State roster

Top names in Ohio

The names most likely to appear on 1952 Ohio birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 196,451 Ohio births in 1952 across 1,416 distinct names.

Distinctively Ohio

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

#99Penny#157 nationally
#89Beth#146 nationally
#65Rick#119 nationally
#86Jeffery#134 nationally
#92Gayle#135 nationally
#76Sue#113 nationally
#82Jill#118 nationally
#93Dan#129 nationally
#72Jennifer#107 nationally
#59Constance#92 nationally
#50Marcia#80 nationally
#97Kim#126 nationally

Girls

#1Linda3,585US #1
#2Mary3,557US #2
#3Deborah3,422US #4
#4Patricia3,026US #3
#5Susan2,308US #5
#6Barbara2,293US #6
#7Karen2,098US #8
#8Nancy1,888US #7
#9Debra1,721US #9
#10Sandra1,568US #10
#11Pamela1,559US #17
#12Kathleen1,526US #11
#13Sharon1,455US #14
#14Carol1,447US #12
#15Cynthia1,241US #18
#16Diane1,210US #16
#17Donna1,136US #13
#18Janet1,099US #19
#19Brenda1,085US #15
#20Christine1,063US #20
#21Rebecca1,057US #30
#22Judith982US #25
#23Kathy883US #29
#24Margaret875US #21
#25Cheryl873US #31
#26Joyce843US #27
#27Denise796US #33
#28Beverly759US #35
#29Janice677US #23
#30Elizabeth671US #22
#31Bonnie656US #41
#32Connie640US #44
#33Jane626US #42
#34Marilyn625US #38
#35Carolyn623US #24
#36Judy587US #26
#37Diana585US #51
#38Shirley564US #28
#39Cathy544US #56
#40Catherine534US #34
#41Vicki532US #61
#42Peggy522US #43
#43Paula500US #47
#44Joan487US #37
#45Martha479US #40
#46Betty476US #32
#47Kathryn470US #48
#48Gail463US #39
#49Teresa445US #52
#50Marcia432US #80
#51Darlene428US #77
#52Jacqueline423US #58
#53Victoria422US #74
#54Ruth409US #57
#55Ann392US #45
#56Laura392US #53
#57Marsha381US #75
#58Jean380US #50
#59Constance370US #92
#60Rita368US #66
#61Gloria365US #36
#62Jo357US #55
#63Vickie351US #76
#64Dorothy349US #46
#65Rose345US #62
#66Theresa345US #60
#67Virginia335US #49
#68Sally332US #81
#69Phyllis327US #65
#70Lynn325US #71
#71Elaine312US #73
#72Jennifer312US #107
#73Roberta311US #88
#74Sheila310US #64
#75Sherry305US #68
#76Sue305US #113
#77Katherine287US #59
#78Helen278US #63
#79Ellen272US #70
#80Wanda262US #54
#81Alice253US #69
#82Jill250US #118
#83Joanne248US #78
#84Frances236US #67
#85Suzanne235US #84
#86Anita232US #91
#87Anne227US #79
#88Valerie224US #87
#89Beth223US #146
#90Charlene217US #106
#91Julie212US #85
#92Gayle211US #135
#93Lois207US #86
#94Dianne205US #96
#95Marlene205US #117
#96Jeanne201US #98
#97Marie198US #82
#98Claudia196US #111
#99Penny192US #157
#100Rhonda191US #95

Boys

#1James5,064US #1
#2Robert4,998US #2
#3John4,833US #3
#4Michael4,816US #4
#5David4,648US #5
#6Richard3,667US #7
#7William3,574US #6
#8Thomas3,361US #8
#9Gary2,449US #10
#10Charles2,128US #9
#11Mark1,807US #17
#12Donald1,746US #13
#13Ronald1,721US #15
#14Steven1,705US #11
#15Daniel1,608US #20
#16Dennis1,596US #18
#17Kenneth1,502US #16
#18Joseph1,465US #12
#19Paul1,363US #19
#20Larry1,327US #14
#21Timothy1,319US #27
#22Stephen1,233US #21
#23Gregory1,161US #24
#24Jeffrey1,101US #31
#25Edward1,019US #23
#26George949US #22
#27Douglas899US #28
#28Terry894US #29
#29Bruce823US #25
#30Roger775US #30
#31Jerry729US #26
#32Dale697US #46
#33Anthony618US #34
#34Raymond609US #33
#35Lawrence603US #35
#36Frank589US #32
#37Jack540US #52
#38Keith528US #49
#39Patrick488US #37
#40Randy487US #41
#41Gerald460US #39
#42Carl459US #45
#43Danny429US #40
#44Kevin403US #43
#45Scott400US #54
#46Philip391US #60
#47Ralph386US #56
#48Craig379US #59
#49Walter377US #44
#50Wayne376US #38
#51Christopher374US #57
#52Alan370US #42
#53Harold363US #51
#54Randall317US #63
#55Frederick297US #76
#56Russell292US #70
#57Ricky271US #81
#58Harry269US #75
#59Steve269US #85
#60Arthur266US #47
#61Glenn264US #61
#62Peter263US #36
#63Eric262US #88
#64Stanley262US #58
#65Rick258US #119
#66Albert255US #66
#67Martin254US #80
#68Howard253US #73
#69Brian247US #64
#70Phillip245US #74
#71Roy240US #55
#72Andrew226US #68
#73Henry226US #50
#74Eugene224US #71
#75Samuel222US #67
#76Fred214US #90
#77Leonard213US #83
#78Allen211US #78
#79Theodore207US #100
#80Louis205US #79
#81Jerome204US #105
#82Barry201US #69
#83Rodney200US #84
#84Jay194US #106
#85Dean190US #103
#86Jeffery189US #134
#87Ronnie187US #82
#88Marvin185US #95
#89Earl182US #98
#90Melvin182US #91
#91Clifford174US #99
#92Ernest171US #87
#93Dan168US #129
#94Lee168US #92
#95Micheal168US #94
#96Norman167US #96
#97Kim163US #126
#98Nicholas157US #127
#99Darrell155US #109
#100Dwight152US #123

On the move since 1951

Rising

↑23Rick#65
↑17Teresa#49
↑16Paula#43
↑16Jo#62
↑14Victoria#53
↑13Randy#40
↑12Joan#44
↑11Vickie#63

Falling

↓21Ernest#92
↓17Norman#96
↓12Sue#76
↓12Eugene#74
↓12Micheal#95
↓11Alan#52
↓11Leonard#77
↓10Phillip#70

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1951 rankings.