Popular baby names in Ohio, 1928

The most popular baby names in Ohio in 1928 were Mary for girls (4,004 babies) and Robert for boys (4,220). Social Security records list 105,458 babies born in Ohio in 1928 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Ohio in 1928

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

Girls

Joanne: 277 babies, 3.7× the national rate
Joann: 158 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Donna: 551 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Margery: 46 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Patty: 57 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Suzanne: 61 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Janet: 283 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Eileen: 265 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Annabelle: 58 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Rosemary: 286 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Steve: 110 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Karl: 64 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Dwight: 50 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Norbert: 62 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Ned: 30 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Myron: 64 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Ohio, 1928

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1927	US rank
1	Mary	4,004	–	1
2	Betty	2,555	–	2
3	Dorothy	1,729	–	3
4	Ruth	1,406	↑1	6
5	Helen	1,315	↓1	4
6	Margaret	1,112	–	5
7	Patricia	997	↑2	11
8	Virginia	864	↓1	9
9	Jean	810	↓1	12
10	Doris	807	–	7
11	Lois	744	↑1	18
12	Shirley	737	↓1	10
13	Barbara	674	↑1	8
14	Norma	662	↓1	23
15	Phyllis	662	↑2	26
16	Joan	609	↑11	27
17	Evelyn	578	↓2	17
18	Dolores	562	↑10	20
19	Martha	560	↓3	22
20	Donna	551	↑1	61
21	Marilyn	548	↑3	38
22	Marjorie	541	↓2	29
23	Anna	531	–	16
24	Elizabeth	526	↓5	14
25	Alice	501	↓3	19
26	Mildred	498	↓8	15
27	Frances	464	↓1	13
28	Rose	453	↓3	24
29	June	398	↑2	44
30	Irene	381	↓1	28
31	Eleanor	359	↓1	36
32	Nancy	322	↑5	43
33	Rita	321	↑2	57
34	Wanda	311	↑7	63
35	Florence	310	↓2	32
36	Joyce	310	new	30
37	Thelma	303	↓1	40
38	Wilma	298	↑4	69
39	Catherine	294	↑4	33
40	Lillian	291	↑6	35
41	Gloria	286	↓7	25
42	Jane	286	↑3	62
43	Rosemary	286	↓5	88
44	Geraldine	284	↑4	50
45	Janet	283	new	95
46	Joanne	277	new	>100
47	Juanita	268	↓7	58
48	Marie	268	↑1	21
49	Pauline	266	↓17	48
50	Eileen	265	↓11	>100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1927	US rank
1	Robert	4,220	–	1
2	William	2,834	–	4
3	John	2,752	–	2
4	James	2,645	–	3
5	Richard	2,519	–	6
6	Donald	2,066	–	7
7	Charles	1,900	–	5
8	Paul	1,148	↑1	13
9	George	1,129	↓1	8
10	Joseph	962	–	9
11	Edward	948	–	10
12	Thomas	929	↑1	11
13	Jack	928	↓1	15
14	Harold	815	–	14
15	Frank	684	↑1	12
16	Kenneth	662	↑1	17
17	Raymond	641	↓2	16
18	Carl	609	↑1	28
19	Ralph	595	↓1	24
20	Eugene	572	–	20
21	David	555	↑1	19
22	Harry	542	↑1	26
23	Walter	514	↓2	18
24	Albert	403	↑2	23
25	Howard	366	↓1	31
26	Arthur	362	↓1	22
27	Herbert	361	↑9	25
28	Clarence	350	↓1	35
29	Earl	323	↓1	37
30	Lawrence	315	↑3	38
31	Norman	285	↑1	39
32	Louis	284	↓2	32
33	Ronald	281	↑17	50
34	Fred	280	↓3	36
35	Roy	275	↑3	34
36	Daniel	269	↑3	47
37	Henry	269	↓3	21
38	Russell	267	↓1	55
39	Gerald	259	↓10	41
40	Dale	244	↓5	75
41	Leonard	239	↓1	42
42	Bernard	224	↑2	49
43	Stanley	224	↓2	45
44	Alfred	222	new	33
45	Anthony	216	new	44
46	Joe	208	new	30
47	Don	206	↓1	84
48	Gene	196	↑1	62
49	Elmer	190	new	63
50	Ernest	188	↓7	43

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