State roster

Top names in Ohio

The names most likely to appear on 1961 Ohio birth certificates, ranked by SSA state records. The SSA recorded 215,779 Ohio births in 1961 across 1,734 distinct names.

Distinctively Ohio

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

#76Tamara#125 nationally
#81Dave#130 nationally
#99Bob#141 nationally
#68Rick#108 nationally
#93Christina#132 nationally
#95Sue#130 nationally
#98Duane#132 nationally
#39Amy#69 nationally
#93Don#121 nationally
#61Tom#88 nationally
#87Victoria#114 nationally
#88Becky#115 nationally

Girls

#1Mary2,568US #1
#2Lisa2,405US #2
#3Karen2,119US #5
#4Susan2,006US #3
#5Linda1,842US #4
#6Kimberly1,721US #22
#7Patricia1,480US #6
#8Deborah1,457US #10
#9Pamela1,453US #15
#10Brenda1,403US #11
#11Lori1,368US #14
#12Barbara1,347US #12
#13Cynthia1,266US #8
#14Sandra1,199US #9
#15Donna1,186US #7
#16Teresa1,179US #18
#17Cheryl1,160US #20
#18Laura1,132US #21
#19Nancy1,121US #16
#20Sharon1,069US #17
#21Debra1,050US #13
#22Diane1,010US #26
#23Kathy1,004US #25
#24Julie996US #23
#25Robin982US #27
#26Tammy978US #28
#27Denise960US #30
#28Tina891US #41
#29Carol882US #24
#30Kathleen877US #29
#31Elizabeth859US #19
#32Michelle847US #34
#33Debbie774US #31
#34Christine771US #39
#35Rebecca738US #44
#36Theresa699US #35
#37Jennifer692US #47
#38Kim684US #36
#39Amy678US #69
#40Janet675US #32
#41Cindy669US #33
#42Beth642US #65
#43Connie632US #50
#44Terri601US #51
#45Rhonda599US #46
#46Diana594US #56
#47Jacqueline591US #37
#48Kelly581US #45
#49Cathy552US #55
#50Margaret545US #40
#51Carolyn506US #42
#52Angela493US #38
#53Jill487US #74
#54Paula481US #60
#55Sherry478US #53
#56Dawn472US #49
#57Vicki460US #76
#58Joyce459US #62
#59Tracy455US #64
#60Catherine442US #48
#61Jane438US #72
#62Laurie435US #43
#63Ann418US #54
#64Peggy407US #88
#65Judy399US #58
#66Beverly394US #66
#67Sheila391US #59
#68Renee385US #79
#69Darlene376US #80
#70Valerie376US #67
#71Michele375US #63
#72Janice367US #52
#73Carla366US #77
#74Bonnie360US #75
#75Judith360US #83
#76Tamara354US #125
#77Annette341US #73
#78Suzanne336US #68
#79Lynn333US #71
#80Wendy328US #61
#81Stephanie309US #78
#82Anita308US #91
#83Ruth307US #96
#84Leslie306US #84
#85Martha305US #81
#86Kathryn303US #93
#87Victoria303US #114
#88Becky302US #115
#89Penny298US #101
#90Vickie289US #107
#91Melissa283US #95
#92Jackie280US #112
#93Christina275US #132
#94Joan271US #89
#95Sue268US #130
#96Regina267US #98
#97Betty264US #87
#98Jean260US #92
#99Julia259US #116
#100Elaine256US #118

Boys

#1David5,182US #2
#2Michael4,793US #1
#3John4,500US #3
#4James4,461US #4
#5Robert4,136US #5
#6Mark3,789US #6
#7William2,645US #7
#8Jeffrey2,559US #11
#9Richard2,432US #8
#10Thomas2,404US #9
#11Timothy2,211US #15
#12Steven1,709US #10
#13Charles1,667US #13
#14Kevin1,590US #14
#15Daniel1,576US #17
#16Scott1,543US #19
#17Joseph1,516US #12
#18Gregory1,493US #23
#19Donald1,395US #22
#20Douglas1,382US #28
#21Ronald1,361US #24
#22Brian1,349US #20
#23Kenneth1,329US #16
#24Gary1,283US #21
#25Paul1,283US #18
#26Anthony1,053US #25
#27Christopher1,049US #26
#28Stephen830US #27
#29Edward819US #29
#30Terry789US #32
#31Jeff736US #49
#32Keith735US #35
#33Larry722US #30
#34Eric714US #38
#35Todd713US #46
#36Dennis708US #34
#37Randy706US #33
#38Mike695US #36
#39Jeffery671US #50
#40George656US #31
#41Jerry636US #37
#42Craig615US #43
#43Bruce612US #40
#44Patrick586US #39
#45Steve584US #45
#46Roger583US #47
#47Dale523US #58
#48Raymond501US #48
#49Tim480US #65
#50Frank465US #41
#51Matthew464US #59
#52Chris459US #57
#53Carl452US #56
#54Randall448US #63
#55Ricky446US #44
#56Andrew438US #52
#57Russell404US #55
#58Alan399US #51
#59Gerald378US #62
#60Jim362US #78
#61Tom359US #88
#62Danny354US #54
#63Peter350US #42
#64Jack348US #90
#65Greg346US #77
#66Tony346US #53
#67Bradley333US #87
#68Rick327US #108
#69Phillip326US #69
#70Lawrence324US #67
#71Philip317US #79
#72Rodney312US #72
#73Martin311US #73
#74Ralph301US #95
#75Bryan291US #82
#76Jay282US #81
#77Barry273US #66
#78Joe268US #60
#79Bill264US #104
#80Dean264US #84
#81Dave262US #130
#82Harold260US #94
#83Glenn254US #64
#84Darryl253US #80
#85Jon249US #93
#86Wayne246US #61
#87Walter239US #74
#88Dan232US #115
#89Roy222US #83
#90Darrell220US #101
#91Samuel220US #89
#92Allen212US #96
#93Don212US #121
#94Dwayne211US #111
#95Troy201US #100
#96Curtis200US #75
#97Jonathan199US #112
#98Duane194US #132
#99Bob192US #141
#100Micheal188US #103

On the move since 1960

Rising

↑37Jacqueline#47
↑22Suzanne#78
↑17Todd#35
↑16Angela#52
↑15Tracy#59
↑15Carla#73
↑14Dawn#56
↑14Bradley#67

Falling

↓18Sue#95
↓16Becky#88
↓15Janice#72
↓15Rick#68
↓13Darlene#69
↓13Annette#77
↓13Kathryn#86
↓12Ann#63

Every state

State-level SSA records cover 1910–2024 — a shorter window than the national archive, which runs back to 1880. See 1960 rankings.