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Top names in Ohio

The names most likely to appear on 1948 Ohio birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 174,404 Ohio births in 1948 across 1,340 distinct names.

Distinctively Ohio

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

#100Dave#161 nationally
#97Penny#153 nationally
#50Tom#94 nationally
#89Jon#128 nationally
#41Sue#78 nationally
#76Dan#113 nationally
#62Constance#93 nationally
#73Cathy#104 nationally
#60Keith#89 nationally
#49Darlene#77 nationally
#85Kay#113 nationally
#95Jay#123 nationally

Girls

#1Linda5,353US #1
#2Mary3,464US #2
#3Barbara2,753US #3
#4Patricia2,658US #4
#5Susan2,152US #5
#6Sandra1,952US #6
#7Karen1,922US #12
#8Sharon1,847US #9
#9Nancy1,840US #7
#10Carol1,817US #8
#11Kathleen1,493US #10
#12Donna1,348US #11
#13Judith1,219US #15
#14Pamela1,085US #22
#15Cheryl1,073US #25
#16Diane999US #19
#17Carolyn961US #14
#18Janet950US #24
#19Deborah934US #30
#20Margaret895US #13
#21Joyce818US #21
#22Cynthia812US #27
#23Judy794US #16
#24Shirley772US #20
#25Beverly763US #31
#26Diana661US #48
#27Janice660US #23
#28Marilyn654US #33
#29Bonnie622US #34
#30Connie610US #43
#31Brenda592US #17
#32Jane579US #39
#33Rebecca571US #50
#34Betty552US #18
#35Christine546US #35
#36Elizabeth530US #26
#37Kathy499US #55
#38Ruth490US #45
#39Peggy462US #38
#40Martha453US #32
#41Sue439US #78
#42Gloria438US #28
#43Phyllis432US #46
#44Virginia423US #36
#45Paula415US #52
#46Jean414US #47
#47Joan408US #37
#48Rita394US #59
#49Darlene381US #77
#50Catherine375US #41
#51Sally361US #72
#52Dorothy359US #29
#53Ann350US #44
#54Kathryn347US #54
#55Jacqueline342US #58
#56Marsha338US #76
#57Marcia331US #79
#58Elaine329US #53
#59Suzanne325US #66
#60Helen310US #40
#61Alice307US #49
#62Constance302US #93
#63Jo298US #56
#64Sherry295US #61
#65Lois291US #70
#66Gail288US #51
#67Theresa288US #63
#68Vicki281US #81
#69Sheila280US #71
#70Rose279US #62
#71Lynn276US #80
#72Charlotte271US #69
#73Cathy268US #104
#74Frances267US #42
#75Ellen264US #67
#76Rosemary261US #90
#77Katherine247US #68
#78Roberta240US #101
#79Teresa235US #82
#80Charlene229US #105
#81Laura228US #73
#82Marie224US #60
#83Marlene218US #109
#84Victoria216US #108
#85Kay213US #113
#86Joanne211US #65
#87Anna209US #89
#88Carole208US #106
#89Wanda206US #57
#90Joann204US #94
#91Jeanne203US #95
#92Anita201US #102
#93Dianne188US #86
#94Marjorie185US #110
#95Doris183US #64
#96Sarah182US #85
#97Penny173US #153
#98Geraldine172US #83
#99Norma170US #103
#100Lynda168US #84

Boys

#1James5,012US #1
#2Robert4,979US #2
#3John4,715US #3
#4David3,888US #5
#5William3,549US #4
#6Michael3,340US #6
#7Thomas3,109US #8
#8Richard3,100US #7
#9Ronald2,062US #10
#10Charles2,027US #9
#11Gary1,978US #12
#12Larry1,909US #11
#13Donald1,577US #14
#14Kenneth1,408US #15
#15Joseph1,388US #13
#16Dennis1,301US #17
#17Paul1,237US #18
#18Daniel1,123US #22
#19George1,049US #16
#20Edward969US #19
#21Stephen920US #20
#22Terry918US #26
#23Roger895US #24
#24Timothy846US #38
#25Jerry807US #21
#26Steven738US #23
#27Mark712US #29
#28Gregory702US #32
#29Bruce677US #28
#30Raymond629US #27
#31Jack611US #43
#32Dale594US #56
#33Lawrence583US #31
#34Frank559US #25
#35Gerald531US #30
#36Douglas499US #33
#37Carl497US #42
#38Jeffrey485US #58
#39Harold447US #36
#40Ralph444US #51
#41Patrick408US #48
#42Danny404US #39
#43Anthony373US #41
#44Walter363US #35
#45Wayne349US #34
#46Alan344US #46
#47Steve343US #60
#48Philip317US #54
#49Phillip314US #69
#50Tom313US #94
#51Harry312US #57
#52Fred310US #66
#53Howard302US #63
#54Mike297US #68
#55Albert292US #55
#56Arthur291US #44
#57Russell283US #67
#58Frederick265US #75
#59Eugene257US #61
#60Keith249US #89
#61Craig245US #82
#62Leonard245US #71
#63Stanley245US #65
#64Roy241US #49
#65Bill239US #84
#66Glenn227US #73
#67Louis226US #64
#68Jim215US #86
#69Norman210US #85
#70Rodney210US #92
#71Ronnie207US #59
#72Allen206US #72
#73Joe203US #47
#74Peter203US #37
#75Samuel200US #70
#76Dan197US #113
#77Martin194US #88
#78Barry192US #74
#79Henry192US #45
#80Melvin190US #81
#81Earl185US #83
#82Theodore183US #104
#83Randall180US #98
#84Andrew179US #77
#85Jerome179US #110
#86Christopher178US #102
#87Ernest171US #76
#88Don170US #91
#89Jon170US #128
#90Clarence162US #87
#91Marvin161US #90
#92Clifford157US #105
#93Herbert145US #103
#94Randy144US #99
#95Jay143US #123
#96Lee141US #93
#97Ray141US #100
#98Eric140US #114
#99Scott140US #122
#100Dave132US #161

On the move since 1947

Rising

↑28Theresa#67
↑24Deborah#19
↑13Martin#77
↑12Leonard#62
↑12Rodney#70
↑11Albert#55
↑11Theodore#82
↑10Cathy#73

Falling

↓18Joanne#86
↓17Dianne#93
↓17Barry#78
↓16Don#88
↓14Dave#100
↓13Lynda#100
↓13Jim#68
↓13Eric#98

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1947 rankings.