Popular baby names in Ohio, 1917

The most popular baby names in Ohio in 1917 were Mary for girls (3,947 babies) and Robert for boys (2,807). Robert ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 94,308 babies born in Ohio in 1917 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Ohio in 1917

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

Girls

Treva: 32 babies, 5× the national rate
Garnet: 43 babies, 4× the national rate
Glenna: 40 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Dorotha: 28 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Donna: 97 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Betty: 856 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Wilda: 39 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Rosemary: 139 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Rosella: 48 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Louella: 27 babies, 2.5× the national rate

Boys

Pearl: 22 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Dwight: 59 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Mike: 182 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Emerson: 36 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Steve: 209 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Myron: 68 babies, 3× the national rate
Andy: 40 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Rolland: 24 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Sanford: 24 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Cletus: 24 babies, 2.7× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Ohio, 1917

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1916	US rank
1	Mary	3,947	–	1
2	Helen	2,447	–	2
3	Dorothy	1,834	–	3
4	Ruth	1,732	–	5
5	Margaret	1,565	–	4
6	Virginia	1,092	–	10
7	Mildred	968	–	6
8	Betty	856	↑3	34
9	Elizabeth	838	↓1	8
10	Anna	819	↓1	7
11	Evelyn	766	↓1	11
12	Frances	661	–	9
13	Martha	635	↑1	22
14	Florence	614	↓1	14
15	Alice	549	–	13
16	Rose	494	↑1	16
17	Catherine	484	↑2	18
18	Irene	478	–	17
19	Marie	478	↓3	12
20	Eleanor	475	–	26
21	Marjorie	443	↑1	36
22	Thelma	427	↓1	32
23	Ann	413	↑3	44
24	Pauline	412	↑7	33
25	Edna	402	↓2	20
26	Josephine	398	↑3	21
27	Lillian	396	–	15
28	Jean	392	↑5	40
29	Lucille	390	↓4	29
30	Esther	386	↓6	38
31	Doris	384	↓3	25
32	Ethel	372	↑4	24
33	Jane	370	↑5	55
34	Hazel	339	↑3	31
35	Edith	338	–	28
36	Grace	334	↓2	30
37	Kathryn	333	↓7	60
38	Clara	322	↑1	41
39	Gladys	319	↑1	23
40	Louise	315	↓8	19
41	Julia	281	↑2	47
42	Gertrude	278	↓1	37
43	Anne	266	↑1	53
44	June	259	new	73
45	Lois	256	–	43
46	Bernice	255	new	42
47	Katherine	252	↓5	49
48	Agnes	245	↑1	48
49	Wilma	240	↓3	82
50	Rita	239	new	63

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1916	US rank
1	Robert	2,807	↑1	4
2	John	2,700	↓1	1
3	William	2,300	–	2
4	Charles	1,624	–	7
5	James	1,463	–	3
6	George	1,219	↑1	6
7	Joseph	1,202	↓1	5
8	Paul	1,017	–	13
9	Edward	964	–	8
10	Richard	915	–	14
11	Frank	901	–	9
12	Harold	759	–	12
13	Donald	727	–	20
14	Walter	661	↑1	11
15	Ralph	618	↑1	21
16	Carl	594	↓2	24
17	Harry	590	↑2	19
18	Raymond	570	↓1	16
19	Thomas	513	↑1	10
20	Albert	484	↓2	18
21	Arthur	481	↑2	17
22	Howard	435	↓1	26
23	Jack	416	↑1	22
24	Louis	377	↑2	23
25	Kenneth	376	↓3	27
26	Clarence	355	↓1	25
27	Earl	349	–	32
28	Henry	340	↑1	15
29	David	302	↑1	28
30	Lawrence	292	↑1	36
31	Eugene	289	↑1	39
32	Stanley	262	↓4	34
33	Fred	260	–	29
34	Russell	254	↑4	52
35	Joe	252	–	35
36	Elmer	249	↓2	45
37	Herbert	248	↑2	40
38	Roy	247	↓1	33
39	Francis	235	↑1	30
40	Michael	219	↑10	44
41	Andrew	214	↑3	48
42	Bernard	214	↑4	49
43	Anthony	213	↓7	38
44	Steve	209	↓2	>100
45	Leonard	206	↓4	41
46	Norman	206	↓3	46
47	Ernest	202	↓2	37
48	Frederick	198	↓1	51
49	Chester	185	–	56
50	Mike	182	new	>100

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