Popular baby names in Ohio, 1929

The most popular baby names in Ohio in 1929 were Mary for girls (3,554 babies) and Robert for boys (3,912). Social Security records list 102,140 babies born in Ohio in 1929 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Ohio in 1929

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

Girls

Ladonna: 26 babies, 4.8× the national rate
Garnet: 27 babies, 4.2× the national rate
Joann: 230 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Joanne: 319 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Glenna: 61 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Patty: 78 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Donna: 625 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Suzanne: 70 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Wilda: 40 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Annabelle: 48 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Steve: 108 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Nick: 64 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Ned: 30 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Lowell: 73 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Andy: 26 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Danny: 31 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Ohio, 1929

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1928	US rank
1	Mary	3,554	–	1
2	Betty	2,449	–	2
3	Dorothy	1,542	–	3
4	Helen	1,230	↑1	4
5	Patricia	1,150	↑2	10
6	Ruth	1,117	↓2	8
7	Margaret	1,014	↓1	5
8	Barbara	875	↑5	7
9	Virginia	813	↓1	11
10	Shirley	782	↑2	9
11	Joan	775	↑5	13
12	Doris	771	↓2	6
13	Jean	758	↓4	12
14	Norma	703	–	25
15	Dolores	693	↑3	14
16	Phyllis	659	↓1	24
17	Lois	656	↓6	17
18	Donna	625	↑2	47
19	Marilyn	593	↑2	33
20	Nancy	511	↑12	32
21	Evelyn	505	↓4	19
22	Martha	501	↓3	27
23	Anna	500	–	20
24	Marjorie	472	↓2	30
25	Alice	470	–	21
26	Mildred	459	–	18
27	Rose	453	↑1	26
28	Elizabeth	449	↓4	15
29	Frances	413	↓2	16
30	Eleanor	369	↑1	38
31	Carol	364	new	63
32	June	350	↓3	48
33	Joyce	339	↑3	23
34	Irene	321	↓4	29
35	Joanne	319	↑11	>100
36	Rita	311	↓3	52
37	Marie	301	↑11	22
38	Rosemary	298	↑5	80
39	Florence	294	↓4	35
40	Wilma	290	↓2	66
41	Geraldine	288	↑3	43
42	Ann	279	new	46
43	Wanda	274	↓9	61
44	Catherine	272	↓5	34
45	Jane	267	↓3	62
46	Janet	265	↓1	82
47	Pauline	262	↑2	50
48	Gloria	258	↓7	28
49	Louise	250	new	31
50	Thelma	249	↓13	41

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1928	US rank
1	Robert	3,912	–	1
2	William	2,763	–	4
3	James	2,744	↑1	2
4	John	2,743	↓1	3
5	Richard	2,523	–	6
6	Donald	2,168	–	7
7	Charles	1,749	–	5
8	George	1,133	↑1	8
9	Paul	1,048	↓1	13
10	Thomas	955	↑2	11
11	Edward	917	–	10
12	Jack	888	↑1	14
13	Joseph	868	↓3	9
14	David	724	↑7	17
15	Harold	720	↓1	16
16	Raymond	688	↑1	15
17	Kenneth	619	↓1	18
18	Frank	610	↓3	12
19	Carl	600	↓1	28
20	Ralph	567	↓1	26
21	Eugene	535	↓1	20
22	Walter	475	↑1	19
23	Harry	433	↓1	27
24	Arthur	382	↑2	22
25	Howard	365	–	31
26	Albert	353	↓2	24
27	Earl	350	↑2	36
28	Ronald	321	↑5	45
29	Gerald	317	↑10	33
30	Herbert	317	↓3	25
31	Louis	293	↑1	32
32	Lawrence	286	↓2	38
33	Clarence	284	↓5	37
34	Fred	279	–	34
35	Russell	261	↑3	56
36	Norman	259	↓5	40
37	Roy	252	↓2	35
38	Dale	248	↑2	73
39	Leonard	243	↑2	42
40	Henry	229	↓3	21
41	Gene	228	↑7	68
42	Daniel	227	↓6	47
43	Melvin	210	new	49
44	Anthony	206	↑1	44
45	Don	206	↑2	78
46	Francis	202	new	39
47	Joe	202	↓1	30
48	Bernard	200	↓6	52
49	Ernest	200	↑1	43
50	Roger	183	new	64

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