Popular baby names in Ohio, 1931

The most popular baby names in Ohio in 1931 were Mary for girls (3,267 babies) and Robert for boys (3,740). Social Security records list 95,161 babies born in Ohio in 1931 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Ohio in 1931

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: 27 babies, 5.6× the national rate
Patty: 112 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Glenna: 75 babies, 3× the national rate
Joretta: 25 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Joann: 284 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Eleanore: 35 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Donna: 661 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Joanne: 390 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Rosella: 32 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Janet: 492 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Rolland: 28 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Steve: 90 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Dominic: 43 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Dwight: 60 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Nick: 54 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Glenn: 250 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Lowell: 102 babies, 2× the national rate
Harley: 41 babies, 2× the national rate
Danny: 36 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Ohio, 1931

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1930	US rank
1	Mary	3,267	–	1
2	Betty	1,861	–	2
3	Patricia	1,250	↑1	8
4	Barbara	1,221	↑4	4
5	Dorothy	1,184	↓2	3
6	Joan	965	↑4	5
7	Helen	924	↓2	6
8	Ruth	917	↓2	11
9	Nancy	874	↑3	17
10	Shirley	847	↑1	9
11	Marilyn	828	↓2	19
12	Margaret	780	↓5	7
13	Norma	718	↑1	22
14	Jean	683	↑2	13
15	Donna	661	↑4	32
16	Virginia	660	↓3	12
17	Dolores	637	↓2	14
18	Lois	635	–	20
19	Doris	575	↓2	10
20	Phyllis	573	–	29
21	Janet	492	↑7	45
22	Martha	453	↓1	28
23	Alice	452	–	21
24	Evelyn	444	↓2	24
25	Joyce	438	↑4	15
26	Carol	431	↑4	46
27	Anna	421	↓1	25
28	Marjorie	397	↓4	34
29	Elizabeth	396	↓4	16
30	Joanne	390	↑3	68
31	Rose	362	↓4	30
32	Mildred	337	–	26
33	Gloria	328	↑11	23
34	Beverly	312	new	31
35	Frances	301	↓4	18
36	Rita	294	↓2	48
37	Joann	284	new	90
38	June	284	↓2	44
39	Jane	282	↑1	50
40	Carolyn	279	new	60
41	Ann	276	↑5	35
42	Eleanor	256	↓7	40
43	Geraldine	250	↓6	38
44	Wilma	247	↓3	69
45	Juanita	246	↓3	57
46	Wanda	243	↓8	54
47	Catherine	226	↑2	36
48	Rosemary	225	–	88
49	Florence	216	↓4	43
50	Irene	214	↓11	37

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1930	US rank
1	Robert	3,740	–	1
2	Richard	2,646	↑1	5
3	James	2,599	↓1	2
4	William	2,500	–	4
5	John	2,425	–	3
6	Donald	2,120	–	7
7	Charles	1,602	–	6
8	Thomas	1,000	↑2	10
9	Paul	986	–	12
10	George	982	↓2	8
11	Jack	822	–	15
12	Joseph	806	–	9
13	Edward	742	–	11
14	David	699	–	13
15	Kenneth	635	↑2	14
16	Harold	606	↓1	18
17	Raymond	587	↓1	17
18	Carl	547	↑2	28
19	Frank	531	↓1	16
20	Ronald	501	↑5	27
21	Ralph	491	↓2	25
22	Eugene	468	↓1	21
23	Walter	429	↓1	20
24	Gerald	339	↑4	26
25	Harry	336	↓2	30
26	Arthur	331	↑1	23
27	Norman	321	↑6	36
28	Albert	308	↓2	24
29	Howard	305	↓5	34
30	Earl	295	↑2	40
31	Fred	288	↓2	33
32	Dale	276	↑4	62
33	Lawrence	274	↓2	38
34	Jerry	270	↑9	43
35	Glenn	250	↓5	72
36	Clarence	247	↓2	39
37	Gene	245	↓2	64
38	Don	228	–	59
39	Roger	225	↑8	53
40	Henry	224	↑6	22
41	Louis	224	↓4	37
42	Roy	218	↑3	35
43	Joe	211	↓2	29
44	Herbert	208	↓5	41
45	Daniel	204	↓3	44
46	Bill	202	new	57
47	Russell	202	↓7	63
48	Stanley	194	↓4	49
49	Leonard	187	–	48
50	Ray	182	new	60

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