Ohio · 1937

Top 100 names in Ohio, 1937, by official Social Security birth counts.

Rank	Name	Births
#1	Mary	2,759
#2	Barbara	1,980
#3	Patricia	1,840
#4	Carol	1,521
#5	Shirley	1,505
#6	Nancy	1,323
#7	Betty	1,057
#8	Janet	938
#9	Marilyn	810
#10	Ruth	782
#11	Donna	763
#12	Joyce	716
#13	Joan	690
#14	Beverly	659
#15	Dorothy	653
#16	Margaret	643
#17	Phyllis	560
#18	Carolyn	539
#19	Helen	534
#20	Sandra	488
#21	Janice	481
#22	Lois	448
#23	Marlene	445
#24	Judith	441
#25	Virginia	435
#26	Jean	418
#27	Norma	408
#28	Martha	404
#29	Linda	348
#30	Doris	341
#31	Elizabeth	335
#32	Joanne	330
#33	Carole	323
#34	Frances	315
#35	Dolores	311
#36	Rose	307
#37	Alice	307
#38	Sally	297
#39	Ann	289
#40	Joann	289
#41	Evelyn	276
#42	Marjorie	266
#43	Peggy	265
#44	Jane	254
#45	Sharon	249
#46	Anna	244
#47	Delores	237
#48	Sue	233
#49	Elaine	232
#50	Rita	230
#51	Judy	229
#52	Roberta	225
#53	Gloria	224
#54	Bonnie	223
#55	Charlotte	223
#56	Geraldine	220
#57	Wanda	210
#58	Sylvia	194
#59	Kay	192
#60	Loretta	191
#61	Susan	189
#62	Rosemary	188
#63	Jacqueline	187
#64	Mildred	185
#65	Kathleen	182
#66	Juanita	173
#67	Marie	173
#68	Eleanor	171
#69	June	169
#70	Catherine	168
#71	Marcia	165
#72	Diane	162
#73	Wilma	159
#74	Arlene	157
#75	Kathryn	155
#76	Darlene	151
#77	Eileen	148
#78	Louise	147
#79	Gail	132
#80	Patty	132
#81	Irene	125
#82	Marian	125
#83	Jo	124
#84	Grace	123
#85	Clara	121
#86	Edna	121
#87	Anita	119
#88	Suzanne	118
#89	Connie	118
#90	Charlene	114
#91	Sarah	113
#92	Florence	110
#93	Edith	109
#94	Pauline	109
#95	Thelma	107
#96	Ruby	107
#97	Jeanette	106
#98	Patsy	105
#99	Deanna	104
#100	Lillian	104

Uniquely popular in Ohio

Names whose share of births in this state is far above the national share (per 10,000 births).

Name	Births	Per 10k in state	Per 10k nationwide
Patti	37	8	2
Saundra	38	8	2
Ruthann	23	5	1
Ladonna	27	6	2
Patty	132	27	10
Sondra	57	12	5
Janet	938	193	88
Sue	233	48	24
Leah	37	8	4
Marcella	60	12	6
Marlene	445	92	47
Noreen	25	5	3

Figures are from the U.S. Social Security Administration Popular Baby Names dataset (public domain). Names with fewer than 5 recorded births in a year or state are suppressed by the source.