Popular baby names in Ohio, 1937

The most popular baby names in Ohio in 1937 were Mary for girls (2,759 babies) and Robert for boys (3,521). Social Security records list 98,543 babies born in Ohio in 1937 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Ohio in 1937

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

Girls

Patti: 37 babies, 4.1× the national rate
Saundra: 38 babies, 4× the national rate
Ladonna: 27 babies, 3.3× the national rate
Patty: 132 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Sondra: 57 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Janet: 938 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Sue: 233 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Nick: 42 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Dave: 61 babies, 2.2× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Ohio, 1937

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1936	US rank
1	Mary	2,759	–	1
2	Barbara	1,980	↑1	2
3	Patricia	1,840	↑1	3
4	Carol	1,521	↑2	6
5	Shirley	1,505	↓3	4
6	Nancy	1,323	↓1	7
7	Betty	1,057	–	5
8	Janet	938	↑2	18
9	Marilyn	810	↓1	13
10	Ruth	782	↑5	15
11	Donna	763	↑1	21
12	Joyce	716	↑2	11
13	Joan	690	↓4	9
14	Beverly	659	↑3	14
15	Dorothy	653	↓4	8
16	Margaret	643	↓3	10
17	Phyllis	560	↓1	27
18	Carolyn	539	↑1	20
19	Helen	534	↓1	12
20	Sandra	488	↑9	26
21	Janice	481	↑4	25
22	Lois	448	–	29
23	Marlene	445	↑7	40
24	Judith	441	↑3	34
25	Virginia	435	↓4	16
26	Jean	418	↓6	23
27	Norma	408	↓3	33
28	Martha	404	↓2	24
29	Linda	348	new	49
30	Doris	341	↓7	22
31	Elizabeth	335	↑1	17
32	Joanne	330	↓1	51
33	Carole	323	↑9	56
34	Frances	315	↑7	19
35	Dolores	311	↓7	37
36	Alice	307	↓3	28
37	Rose	307	↓2	38
38	Sally	297	↓4	59
39	Ann	289	↓1	30
40	Joann	289	–	58
41	Evelyn	276	↓5	36
42	Marjorie	266	↓5	57
43	Peggy	265	↑3	31
44	Jane	254	↓5	42
45	Sharon	249	new	41
46	Anna	244	↓3	39
47	Delores	237	↑1	68
48	Sue	233	new	>100
49	Elaine	232	new	45
50	Rita	230	↓1	69

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1936	US rank
1	Robert	3,521	–	1
2	James	3,025	–	2
3	John	2,652	–	3
4	Richard	2,254	–	5
5	William	2,196	–	4
6	Donald	1,816	–	7
7	Charles	1,605	–	6
8	David	1,526	↑1	8
9	Ronald	1,439	↓1	11
10	Thomas	1,328	–	9
11	Paul	925	–	15
12	George	856	–	10
13	Larry	841	↑4	16
14	Joseph	766	↑1	12
15	Kenneth	735	↓2	14
16	Edward	689	↓2	13
17	Jack	602	↓1	23
18	Jerry	591	–	17
19	Gerald	540	↑1	20
20	Frank	506	↑3	18
21	Raymond	506	↓2	19
22	Carl	503	↑2	28
23	Harold	457	↓2	21
24	Roger	442	↑1	36
25	Gary	441	↑2	29
26	Ralph	378	↓4	34
27	Lawrence	348	↑3	38
28	Michael	328	↑6	27
29	Walter	325	–	26
30	Daniel	306	↑5	39
31	Fred	305	↓3	35
32	Eugene	298	↓6	33
33	Dale	279	↓2	59
34	Harry	275	↓2	41
35	Norman	248	↑3	43
36	Howard	246	↑1	42
37	Albert	241	↑3	37
38	Arthur	241	↓2	31
39	Don	235	↓6	51
40	Russell	222	↑2	67
41	Joe	215	↑6	25
42	Earl	214	↓1	48
43	Wayne	206	↓4	44
44	Bill	204	↓1	64
45	Philip	200	↑5	62
46	Louis	199	↑2	46
47	Gene	198	new	61
48	Melvin	190	new	50
49	Anthony	175	new	47
50	Frederick	174	new	68

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