Popular baby names in Ohio, 1936

The most popular baby names in Ohio in 1936 were Mary for girls (2,765 babies) and Robert for boys (3,517). Social Security records list 94,496 babies born in Ohio in 1936 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Ohio in 1936

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: 132 babies, 3× the national rate
Patti: 28 babies, 3× the national rate
Jeannine: 48 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Leah: 36 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Sondra: 44 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Darla: 24 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Janet: 765 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Judy: 182 babies, 2× the national rate
Suzanne: 122 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Ned: 36 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Lowell: 110 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Dave: 55 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Karl: 84 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Jan: 27 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Tom: 167 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Myron: 47 babies, 2× the national rate
Nick: 39 babies, 2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Ohio, 1936

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1935	US rank
1	Mary	2,765	–	1
2	Shirley	2,050	–	2
3	Barbara	1,795	–	3
4	Patricia	1,578	–	5
5	Nancy	1,357	↑1	8
6	Carol	1,236	↑1	10
7	Betty	1,125	↓2	4
8	Marilyn	923	–	13
9	Joan	786	–	7
10	Janet	765	–	21
11	Dorothy	709	–	6
12	Donna	694	↑1	22
13	Margaret	663	↑1	9
14	Joyce	651	↑3	12
15	Ruth	639	↓3	16
16	Phyllis	608	↓1	25
17	Beverly	567	↑1	17
18	Helen	539	↓2	11
19	Carolyn	522	↑3	23
20	Jean	494	–	20
21	Virginia	492	↑2	14
22	Lois	421	↓3	26
23	Doris	420	↓2	15
24	Norma	419	–	29
25	Janice	417	↑13	31
26	Martha	389	↓1	24
27	Judith	381	↑8	43
28	Dolores	362	↓2	30
29	Sandra	354	↑11	38
30	Marlene	353	–	39
31	Joanne	335	↓4	48
32	Elizabeth	321	↓1	18
33	Alice	316	↓4	27
34	Sally	316	↑2	59
35	Rose	312	↑9	37
36	Evelyn	303	↑1	34
37	Marjorie	295	↑4	49
38	Ann	282	↓5	28
39	Jane	276	↓5	42
40	Joann	274	↓12	55
41	Frances	273	↓9	19
42	Carole	271	↑1	73
43	Anna	269	↓4	36
44	Geraldine	231	↓2	41
45	Gloria	227	↑2	32
46	Peggy	225	new	35
47	Roberta	225	new	64
48	Delores	208	↓3	58
49	Rita	202	–	69
50	Charlotte	196	new	61

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1935	US rank
1	Robert	3,517	–	1
2	James	2,923	–	2
3	John	2,493	↑1	3
4	Richard	2,327	↓1	5
5	William	2,154	–	4
6	Donald	1,844	–	7
7	Charles	1,597	–	6
8	Ronald	1,348	–	12
9	David	1,261	–	10
10	Thomas	1,116	–	8
11	Paul	858	–	15
12	George	789	–	9
13	Kenneth	698	↑3	14
14	Edward	694	–	13
15	Joseph	683	↓2	11
16	Jack	645	↓1	20
17	Larry	591	↑6	25
18	Jerry	576	↑4	18
19	Raymond	519	↓2	17
20	Gerald	482	↑1	19
21	Harold	464	↓3	21
22	Ralph	451	↑2	31
23	Frank	432	↓3	16
24	Carl	431	↓5	27
25	Roger	404	–	35
26	Eugene	332	↑1	29
27	Gary	317	↑1	38
28	Fred	314	↑4	36
29	Walter	308	↓3	26
30	Lawrence	306	↑5	37
31	Dale	283	–	59
32	Harry	283	↓3	39
33	Don	282	–	51
34	Michael	271	↑11	33
35	Daniel	267	↑1	41
36	Arthur	249	↓2	30
37	Howard	245	↓7	40
38	Norman	223	↓1	43
39	Wayne	216	↑9	45
40	Albert	210	↓2	34
41	Earl	195	–	47
42	Russell	191	↑2	69
43	Bill	183	new	61
44	Clarence	183	↑2	52
45	Glenn	176	↓2	80
46	Henry	175	new	28
47	Joe	174	↓8	23
48	Louis	171	↓8	44
49	Tom	167	new	>100
50	Philip	164	new	63

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