Popular baby names in Ohio, 1918

The most popular baby names in Ohio in 1918 were Mary for girls (4,202 babies) and Robert for boys (3,361). Robert ranked #4 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 102,504 babies born in Ohio in 1918 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Ohio in 1918

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: 50 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Glenna: 43 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Annabelle: 72 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Betty: 1,290 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Bette: 79 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Donna: 98 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Rosemary: 148 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Eileen: 254 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Wilda: 36 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Angela: 72 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Cletus: 35 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Andy: 62 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Sanford: 36 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Dwight: 64 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Steve: 227 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Rolland: 27 babies, 3× the national rate
Mike: 174 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Forest: 40 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Ned: 39 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Dale: 185 babies, 2.6× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Ohio, 1918

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1917	US rank
1	Mary	4,202	–	1
2	Helen	2,592	–	2
3	Ruth	1,947	↑1	5
4	Dorothy	1,932	↓1	3
5	Margaret	1,662	–	4
6	Virginia	1,297	–	7
7	Betty	1,290	↑1	21
8	Mildred	977	↓1	6
9	Elizabeth	860	–	9
10	Anna	851	–	10
11	Evelyn	767	–	11
12	Frances	734	–	8
13	Martha	664	–	25
14	Florence	635	–	14
15	Alice	619	–	13
16	Irene	549	↑2	16
17	Rose	529	↓1	17
18	Marjorie	511	↑3	34
19	Marie	504	–	12
20	Jean	491	↑8	37
21	Eleanor	483	↓1	26
22	Doris	471	↑9	19
23	Ann	458	–	44
24	Thelma	448	↓2	32
25	Catherine	437	↓8	20
26	Edna	431	↓1	23
27	Esther	423	↑3	38
28	Pauline	420	↓4	35
29	Lillian	419	↓2	15
30	Grace	418	↑6	31
31	Lucille	402	↓2	29
32	Edith	392	↑3	30
33	Josephine	384	↓7	24
34	Gladys	373	↑5	22
35	Jane	371	↓2	53
36	Ethel	356	↓4	28
37	Kathryn	353	–	63
38	Hazel	344	↓4	33
39	Louise	344	↑1	18
40	Clara	304	↓2	43
41	Julia	298	–	48
42	Lois	298	↑3	42
43	Rita	289	↑7	58
44	Katherine	288	↑3	50
45	Anne	278	↓2	54
46	Elsie	269	new	49
47	June	269	↓3	66
48	Emma	265	new	46
49	Marian	258	new	76
50	Eileen	254	new	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1917	US rank
1	Robert	3,361	–	4
2	John	2,966	–	1
3	William	2,336	–	2
4	Charles	1,804	–	5
5	James	1,702	–	3
6	George	1,318	–	6
7	Joseph	1,265	–	7
8	Richard	1,096	↑2	12
9	Edward	1,005	–	8
10	Paul	998	↓2	14
11	Frank	916	–	9
12	Donald	899	↑1	18
13	Harold	772	↓1	13
14	Walter	701	–	11
15	Raymond	677	↑3	15
16	Ralph	656	↓1	22
17	Thomas	650	↑2	10
18	Harry	608	↓1	20
19	Carl	599	↓3	25
20	Jack	577	↑3	21
21	Howard	479	↑1	26
22	Albert	473	↓2	19
23	Arthur	472	↓2	17
24	Kenneth	429	↑1	27
25	Earl	414	↑2	31
26	Clarence	386	–	23
27	Louis	368	↓3	24
28	Henry	367	–	16
29	David	346	–	28
30	Stanley	340	↑2	36
31	Eugene	327	–	35
32	Elmer	309	↑4	44
33	Lawrence	290	↓3	38
34	Russell	272	–	50
35	Roy	256	↑3	32
36	Fred	252	↓3	33
37	Leonard	248	↑8	41
38	Herbert	246	↓1	40
39	Joe	237	↓4	34
40	Chester	232	↑9	54
41	Francis	229	↓2	30
42	Andrew	227	↓1	46
43	Anthony	227	–	39
44	Steve	227	–	>100
45	Norman	213	↑1	49
46	Lloyd	211	new	51
47	Michael	206	↓7	45
48	Wilbur	204	new	97
49	Bernard	201	↓7	47
50	Glenn	198	new	84

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