Popular baby names in Ohio, 1939

The most popular baby names in Ohio in 1939 were Mary for girls (2,720 babies) and Robert for boys (3,460). Social Security records list 101,952 babies born in Ohio in 1939 with a name given to at least five children of the same sex in the state.

Names that stood out in Ohio in 1939

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: 80 babies, 4.3× the national rate
Patty: 140 babies, 2.9× the national rate
Sondra: 100 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Becky: 30 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Jill: 35 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Sandy: 29 babies, 2.4× the national rate
Gretchen: 45 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Lenore: 29 babies, 2.1× the national rate
Janet: 943 babies, 2× the national rate

Boys

Dave: 80 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Denny: 27 babies, 2.6× the national rate
Tom: 239 babies, 2.5× the national rate
Jan: 33 babies, 2.3× the national rate
Nick: 40 babies, 2.1× the national rate

Top 50 girls' and boys' names in Ohio, 1939

Girls
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1938	US rank
1	Mary	2,720	–	1
2	Barbara	2,044	–	2
3	Patricia	1,837	–	3
4	Carol	1,658	–	6
5	Nancy	1,466	–	7
6	Judith	1,263	↑4	8
7	Shirley	1,062	↓1	5
8	Betty	976	↓1	4
9	Janet	943	↓1	17
10	Joyce	807	↑3	12
11	Sandra	807	↑1	13
12	Donna	801	↓3	20
13	Marilyn	786	↓2	19
14	Linda	780	↑7	15
15	Margaret	691	↓1	10
16	Judy	677	↑8	28
17	Joan	674	↓2	11
18	Ruth	657	↓1	22
19	Carolyn	644	↓1	14
20	Beverly	571	↓4	25
21	Phyllis	564	↓2	30
22	Janice	553	–	24
23	Dorothy	549	↓3	9
24	Helen	451	↓1	16
25	Sharon	444	↑4	23
26	Virginia	438	↓1	21
27	Martha	399	↓1	27
28	Jean	378	–	32
29	Carole	371	↑5	47
30	Sally	359	↑3	52
31	Lois	352	–	35
32	Norma	333	↓5	38
33	Susan	327	↑10	44
34	Elizabeth	319	↓2	18
35	Alice	294	↑4	31
36	Marlene	288	↓6	64
37	Karen	285	new	39
38	Frances	280	↓2	26
39	Jane	277	↑2	46
40	Doris	276	↓3	29
41	Joanne	269	↓1	53
42	Joann	267	↑4	57
43	Ann	264	↓5	33
44	Marjorie	253	–	60
45	Rose	251	↓10	42
46	Elaine	247	new	45
47	Loretta	240	new	65
48	Geraldine	233	new	41
49	Kay	232	new	76
50	Sue	231	↓5	92

Boys
Rank	Name	Babies	vs 1938	US rank
1	Robert	3,460	–	1
2	James	3,176	–	2
3	John	2,544	–	3
4	William	2,304	–	4
5	Richard	2,211	–	5
6	David	1,870	↑1	7
7	Charles	1,579	↓1	6
8	Thomas	1,561	↑2	9
9	Ronald	1,532	–	10
10	Donald	1,422	↓2	8
11	Larry	1,091	–	14
12	Kenneth	875	↑1	13
13	Paul	868	↓1	17
14	Jerry	833	↑2	16
15	George	749	↓1	11
16	Joseph	744	↓1	12
17	Edward	655	–	15
18	Gary	650	↑2	21
19	Michael	572	↑6	18
20	Roger	565	↑3	28
21	Gerald	557	↓2	19
22	Jack	528	↓4	26
23	Raymond	505	↓2	22
24	Frank	456	–	20
25	Harold	446	↑2	23
26	Carl	439	↓4	30
27	Ralph	377	↓1	35
28	Daniel	345	↑2	38
29	Dennis	335	↑14	34
30	Walter	321	↓1	25
31	Fred	319	–	40
32	Dale	308	↑1	59
33	Lawrence	308	↓5	36
34	Harry	272	↓2	45
35	Eugene	268	↓1	37
36	Howard	249	↑2	47
37	Norman	241	↓1	44
38	Tom	239	↑8	97
39	Wayne	236	↑1	39
40	Arthur	232	↓5	32
41	Albert	216	↓2	41
42	Bill	209	new	67
43	Don	208	↓6	56
44	Joe	203	↓3	27
45	Terry	203	new	83
46	Russell	198	↓1	73
47	Jim	191	↑2	75
48	Earl	187	↓6	50
49	Anthony	184	↓5	48
50	Melvin	179	new	51

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