Popular baby names in Ohio, 1935

The most popular baby names in Ohio in 1935 were Mary for girls (2,754 babies) and Robert for boys (3,261). Social Security records list 92,438 babies born in Ohio in 1935 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Ohio in 1935

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: 105 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Glenna: 50 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Janet: 759 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Sue: 194 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Joann: 355 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Carole: 246 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Rosemary: 211 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Ned: 36 babies, 3.1× the national rate
Tom: 176 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Nick: 48 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Dave: 46 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Lowell: 92 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Ronnie: 81 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Dwight: 44 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Ohio, 1935

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1934	US rank
1	Mary	2,754	–	1
2	Shirley	2,666	–	2
3	Barbara	1,737	–	3
4	Patricia	1,493	↑1	5
5	Betty	1,246	↓1	4
6	Nancy	1,219	–	9
7	Carol	1,003	–	11
8	Marilyn	850	↑3	14
9	Joan	806	–	7
10	Janet	759	–	22
11	Dorothy	743	↓3	6
12	Ruth	697	–	15
13	Donna	673	–	23
14	Margaret	651	–	8
15	Phyllis	604	↑2	27
16	Helen	574	↓1	10
17	Joyce	560	↑1	12
18	Beverly	510	↑6	20
19	Lois	493	–	21
20	Jean	483	↑1	18
21	Doris	482	↑1	13
22	Carolyn	476	↑4	28
23	Virginia	457	↓3	16
24	Norma	446	↓8	29
25	Martha	438	–	24
26	Dolores	419	↓3	26
27	Joanne	395	↑1	44
28	Joann	355	↑2	53
29	Alice	344	↓2	25
30	Marlene	321	↑9	39
31	Elizabeth	315	–	17
32	Frances	308	↑4	19
33	Ann	304	↑4	30
34	Jane	294	↑7	43
35	Judith	292	new	54
36	Sally	283	↓1	58
37	Evelyn	280	↓8	31
38	Janice	279	↑5	47
39	Anna	271	↓5	34
40	Sandra	269	new	50
41	Marjorie	263	↓9	46
42	Geraldine	251	↑6	40
43	Carole	246	↑1	93
44	Rose	232	↓11	37
45	Delores	218	↑2	57
46	Rosemary	211	new	97
47	Gloria	210	↓7	32
48	June	206	↓6	55
49	Rita	205	↓11	63
50	Wanda	197	↓1	49

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1934	US rank
1	Robert	3,261	–	1
2	James	2,811	–	2
3	Richard	2,406	↑1	5
4	John	2,380	↓1	3
5	William	2,116	–	4
6	Donald	1,983	–	7
7	Charles	1,473	–	6
8	Ronald	1,342	–	12
9	David	1,112	↑1	11
10	Thomas	1,046	↓1	9
11	Paul	884	–	14
12	George	876	–	8
13	Joseph	716	–	10
14	Edward	683	↑1	13
15	Jack	661	↓1	18
16	Kenneth	637	–	15
17	Raymond	534	↑3	17
18	Harold	523	↓1	20
19	Carl	487	↓1	28
20	Frank	481	↓1	16
21	Gerald	467	↑1	21
22	Jerry	462	↑1	22
23	Larry	427	↑4	33
24	Ralph	426	↓3	32
25	Roger	375	↑1	36
26	Walter	345	↓2	23
27	Eugene	307	↓2	26
28	Gary	292	↑14	44
29	Harry	292	–	37
30	Howard	283	↓2	39
31	Dale	280	↑3	61
32	Fred	279	↓2	34
33	Don	278	↑2	51
34	Arthur	265	↑2	29
35	Lawrence	263	↓4	35
36	Daniel	255	↓3	43
37	Norman	252	↓5	38
38	Albert	251	↑3	31
39	Joe	208	↑7	25
40	Louis	207	↑8	42
41	Earl	204	↓4	46
42	Gene	200	↑8	66
43	Glenn	198	–	78
44	Russell	197	↓6	68
45	Michael	192	↑2	41
46	Clarence	191	↓7	48
47	Roy	190	↑2	40
48	Wayne	186	↓8	49
49	Melvin	183	new	57
50	Ray	180	new	64

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