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Top names in Ohio

The names most likely to appear on 1947 Ohio birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 184,902 Ohio births in 1947 across 1,346 distinct names.

Distinctively Ohio

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

#98Tim#170 nationally
#86Dave#155 nationally
#48Tom#87 nationally
#62Constance#100 nationally
#85Eric#122 nationally
#83Cathy#119 nationally
#34Sue#69 nationally
#88Jon#123 nationally
#92Gayle#127 nationally
#75Dan#109 nationally
#59Keith#91 nationally
#77Charlene#105 nationally

Girls

#1Linda5,885US #1
#2Mary3,563US #2
#3Barbara2,886US #4
#4Patricia2,866US #3
#5Sandra2,322US #5
#6Carol2,264US #6
#7Nancy2,052US #7
#8Sharon1,997US #9
#9Karen1,964US #13
#10Susan1,923US #8
#11Donna1,574US #10
#12Judith1,505US #12
#13Kathleen1,431US #11
#14Diane1,146US #18
#15Cheryl1,124US #24
#16Judy1,105US #14
#17Janet1,068US #23
#18Carolyn1,037US #15
#19Joyce1,026US #20
#20Margaret972US #16
#21Pamela962US #28
#22Shirley847US #19
#23Marilyn831US #29
#24Beverly761US #31
#25Betty755US #17
#26Janice752US #22
#27Bonnie738US #35
#28Cynthia705US #33
#29Connie663US #43
#30Jane651US #36
#31Ruth619US #44
#32Diana613US #48
#33Elizabeth569US #25
#34Sue517US #69
#35Gloria509US #27
#36Martha501US #32
#37Brenda496US #21
#38Rebecca494US #52
#39Jean490US #40
#40Joan485US #30
#41Phyllis485US #37
#42Kathy481US #64
#43Deborah472US #62
#44Christine469US #45
#45Peggy464US #42
#46Virginia464US #34
#47Ann435US #41
#48Rita430US #60
#49Dorothy417US #26
#50Sally412US #70
#51Elaine410US #50
#52Darlene394US #71
#53Jacqueline375US #59
#54Paula375US #54
#55Kathryn348US #55
#56Jo346US #51
#57Helen344US #38
#58Suzanne342US #53
#59Catherine339US #46
#60Marcia337US #81
#61Sherry337US #67
#62Constance332US #100
#63Lois323US #63
#64Marsha323US #88
#65Alice319US #47
#66Frances319US #39
#67Rose319US #65
#68Joanne315US #56
#69Roberta314US #90
#70Gail308US #49
#71Lynn301US #75
#72Rosemary293US #80
#73Charlotte278US #68
#74Vicki276US #101
#75Ellen274US #61
#76Dianne270US #83
#77Charlene269US #105
#78Sheila264US #73
#79Kay252US #104
#80Laura245US #74
#81Carole237US #102
#82Jeanne236US #86
#83Cathy235US #119
#84Anita234US #94
#85Marie231US #57
#86Katherine220US #76
#87Lynda213US #77
#88Geraldine208US #78
#89Joann207US #89
#90Norma200US #82
#91Marlene195US #114
#92Gayle191US #127
#93Wanda191US #66
#94Evelyn190US #72
#95Theresa189US #85
#96Anna188US #92
#97Marjorie180US #106
#98Doris174US #58
#99Janis174US #108
#100Anne172US #95

Boys

#1Robert5,427US #2
#2James5,311US #1
#3John5,255US #3
#4David4,143US #6
#5William3,883US #4
#6Richard3,752US #5
#7Michael3,230US #7
#8Thomas3,116US #8
#9Ronald2,189US #11
#10Gary2,170US #12
#11Charles2,159US #9
#12Larry2,108US #10
#13Donald1,694US #13
#14Kenneth1,477US #15
#15Dennis1,449US #17
#16Paul1,439US #18
#17Joseph1,344US #14
#18Daniel1,140US #22
#19Edward1,115US #19
#20George1,100US #16
#21Terry1,047US #26
#22Jerry903US #20
#23Roger870US #25
#24Stephen794US #21
#25Timothy759US #52
#26Frank698US #23
#27Raymond688US #27
#28Jack665US #37
#29Gregory649US #33
#30Steven640US #24
#31Douglas599US #31
#32Gerald585US #28
#33Bruce562US #29
#34Lawrence555US #32
#35Mark551US #47
#36Carl529US #40
#37Dale512US #63
#38Ralph505US #50
#39Jeffrey455US #66
#40Harold453US #35
#41Wayne445US #30
#42Danny444US #39
#43Alan409US #45
#44Patrick386US #53
#45Walter385US #34
#46Anthony375US #41
#47Fred375US #56
#48Tom365US #87
#49Harry362US #54
#50Philip348US #57
#51Russell336US #69
#52Steve329US #58
#53Mike325US #65
#54Phillip306US #74
#55Jim304US #77
#56Frederick303US #78
#57Roy303US #48
#58Arthur300US #38
#59Keith293US #91
#60Eugene287US #59
#61Barry280US #68
#62Howard275US #62
#63Bill274US #76
#64Louis254US #64
#65Glenn249US #70
#66Albert248US #55
#67Stanley248US #67
#68Peter244US #36
#69Craig237US #93
#70Joe236US #43
#71Allen235US #73
#72Don230US #86
#73Earl230US #83
#74Leonard229US #71
#75Dan223US #109
#76Samuel215US #72
#77Norman214US #81
#78Henry213US #46
#79Ronnie213US #61
#80Andrew203US #82
#81Ernest194US #75
#82Rodney180US #94
#83Melvin177US #85
#84Clarence174US #88
#85Eric174US #122
#86Dave169US #155
#87Bernard168US #100
#88Jon166US #123
#89Marvin166US #89
#90Martin164US #90
#91Jerome162US #110
#92Ray162US #97
#93Theodore156US #102
#94Randy154US #116
#95Bob153US #115
#96Lee152US #92
#97Clifford148US #101
#98Tim144US #170
#99Jay140US #119
#100Brian137US #95

On the move since 1946

Rising

↑51Deborah#43
↑18Craig#69
↑16Marsha#64
↑15Christine#44
↑15Sherry#61
↑14Eric#85
↑11Brenda#37
↑11Kathryn#55

Falling

↓19Norma#90
↓18Carole#81
↓16Doris#98
↓13Roberta#69
↓13Ronnie#79
↓12Virginia#46
↓12Lois#63
↓12Frances#66

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1946 rankings.