Popular baby names in Ohio, 1933

The most popular baby names in Ohio in 1933 were Mary for girls (2,919 babies) and Robert for boys (3,091). Social Security records list 86,051 babies born in Ohio in 1933 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Ohio in 1933

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: 25 babies, 5.2× the national rate
Ladonna: 22 babies, 3× the national rate
Glenna: 58 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Patty: 99 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Marianne: 61 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Janet: 714 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Joann: 320 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Judy: 71 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Donna: 676 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Gretchen: 22 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Boys

Ned: 27 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Steve: 74 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Norbert: 40 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Andy: 22 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Fredrick: 46 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Nick: 45 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Danny: 44 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Ohio, 1933

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1932	US rank
1	Mary	2,919	–	1
2	Betty	1,517	–	2
3	Barbara	1,472	–	3
4	Patricia	1,304	–	6
5	Nancy	954	↑5	11
6	Dorothy	933	↓1	4
7	Shirley	921	↑1	9
8	Joan	901	↓2	5
9	Marilyn	805	↓2	16
10	Ruth	729	↓1	13
11	Margaret	717	↑1	7
12	Janet	714	↑8	25
13	Carol	697	↑2	20
14	Helen	677	↓3	8
15	Donna	676	↓2	24
16	Jean	554	↑3	14
17	Norma	552	↓3	23
18	Lois	522	↓2	19
19	Doris	517	↓2	10
20	Phyllis	514	↑2	28
21	Dolores	481	–	21
22	Joyce	463	↑1	12
23	Virginia	461	↓5	15
24	Martha	417	–	27
25	Beverly	372	↑1	26
26	Alice	370	↓1	22
27	Anna	334	↑2	29
28	Elizabeth	333	↓1	17
29	Joanne	328	↑4	56
30	Carolyn	320	↑6	40
31	Joann	320	↑3	72
32	Evelyn	316	↓2	30
33	Marjorie	303	↓5	41
34	Rose	295	↓2	35
35	Jane	291	↑5	47
36	Marlene	281	new	50
37	Frances	274	↓6	18
38	Ann	262	↑1	34
39	June	260	↑5	45
40	Gloria	259	↓3	31
41	Eleanor	239	↑4	38
42	Mildred	236	↓7	32
43	Bonnie	231	new	68
44	Wanda	230	↓1	48
45	Geraldine	229	↓4	42
46	Sally	224	–	76
47	Delores	217	↓5	52
48	Rita	216	↓10	53
49	Janice	212	new	81
50	Wilma	199	new	66

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1932	US rank
1	Robert	3,091	–	1
2	James	2,554	–	2
3	Richard	2,351	–	5
4	John	2,152	–	3
5	William	2,051	–	4
6	Donald	1,882	–	7
7	Charles	1,506	–	6
8	Thomas	965	–	10
9	Paul	892	–	14
10	Ronald	855	↑1	12
11	George	806	↓1	8
12	David	773	–	13
13	Joseph	677	↑2	9
14	Jack	641	–	17
15	Kenneth	635	↑1	15
16	Edward	631	↓3	11
17	Harold	520	–	18
18	Raymond	487	↑1	19
19	Frank	474	↑1	16
20	Carl	433	↓2	28
21	Gerald	401	↑3	22
22	Ralph	391	–	29
23	Eugene	370	↓2	23
24	Walter	361	↓1	21
25	Jerry	319	↑1	31
26	Harry	301	↓1	35
27	Arthur	268	–	25
28	Howard	262	↑1	36
29	Roger	251	↑6	48
30	Don	248	↑4	54
31	Norman	247	↓3	37
32	Dale	244	↑1	65
33	Franklin	244	new	33
34	Albert	238	↓2	30
35	Lawrence	233	↓4	38
36	Daniel	232	↑4	42
37	Fred	221	↓7	34
38	Earl	207	↓2	41
39	Clarence	203	↓1	43
40	Larry	202	↑9	58
41	Russell	200	↑1	67
42	Joe	192	↑2	27
43	Gene	191	↓6	66
44	Glenn	191	↓1	74
45	Louis	186	↓6	40
46	Wayne	184	new	52
47	Marvin	182	new	44
48	Roy	178	↓2	39
49	Bernard	172	new	63
50	Bill	169	↓2	59

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