Popular baby names in Ohio, 1932

The most popular baby names in Ohio in 1932 were Mary for girls (3,089 babies) and Robert for boys (3,383). Social Security records list 91,807 babies born in Ohio in 1932 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Ohio in 1932

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

Girls

Patty: 121 babies, 3.4× the national rate
Joann: 318 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Marilyn: 982 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Donna: 680 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Carol: 621 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Janet: 552 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Annabelle: 33 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Glenna: 47 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Rosella: 26 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Joanne: 325 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Gail: 28 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Karl: 77 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Ned: 29 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Lowell: 112 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Nick: 49 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Dick: 104 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Dwight: 63 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Steve: 70 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Ohio, 1932

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1931	US rank
1	Mary	3,089	–	1
2	Betty	1,642	–	2
3	Barbara	1,446	↑1	3
4	Patricia	1,255	↓1	6
5	Dorothy	1,100	–	4
6	Joan	1,006	–	5
7	Marilyn	982	↑4	16
8	Shirley	907	↑2	9
9	Ruth	853	↓1	11
10	Nancy	813	↓1	13
11	Helen	793	↓4	8
12	Margaret	776	–	7
13	Donna	680	↑2	29
14	Norma	636	↓1	22
15	Carol	621	↑11	32
16	Lois	619	↑2	20
17	Doris	591	↑2	10
18	Virginia	586	↓2	14
19	Jean	564	↓5	15
20	Janet	552	↑1	35
21	Dolores	549	↓4	18
22	Phyllis	532	↓2	30
23	Joyce	496	↑2	12
24	Martha	487	↓2	27
25	Alice	429	↓2	21
26	Beverly	402	↑8	28
27	Elizabeth	388	↑2	17
28	Marjorie	369	–	37
29	Anna	368	↓2	24
30	Evelyn	368	↓6	23
31	Frances	338	↑4	19
32	Rose	337	↓1	33
33	Joanne	325	↓3	62
34	Joann	318	↑3	79
35	Mildred	291	↓3	26
36	Carolyn	277	↑4	46
37	Gloria	275	↓4	25
38	Rita	274	↓2	53
39	Ann	261	↑2	34
40	Jane	254	↓1	49
41	Geraldine	251	↑2	42
42	Delores	250	new	56
43	Wanda	247	↑3	52
44	June	243	↓6	44
45	Eleanor	235	↓3	45
46	Sally	232	new	84
47	Catherine	222	–	39
48	Charlotte	211	new	74
49	Irene	211	↑1	43
50	Rosemary	207	↓2	100

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1931	US rank
1	Robert	3,383	–	1
2	James	2,557	↑1	2
3	Richard	2,479	↓1	5
4	John	2,381	↑1	3
5	William	2,167	↓1	4
6	Donald	2,098	–	7
7	Charles	1,680	–	6
8	Thomas	964	–	10
9	Paul	896	–	13
10	George	891	–	8
11	Ronald	842	↑9	16
12	David	742	↑2	12
13	Edward	741	–	11
14	Jack	732	↓3	17
15	Joseph	670	↓3	9
16	Kenneth	624	↓1	14
17	Harold	546	↓1	18
18	Carl	517	–	28
19	Raymond	496	↓2	19
20	Frank	484	↓1	15
21	Eugene	450	↑1	22
22	Ralph	422	↓1	27
23	Walter	395	–	21
24	Gerald	382	–	24
25	Harry	345	–	32
26	Jerry	320	↑8	34
27	Arthur	308	↓1	25
28	Norman	295	↓1	37
29	Howard	294	–	36
30	Fred	286	↑1	33
31	Lawrence	280	↑2	35
32	Albert	277	↓4	26
33	Dale	273	↓1	61
34	Don	263	↑4	55
35	Roger	257	↑4	50
36	Earl	240	↓6	41
37	Gene	237	–	64
38	Clarence	231	↓2	40
39	Louis	218	↑2	39
40	Daniel	203	↑5	42
41	Herbert	201	↑3	44
42	Russell	199	↑5	63
43	Glenn	195	↓8	77
44	Joe	195	↓1	29
45	Ray	189	↑5	59
46	Roy	187	↓4	38
47	Henry	185	↓7	23
48	Bill	184	↓2	58
49	Larry	176	new	65
50	Melvin	176	new	51

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