6David2,391US #6
#7Thomas2,063US #8
#8Charles1,768US #7
#9Ronald1,553US #10
#10Donald1,479US #11
#11Michael1,467US #9
#12Gary1,319US #15
#13Larry1,307US #12
#14Kenneth982US #16
#15Paul982US #17
#16Joseph874US #13
#17George835US #14
#18Dennis777US #20
#19Jerry743US #19
#20Edward696US #18
#21Roger660US #23
#22Daniel618US #25
#23Gerald539US #24
#24Raymond501US #22
#25Jack499US #30
#26Frank486US #21
#27Terry457US #43
#28Carl420US #36
#29Harold395US #27
#30Lawrence395US #32
#31Ralph388US #42
#32Stephen354US #28
#33Harry315US #49
#34Douglas312US #34
#35Walter303US #26
#36Dale300US #61
#37Fred298US #47
#38Timothy295US #92
#39Wayne278US #37
#40Tom269US #87
#41Arthur254US #29
#42Bruce252US #51
#43Jim246US #68
#44Russell239US #63
#45Howard233US #53
#46Albert229US #44
#47Bill226US #66
#48Eugene221US #48
#49Roy219US #39
#50Norman218US #58
#51Danny213US #76
#52Anthony212US #46
#53Philip212US #60
#54Steven212US #52
#55Don195US #72
#56Patrick192US #64
#57Louis190US #54
#58Earl189US #65
#59Ronnie186US #69
#60Frederick184US #73
#61Alan180US #55
#62Jeffrey176US #101
#63Henry172US #35
#64Clarence170US #74
#65Stanley169US #57
#66Peter165US #40
#67Joe163US #33
#68Allen158US #77
#69Samuel154US #62
#70Steve150US #89
#71Keith147US #104
#72Phillip145US #83
#73Marvin144US #75
#74Theodore144US #96
#75Ernest141US #59
#76Glenn141US #88
#77Ray141US #86
#78Leonard140US #56
#79Mike138US #80
#80Mark136US #93
#81Andrew129US #81
#82Barry129US #84
#83Martin129US #91
#84Dave126US #163
#85Melvin126US #67
#86Bernard124US #94
#87Gene124US #95
#88Jon124US #122
#89Herbert114US #90
#90Bob113US #109
#91Francis108US #71
#92Jerome108US #117
#93Clifford105US #99
#94Lloyd103US #102
#95Lee102US #85
#96Edwin100US #106
#97Victor100US #107
#98Dan96US #144
#99Jay95US #136
#100Leroy95US #78

On the move since 1943

Rising

↑45Cheryl#22
↑27Steven#54
↑15Gail#72
↑13Brenda#50
↑13Marsha#79
↑13Danny#51
↑12Paula#67
↑11Jeffrey#62

Falling

↓18Leonard#78
↓16Phillip#72
↓15Anna#92
↓14Dolores#100
↓14Joe#67
↓14Melvin#85
↓13Joann#69
↓12Dianne#80

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1943 rankings.