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Top names in Ohio

The names most likely to appear on 1946 Ohio birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 158,054 Ohio births in 1946 across 1,265 distinct names.

Distinctively Ohio

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

#91Dave#160 nationally
#96Penny#163 nationally
#45Tom#87 nationally
#100Gayle#141 nationally
#96Dean#132 nationally
#43Jeffrey#78 nationally
#99Eric#134 nationally
#67Constance#100 nationally
#83Dan#116 nationally
#28Timothy#60 nationally
#58Marcia#89 nationally
#65Keith#96 nationally

Girls

#1Mary3,333US #1
#2Linda2,974US #2
#3Barbara2,593US #4
#4Patricia2,509US #3
#5Carol2,251US #5
#6Sandra2,035US #6
#7Sharon1,939US #9
#8Karen1,834US #15
#9Nancy1,743US #7
#10Susan1,662US #8
#11Judith1,437US #10
#12Donna1,247US #13
#13Kathleen1,151US #16
#14Judy1,134US #11
#15Janet1,044US #21
#16Cheryl942US #27
#17Carolyn941US #12
#18Joyce888US #20
#19Diane875US #19
#20Shirley862US #18
#21Margaret804US #17
#22Betty782US #14
#23Marilyn732US #29
#24Bonnie712US #33
#25Janice712US #22
#26Beverly703US #30
#27Pamela629US #34
#28Connie589US #45
#29Diana537US #42
#30Jane534US #35
#31Ruth531US #38
#32Sue488US #61
#33Jean474US #37
#34Virginia467US #31
#35Joan464US #28
#36Gloria450US #26
#37Cynthia444US #46
#38Phyllis428US #41
#39Elizabeth427US #25
#40Dorothy422US #23
#41Martha414US #32
#42Elaine406US #47
#43Sally387US #67
#44Darlene376US #71
#45Rebecca376US #68
#46Peggy373US #43
#47Ann371US #40
#48Brenda359US #24
#49Rita342US #56
#50Suzanne335US #52
#51Lois328US #55
#52Kathy321US #79
#53Helen320US #36
#54Frances313US #39
#55Jacqueline309US #62
#56Roberta307US #86
#57Jo305US #53
#58Marcia298US #89
#59Christine292US #50
#60Rosemary287US #74
#61Joanne283US #57
#62Paula281US #69
#63Carole279US #72
#64Alice277US #44
#65Rose266US #60
#66Kathryn265US #63
#67Constance263US #100
#68Charlotte261US #64
#69Gail250US #49
#70Catherine244US #48
#71Norma243US #77
#72Lynn242US #94
#73Anita235US #84
#74Dianne235US #76
#75Ellen234US #58
#76Sherry231US #73
#77Sheila227US #70
#78Kay226US #101
#79Jeanne222US #83
#80Marsha222US #98
#81Laura219US #75
#82Doris208US #51
#83Marie208US #54
#84Vicki205US #108
#85Charlene203US #107
#86Evelyn203US #65
#87Wanda202US #59
#88Geraldine201US #66
#89Marlene200US #112
#90Anna190US #87
#91Joann180US #90
#92Eileen177US #80
#93Marjorie171US #106
#94Deborah163US #119
#95Katherine159US #78
#96Penny159US #163
#97Anne157US #81
#98Theresa157US #96
#99Sarah153US #92
#100Gayle145US #141

Boys

#1James4,966US #1
#2Robert4,873US #2
#3John4,403US #3
#4Richard3,532US #5
#5William3,358US #4
#6David3,274US #6
#7Thomas2,692US #8
#8Michael2,532US #7
#9Ronald2,039US #10
#10Charles1,994US #9
#11Gary1,870US #12
#12Larry1,656US #11
#13Donald1,561US #13
#14Dennis1,308US #17
#15Paul1,276US #18
#16Kenneth1,237US #15
#17Joseph1,166US #14
#18George991US #16
#19Edward893US #19
#20Jerry893US #20
#21Terry887US #26
#22Daniel875US #21
#23Roger823US #23
#24Raymond627US #25
#25Jack618US #35
#26Frank600US #22
#27Stephen589US #24
#28Timothy575US #60
#29Gerald562US #27
#30Carl519US #39
#31Lawrence518US #31
#32Douglas460US #34
#33Bruce458US #32
#34Harold444US #33
#35Ralph406US #48
#36Dale386US #62
#37Gregory383US #56
#38Steven382US #28
#39Wayne382US #29
#40Danny364US #46
#41Fred355US #51
#42Walter345US #30
#43Jeffrey326US #78
#44Mark323US #58
#45Tom316US #87
#46Harry313US #50
#47Alan312US #49
#48Anthony307US #44
#49Patrick304US #59
#50Howard300US #55
#51Jim299US #73
#52Arthur287US #36
#53Philip287US #61
#54Russell277US #66
#55Bill269US #72
#56Roy259US #43
#57Mike252US #64
#58Steve245US #69
#59Frederick242US #75
#60Albert233US #52
#61Phillip231US #83
#62Eugene230US #57
#63Stanley228US #65
#64Don225US #79
#65Keith223US #96
#66Ronnie221US #54
#67Leonard217US #67
#68Joe210US #37
#69Henry208US #41
#70Barry197US #68
#71Glenn192US #81
#72Allen187US #74
#73Andrew182US #84
#74Samuel182US #70
#75Louis176US #63
#76Norman176US #76
#77Peter173US #38
#78Earl172US #82
#79Martin172US #92
#80Melvin172US #86
#81Ray168US #95
#82Theodore165US #101
#83Dan162US #116
#84Ernest160US #71
#85Marvin159US #88
#86Rodney156US #93
#87Craig155US #108
#88Jon146US #117
#89Bob144US #107
#90Jerome144US #114
#91Dave140US #160
#92Clarence139US #89
#93Clifford139US #100
#94Lee137US #91
#95Bernard126US #102
#96Dean122US #132
#97Gene122US #98
#98Herbert121US #97
#99Eric119US #134
#100Lloyd119US #106

On the move since 1945

Rising

↑37Gregory#37
↑30Cynthia#37
↑26Anita#73
↑24Kathy#52
↑21Christine#59
↑18Steven#38
↑17Sheila#77
↑16Andrew#73

Falling

↓23Geraldine#88
↓20Carole#63
↓19Earl#78
↓17Joann#91
↓15Kay#78
↓14Doris#82
↓14Joe#68
↓14Norman#76

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1945 rankings.