Popular baby names in Ohio, 1913

The most popular baby names in Ohio in 1913 were Mary for girls (2,181 babies) and John for boys (1,424). Social Security records list 49,388 babies born in Ohio in 1913 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Ohio in 1913

Names given at least 15 times in Ohio that year and at least twice as common as in the US as a whole.

Girls

Garnet: 38 babies, 6.5× the national rate
Glenna: 24 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Bernadine: 28 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Rosemary: 49 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Donna: 33 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Arline: 23 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Leota: 24 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Laverne: 31 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Wanda: 71 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Marcella: 62 babies, 2.4× the national rate

Boys

Emerson: 21 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Dwight: 30 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Steve: 89 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Alva: 21 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Myron: 31 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Harley: 23 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Forest: 19 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Mike: 52 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Norbert: 20 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Russel: 19 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Ohio, 1913

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1912	US rank
1	Mary	2,181	–	1
2	Helen	1,384	–	2
3	Dorothy	948	↑1	3
4	Ruth	930	↓1	5
5	Margaret	876	–	4
6	Mildred	629	–	6
7	Elizabeth	521	–	8
8	Anna	473	–	7
9	Virginia	452	↑3	15
10	Florence	376	↓1	13
11	Frances	353	↑2	9
12	Marie	352	↓2	10
13	Martha	342	↑3	28
14	Evelyn	341	↓3	12
15	Alice	309	↓1	11
16	Rose	278	↑5	14
17	Catherine	276	↑1	22
18	Thelma	268	↓3	26
19	Lillian	265	–	16
20	Gladys	260	↑5	19
21	Irene	259	↓1	21
22	Edna	256	↓5	18
23	Esther	247	↑3	32
24	Hazel	244	–	27
25	Grace	236	↑5	25
26	Marjorie	234	↑7	48
27	Eleanor	222	↑1	34
28	Josephine	222	↑7	24
29	Ethel	217	↓6	20
30	Edith	216	↓3	29
31	Lucille	216	↓9	31
32	Louise	205	↓1	17
33	Kathryn	204	↑1	66
34	Gertrude	203	↓5	33
35	Pauline	198	↑2	35
36	Ann	194	–	46
37	Clara	181	↓5	36
38	Betty	177	↑4	67
39	Julia	172	↑6	42
40	Jane	169	↑7	81
41	Doris	158	↑2	44
42	Jean	157	new	60
43	Mabel	148	↓2	56
44	Bertha	146	↓5	39
45	Bernice	141	↑3	45
46	Sarah	141	new	43
47	Katherine	137	↓7	54
48	Emma	136	↓10	38
49	Agnes	135	↑1	41
50	Anne	129	↓1	57

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1912	US rank
1	John	1,424	–	1
2	Robert	1,141	–	4
3	William	1,093	–	2
4	Charles	850	–	7
5	James	734	–	3
6	Joseph	674	–	5
7	George	645	–	6
8	Paul	522	–	14
9	Edward	469	↑2	8
10	Frank	445	↓1	9
11	Harold	425	↓1	13
12	Carl	359	↑4	23
13	Richard	354	↑4	19
14	Walter	326	↓1	11
15	Raymond	323	↓1	18
16	Donald	322	↑2	25
17	Harry	305	↓5	15
18	Ralph	285	↓3	22
19	Howard	282	–	26
20	Albert	265	↑1	16
21	Thomas	245	↓1	10
22	Arthur	244	–	17
23	Kenneth	233	–	33
24	Louis	200	↑1	20
25	Henry	197	↑3	12
26	Clarence	195	↓2	21
27	Earl	189	↓1	31
28	Lawrence	168	↓1	35
29	Fred	159	–	27
30	Elmer	157	↑3	45
31	Russell	144	–	50
32	David	141	↓2	29
33	Roy	138	↑3	32
34	Michael	136	↑6	40
35	Stanley	134	↑2	41
36	Jack	130	↓1	28
37	Eugene	127	↑1	43
38	Francis	123	↑1	30
39	Andrew	122	↑5	47
40	Herbert	122	↓6	39
41	Anthony	121	↓9	38
42	Floyd	110	↑1	58
43	Bernard	109	new	52
44	Norman	109	↑5	57
45	Ernest	108	↑2	34
46	Frederick	106	↑4	49
47	Alfred	105	new	42
48	Edwin	96	↓7	55
49	Clyde	95	new	64
50	Joe	95	new	37

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