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Baby names in Ohio in the 1910s

In Ohio in the 1910s the most given names were John (18,570 boys) and Mary (28,506 girls), of 661,279 births recorded.

Babies SSA recorded in Ohio each year, the 1910s shaded
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Ohio births by year and sex25k50k75k100k125k19101930195019701990201020251910-1919BoysGirls
Ohio births by year and sex25k50k75k100k125k19101930195019701990201020251910-1919BoysGirls
Ohio births by year and sex25k50k75k100k125k19101950199020251910-1919BoysGirls

Births under names given to 5 or more babies of one sex in the state that year.

Ohio, 1910-1919: SSA state baby-name file, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s state data.

The top names in Ohio, 1910s

Girls, 1910-1919
#NameBirths
1Mary28,506
2Helen17,378
3Dorothy13,087
4Ruth12,769
5Margaret11,386
6Mildred7,421
7Virginia6,879
8Elizabeth6,207
9Anna5,869
10Betty5,322
11Evelyn5,068
12Frances4,780
13Florence4,736
14Martha4,441
15Alice4,254
16Marie4,176
17Rose3,664
18Irene3,583
19Catherine3,419
20Thelma3,351
Boys, 1910-1919
#NameBirths
1John18,570
2Robert18,263
3William14,829
4Charles11,042
5James10,209
6George8,570
7Joseph8,299
8Paul6,826
9Edward6,357
10Frank6,031
11Richard5,997
12Harold5,310
13Donald4,956
14Walter4,402
15Ralph4,184
16Raymond4,169
17Carl4,127
18Harry4,084
19Thomas3,596
20Albert3,353

Births summed over 1910-1919, per sex.

The names most over-represented in Ohio in the 1910s

Each figure is the name’s births in the state in the decade against the births its national share, year by year, would predict (names with at least 100 births in the state).

Girls

Boys

Ratios: observed over predicted births, 1910-1919.

More about names in Ohio

  1. The 1910s across the U.S.The most given names of the decade nationally.
  2. Ohio: 2025 and every year since 1910The state’s top names now and its number ones by year.
  3. Ohio in the 1920sThe next decade in the state.
  4. The top names of 1910The first year of the decade, nationally.
  5. Every state’s most given namesEach state since 1910.
  6. Look up any nameIts rank, births since 1880 and the people alive with it.

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