Popular baby names in Ohio, 1920

The most popular baby names in Ohio in 1920 were Mary for girls (4,232 babies) and Robert for boys (3,860). Robert ranked #3 nationally for boys. Social Security records list 104,574 babies born in Ohio in 1920 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Ohio in 1920

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: 55 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Glenna: 44 babies, 3.6× the national rate
Betty: 1,947 babies, 3× the national rate
Bette: 125 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Annabelle: 71 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Wilda: 42 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Donna: 115 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Rosemary: 194 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Bettie: 82 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Suzanne: 30 babies, 2.3× the national rate

Boys

Steve: 203 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Denver: 29 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Gale: 27 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Mike: 137 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Forest: 36 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Sanford: 25 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Emerson: 29 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Nick: 74 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Karl: 53 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Lowell: 67 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Ohio, 1920

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1919	US rank
1	Mary	4,232	–	1
2	Helen	2,345	–	3
3	Dorothy	2,321	–	2
4	Betty	1,947	↑2	11
5	Ruth	1,942	↓1	5
6	Margaret	1,649	↓1	4
7	Virginia	1,136	–	7
8	Mildred	956	–	6
9	Elizabeth	857	–	8
10	Evelyn	794	–	12
11	Anna	775	–	10
12	Martha	670	–	23
13	Frances	662	–	9
14	Marjorie	649	↑6	24
15	Alice	633	–	15
16	Jean	594	–	33
17	Doris	592	↑4	14
18	Florence	591	↓4	16
19	Marie	526	–	13
20	Eleanor	520	↑2	25
21	Irene	505	↓4	17
22	Rose	462	↓4	20
23	Catherine	442	↑5	21
24	Edna	429	↑6	27
25	Pauline	408	↑7	36
26	Jane	405	↓1	48
27	Thelma	380	–	31
28	Josephine	373	↑1	28
29	Lois	371	↑6	38
30	Lillian	370	↓4	18
31	Lucille	368	↓8	29
32	Esther	367	↓8	39
33	Ann	358	–	49
34	Kathryn	356	↑3	67
35	Louise	355	↑4	19
36	June	349	↑7	53
37	Edith	344	↓3	32
38	Hazel	336	↑3	34
39	Ethel	329	↑1	30
40	Gladys	328	↓9	22
41	Rita	324	↓3	52
42	Grace	323	↓6	37
43	Clara	276	↓1	44
44	Eileen	274	–	100
45	Marian	273	new	73
46	Bernice	269	↑1	40
47	Gertrude	269	↓2	42
48	Katherine	266	–	45
49	Norma	258	new	69
50	Wilma	256	new	78

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1919	US rank
1	Robert	3,860	–	3
2	John	2,862	–	1
3	William	2,777	–	2
4	James	1,957	↑1	4
5	Charles	1,764	↓1	5
6	George	1,316	–	6
7	Richard	1,299	–	10
8	Joseph	1,134	–	7
9	Paul	1,132	–	14
10	Edward	1,051	–	8
11	Donald	963	–	16
12	Harold	901	↑1	12
13	Frank	830	↓1	9
14	Raymond	676	↑1	15
15	Walter	655	↑1	13
16	Thomas	631	↑3	11
17	Ralph	622	–	22
18	Jack	610	↑2	20
19	Harry	574	↓5	21
20	Carl	540	↓2	27
21	Albert	527	–	19
22	Kenneth	511	↑1	23
23	Howard	495	↓1	24
24	Arthur	463	–	18
25	Eugene	405	↑2	30
26	Clarence	399	–	26
27	Earl	389	↓2	31
28	Henry	362	↑2	17
29	David	341	↑6	25
30	Louis	333	↓2	28
31	Warren	332	new	39
32	Lawrence	302	↓1	36
33	Stanley	285	–	40
34	Russell	283	↓5	51
35	Joe	273	↓1	35
36	Fred	263	↓4	33
37	Roy	260	↑1	32
38	Leonard	258	↑8	38
39	Bernard	257	↑1	46
40	Elmer	256	↓4	45
41	Francis	245	↓2	34
42	Herbert	243	↓5	41
43	Ernest	240	↑5	37
44	Chester	224	↓1	55
45	Anthony	206	↓4	43
46	Norman	203	↓4	47
47	Steve	203	new	>100
48	Edwin	201	new	53
49	Michael	200	↓4	50
50	Frederick	193	new	60

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