State roster

Top names in Ohio

The names most likely to appear on 1951 Ohio birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 189,081 Ohio births in 1951 across 1,386 distinct names.

Distinctively Ohio

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

#96Jeffery#161 nationally
#99Beth#156 nationally
#88Rick#143 nationally
#64Sue#106 nationally
#94Dan#136 nationally
#79Jennifer#119 nationally
#50Constance#86 nationally
#48Darlene#79 nationally
#90Nicholas#120 nationally
#94Gayle#124 nationally
#91Kay#120 nationally
#99Mike#128 nationally

Girls

#1Linda4,107US #1
#2Mary3,520US #2
#3Patricia3,198US #3
#4Deborah3,111US #4
#5Susan2,337US #6
#6Barbara2,324US #5
#7Karen2,123US #8
#8Nancy1,797US #7
#9Sandra1,708US #9
#10Carol1,629US #11
#11Kathleen1,620US #10
#12Sharon1,505US #13
#13Pamela1,363US #16
#14Donna1,191US #12
#15Diane1,179US #15
#16Janet1,132US #19
#17Cynthia1,033US #20
#18Brenda1,025US #14
#19Debra1,024US #18
#20Judith979US #25
#21Rebecca952US #32
#22Margaret906US #17
#23Cheryl869US #30
#24Christine837US #24
#25Joyce806US #28
#26Kathy767US #35
#27Beverly744US #33
#28Janice711US #21
#29Elizabeth685US #23
#30Carolyn682US #22
#31Bonnie654US #37
#32Shirley652US #27
#33Connie636US #44
#34Diana607US #50
#35Jane604US #43
#36Marilyn551US #41
#37Denise548US #48
#38Vicki547US #58
#39Judy538US #26
#40Catherine523US #34
#41Peggy491US #40
#42Martha488US #38
#43Kathryn484US #45
#44Betty478US #29
#45Ruth450US #53
#46Gail448US #36
#47Cathy426US #71
#48Darlene418US #79
#49Jacqueline414US #56
#50Constance407US #86
#51Ann404US #46
#52Gloria398US #31
#53Marsha396US #76
#54Jean394US #49
#55Rita394US #61
#56Joan382US #39
#57Laura378US #60
#58Marcia378US #74
#59Paula374US #51
#60Virginia362US #47
#61Sally354US #77
#62Rose345US #65
#63Lynn339US #72
#64Sue338US #106
#65Theresa330US #64
#66Teresa329US #63
#67Victoria325US #81
#68Elaine312US #66
#69Sherry310US #70
#70Phyllis305US #57
#71Katherine303US #55
#72Roberta299US #92
#73Sheila299US #69
#74Vickie298US #87
#75Dorothy285US #42
#76Alice276US #62
#77Helen276US #54
#78Jo274US #67
#79Jennifer266US #119
#80Suzanne264US #83
#81Ellen247US #68
#82Frances243US #59
#83Joanne238US #73
#84Lois234US #85
#85Wanda223US #52
#86Anne217US #82
#87Charlene212US #103
#88Rosemary210US #109
#89Jeanne206US #98
#90Anna203US #94
#91Kay203US #120
#92Dianne202US #90
#93Marlene201US #118
#94Gayle192US #124
#95Doris190US #80
#96Charlotte188US #84
#97Anita185US #96
#98Valerie179US #100
#99Beth178US #156
#100Claudia178US #123

Boys

#1Robert5,014US #2
#2James4,980US #1
#3John4,687US #3
#4Michael4,423US #4
#5David4,267US #5
#6William3,646US #6
#7Thomas3,282US #8
#8Richard3,268US #7
#9Gary2,582US #10
#10Charles2,153US #9
#11Ronald1,777US #12
#12Donald1,775US #15
#13Dennis1,632US #17
#14Larry1,534US #11
#15Kenneth1,491US #16
#16Steven1,464US #13
#17Mark1,449US #20
#18Joseph1,425US #14
#19Daniel1,415US #21
#20Timothy1,284US #28
#21Paul1,280US #18
#22Stephen1,244US #19
#23Gregory1,057US #25
#24Edward1,030US #23
#25George982US #22
#26Jeffrey957US #35
#27Douglas922US #27
#28Terry907US #30
#29Bruce848US #26
#30Jerry790US #24
#31Roger768US #29
#32Dale693US #49
#33Lawrence626US #33
#34Raymond624US #32
#35Frank585US #31
#36Jack558US #48
#37Patrick531US #39
#38Anthony518US #34
#39Gerald502US #36
#40Carl455US #43
#41Alan435US #40
#42Keith420US #59
#43Wayne401US #37
#44Harold394US #46
#45Danny392US #41
#46Ralph389US #51
#47Craig379US #63
#48Christopher363US #61
#49Scott348US #68
#50Philip344US #55
#51Walter339US #42
#52Kevin315US #53
#53Randy305US #56
#54Arthur301US #44
#55Randall297US #66
#56Frederick296US #78
#57Stanley290US #54
#58Harry286US #70
#59Russell283US #73
#60Phillip276US #79
#61Martin263US #81
#62Eugene256US #65
#63Glenn251US #58
#64Peter251US #38
#65Samuel245US #67
#66Leonard239US #80
#67Steve238US #86
#68Eric231US #93
#69Allen227US #72
#70Andrew223US #69
#71Ernest218US #83
#72Roy217US #52
#73Howard214US #74
#74Albert210US #60
#75Henry205US #47
#76Rodney204US #84
#77Theodore204US #99
#78Brian202US #75
#79Norman201US #90
#80Barry198US #71
#81Dean192US #105
#82Fred192US #87
#83Micheal191US #97
#84Earl186US #95
#85Clifford182US #101
#86Louis180US #76
#87Jerome179US #103
#88Rick178US #143
#89Lee176US #92
#90Nicholas166US #120
#91Ronnie165US #82
#92Clarence163US #98
#93Melvin163US #88
#94Dan162US #136
#95Marvin162US #96
#96Jeffery158US #161
#97Don156US #117
#98Francis150US #85
#99Mike149US #128
#100Curtis146US #91

On the move since 1950

Rising

↑50Denise#37
↑24Debra#19
↑20Kevin#52
↑18Randy#53
↑18Dean#81
↑15Clifford#85
↑14Vickie#74
↑14Micheal#83

Falling

↓19Louis#86
↓18Fred#82
↓17Mike#99
↓15Charlotte#96
↓14Jo#78
↓13Dorothy#75
↓12Roy#72
↓12Howard#73

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1950 rankings.