Popular baby names in Ohio, 1938

The most popular baby names in Ohio in 1938 were Mary for girls (2,792 babies) and Robert for boys (3,811). Social Security records list 103,789 babies born in Ohio in 1938 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Ohio in 1938

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

Girls

Saundra: 50 babies, 3.2× the national rate
Patty: 143 babies, 2.7× the national rate
Sondra: 83 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Gretchen: 51 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Janet: 943 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Sue: 254 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Judy: 466 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Jan: 36 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Ned: 34 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Dave: 65 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Gale: 30 babies, 2.2× the national rate
Tom: 196 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Lowell: 98 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Ohio, 1938

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1937	US rank
1	Mary	2,792	–	1
2	Barbara	2,262	–	2
3	Patricia	1,799	–	3
4	Carol	1,653	–	6
5	Nancy	1,508	↑1	7
6	Shirley	1,284	↓1	5
7	Betty	1,069	–	4
8	Janet	943	–	16
9	Donna	867	↑2	20
10	Judith	833	↑14	12
11	Marilyn	795	↓2	19
12	Sandra	765	↑8	14
13	Joyce	743	↓1	11
14	Margaret	694	↑2	9
15	Joan	669	↓2	10
16	Beverly	668	↓2	18
17	Ruth	657	↓7	21
18	Carolyn	615	–	15
19	Phyllis	607	↓2	28
20	Dorothy	599	↓5	8
21	Linda	576	↑8	31
22	Janice	549	↓1	24
23	Helen	477	↓4	13
24	Judy	466	new	41
25	Virginia	461	–	22
26	Martha	434	↑2	26
27	Norma	426	–	34
28	Jean	404	↓2	27
29	Sharon	376	↑16	30
30	Marlene	375	↓7	51
31	Lois	368	↓9	33
32	Elizabeth	350	↓1	17
33	Sally	350	↑5	54
34	Carole	342	↓1	46
35	Rose	312	↑2	39
36	Frances	308	↓2	23
37	Doris	307	↓7	25
38	Ann	303	↑1	32
39	Alice	300	↓3	29
40	Joanne	299	↓8	57
41	Jane	285	↑3	44
42	Peggy	268	↑1	35
43	Susan	268	new	71
44	Marjorie	265	↓2	53
45	Sue	254	↑3	>100
46	Joann	250	↓6	68
47	Dolores	248	↓12	43
48	Gloria	242	new	36
49	Rita	240	↑1	74
50	Rosalie	240	new	66

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1937	US rank
1	Robert	3,811	–	1
2	James	3,197	–	2
3	John	2,623	–	3
4	William	2,388	↑1	4
5	Richard	2,339	↓1	5
6	Charles	1,763	↑1	6
7	David	1,691	↑1	8
8	Donald	1,667	↓2	7
9	Ronald	1,604	–	10
10	Thomas	1,487	–	9
11	Larry	998	↑2	16
12	Paul	959	↓1	15
13	Kenneth	899	↑2	14
14	George	873	↓2	11
15	Joseph	742	↓1	12
16	Jerry	713	↑2	17
17	Edward	703	↓1	13
18	Jack	588	↓1	25
19	Gerald	586	–	19
20	Gary	578	↑5	22
21	Raymond	519	–	20
22	Carl	488	–	29
23	Roger	488	↑1	31
24	Frank	486	↓4	18
25	Michael	459	↑3	21
26	Ralph	436	–	35
27	Harold	433	↓4	23
28	Lawrence	350	↓1	36
29	Walter	340	–	26
30	Daniel	327	–	39
31	Fred	310	–	38
32	Harry	287	↑2	44
33	Dale	285	–	56
34	Eugene	276	↓2	33
35	Arthur	264	↑3	32
36	Norman	253	↓1	43
37	Don	248	↑2	52
38	Howard	246	↓2	42
39	Albert	240	↓2	37
40	Wayne	236	↑3	40
41	Joe	218	–	28
42	Earl	213	–	50
43	Dennis	207	new	49
44	Anthony	203	↑5	46
45	Russell	202	↓5	70
46	Tom	196	new	>100
47	Bruce	195	new	66
48	Marvin	193	new	53
49	Jim	186	new	81
50	Louis	186	↓4	47

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