Popular baby names in Ohio, 1930

The most popular baby names in Ohio in 1930 were Mary for girls (3,585 babies) and Robert for boys (3,940). Social Security records list 103,944 babies born in Ohio in 1930 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Ohio in 1930

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

Girls

Glenna: 73 babies, 2.8× the national rate
Joanne: 366 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Patty: 89 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Donna: 658 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Joann: 241 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Annabelle: 51 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Margery: 39 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Janis: 28 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Marilyn: 905 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Molly: 32 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Steve: 111 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Dwight: 66 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Glenn: 310 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Ned: 29 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Gene: 272 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Karl: 65 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Nick: 62 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Dominic: 37 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Sanford: 27 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Ohio, 1930

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1929	US rank
1	Mary	3,585	–	1
2	Betty	2,301	–	2
3	Dorothy	1,526	–	3
4	Patricia	1,241	↑1	7
5	Helen	1,115	↓1	4
6	Ruth	1,093	–	10
7	Margaret	960	–	5
8	Barbara	946	–	6
9	Marilyn	905	↑10	22
10	Joan	903	↑1	8
11	Shirley	895	↓1	11
12	Nancy	780	↑8	24
13	Virginia	780	↓4	12
14	Norma	751	–	25
15	Dolores	738	–	13
16	Jean	737	↓3	14
17	Doris	710	↓5	9
18	Lois	669	↓1	17
19	Donna	658	↓1	37
20	Phyllis	636	↓4	28
21	Martha	541	↑1	27
22	Evelyn	529	↓1	19
23	Alice	525	↑2	20
24	Marjorie	523	–	32
25	Elizabeth	464	↑3	15
26	Anna	462	↓3	23
27	Rose	454	–	29
28	Janet	420	↑18	53
29	Joyce	409	↑4	18
30	Carol	394	↑1	54
31	Frances	394	↓2	16
32	Mildred	394	↓6	21
33	Joanne	366	↑2	81
34	Rita	365	↑2	42
35	Eleanor	344	↓5	39
36	June	318	↓4	47
37	Geraldine	314	↑4	43
38	Wanda	307	↑5	56
39	Irene	306	↓5	33
40	Jane	304	↑5	55
41	Wilma	292	↓1	68
42	Juanita	287	new	57
43	Marie	282	↓6	26
44	Gloria	279	↑4	30
45	Florence	278	↓6	38
46	Ann	273	↓4	41
47	Pauline	270	–	52
48	Rosemary	266	↓10	82
49	Catherine	265	↓5	35
50	Louise	263	↓1	31

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1929	US rank
1	Robert	3,940	–	1
2	James	2,848	↑1	2
3	Richard	2,691	↑2	5
4	William	2,682	↓2	4
5	John	2,674	↓1	3
6	Donald	2,252	–	7
7	Charles	1,823	–	6
8	George	1,114	–	8
9	Paul	1,108	–	12
10	Thomas	1,002	–	11
11	Jack	954	↑1	14
12	Joseph	927	↑1	9
13	Edward	866	↓2	10
14	David	813	–	15
15	Harold	730	–	18
16	Raymond	676	–	16
17	Kenneth	670	–	17
18	Frank	623	–	13
19	Ralph	570	↑1	25
20	Carl	544	↓1	26
21	Eugene	536	–	21
22	Walter	496	–	19
23	Harry	429	–	28
24	Howard	379	↑1	31
25	Ronald	379	↑3	37
26	Albert	371	–	24
27	Arthur	362	↓3	23
28	Gerald	331	↑1	30
29	Fred	330	↑5	32
30	Glenn	310	new	71
31	Lawrence	294	↑1	36
32	Earl	290	↓5	38
33	Norman	287	↑3	40
34	Clarence	284	↓1	39
35	Gene	272	↑6	70
36	Dale	269	↑2	64
37	Louis	262	↓6	34
38	Don	253	↑7	68
39	Herbert	244	↓9	35
40	Russell	231	↓5	60
41	Joe	230	↑6	27
42	Daniel	222	–	47
43	Jerry	221	new	51
44	Stanley	220	new	49
45	Roy	215	↓8	33
46	Henry	208	↓6	22
47	Roger	201	↑3	58
48	Melvin	199	↓5	50
49	Leonard	198	↓10	45
50	Ernest	196	↓1	43

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