State roster

Top names in Ohio

The names most likely to appear on 1957 Ohio birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 230,438 Ohio births in 1957 across 1,699 distinct names.

Distinctively Ohio

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

#80Dave#155 nationally
#65Tim#119 nationally
#58Beth#108 nationally
#73Dan#121 nationally
#81Becky#127 nationally
#71Tom#116 nationally
#82Greg#127 nationally
#52Jeff#96 nationally
#49Rick#87 nationally
#76Amy#114 nationally
#85Bill#123 nationally
#88Marcia#126 nationally

Girls

#1Mary3,448US #1
#2Karen2,687US #5
#3Deborah2,683US #6
#4Susan2,597US #2
#5Linda2,511US #3
#6Cynthia2,415US #7
#7Debra2,265US #4
#8Patricia2,068US #8
#9Pamela1,810US #12
#10Barbara1,727US #9
#11Brenda1,725US #13
#12Cheryl1,675US #16
#13Nancy1,601US #11
#14Sharon1,405US #14
#15Kathy1,339US #20
#16Diane1,315US #17
#17Cindy1,292US #19
#18Sandra1,274US #15
#19Carol1,251US #18
#20Donna1,203US #10
#21Kathleen1,145US #21
#22Kimberly1,090US #42
#23Debbie1,028US #27
#24Denise986US #25
#25Teresa975US #24
#26Rebecca894US #34
#27Janet880US #23
#28Lisa866US #26
#29Elizabeth865US #22
#30Robin861US #30
#31Julie788US #28
#32Laura782US #31
#33Diana773US #43
#34Christine749US #41
#35Cathy723US #39
#36Kim706US #35
#37Theresa695US #36
#38Vicki675US #51
#39Joyce673US #40
#40Margaret650US #29
#41Darlene645US #57
#42Connie637US #47
#43Catherine576US #37
#44Beverly545US #48
#45Judy541US #38
#46Carolyn539US #33
#47Paula524US #49
#48Judith512US #53
#49Rhonda507US #52
#50Jane503US #56
#51Janice503US #32
#52Terri502US #68
#53Tina501US #80
#54Jennifer476US #87
#55Lori473US #45
#56Peggy469US #62
#57Bonnie465US #64
#58Beth461US #108
#59Vickie459US #70
#60Ann444US #44
#61Victoria442US #88
#62Lynn434US #61
#63Sherry431US #55
#64Shirley412US #46
#65Sheila409US #58
#66Valerie408US #76
#67Michelle403US #79
#68Ruth391US #84
#69Gail390US #54
#70Sue389US #104
#71Kathryn387US #65
#72Joan386US #60
#73Jean382US #67
#74Betty379US #50
#75Jill375US #100
#76Amy367US #114
#77Rita358US #78
#78Anita356US #81
#79Martha355US #63
#80Tammy341US #107
#81Becky340US #127
#82Rose335US #69
#83Marilyn332US #82
#84Leslie319US #77
#85Katherine318US #72
#86Jacqueline306US #91
#87Annette305US #97
#88Marcia277US #126
#89Sally275US #115
#90Terry273US #92
#91Elaine272US #96
#92Michele272US #99
#93Stephanie272US #110
#94Virginia272US #75
#95Roberta270US #121
#96Dawn260US #93
#97Laurie260US #73
#98Angela259US #89
#99Renee257US #111
#100Carla256US #128

Boys

#1Michael5,435US #1
#2David5,259US #3
#3James5,014US #2
#4Robert4,913US #4
#5John4,659US #5
#6Mark3,858US #7
#7Richard3,307US #8
#8William3,260US #6
#9Thomas2,975US #9
#10Jeffrey2,270US #21
#11Timothy2,151US #19
#12Steven2,044US #10
#13Charles2,009US #11
#14Daniel1,883US #16
#15Ronald1,815US #17
#16Gary1,789US #13
#17Donald1,761US #15
#18Joseph1,680US #12
#19Gregory1,647US #23
#20Kenneth1,508US #14
#21Paul1,468US #18
#22Kevin1,465US #20
#23Douglas1,332US #30
#24Larry1,223US #22
#25Dennis1,070US #28
#26Terry1,048US #33
#27Stephen1,042US #24
#28Scott980US #32
#29Edward978US #25
#30Randy960US #31
#31Brian950US #26
#32Anthony895US #27
#33George849US #29
#34Bruce842US #34
#35Keith813US #36
#36Jerry774US #35
#37Jeffery720US #52
#38Roger657US #42
#39Frank640US #38
#40Dale627US #50
#41Raymond598US #39
#42Patrick586US #41
#43Christopher580US #43
#44Mike555US #53
#45Steve532US #44
#46Carl521US #49
#47Ricky519US #40
#48Lawrence502US #46
#49Rick500US #87
#50Danny475US #45
#51Jack469US #67
#52Jeff450US #96
#53Randall432US #59
#54Russell431US #54
#55Gerald424US #51
#56Eric422US #60
#57Craig420US #55
#58Alan396US #48
#59Martin391US #69
#60Andrew384US #56
#61Ralph380US #76
#62Philip374US #68
#63Wayne350US #47
#64Matthew344US #83
#65Tim342US #119
#66Peter334US #37
#67Harold333US #74
#68Rodney326US #70
#69Phillip318US #79
#70Glenn311US #62
#71Tom299US #116
#72Walter298US #58
#73Dan296US #121
#74Jim287US #106
#75Dean285US #93
#76Jay281US #88
#77Joe281US #57
#78Darrell279US #90
#79Tony267US #71
#80Dave266US #155
#81Barry261US #72
#82Greg252US #127
#83Roy250US #65
#84Micheal249US #85
#85Bill246US #123
#86Arthur242US #66
#87Frederick239US #99
#88Jon239US #110
#89Stanley231US #81
#90Don227US #117
#91Howard227US #89
#92Chris226US #120
#93Fred224US #103
#94Samuel224US #82
#95Allen218US #91
#96Curtis211US #80
#97Ronnie208US #73
#98Leonard203US #94
#99Bradley199US #107
#100Eugene196US #92

On the move since 1956

Rising

↑37Jeff#52
↑26Mike#44
↑22Julie#31
↑20Cindy#17
↑19Dan#73
↑18Valerie#66
↑17Jennifer#54
↑16Amy#76

Falling

↓26Samuel#94
↓19Leonard#98
↓19Eugene#100
↓16Marilyn#83
↓16Howard#91
↓14Judith#48
↓14Bonnie#57
↓14Kathryn#71

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1956 rankings.