State roster

Top names in Ohio

The names most likely to appear on 1950 Ohio birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 175,945 Ohio births in 1950 across 1,355 distinct names.

Distinctively Ohio

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

#92Tom#145 nationally
#88Jon#138 nationally
#91Gayle#133 nationally
#100Jill#142 nationally
#93Dan#129 nationally
#84Jennifer#118 nationally
#68Sue#100 nationally
#82Mike#113 nationally
#92Kay#123 nationally
#48Keith#78 nationally
#56Constance#85 nationally
#86Jay#115 nationally

Girls

#1Linda4,474US #1
#2Mary3,321US #2
#3Patricia2,633US #3
#4Barbara2,398US #4
#5Deborah2,245US #7
#6Susan2,207US #5
#7Karen1,922US #12
#8Nancy1,762US #6
#9Sandra1,654US #8
#10Sharon1,652US #11
#11Kathleen1,628US #10
#12Carol1,579US #9
#13Pamela1,188US #17
#14Donna1,144US #13
#15Janet1,103US #18
#16Diane999US #16
#17Judith997US #21
#18Cynthia900US #23
#19Brenda899US #14
#20Margaret876US #15
#21Cheryl872US #29
#22Rebecca848US #36
#23Joyce799US #27
#24Christine731US #28
#25Shirley731US #19
#26Beverly716US #31
#27Kathy712US #38
#28Bonnie679US #33
#29Carolyn678US #20
#30Elizabeth660US #24
#31Janice632US #22
#32Diana609US #47
#33Marilyn606US #37
#34Jane578US #39
#35Judy571US #25
#36Connie559US #44
#37Betty510US #26
#38Catherine495US #34
#39Peggy487US #41
#40Kathryn464US #46
#41Martha457US #32
#42Ruth445US #49
#43Debra427US #59
#44Jacqueline408US #55
#45Vicki405US #61
#46Jean403US #48
#47Rita401US #56
#48Paula400US #54
#49Cathy395US #75
#50Marcia393US #77
#51Gloria381US #30
#52Darlene371US #79
#53Marsha369US #68
#54Gail365US #42
#55Joan360US #40
#56Constance359US #85
#57Virginia343US #43
#58Elaine341US #60
#59Ann340US #45
#60Sally338US #78
#61Phyllis333US #53
#62Dorothy330US #35
#63Laura312US #63
#64Jo294US #64
#65Rose289US #69
#66Helen288US #50
#67Sheila288US #70
#68Sue287US #100
#69Sherry284US #62
#70Theresa283US #65
#71Roberta281US #96
#72Victoria273US #94
#73Lynn268US #76
#74Suzanne265US #71
#75Ellen264US #66
#76Katherine256US #58
#77Lois248US #83
#78Frances245US #51
#79Teresa242US #81
#80Wanda235US #52
#81Charlotte234US #80
#82Joanne233US #67
#83Alice232US #57
#84Jennifer232US #118
#85Anne228US #84
#86Charlene227US #103
#87Denise214US #82
#88Vickie209US #108
#89Dianne208US #90
#90Marlene205US #112
#91Gayle189US #133
#92Kay183US #123
#93Rosemary183US #101
#94Marie181US #72
#95Jeanne175US #95
#96Joann174US #98
#97Norma173US #104
#98Sarah173US #88
#99Stephanie166US #122
#100Jill165US #142

Boys

#1James4,810US #1
#2Robert4,706US #2
#3John4,591US #3
#4Michael4,009US #4
#5David3,998US #5
#6William3,526US #6
#7Thomas3,161US #8
#8Richard3,142US #7
#9Gary2,292US #10
#10Charles2,103US #9
#11Ronald1,788US #12
#12Donald1,689US #14
#13Larry1,584US #11
#14Dennis1,453US #17
#15Kenneth1,452US #15
#16Daniel1,339US #21
#17Joseph1,330US #13
#18Paul1,257US #18
#19Steven1,192US #16
#20Mark1,142US #23
#21Stephen1,089US #19
#22Timothy1,045US #32
#23Gregory1,018US #25
#24Edward905US #22
#25George900US #20
#26Terry840US #30
#27Roger824US #27
#28Douglas810US #28
#29Bruce746US #26
#30Jerry707US #24
#31Jeffrey684US #43
#32Dale651US #49
#33Raymond628US #31
#34Lawrence590US #33
#35Frank585US #29
#36Gerald526US #34
#37Patrick499US #38
#38Jack494US #48
#39Anthony436US #36
#40Carl415US #44
#41Danny395US #39
#42Alan391US #41
#43Ralph371US #52
#44Wayne350US #35
#45Philip341US #53
#46Harold337US #45
#47Walter331US #40
#48Keith323US #78
#49Frederick298US #75
#50Craig286US #69
#51Harry286US #61
#52Russell285US #67
#53Randall282US #70
#54Arthur268US #46
#55Christopher265US #72
#56Eugene260US #58
#57Peter259US #37
#58Scott251US #82
#59Phillip240US #64
#60Roy239US #51
#61Howard238US #63
#62Andrew227US #68
#63Glenn226US #59
#64Fred224US #84
#65Stanley220US #60
#66Steve216US #83
#67Louis214US #66
#68Allen209US #71
#69Leonard208US #77
#70Samuel208US #62
#71Randy202US #80
#72Kevin199US #73
#73Martin199US #85
#74Eric198US #98
#75Albert196US #56
#76Jerome192US #103
#77Henry191US #47
#78Theodore190US #99
#79Brian184US #79
#80Barry180US #74
#81Earl175US #92
#82Mike175US #113
#83Rodney175US #88
#84Ernest168US #81
#85Norman166US #90
#86Jay162US #115
#87Melvin155US #87
#88Jon154US #138
#89Ronnie153US #76
#90Marvin152US #93
#91Clarence150US #95
#92Tom147US #145
#93Dan141US #129
#94Lee141US #91
#95Nicholas141US #124
#96Francis137US #86
#97Micheal137US #104
#98Ray134US #111
#99Dean133US #120
#100Clifford131US #100

On the move since 1949

Rising

↑48Debra#43
↑23Scott#58
↑23Kevin#72
↑17Laura#63
↑16Sheila#67
↑12Brian#79
↑11Keith#48
↑11Peter#57

Falling

↓19Albert#75
↓19Tom#92
↓15Steve#66
↓14Phyllis#61
↓14Frances#78
↓13Sue#68
↓13Mike#82
↓12Gloria#51

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1949 rankings.