State roster

Top names in Ohio

The names most likely to appear on 1953 Ohio birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 199,626 Ohio births in 1953 across 1,498 distinct names.

Distinctively Ohio

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

#82Beth#142 nationally
#84Dan#139 nationally
#63Jeffery#109 nationally
#56Rick#101 nationally
#93Mike#136 nationally
#58Constance#95 nationally
#70Sue#106 nationally
#80Jennifer#116 nationally
#92Kim#127 nationally
#42Darlene#75 nationally
#90Dwight#122 nationally
#81Theodore#112 nationally

Girls

#1Deborah3,461US #3
#2Linda3,444US #2
#3Mary3,371US #1
#4Patricia2,769US #4
#5Susan2,423US #5
#6Barbara2,322US #6
#7Debra2,138US #7
#8Karen2,021US #9
#9Pamela1,900US #10
#10Nancy1,790US #8
#11Cynthia1,643US #12
#12Sandra1,473US #11
#13Sharon1,447US #15
#14Carol1,383US #16
#15Kathleen1,377US #14
#16Diane1,202US #17
#17Donna1,182US #13
#18Brenda1,099US #18
#19Rebecca1,040US #24
#20Janet1,037US #19
#21Kathy921US #23
#22Cheryl853US #28
#23Christine847US #32
#24Margaret832US #20
#25Joyce826US #26
#26Beverly793US #34
#27Denise778US #31
#28Judith772US #30
#29Elizabeth659US #21
#30Janice641US #22
#31Marilyn615US #36
#32Connie614US #47
#33Diana612US #55
#34Bonnie595US #45
#35Carolyn583US #25
#36Jane574US #43
#37Teresa561US #42
#38Paula550US #40
#39Judy539US #27
#40Catherine514US #35
#41Cathy494US #56
#42Darlene491US #75
#43Betty488US #33
#44Vicki487US #61
#45Shirley484US #29
#46Peggy473US #44
#47Gail472US #39
#48Kathryn471US #48
#49Joan469US #37
#50Jacqueline442US #58
#51Laura435US #51
#52Martha428US #41
#53Ruth420US #62
#54Ann413US #46
#55Theresa411US #50
#56Jean389US #52
#57Rita383US #64
#58Constance374US #95
#59Robin371US #66
#60Marsha368US #83
#61Victoria366US #82
#62Sheila364US #60
#63Rose361US #59
#64Vickie361US #79
#65Marcia354US #84
#66Jo352US #54
#67Virginia347US #53
#68Lynn344US #67
#69Sally343US #81
#70Sue334US #106
#71Gloria321US #38
#72Sherry310US #70
#73Elaine309US #77
#74Phyllis300US #69
#75Katherine297US #63
#76Suzanne286US #78
#77Dorothy274US #49
#78Roberta274US #90
#79Anita273US #89
#80Jennifer273US #116
#81Cindy272US #99
#82Beth263US #142
#83Ellen261US #76
#84Jill261US #114
#85Julie258US #74
#86Wanda258US #57
#87Helen242US #65
#88Lois239US #91
#89Michelle238US #107
#90Joanne230US #71
#91Leslie227US #96
#92Alice223US #73
#93Charlene222US #113
#94Rhonda221US #85
#95Valerie218US #88
#96Debbie217US #119
#97Michele206US #102
#98Anne204US #80
#99Yvonne203US #104
#100Frances200US #72

Boys

#1Michael4,937US #3
#2James4,917US #2
#3Robert4,862US #1
#4David4,689US #5
#5John4,482US #4
#6William3,616US #6
#7Richard3,552US #7
#8Thomas3,119US #8
#9Gary2,379US #10
#10Charles2,135US #9
#11Mark2,036US #12
#12Donald1,832US #14
#13Steven1,818US #11
#14Ronald1,702US #15
#15Kenneth1,529US #17
#16Joseph1,503US #13
#17Daniel1,491US #20
#18Dennis1,489US #19
#19Jeffrey1,452US #25
#20Paul1,398US #16
#21Timothy1,343US #26
#22Gregory1,242US #24
#23Larry1,217US #18
#24Stephen1,188US #21
#25Edward1,002US #23
#26Douglas973US #27
#27Terry925US #30
#28George893US #22
#29Roger882US #31
#30Bruce816US #28
#31Jerry707US #29
#32Dale672US #48
#33Randy633US #35
#34Anthony619US #32
#35Raymond585US #34
#36Lawrence570US #37
#37Frank557US #33
#38Keith545US #47
#39Kevin530US #36
#40Patrick510US #39
#41Carl492US #44
#42Jack482US #57
#43Gerald468US #42
#44Danny438US #41
#45Alan431US #43
#46Scott430US #46
#47Christopher381US #63
#48Ralph379US #59
#49Craig376US #60
#50Ricky371US #51
#51Randall366US #64
#52Wayne357US #40
#53Harold353US #56
#54Walter350US #45
#55Philip340US #61
#56Rick340US #101
#57Rodney340US #58
#58Frederick315US #80
#59Brian295US #53
#60Peter289US #38
#61Phillip288US #76
#62Russell288US #71
#63Jeffery282US #109
#64Stanley282US #62
#65Steve275US #84
#66Arthur271US #50
#67Roy262US #55
#68Martin259US #82
#69Samuel259US #70
#70Andrew256US #68
#71Howard254US #77
#72Glenn251US #67
#73Harry245US #83
#74Eugene242US #75
#75Eric239US #89
#76Albert230US #69
#77Barry224US #73
#78Leonard217US #85
#79Fred216US #92
#80Allen212US #81
#81Theodore211US #112
#82Micheal205US #88
#83Dean204US #105
#84Dan188US #139
#85Louis186US #78
#86Henry185US #54
#87Jerome185US #107
#88Norman184US #98
#89Earl182US #96
#90Dwight180US #122
#91Darrell178US #103
#92Kim177US #127
#93Mike176US #136
#94Jay168US #99
#95Ronnie168US #79
#96Curtis167US #86
#97Jon167US #120
#98Lee162US #93
#99Clifford160US #102
#100Ernest160US #87

On the move since 1952

Rising

↑26Rodney#57
↑23Jeffery#63
↑13Micheal#82
↑12Teresa#37
↑12Sheila#62
↑11Theresa#55
↑10Brian#59
↑10Dwight#90

Falling

↓16Frances#100
↓15Marcia#65
↓15Harry#73
↓13Dorothy#77
↓13Henry#86
↓12Eric#75
↓11Alice#92
↓11Anne#98

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1952 rankings.