Popular baby names in Ohio, 1915

The most popular baby names in Ohio in 1915 were Mary for girls (3,653 babies) and John for boys (2,449). Social Security records list 84,973 babies born in Ohio in 1915 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Ohio in 1915

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: 44 babies, 4.9× the national rate
Glenna: 36 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Dorotha: 28 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Donna: 70 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Marcella: 118 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Leota: 38 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Rosemary: 96 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Betty: 452 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Laverne: 60 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Eleanore: 59 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Denver: 23 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Rolland: 23 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Emerson: 35 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Steve: 181 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Forest: 34 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Waldo: 23 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Cletus: 21 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Evan: 20 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Dale: 135 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Don: 93 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Ohio, 1915

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1914	US rank
1	Mary	3,653	–	1
2	Helen	2,185	–	2
3	Ruth	1,646	↑1	5
4	Dorothy	1,627	↓1	3
5	Margaret	1,458	–	4
6	Mildred	998	–	6
7	Elizabeth	803	–	8
8	Virginia	772	–	12
9	Anna	750	–	7
10	Evelyn	626	↑1	10
11	Florence	609	↓1	14
12	Frances	586	–	9
13	Martha	584	↑2	25
14	Marie	578	–	11
15	Alice	538	↓2	13
16	Rose	472	↑5	16
17	Irene	468	↑2	17
18	Betty	452	↑15	53
19	Eleanor	428	↑5	28
20	Catherine	423	↓4	19
21	Lillian	423	↑9	15
22	Esther	403	–	33
23	Thelma	385	↓6	30
24	Edna	384	↓6	20
25	Lucille	380	↑1	29
26	Marjorie	374	↑5	39
27	Pauline	369	↑1	32
28	Josephine	357	↓1	22
29	Louise	353	↑7	18
30	Doris	346	↑7	34
31	Clara	338	↑8	38
32	Ann	336	↓7	43
33	Grace	336	↓13	27
34	Ethel	328	↓2	23
35	Hazel	327	↓6	26
36	Edith	312	↓2	31
37	Kathryn	311	↓14	60
38	Gladys	303	↓3	21
39	Gertrude	277	↑1	35
40	Jane	276	↑3	69
41	Jean	270	–	48
42	Julia	255	↓4	44
43	Anne	253	↑1	52
44	Katherine	236	↓2	49
45	Lois	235	↑4	47
46	Bernice	234	↑1	42
47	Wilma	229	new	80
48	Elsie	226	↓3	41
49	Agnes	224	↓3	45
50	Beatrice	218	new	37

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1914	US rank
1	John	2,449	–	1
2	Robert	2,199	–	4
3	William	1,946	–	2
4	Charles	1,391	–	7
5	James	1,313	–	3
6	George	1,126	↑1	6
7	Joseph	1,093	↓1	5
8	Paul	947	–	13
9	Frank	821	–	9
10	Edward	795	–	8
11	Harold	732	–	12
12	Richard	732	–	15
13	Donald	645	–	20
14	Walter	623	↑2	11
15	Ralph	602	↓1	21
16	Carl	569	↓1	22
17	Raymond	548	–	16
18	Harry	533	–	19
19	Albert	458	↑1	17
20	Howard	451	↑1	25
21	Thomas	451	↓2	10
22	Arthur	437	↑1	18
23	Kenneth	409	↓1	28
24	Clarence	362	–	24
25	Henry	352	–	14
26	Louis	321	–	23
27	Lawrence	290	↑2	37
28	Earl	286	↓1	33
29	Stanley	278	↑2	34
30	Fred	271	↑2	26
31	Jack	269	↓3	27
32	David	263	↑1	31
33	Francis	255	↑9	29
34	Eugene	244	↑5	41
35	Elmer	231	–	45
36	Russell	230	↓6	51
37	Joe	218	↑4	38
38	Michael	213	↓1	43
39	Herbert	211	↑4	40
40	Anthony	206	↓2	36
41	Leonard	204	↓1	44
42	Roy	201	↑3	32
43	Edwin	193	new	53
44	Frederick	190	↑6	52
45	Bernard	188	↓9	48
46	Norman	184	↑1	50
47	Andrew	183	↓13	46
48	Steve	181	–	>100
49	Alfred	179	↓3	42
50	Wilbur	179	new	92

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