State roster

Top names in Ohio

The names most likely to appear on 1956 Ohio birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 223,043 Ohio births in 1956 across 1,678 distinct names.

Distinctively Ohio

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

#89Jeff#145 nationally
#66Beth#117 nationally
#26Kimberly#74 nationally
#73Sue#118 nationally
#57Rick#100 nationally
#99Constance#141 nationally
#92Dan#133 nationally
#91Marsha#129 nationally
#92Amy#122 nationally
#100Carla#130 nationally
#59Michelle#88 nationally
#70Mike#97 nationally

Girls

#1Mary3,474US #1
#2Deborah3,215US #4
#3Karen2,708US #7
#4Linda2,659US #3
#5Debra2,641US #2
#6Susan2,593US #5
#7Patricia2,262US #6
#8Cynthia2,046US #8
#9Pamela2,012US #12
#10Barbara1,986US #9
#11Nancy1,664US #11
#12Sharon1,641US #13
#13Cheryl1,419US #18
#14Sandra1,406US #14
#15Diane1,333US #15
#16Donna1,331US #10
#17Carol1,270US #16
#18Kathleen1,244US #17
#19Brenda1,197US #19
#20Kathy1,187US #20
#21Rebecca1,016US #27
#22Denise993US #23
#23Janet913US #21
#24Teresa858US #24
#25Robin844US #29
#26Kimberly738US #74
#27Elizabeth726US #22
#28Christine724US #42
#29Margaret715US #25
#30Joyce713US #30
#31Cathy689US #36
#32Theresa682US #32
#33Connie660US #43
#34Judith652US #45
#35Debbie647US #39
#36Laura647US #34
#37Cindy645US #37
#38Diana623US #56
#39Vicki618US #57
#40Beverly617US #40
#41Lisa617US #31
#42Catherine600US #28
#43Bonnie597US #51
#44Kim584US #38
#45Janice579US #26
#46Darlene564US #71
#47Paula550US #47
#48Jane525US #50
#49Judy522US #35
#50Peggy501US #63
#51Ann493US #46
#52Vickie493US #68
#53Julie487US #48
#54Sherry456US #54
#55Lynn453US #58
#56Rhonda450US #62
#57Kathryn440US #60
#58Sheila440US #55
#59Michelle434US #88
#60Carolyn429US #33
#61Tina421US #87
#62Victoria413US #85
#63Betty411US #44
#64Terri411US #81
#65Gail405US #49
#66Beth401US #117
#67Marilyn401US #70
#68Jean398US #65
#69Shirley398US #41
#70Lori383US #66
#71Jennifer382US #97
#72Ruth381US #77
#73Sue374US #118
#74Martha373US #59
#75Jill371US #101
#76Joan366US #52
#77Jacqueline363US #78
#78Rose360US #64
#79Rita343US #79
#80Jo337US #69
#81Elaine329US #89
#82Anita321US #83
#83Marcia319US #110
#84Valerie317US #80
#85Katherine315US #67
#86Phyllis306US #82
#87Gloria305US #53
#88Sally288US #105
#89Terry284US #91
#90Renee280US #106
#91Marsha278US #129
#92Amy271US #122
#93Anne270US #86
#94Roberta270US #116
#95Michele268US #100
#96Dorothy265US #72
#97Virginia264US #75
#98Leslie254US #104
#99Constance250US #141
#100Carla247US #130

Boys

#1Michael5,357US #1
#2David5,294US #4
#3James5,157US #2
#4Robert4,942US #3
#5John4,835US #5
#6Mark3,636US #8
#7William3,541US #6
#8Richard3,320US #7
#9Thomas3,071US #9
#10Charles2,148US #11
#11Jeffrey2,135US #20
#12Steven2,122US #10
#13Timothy1,963US #19
#14Gary1,921US #13
#15Donald1,828US #14
#16Joseph1,798US #12
#17Daniel1,792US #18
#18Ronald1,678US #15
#19Gregory1,632US #24
#20Paul1,447US #17
#21Kenneth1,405US #16
#22Kevin1,287US #22
#23Douglas1,257US #29
#24Dennis1,145US #26
#25Larry1,106US #21
#26Terry1,100US #31
#27Stephen1,089US #23
#28Edward1,054US #25
#29Randy985US #28
#30George877US #27
#31Anthony854US #30
#32Bruce833US #33
#33Keith792US #36
#34Scott766US #34
#35Brian716US #32
#36Roger660US #41
#37Jerry629US #35
#38Raymond608US #39
#39Dale603US #50
#40Patrick597US #40
#41Frank592US #38
#42Jeffery584US #57
#43Christopher557US #47
#44Carl551US #48
#45Lawrence513US #42
#46Craig485US #51
#47Jack476US #66
#48Randall458US #54
#49Danny450US #46
#50Alan442US #44
#51Gerald423US #49
#52Russell419US #52
#53Ricky407US #43
#54Steve389US #59
#55Ralph379US #67
#56Wayne374US #45
#57Rick371US #100
#58Rodney367US #65
#59Martin353US #73
#60Philip349US #64
#61Peter346US #37
#62Harold343US #72
#63Phillip335US #76
#64Andrew322US #56
#65Eric309US #79
#66Darrell298US #88
#67Walter298US #53
#68Samuel293US #74
#69Barry272US #69
#70Mike270US #97
#71Matthew266US #90
#72Arthur258US #60
#73Roy257US #62
#74Glenn253US #61
#75Howard250US #84
#76Micheal249US #83
#77Harry248US #95
#78Frederick247US #91
#79Leonard247US #89
#80Stanley246US #70
#81Eugene235US #86
#82Dean230US #99
#83Ronnie230US #75
#84Allen226US #87
#85Bradley222US #103
#86Fred220US #102
#87Curtis216US #80
#88Jay215US #92
#89Jeff214US #145
#90Louis213US #82
#91Albert206US #81
#92Dan203US #133
#93Tony201US #85
#94Earl200US #110
#95Theodore197US #119
#96Jon193US #116
#97Lee192US #104
#98Kim191US #118
#99Jonathan186US #114
#100Jerome185US #117

On the move since 1955

Rising

↑37Kimberly#26
↑31Cindy#37
↑31Tina#61
↑26Michelle#59
↑26Mike#70
↑25Kim#44
↑20Rhonda#56
↑19Debbie#35

Falling

↓30Kim#98
↓27Joan#76
↓25Marilyn#67
↓21Constance#99
↓17Ruth#72
↓16Virginia#97
↓15Betty#63
↓15Theodore#95

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1955 rankings.