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Top names in Ohio

The names most likely to appear on 1949 Ohio birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 178,020 Ohio births in 1949 across 1,344 distinct names.

Distinctively Ohio

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

#93Jon#144 nationally
#91Debra#134 nationally
#73Tom#114 nationally
#96Nicholas#136 nationally
#44Constance#83 nationally
#85Jennifer#121 nationally
#93Stephanie#128 nationally
#55Sue#88 nationally
#87Kay#119 nationally
#79Marlene#110 nationally
#100Dean#129 nationally
#97Dan#125 nationally

Girls

#1Linda5,150US #1
#2Mary3,378US #2
#3Patricia2,641US #3
#4Barbara2,438US #4
#5Susan2,247US #5
#6Sandra1,869US #6
#7Karen1,829US #11
#8Carol1,786US #8
#9Kathleen1,768US #9
#10Nancy1,758US #7
#11Sharon1,651US #10
#12Deborah1,602US #15
#13Donna1,307US #12
#14Judith1,222US #16
#15Pamela1,156US #21
#16Janet1,030US #23
#17Diane999US #19
#18Cheryl970US #28
#19Margaret954US #14
#20Brenda828US #13
#21Cynthia826US #27
#22Shirley818US #18
#23Joyce813US #26
#24Rebecca803US #40
#25Carolyn794US #17
#26Beverly780US #31
#27Marilyn700US #33
#28Judy688US #20
#29Bonnie675US #35
#30Janice667US #24
#31Christine660US #30
#32Kathy645US #42
#33Diana611US #48
#34Elizabeth608US #25
#35Connie569US #43
#36Betty564US #22
#37Jane560US #41
#38Ruth539US #47
#39Gloria484US #29
#40Martha474US #34
#41Peggy449US #38
#42Catherine439US #37
#43Kathryn433US #52
#44Constance421US #83
#45Jean417US #45
#46Paula410US #55
#47Phyllis410US #50
#48Jacqueline398US #58
#49Rita397US #54
#50Joan396US #36
#51Virginia393US #39
#52Ann389US #44
#53Vicki376US #70
#54Marcia374US #78
#55Sue370US #88
#56Cathy364US #81
#57Sally360US #77
#58Darlene358US #75
#59Elaine357US #57
#60Dorothy337US #32
#61Gail331US #51
#62Marsha327US #79
#63Rose319US #66
#64Frances310US #49
#65Suzanne309US #62
#66Jo303US #60
#67Sherry303US #68
#68Helen300US #46
#69Lois292US #73
#70Theresa292US #63
#71Charlotte291US #71
#72Ellen273US #64
#73Alice264US #53
#74Lynn264US #74
#75Roberta255US #97
#76Katherine250US #59
#77Victoria250US #96
#78Teresa245US #82
#79Marlene244US #110
#80Laura239US #65
#81Charlene234US #100
#82Dianne231US #85
#83Sheila230US #76
#84Joanne229US #61
#85Jennifer222US #121
#86Rosemary220US #98
#87Kay201US #119
#88Jeanne197US #92
#89Wanda188US #56
#90Anne178US #86
#91Debra177US #134
#92Marie173US #67
#93Stephanie173US #128
#94Lynda170US #93
#95Sarah165US #84
#96Anita164US #99
#97Anna164US #91
#98Norma164US #105
#99Yvonne164US #109
#100Wendy161US #122

Boys

#1James4,922US #1
#2John4,819US #3
#3Robert4,764US #2
#4David4,040US #6
#5Michael3,882US #5
#6William3,592US #4
#7Thomas3,284US #8
#8Richard3,090US #7
#9Charles2,216US #9
#10Gary1,998US #12
#11Ronald1,975US #11
#12Donald1,708US #13
#13Larry1,684US #10
#14Kenneth1,467US #15
#15Joseph1,349US #14
#16Paul1,334US #17
#17Daniel1,315US #22
#18Dennis1,281US #16
#19Stephen1,038US #19
#20Timothy989US #34
#21Steven981US #20
#22Edward973US #21
#23George943US #18
#24Mark943US #24
#25Terry857US #28
#26Roger830US #25
#27Gregory783US #31
#28Jerry727US #23
#29Douglas712US #29
#30Bruce711US #26
#31Dale691US #54
#32Jeffrey656US #48
#33Raymond646US #30
#34Frank643US #27
#35Lawrence630US #32
#36Gerald536US #33
#37Carl505US #43
#38Jack488US #47
#39Patrick462US #39
#40Anthony427US #36
#41Ralph418US #50
#42Harold387US #42
#43Danny372US #40
#44Wayne370US #35
#45Walter362US #37
#46Philip359US #55
#47Alan346US #45
#48Russell308US #69
#49Phillip293US #66
#50Arthur289US #44
#51Steve284US #68
#52Frederick279US #70
#53Harry276US #59
#54Craig275US #77
#55Roy274US #51
#56Albert267US #56
#57Glenn267US #61
#58Howard265US #63
#59Keith264US #85
#60Eugene258US #58
#61Stanley250US #60
#62Randall248US #79
#63Fred245US #72
#64Christopher244US #81
#65Allen232US #71
#66Martin232US #83
#67Louis231US #64
#68Peter228US #38
#69Mike225US #88
#70Andrew210US #75
#71Samuel206US #62
#72Henry205US #46
#73Tom204US #114
#74Leonard201US #74
#75Randy195US #92
#76Earl191US #91
#77Theodore183US #100
#78Jerome179US #104
#79Melvin179US #82
#80Ernest177US #76
#81Scott177US #99
#82Norman175US #90
#83Rodney174US #87
#84Barry172US #73
#85Eric171US #105
#86Bill170US #106
#87Marvin161US #89
#88Joe160US #52
#89Clifford157US #103
#90Ronnie157US #65
#91Brian156US #86
#92Jim155US #108
#93Jon152US #144
#94Clarence143US #94
#95Kevin142US #95
#96Nicholas142US #136
#97Dan140US #125
#98Micheal139US #122
#99Don137US #98
#100Dean135US #129

On the move since 1948

Rising

↑22Christopher#64
↑21Randall#62
↑19Randy#75
↑18Constance#44
↑18Scott#81
↑17Cathy#56
↑15Vicki#53
↑14Andrew#70

Falling

↓24Jim#92
↓23Tom#73
↓21Bill#86
↓21Dan#97
↓19Ronnie#90
↓15Mike#69
↓15Joe#88
↓14Sue#55

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1948 rankings.