Baby names in Ohio in the 1930s

In Ohio in the 1930s the most given names were Robert (34,943 boys) and Mary (29,554 girls), of 958,770 births recorded.

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Babies SSA recorded in Ohio each year, the 1930s shaded

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

Ohio, 1930-1939: SSA state baby-name file, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s state data.

The top names in Ohio, 1930s

Girls, 1930-1939
#	Name	Births
1	Mary	29,554
2	Barbara	16,475
3	Patricia	14,941
4	Betty	14,209
5	Shirley	13,740
6	Nancy	11,438
7	Carol	10,139
8	Dorothy	8,877
9	Marilyn	8,519
10	Joan	8,259
11	Ruth	7,760
12	Janet	7,372
13	Margaret	7,228
14	Donna	7,195
15	Helen	6,735
16	Joyce	5,814
17	Phyllis	5,741
18	Virginia	5,276
19	Norma	5,239
20	Jean	5,199

Boys, 1930-1939
#	Name	Births
1	Robert	34,943
2	James	28,479
3	John	24,673
4	Richard	23,989
5	William	22,658
6	Donald	19,120
7	Charles	16,232
8	Thomas	11,542
9	David	11,400
10	Ronald	10,990
11	Paul	9,270
12	George	8,752
13	Joseph	7,450
14	Edward	7,055
15	Kenneth	7,019
16	Jack	6,877
17	Raymond	5,306
18	Harold	5,274
19	Frank	4,960
20	Carl	4,908

Births summed over 1930-1939, per sex.

The names most over-represented in Ohio in the 1930s

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

Garnet · 3.8×Saundra · 3.2×Georgene · 2.8×Ladonna · 2.6×Patty · 2.5×Patti · 2.5×

Boys

Donn · 2.4×Rollin · 2.2×Ned · 2.1×Emerson · 2.1×Rolland · 2.0×Forest · 2.0×

Ratios: observed over predicted births, 1930-1939.

More about names in Ohio

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