Popular baby names in Ohio, 1934

The most popular baby names in Ohio in 1934 were Mary for girls (2,904 babies) and Robert for boys (3,219). Social Security records list 90,860 babies born in Ohio in 1934 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Ohio in 1934

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

Girls

Shirlee: 24 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Patty: 116 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Janet: 846 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Glenna: 54 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Annabelle: 28 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Harriett: 26 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Carol: 925 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Marilyn: 835 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Donna: 722 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Carole: 235 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Boys

Rolland: 27 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Ned: 29 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Lowell: 99 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Ronnie: 73 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Jon: 47 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Steve: 71 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Dwight: 47 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Karl: 62 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Ohio, 1934

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1933	US rank
1	Mary	2,904	–	1
2	Shirley	1,603	↑5	4
3	Barbara	1,572	–	3
4	Betty	1,415	↓2	2
5	Patricia	1,344	↓1	6
6	Nancy	1,144	↓1	10
7	Carol	925	↑6	14
8	Dorothy	881	↓2	5
9	Joan	859	↓1	7
10	Janet	846	↑2	21
11	Marilyn	835	↓2	17
12	Ruth	736	↓2	13
13	Donna	722	↑2	23
14	Margaret	653	↓3	8
15	Helen	651	↓1	9
16	Norma	550	↑1	24
17	Phyllis	543	↑3	28
18	Joyce	531	↑4	12
19	Lois	515	↓1	20
20	Virginia	506	↑3	15
21	Jean	484	↓5	16
22	Doris	483	↓3	11
23	Dolores	461	↓2	26
24	Beverly	447	↑1	22
25	Martha	417	↓1	27
26	Carolyn	415	↑4	33
27	Alice	380	↓1	25
28	Joanne	378	↑1	45
29	Evelyn	355	↑3	29
30	Joann	351	↑1	50
31	Elizabeth	312	↓3	18
32	Marjorie	305	↑1	41
33	Rose	297	↑1	37
34	Anna	294	↓7	31
35	Sally	292	↑11	62
36	Frances	277	↑1	19
37	Ann	274	↑1	32
38	Rita	252	↑10	63
39	Marlene	249	↓3	57
40	Gloria	248	–	30
41	Jane	244	↓6	48
42	June	242	↓3	46
43	Janice	239	↑6	68
44	Carole	235	new	89
45	Mildred	232	↓3	35
46	Eleanor	220	↓5	44
47	Delores	218	–	51
48	Geraldine	212	↓3	43
49	Wanda	203	↓5	47
50	Charlotte	198	new	72

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1933	US rank
1	Robert	3,219	–	1
2	James	2,789	–	2
3	John	2,349	↑1	3
4	Richard	2,285	↓1	5
5	William	2,100	–	4
6	Donald	2,036	–	6
7	Charles	1,604	–	7
8	Ronald	1,148	↑2	11
9	Thomas	1,073	↓1	9
10	David	913	↑2	12
11	Paul	894	↓2	14
12	George	816	↓1	8
13	Joseph	719	–	10
14	Jack	704	–	17
15	Edward	651	↑1	13
16	Kenneth	611	↓1	15
17	Harold	549	–	18
18	Carl	519	↑2	28
19	Frank	487	–	16
20	Raymond	477	↓2	19
21	Ralph	430	↑1	31
22	Gerald	417	↓1	22
23	Jerry	378	↑2	25
24	Walter	366	–	21
25	Eugene	339	↓2	24
26	Roger	339	↑3	39
27	Larry	299	↑13	43
28	Howard	290	–	37
29	Harry	283	↓3	36
30	Fred	278	↑7	33
31	Lawrence	271	↑4	34
32	Norman	270	↓1	38
33	Daniel	257	↑3	42
34	Dale	256	↓2	62
35	Don	252	↓5	50
36	Arthur	248	↓9	29
37	Earl	239	↑1	41
38	Russell	221	↑3	70
39	Clarence	214	–	45
40	Wayne	207	↑6	48
41	Albert	201	↓7	32
42	Gary	199	new	60
43	Glenn	197	↑1	81
44	Bill	196	↑6	59
45	Franklin	196	↓12	46
46	Joe	188	↓4	26
47	Michael	184	new	47
48	Louis	182	↓3	40
49	Roy	179	↓1	35
50	Gene	173	↓7	67

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