State roster

Top names in Ohio

The names most likely to appear on 1945 Ohio birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 122,740 Ohio births in 1945 across 1,129 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#164 nationally
#40Tom#89 nationally
#66Constance#109 nationally
#28Timothy#70 nationally
#51Marcia#88 nationally
#75Jon#112 nationally
#73Keith#108 nationally
#57Jeffrey#91 nationally
#83Vicki#117 nationally
#93Dan#127 nationally
#81Marsha#113 nationally
#79Marlene#110 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,680US #1
#2Linda2,224US #2
#3Barbara2,020US #3
#4Carol1,850US #5
#5Patricia1,843US #4
#6Sandra1,500US #6
#7Sharon1,428US #8
#8Judith1,330US #9
#9Karen1,328US #16
#10Nancy1,238US #7
#11Susan1,088US #10
#12Donna962US #17
#13Judy959US #13
#14Carolyn873US #12
#15Janet863US #20
#16Kathleen825US #19
#17Margaret760US #15
#18Shirley751US #14
#19Joyce749US #18
#20Betty695US #11
#21Diane629US #22
#22Marilyn621US #27
#23Cheryl619US #32
#24Ruth563US #33
#25Beverly523US #37
#26Bonnie521US #35
#27Jane510US #36
#28Janice491US #24
#29Gloria454US #23
#30Joan437US #25
#31Diana430US #43
#32Martha428US #30
#33Dorothy421US #21
#34Jean402US #38
#35Connie399US #47
#36Virginia387US #28
#37Pamela386US #42
#38Elizabeth367US #26
#39Sue350US #66
#40Helen348US #31
#41Phyllis338US #40
#42Elaine316US #44
#43Carole292US #51
#44Sally285US #64
#45Ann281US #39
#46Lois275US #48
#47Rita270US #59
#48Roberta266US #75
#49Darlene262US #71
#50Frances256US #34
#51Marcia246US #88
#52Alice244US #41
#53Brenda244US #29
#54Jacqueline242US #63
#55Charlotte241US #55
#56Peggy228US #45
#57Rebecca228US #85
#58Kathryn223US #65
#59Rosemary217US #79
#60Joanne214US #53
#61Suzanne212US #68
#62Jo211US #60
#63Kay204US #91
#64Rose200US #54
#65Geraldine194US #56
#66Constance193US #109
#67Cynthia193US #90
#68Doris193US #46
#69Gail188US #52
#70Paula187US #67
#71Laura186US #77
#72Catherine183US #50
#73Dianne183US #72
#74Joann183US #80
#75Ellen182US #61
#76Kathy182US #101
#77Norma180US #74
#78Anna175US #73
#79Marlene174US #110
#80Christine170US #62
#81Marsha170US #113
#82Evelyn167US #57
#83Vicki164US #117
#84Lynn160US #102
#85Wanda160US #58
#86Marjorie156US #94
#87Sherry156US #104
#88Charlene155US #114
#89Eileen150US #70
#90Jeanne144US #98
#91Katherine138US #82
#92Marie136US #49
#93Anne133US #81
#94Sheila133US #89
#95Loretta128US #107
#96Sylvia128US #83
#97Sarah125US #76
#98Victoria125US #106
#99Anita124US #100
#100Delores122US #112

Boys

#1James3,976US #1
#2Robert3,781US #2
#3John3,561US #3
#4William2,694US #4
#5Richard2,566US #5
#6David2,470US #6
#7Thomas2,135US #8
#8Michael1,762US #9
#9Charles1,645US #7
#10Ronald1,479US #10
#11Gary1,436US #13
#12Larry1,434US #11
#13Donald1,353US #12
#14Kenneth992US #16
#15Paul941US #17
#16Joseph937US #14
#17Dennis896US #19
#18George850US #15
#19Jerry747US #20
#20Edward726US #18
#21Roger725US #22
#22Daniel613US #24
#23Terry561US #33
#24Jack495US #32
#25Raymond472US #23
#26Gerald460US #25
#27Frank459US #21
#28Timothy423US #70
#29Carl422US #39
#30Stephen409US #26
#31Lawrence385US #30
#32Harold370US #28
#33Douglas329US #29
#34Walter325US #27
#35Ralph323US #44
#36Dale318US #61
#37Harry305US #47
#38Alan275US #52
#39Fred274US #51
#40Tom271US #89
#41Wayne261US #35
#42Bruce252US #48
#43Arthur242US #34
#44Jim234US #68
#45Roy229US #40
#46Philip224US #58
#47Howard223US #54
#48Bill213US #66
#49Danny211US #56
#50Russell205US #64
#51Albert203US #49
#52Mark199US #72
#53Anthony198US #46
#54Joe197US #36
#55Patrick196US #63
#56Steven196US #43
#57Jeffrey194US #91
#58Mike194US #69
#59Earl187US #71
#60Eugene187US #50
#61Frederick184US #77
#62Norman183US #65
#63Don182US #73
#64Stanley182US #59
#65Phillip177US #85
#66Henry171US #37
#67Leonard171US #57
#68Louis162US #55
#69Steve160US #79
#70Glenn151US #93
#71Peter149US #38
#72Allen148US #74
#73Keith147US #108
#74Gregory145US #96
#75Jon145US #112
#76Samuel145US #62
#77Bob137US #107
#78Theodore137US #101
#79Clarence136US #82
#80Ronnie135US #67
#81Barry132US #84
#82Lee130US #87
#83Ernest129US #60
#84Ray126US #92
#85Marvin125US #80
#86Melvin122US #78
#87Bernard121US #98
#88Herbert121US #94
#89Andrew120US #86
#90Francis119US #76
#91Clifford116US #99
#92Victor109US #95
#93Dan107US #127
#94Dave106US #164
#95Martin105US #90
#96Johnny101US #45
#97Dwight100US #126
#98Rodney99US #105
#99Leroy98US #83
#100Leslie98US #115

On the move since 1944

Rising

↑28Mark#52
↑23Alan#38
↑21Mike#58
↑20Cynthia#67
↑16Rosemary#59
↑15Diana#31
↑15Lynn#84
↑14Anna#78

Falling

↓21Marjorie#86
↓21Ronnie#80
↓15Marie#92
↓15Delores#100
↓15Clarence#79
↓13Norma#77
↓13Marlene#79
↓12Rose#64

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1944 rankings.