State roster

Top names in Ohio

The names most likely to appear on 1954 Ohio birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 211,217 Ohio births in 1954 across 1,556 distinct names.

Distinctively Ohio

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

#100Terrence#184 nationally
#76Beth#130 nationally
#52Rick#102 nationally
#57Sue#106 nationally
#96Amy#139 nationally
#97Dan#139 nationally
#72Constance#111 nationally
#76Theodore#115 nationally
#53Jeffery#90 nationally
#73Jennifer#108 nationally
#75Kim#109 nationally
#74Jill#107 nationally

Girls

#1Mary3,756US #1
#2Deborah3,698US #3
#3Linda3,036US #2
#4Susan2,770US #5
#5Patricia2,680US #4
#6Debra2,531US #6
#7Barbara2,199US #7
#8Karen2,187US #8
#9Pamela2,038US #12
#10Cynthia1,840US #10
#11Nancy1,808US #9
#12Sandra1,531US #13
#13Diane1,350US #17
#14Sharon1,326US #16
#15Carol1,321US #15
#16Donna1,301US #11
#17Kathleen1,271US #14
#18Brenda1,146US #18
#19Rebecca1,077US #26
#20Janet1,047US #19
#21Cheryl984US #22
#22Denise968US #24
#23Kathy947US #23
#24Beverly799US #31
#25Joyce790US #28
#26Margaret750US #21
#27Connie735US #39
#28Elizabeth727US #20
#29Judith714US #30
#30Christine674US #43
#31Teresa673US #34
#32Marilyn644US #35
#33Paula634US #38
#34Robin628US #41
#35Janice625US #25
#36Bonnie622US #52
#37Vicki611US #50
#38Diana601US #57
#39Carolyn561US #27
#40Laura544US #45
#41Catherine533US #32
#42Judy528US #29
#43Peggy518US #48
#44Jane516US #49
#45Cathy514US #59
#46Shirley491US #33
#47Theresa490US #47
#48Kathryn468US #51
#49Ann462US #44
#50Betty450US #36
#51Joan449US #40
#52Darlene448US #76
#53Gail437US #37
#54Vickie432US #69
#55Jacqueline409US #68
#56Jean408US #56
#57Sue406US #106
#58Lynn398US #63
#59Rose398US #54
#60Martha389US #46
#61Ruth385US #66
#62Jo384US #53
#63Sherry384US #62
#64Sheila377US #60
#65Victoria368US #85
#66Marcia361US #90
#67Sally359US #84
#68Elaine344US #74
#69Virginia333US #61
#70Rita328US #67
#71Cindy325US #91
#72Constance325US #111
#73Jennifer325US #108
#74Jill322US #107
#75Gloria316US #42
#76Beth308US #130
#77Dorothy308US #55
#78Marsha308US #86
#79Michelle308US #94
#80Debbie306US #92
#81Rhonda304US #71
#82Julie302US #70
#83Phyllis300US #75
#84Katherine299US #64
#85Suzanne296US #82
#86Terri296US #100
#87Lisa292US #73
#88Ellen288US #77
#89Helen287US #72
#90Michele287US #89
#91Wanda277US #58
#92Valerie275US #87
#93Anita269US #96
#94Roberta255US #102
#95Terry243US #88
#96Amy234US #139
#97Anne230US #80
#98Jeanne226US #112
#99Lois226US #110
#100Marie226US #79

Boys

#1Michael5,360US #1
#2James5,074US #3
#3Robert5,013US #2
#4David5,012US #5
#5John4,643US #4
#6William3,586US #6
#7Richard3,552US #7
#8Thomas3,276US #8
#9Mark2,552US #12
#10Gary2,340US #9
#11Charles2,166US #10
#12Steven2,034US #11
#13Donald1,896US #14
#14Ronald1,808US #15
#15Jeffrey1,790US #23
#16Daniel1,770US #18
#17Joseph1,694US #13
#18Timothy1,592US #26
#19Dennis1,435US #21
#20Kenneth1,420US #17
#21Paul1,390US #16
#22Gregory1,388US #25
#23Larry1,171US #19
#24Stephen1,161US #20
#25Terry1,084US #27
#26Douglas1,077US #29
#27Edward1,007US #22
#28George937US #24
#29Bruce894US #30
#30Kevin870US #28
#31Randy784US #33
#32Roger754US #34
#33Anthony730US #32
#34Jerry680US #31
#35Raymond642US #35
#36Dale637US #50
#37Patrick609US #38
#38Keith596US #45
#39Frank561US #36
#40Lawrence554US #39
#41Scott542US #40
#42Jack527US #57
#43Carl497US #47
#44Gerald491US #44
#45Danny466US #42
#46Craig436US #51
#47Alan430US #43
#48Randall427US #55
#49Ricky421US #46
#50Ralph406US #61
#51Wayne379US #41
#52Rick374US #102
#53Jeffery369US #90
#54Christopher359US #64
#55Brian355US #48
#56Philip350US #62
#57Harold322US #60
#58Peter322US #37
#59Walter319US #49
#60Russell315US #69
#61Phillip300US #75
#62Steve293US #76
#63Rodney288US #66
#64Martin287US #79
#65Glenn282US #63
#66Stanley279US #58
#67Frederick276US #83
#68Eric274US #89
#69Barry273US #68
#70Andrew272US #70
#71Eugene270US #77
#72Samuel270US #71
#73Roy268US #56
#74Arthur265US #52
#75Kim254US #109
#76Theodore227US #115
#77Micheal226US #88
#78Harry222US #86
#79Albert220US #73
#80Howard220US #80
#81Allen218US #82
#82Dean218US #110
#83Ronnie212US #78
#84Darrell211US #95
#85Jay195US #101
#86Clifford192US #112
#87Ernest191US #87
#88Fred185US #93
#89Lee185US #96
#90Leonard185US #85
#91Louis184US #81
#92Earl182US #98
#93Jon182US #111
#94Norman176US #99
#95Jerome175US #114
#96Jonathan175US #121
#97Dan173US #139
#98Victor171US #103
#99Marvin169US #97
#100Terrence167US #184

On the move since 1953

Rising

↑25Robin#34
↑17Kim#75
↑16Debbie#80
↑13Sue#57
↑13Rhonda#81
↑13Clifford#86
↑13Ernest#87
↑12Ronnie#83

Falling

↓18Marsha#78
↓16Roberta#94
↓14Constance#72
↓14Anita#93
↓13Rita#70
↓13Dan#97
↓12Leonard#90
↓11Lois#99

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1953 rankings.